Teach Me Your Ways

Chapter eight

Saturday night

"Movie night! Movie night! Movie night!" Raven cheers loudly getting up from her chair.

Everyone had finished eating and began to follow Raven to the living room. I stay behind and clean.

"Girl, you don't have to clean." Taylor pulls at my arm. "Someone can do that."

"Rosa quit and Shelby quit a few months back." Carter says from the living room.

"Why'd Rosa quit again?" She whispered to me.

"I don't know, something about too much blood." I whisper back shrugging.

"Oh....right right." She starts to pull me again but stops.

"So who's gonna clean up after you pigs?" She yells to them.

"Noel." They all say in unison.

Her head whips around to me. "Good luck with that, I can't stand being in the house with them for even two minutes."

I chuckle, "I'll be there in five."

I begin to stack dishes in the dishwasher as Taylor goes to sit down. I wipe down the counters and sweep up the pieces of meat Raven spilled.

"Dawn, come on." Raven scares me as she pulls on my shirt.

I put the broom up and sit on the couch with Mateo. They had three large couches and Raven insisted on us have a family slumber party/movie night on Fridays. No one dared telling her no, she's too adorable. Raven and Carter occupies one couch, Taylor and De'Vante stays on the other, leaving me with Mateo as Payton sits on the ground by my feet. The night consisted of Raven singing to Moana, Carter telling Vante to stop touching his sister even though they're grown, and me swatting at Mateo's hands.

Raven fell asleep in the middle of Moana and Carter quickly turned from it. Such a hater. I think he just didn't wanna be tempted to sing again. He sung "You're Welcome," with Raven and it was the cutest thing ever despite his horrific attitude last night. He turns on a horror movie, I think it's called Prom Night.

"I'd definitely let him kidnap me." Taylor smiles referring to the psychopath.

"He's a lunatic, but he is fine." I shrug.

"What about me?" Mateo throws his arm around me.

"You're pretty cute." I smile.

Mateo and I begged to get some alcohol, but Carter has a rule of no alcohol when Raven's present and I completely agree with that so I ignored my cravings. Mateo found out that I was extremely ticklish on my sides and I wanted to die. I couldn't laugh because I'd wake up Raven. If I woke up Raven she along with everyone else would be pissed. I think Carter got annoyed with the giggles, because he left for a while.

Mateo had fell asleep and Taylor and Vante making out was not something I wanted to watch all night. I get up to take Payton back outside and head to my room. I overhear Carter on the phone.

"No you can't come over right now." I hear him huff. "Yes we can meet there tomorrow night." He mouthes to himself. "Fuck!" Carter puts the phone back up to his ear. "Mhm, you too. Bye."

I push open the door. "Hey?"

"Enjoy such ear hustling?" He sits his phone down and goes to his drawers.

I pause.

"You and Matt are done flirting I see."

"It's Mateo, we're just playing." I roll my eyes at his jealousy. "Why do you care?"