"Honey, do you think you could get that for me? My hands are full at the moment!" my mom called from the kitchen.

"Sure, mom!" I said rushing to the door.

Grabbing the handle, I pulled the door open and a tall figure was in the frame. Andrew stands there in a black button up shirt with a couple buttons undone and black skinny jeans. His hair is a little messy, but it's a cute messy. He looks at me, eyes skimming over my entire body with a smirk on his face.

"Hello, Lisa." he says calmly.

"Hey, Andrew." I say with a smile.

He gestures to a container in his hands and says, "May we enter? We come bearing gifts of sweets."

"Of course, please come in. And you must be Andrew's parents. Hello, I'm Lisa Hennon."

A woman wearing an elegant maroon, knee-length dress and 4-inch high heels enters behind Andrew. "Hello, dear. I'm Shannon Parker." Shannon has long brown hair with beautiful hazel eyes and tanned skin.

"Lovely to meet you! Welcome!" I say gesturing for her to come in.

A tall man with greying hair enters last with a bottle of wine in one hand and a dog leash in the other. "Hello. I'm Marcus Parker. I'd shake your hand but as you can see, my hands are a little full." he says with a chuckle.

"I get it. Here, I'll take that for you." I say taking the wine from his hand.

"Thank you. Oh, I hope you don't mind. We couldn't get anyone to watch our dog, Hope, so we had to bring her."

"Oh, it's perfectly fine. Don't worry. I have a dog, too."

He lets out a breath. "Phew, thank god. I thought you'd be allergic or afraid or something."

"Nope, I'm good. Here, come on in!"

I lead the Parker's into the living room right beside the kitchen. I walk over to the counter and set the wine down, then quickly move over to the stairs. My mother is standing in front of the stove stirring something in a pot. 

"Mom, these are the Parker's." I say to my mother, getting her attention.

She turns around with a huge smile on her face. "Hi! So nice to meet you! I'm Josie." she says putting her hand out.

"Josie, your home is beautiful." Shannon says looking around.

"Why thank you! And you are?" Mom says looking at Marcus.

"Marcus, how do you do?" he says shaking my mother's hand.

"I'm wonderful, thank you."

There is silence as my mom stares at Andrew, waiting for him to shake her hand. But Andrew is looking around the house. I walk beside him and nudge his arm with my elbow. He gets out of his trance and looks at my mother jittery.

"Sorry, I'm Andrew! I was just admiring your house." he says shaking my mother's hand just a little too much.

"That's alright, thank you Andrew." my mother answers. "So Shannon, what do you do?"

They get into a conversation, completely ignoring Andrew and I. I look up and him and nudge my head towards the stairs.

"Come on, there's someone I want you to meet." I tell him.

"Alrighty." he says, following me.

"D, come downstairs please! We have guests!" I shout to my little brother.

Within seconds, you hear a door being swung open and loud footsteps stomping upstairs.

"By the way, I may or may not have told him that you'll play with him after dinner." I say quickly to Andrew.

"Wait, wha--"

"YAY! SOMEONE TO PLAY WITH ME!" Daniel shouts as soon as he sees Andrew.

"Ohhhhh, you so owe me for this." Andrew says quietly so only I could hear it.

"Fine, but play nice with him. And be patient, he'll ask a lot of questions."

"What kind of questions?" He asks with a hint of fear in his voice.

Daniel finally comes downstairs and stands in front of Andrew.

Andrew stares at him for a second, then tries to speak, "Hey, bud--"

"I'm Daniel. How old are you?"

"18."

"Where do you live?"

"Right beside you."

"Do you like Drake?"

"Yeah, why? Do you?"

"He's like my brother. He's great."

I let out a laugh and look at Daniel. "D, maybe chill with the questions until after dinner, okay?"

He lets out a small 'hmph' and walks past Andrew and I.

"The only way I could get him to stop crying at the babysitter's today was if I told him you would play with him." I told Andrew, crossing my arms.

"Is that so? Well, will you be joining us in the playing?" he says with a smirk on his face.

"I mean I can try, but he doesn't usually like to play with girls. I'll try my best, though."

A small voice is heard in the distance. "Mommy, when will dinner be over?" Daniel asks my mother. It's obvious he wants to skip dinner entirely and just play with Andrew. I laugh thinking about what he will make Andrew do. Probably wrestle with him or something along those lines.

"Well, we have to eat first, pumpkin. But luckily, the food is ready. Lisa, is the table set?" my mom calls to me.

"Yeah, mom!" I yell back. "Come on, let's go sit down." Andrew follows quickly behind me.

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"So, Lisa, are you working?" Marcus asks, cutting into his lasagna.

"Oh no, I'm not. I have no time for a job, what with school and taking care of my brother. There's no way I'd be able to leave for more than 2 hours a day, at least." I say, probably over-sharing a bit. Oh well.

"You know, that gives me an idea." Shannon says, pouring her wine. "Would you like a job with us, Lisa?"

I look at her with a confused expression and look over at Andrew, who is making the same face as me.

"It depends, honestly. What would I do?"

"Well, Marcus and I are very busy people. We work 6 days a week and we don't have time to walk our precious Hope. Andrew is also far too busy to walk her, what with searching for a job and colleges to apply to, he canoot walk her, either. So that's where you come into the equation. If you could walk Hope a few days a week for a couple hours, you would really be helping us out. We'll pay you, also! What do you say?"

All attention was on me. I look over at my mother for guidance, and she gives me a look as if saying 'what are you waiting for, say yes!' I look at Andrew and he just stares at me.

"Sure, I'd love to do that!" I say with enthusiasm.

"Lovely. Could you start tomorrow?"

"Of course." I say with a smile. I pick up my knife and fork and begin eating again.

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Mom and Shannon clear the table and do the dishes (Shannon insisted, so don't pester me) with Marcus putting away food. Daniel and Andrew are upstairs in Daniel's room and I'm on the couch with Hope on my lap. I scroll through my Twitter feed and laugh everytime I see something funny. 

I think that tonight is going pretty smoothly. No bones have been broken, no plates smashed, and no dramatic exits.

Suddenly, a huge bang was heard from upstairs. I quickly pull Hope off my lap and run upstairs. As I make my way towards Daniel's room, I see my beautiful bulldog Brooklyn barking and scratching the closed door to Dan's room. I pull her off, "Brook, chill, it's okay! I got it! Go back in my room!" She barks one last time and goes into my room. I guess the barking from Brook let Hope know there was another dog in the house because Hope came running into my room as well. I shrug my shoulders and let them be.

I open the door to Dany's room and gasp at the sight in front of me. Andrew is lying on the floor, clutching onto his...um....special parts. His face is bright red and he is cough-laughing. I can tell he's in pain, but he's trying to cover it up for Daniel. 

Daniel is climbing to the top bunk of his bunk bed, ripping off his shirt in the process. He gets to the top and leans over the edge. "HERE COMES THE PAIN TRAIN!" Daniel shouts. He points his elbow out, taps it a couple times, then prepares himself to launch onto Andrew. I quickly realize what is happening and step beside Andrew's body (which is now in fetal position)

Dany launches himself off of the bed and I quickly catch him in my arms. "Daniel, stop! You can't play like this, it's way too rough!" He's squirming in my arms, but I keep my grip.

"Ok, ok, fine. I'll stop." he says annoyed.

I set him down and kneel beside Andrew. "How you doing, tiger?" I say with a chuckle.

"You owe me...big time!" he shoots me a playful glare. He's still holding onto his...parts and I can't help but laugh.

"Fair enough. Do you need help up?"

"Leave me be for another minute." he says, turning his face into the carpet and groaning.

I stand up and look at Daniel. "You apologize to him right now! Look at how much pain he's in!" I put my hands on my hips.

"I'm sorry, Andrew." he says quietly.

Andrew doesn't respond, he just puts gives Daniel a thumbs-up, indicating he's okay. 

"KIDS! COME GET DESSERT!" my mother calls from downstairs.

Daniel runs out the door, leaving me and an injured Andrew.

"Come on, let me help you up." I say, grabbing his arm. I pull him to his feet and he towers over me once again.

He fixes his hair and shirt, then looks up at me, "Big time." He turns around and leaves the door. I laugh to myself, turn off the lights and leave the room.

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"Thank you guys for coming, it truly was wonderful." My mom says as we walk the Parker's to the door.

"Oh Josie, thank you for having us. It was an amazing evening. We'll have to do it again!" Shannon says giving my mom a hug

"Absolutely! Oh and Andrew, your brownies were sensational!"

"Why thank you, Josie." he says with a smile.

"Well we'll see you guys later." I say.

"Goodbye, Lisa!" Shannon and Marcus shout to me as they walk near the driveway. I wave at them.

"Bye Lisa, I'll see you later." Andrew smirks at me, then he winks. Oh my god, did he just wink at me?! I can feel myself blushing already.

"Come on Hope, let's go." he takes Hope then walks to meet his parents. I shut the door behind him and run up to my room.

Tonight was a lot of fun, I can't wait to tell Becca about it tomorrow. I change out of my clothes and put on my sweatpants and my Justin Bieber concert T-Shirt. I take off my make-up and tie my hair up.

I climb into bed, pull up my laptop from the floor, and turn on Netflix. I click a show to watch and begin watching it. But my mind isn't on the show, it's on the fact that Andrew winked at me.

Okay, so that was chapter 4! Omg it's long too! I know I said I would update more frequently but better late than never, right? Well school starts in a week and I'm excited and nervous and annoyed all at the same time! Oh well, I'll just suck it up. Hope you liked this chapter, the rest should be a little more exciting :) I'll try to update more often. As a reader on this app myself, I know how annoying it is when the author never updates. So I'll try not to do that!! Okay, love you all. Remember to comment and vote!-Lou❤