Chapter 7 - Mya's house

It's 6 o'clock. I'm lying on the couch staring at the ceiling. Ethan said he was coming at six; so where is he? Mya's house . . . I've never been over there before. I wonder how her place is. I don't even wanna think about it. Why did I agree to go over there?

I heard a click and sat up. Ethan walked in staring at me.

"You know I love how you just walk in without knocking." I said.

"Let's go." He said opening the door the rest of the way.

I got up and turned the light off. I went outside.

"Lock the door." I said walking to his car.

I heard him close the door. We both got in the car and Ethan drove down the road. I didn't say anything and neither did him. I don't know if he knows that I heard him say that he had a crush on me when we were little. I think that's why he's been acting weird. He hasn't been arguing with me lately. Hey, I'm not complaining. But it just doesn't seem normal for him. Then Ethan said he was confused . . . confused about his feelings? That he might lose Mya. Don't tell me he's falling for me. Oh gosh, please don't do that Ethan. Like he said; now that Ethan is gone he can get close to me. But he's been keeping his distance since yesterday. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad.

"Why'd you say yes if you didn't want to come?" Ethan asked out of nowhere.

Why did I say yes? I have no clue. Maybe I would like a friend that's a girl. Or just an excuse to not think about everything.

"Are you going to answer me?" He said.

"I don't know why I said yes." I said.

"You could have said no. You didn't have to come."

"If you don't want me to come just say so."

"That's not what I meant." He said getting angry. He tightened his grip on the steering wheel.

Here we go again. He'll step on the brake and then start yelling at me. I should keep my mouth shut more often.

"Maybe I wanted to go so I can get away from my thoughts." I said.

"Like what?" He asked.

"I'm not telling you my thoughts."

"Do you not trust me or something?"

Do I trust him? I don't know. He's kept me alive so far this week.

"That has nothing to do with anything." I mentioned.

"I think it does. You never tell me anything. I ask you stuff and you never give me a straight answer."

I looked at him. "Oh look. We're on the same page now. I wonder where I get it from." I looked back out the window.

"I don't do that."

"Uh, I think you do. Just like I asked you why you beat that kid up. Did I get an answer? No I didn't. I got a 'shut your mouth then me and you go back to not saying a word to each other.' Yeah okay. I should be saying that you don't trust me."

"Why do you turn everything around back at me?"

"Because you just don't want to hear the truth. You're a hypocrite. You say one thing then turn it around and say something else."

"You're a pain in my ass you know that."

"I try to make your life a living hell."

Damn it, why did I say that? I can't help it. Whatever is in my head just comes out. I say what's on my mind and what is on my mind now is anger.

Ethan pulled into a drive way. This must be Mya's place. A white house . . .

I heard the door slam and I jumped. Ethan already got out of the car. I unbuckled and got out of the car too. Ethan rushed in her house like he was related to them or something. I went over to the door and Mya ran up.

"Hi!" She said.

"Hi . . ."

"Come in." She said basically pulling me in.

Her house was beautiful. It wasn't as big as mine though. Mine is a lot bigger. Hers is just a regular size house. The floor was white carpet and the ceiling and walls were tan. As you walked in it was the living room. To my left was the stairs that led upstairs and to my right was just the wall with a door that looked like it was a closet. At the back of the living room there was a doorway that led to the left.

"Come on, I want you to meet my mom." She said cheerfully and went toward the kitchen.

We went in the kitchen and immediately when you come in there is a doorway to the right. The kitchen wasn't carpeted. It was white tiles. We took a right and it led to the dining room. It went back to white carpet. We took another right and went down all the way to another room. It was the computer room. A lady was sitting in a chair at the computer. She had bleach blonde hair that came down to the middle of her back. It was curly and looked soft.

"Mom, this is Kasie. The one I told you about." Mya said.

She turned around. Mya looks just like her mother. Mya's mom had beautiful soft skin and her hair was just perfect.

"Oh Kasie. Yes, I know you." She stood up and gave me a hug. "I'm Diana." She stopped hugging me and looked at me. "You're so cute." She said.

This lady is really nice. But kind of weird . . . I'm cute?

"You're welcomed here any time." Diana said.

"Thanks . . ." I said not too sure about that.

"Do you want me to order the pizza now?" Diana asked Mya.

"Yeah, it won't be done for a while. It will probably be busy because today all the kids are out of school."

"Okay. A sheet right?" Diana said heading toward the kitchen.

"Yeah." Mya said.

She turned the corner and went in the kitchen.

"I like your mom. She's really nice." I said.

Mya laughed. "Yeah, she's the best . . . hey uh what happened in the car with Ethan and you? He kind of seemed mad when he walked in."

'I try to make your life a living hell.' I remembered.

"Kasie?"

"Oh uh, just the usual that's all."

"Whatever. It's not my business." She said not in a mean way but in a calm nice way. "Come on let's go pop in a movie." She said heading back to the living room.

I followed behind her into the living room. Ethan sat on the couch texting. I sat in the living room chair that was white. It looked like a set with the couch in the middle of two white chairs on the side of it. A coffee table was set in front of the couch and a flat screen in front of the coffee table a little ways. Mya bent down and opened the glass door that went to the TV stand. There was a PS3 behind the glass.

"Ethan, did you say you wanted to watch this movie?" She took a DVD out of the PS3 and showed it to him.

He put his phone away and looked up. "Oh, yeah that's it."

"Kasie, do you like horror movies?" Mya asked me.

Horror movies . . . the last one I saw was . . .

"No, not really." I said.

"Okay, we're not watching it." She put it in the case.

"What? Why not?" Ethan asked.

"Because Kasie doesn't like horror movies."

"So what."

Mya looked at Ethan and gave him a dirty look. "My house, my rules. We're not watching it. We'll watch it another time Ethan." She turned back around.

Ethan looked at me and I stuck out my tongue to him. He gave me a dirty look and looked away. Mya stood up and went to the rack full of DVD's on the left side of the room. The right side of the room if you were standing by the door. She slid the glass door over and looked at all the DVD's.

"Mm . . . Well Kasie, what movies do you like?" She asked me.

"I don't care. Anything but horror."

She picked a case out of the rack and slid the glass door back over. She went back over to the PS3 and put it in.

"I think you'll like this movie." Mya said turning it on. "Unless you already saw it." She whispered and got the controller. She skipped to the menu.

The movie was 17 again. I actually have never seen the movie but I guess it's suppose to be funny. Mya pressed play and sat on the other side of the couch leaving the middle empty between Mya and Ethan. I felt kind of bad because I told Mya I didn't really want them to flirt and stuff while I was here. I don't want to be mean or anything but come on, I'm not going to deal with that right now.

"They'll deliver it in 40 min." Diana said. "They are really busy tonight."

"I thought as much." Mya said.

"I'll be in the office if you need me."

"K."

I looked back at the TV and watched the movie.

We are about 50 minutes into the movie.

"Wow, wow." She said in the movie. "You look just like my husband."

There was a knock on the door and Mya paused the movie.

"That must be the pizza." Mya said getting up and grabbed the money on the coffee table her mom set out during the movie. She opened the door. "Hi." She said.

"Hi . . . uh that will be $37.60" The guy said.

"Ethan can you get the . . ." Mya said.

"Yeah." Ethan said before she could finish her sentence.

He got up and got the pizza from the guy. He took it to the kitchen. Mya handed the man the money and then shut the door.

"Come on." She said to me.

I got up and went to the kitchen with Mya.

"We can eat in the living room." She said.

In the living room. Oh now you're just asking for it. Her carpet and furniture are white. Do you know what that would do if something fell on it. Especially sauce.

"Mom, pizza is here!" Mya yelled.

"Here" Ethan handed me a plate.

Oh what a gentleman. Ha, yeah right.

I took the plate from his hand. Diana came in and picked up a plate too. We all got our pieces and Diana went back to the office and Ethan, Mya, and I went in the living to watch the rest of the movie. I didn't want to sit on her chair. It was white as can be. So I sat on the floor and put my back against the chair. I pulled my knees up and set my plate on top of my knees holding it with one hand so it wouldn't fall and ate with the other hand.

"What are you doing?" Ethan asked me.

"No way am I sitting on something white."

"The carpet is white smart one."

"You know what I mean."

"No, no I really don't."

"Ethan shut up." Mya said. "She can do whatever."

"Why are you taking her side?" Ethan asked.

"Because I'm her friend."

"So I'm your boyfriend."

"That doesn't count. Friends come first." She smiled at me.

Wow, I have another girl on my side. Haha Ethan. Your girlfriend is on my side today.

"Now shut up so I can watch the movie." She pressed play and it started.

It was the credits and I was now sitting on the chair. Mya went over and shut the PS3 off. That movie was perverted in so many ways. But it was funny. Zac Efron was a good actor in that movie. I looked over at the clock. It's about a couple of minutes after 9 o'clock. I'm shocked Mya and Ethan haven't kissed or anything. Mya said she wouldn't do that if I was over. I'm glad. Mya is a really good friend. I have to hang out with her more often.

"Do you want me to take you home now?" Ethan asked me.

Mya hit him. "Don't rush her. She can stay as long as she wants."

"I was just asking." He said angry.

"Uh, actually I think I better go home." I said standing up.

"Are you sure? You don't have to listen to Ethan." Mya said.

"I'm sure."

"Okay." She hugged me. "I'll see you some time. Come over whenever. Call or text me." She stopped hugging me.

Ethan got up and went to the door. I followed and went out in his car. He got in too and started the car and on the road he went. It was kind of awkward in the car because we argued earlier. I think neither of us wanted to say anything so we just kept our mouths shut. Ethan pulled up in my drive way and turned the car off.

"I'll walk you to the door." He said and got out.

I got out too and we walked to the door. I feel like I am not capable to walk to the door by myself. I feel like a child. I unlocked my door with the key that was in my pocket and went inside. I turned around to Ethan.

"Bye." I said to him.

"Are you trying to get rid of me?" He asked.

I thought about it. "Yeah."

"You're not very nice."

"Neither are you."

We stared at each other for a little bit and I turned around and walked away.

"Shut the door on your way out." I said.

Ethan put his arm around my neck stopping me. "I know you don't trust me and sometimes I don't trust you." He whispered to me. "But, I'm going to make this work. I'm trying really hard to make this work." He sighed. "Sam texted me and told me to bring you over to his place tomorrow morning. K?"

"Yeah."

He let go of me and left my house. I heard the car turn on while I stood inside kind of confused why he did that.