Chapter 109: Chapter 109

Nate's POV

My eyes almost turn the size of soccers as I look out of the window and take in the sight of the big two storey house in front of us, as Ethan pulls the car in through the gates. It's dark outside, also he quickly roll the car into the porch, so I could only have a quick glance of the house but still I can say this is the biggest houses I've ever been too.

As I sit there looking at the big beautiful wooden front door of the house with an open mouth, thinking this might have been actually the house I grew up in, if I wasn't switched with Ethan, he tilts his head and chuckles at me.

' Liked my house already ?", he asks leaning forward and unbuckling my forgotten seatbelt. I wordlessly nod to him, trying not to act so overwhelmed.

He smiles at me and reaches for our bags in the back seat. He gives me my bag and the small shopping bag before grabbing his own bag. The shopping bag contains some chocolates, pizza and milkshakes. We had stopped at a cafe and bakery on the way and that's why we got late. It’s almost 7 now.

" C'mon..", he says opening his door. I also open my door and hop out along with him, hauling my back pack on my shoulders and following him behind to the front door. The door opens just as he presses the door bell and a women's face appears.

" Eddyyyyyy !",

A high pitched shriek and a little thing jumps out from behind the women's legs with it's small hands wide open, launching forward onto Ethan.

" Hey Evy..", Ethan laughs and scoops the little girl into his arms, causing her to giggle out loud. She is wearing a beautiful pink frock and her hair is in two pig tails high up on her head making her look so cute. She then leans forward and kisses Ethan's cheeks whilst smiling wide at him, eyes crinkling so adorably at the corners. He holds her closer and kisses her nose in reply. My lips involuntarily curl upward at the small display of affection. She definitely is so close with him.

Ethan then turns to the women standing at the doors smiling at them. " Hey Mrs B, sorry we took a bit longer to reach."

" It's okay Ethan.", She smiles and then averts her gaze to me. I smile at her and she smiles back before looking back at Ethan.

Only now the little girl turns on Ethan's shoulder's and spots me, following her babysitter's gaze. And slowly her eyebrows furrows a little and her smile turns into a frown, causing my smile to fade too.

" My Friend Michael.", Ethan tells Mrs B and turns to me. " Michael, this is Mrs B. ", I nod uttering a ' Hi' to which she responds back with a 'hello'. Ethan had already told me about her, so there was no need for further introduction.

" Okay come inside boys.", She smiles and steps away from the doors to let us in. Eve is still frowning at me from Ethan's shoulders as I step inside behind him. I smile at her but her frown only deepens. Kids usually likes me but why this child looks unimpressed seeing me ?

Feeling upset, I avert my gaze from her and my jaw drop as my eyes take in the sheer opulence of the living room, which is in a circular shape with white and bronze marble floor and smooth white walls. It is gorgeously furnished with white sectional sofas and marble accent pieces. On the wall opposite the couches is the biggest television I've ever seen in my life. I look up and the ceiling goes up into forever and there is a staircase to one side leading to upstairs.

" So your friend will be staying here tonight ?", Mrs B asks taking her purse from the coffee table in front of the sofas. Ethan hums to her in reply whilst placing his sister on the couch.

" Oh..your Mom didn't tell me about that. I only prepared dinner for you and Eve.", Mrs B say.

" It's okay. We bought something. And I told Mom only evening, before she just entered her flight.", Ethan replies. The last part is a lie. He hasn't told his Mom yet.

" Oh..okay. I guess I'm off then.", Mrs B says. Ethan nods to her politely and she looks at me once more before she walks out of the house. Ethan goes and closes the front door after a moment.

" Why are you standing like that ? C'mon sit.", he smiles whilst helping me shrug my bag off of my shoulder and placing it below the coffee table before pulling me down to the love seat. He then perches down on the couch beside his sister who tilts her head and looks at him, as if demanding an explanation about me.

" You can call him Mickey. ", He tells her whilst smiling. She looks at me for a moment and I smile. She then leans forward to Ethan, grabs his neck and pulls him down before murmuring something in his Ear.

" Yes..he is.", Ethan says and laughs pulling away from her.

" What did she say ?", I ask Ethan curiously.

" Ahm..she was asking whether you are the one in the picture I draw. She had seen me drawing your picture for Arts assignment.", He replies.

" And last time you went back on...Sunday evening to pick this boy from airport ??", She asks.

" Yes..it was to pick him.", Ethan nods.

" Is he your bestfriend?", she then asks.

" Yeah..he is my bestfriend. But he can be your bestfriend too.", he replies.

" I already have a bestfriend, Justin.", she says and crosses her hands.

" But still, can I be your...friend ?", I immediately ask.

" Uhm..I think I've seen you before. You were there at h..hospital that day, right ?", she asks.

" Yeah, you have seen me. I was there at the h..hospital.", I say. Her lips twist into a big frown and she suddenly looks really hurt and angry. She then fist her pink frock in her little hands and tilt her face to Ethan.

" I don't like him. He is making f..fun of me ! ", She declares. My mouth drops open at that.

" No Eve. He wasn't making fun of you. He really stutters.", Ethan tells her immediately, grabbing her hands.

Her furious expression slowly calms down. " He really stutters ??", she asks.

" Yeah..", I respond to her. " I'm sorry. I was not t..trying to make fun of you or anything."

" Oh...I thought...I- I'm sorry....Mickey.", She says biting down on her lips and squirming on the couch a little.

" It's okay.", I smile at her. Her lips slowly forms an awkward tight lipped smile.

" I got you s..something, you know.", I say.

" Oh..! What is it ?", she asks.

" Here..", I smile and dig my hands inside the shopping bag, taking out the chocolate box from inside it.

" Oh ! Chocolates ! ", she chirps smiling wide and jumping out of the couch, stretching her hands to me. Ethan laughs a little as I smile and hand her the box. " Thank you..", she giggles looking at me. Then she runs away to a room on the left.

" Where is she going ?", I ask Ethan.

" To place it in the fridge.", he says smiling. A minute later, she comes running back out of what I think is probably kitchen, with her hands behind her back. She then comes and stands directly in front of me, smiling shyly. Then she stretches her hands and opens her palm to reveal two chocolate in them. It isn't the chocolates I gave her now.

" Oh..it's for me ??", I ask.

" Yes..", she nods and I take it from her hands. I couldn't help but smile wide.

" No chocolates for me Evy ?", Ethan then asks.

" No ! ", she shakes her head, turning to him

" Oh..why ?", he pouts.

She then giggles and goes to him opening her other palm, revealing two other chocolates . "Here. This is for you."

" Aww..I know you would bring me too.", He laughs and takes it from her hands, unwrapping one and placing the chocolate in front of her mouth.

" No..you have it Eddy.", she says but eventually opens her mouth and bites on the chocolate, causing both of us to laugh.

" Didn't I say she is a chocolate lover ?", Ethan tells me whilst unwrapping the other chocolate and putting it in his own mouth.

Eve giggles. " So, he will be here this weekend ?", she asks, voice muffled because of the chocolate in her mouth.

" Yeah..probably.", Ethan replies.

Eve frowns at him. " You won't leave tomorrow when Mommy comes, r..right ?"

" No..we will stay Sunday too.", He replies.

" You will leave only on Monday. Or I won't talk to you.", She says and climbs up on the couch again.

" Oh..Evy..I've football practice on Monday. So we'll have to leave on Sunday evening. ", he says.

" You and your football practice ! ", She huffs crossing her hands.

" You know we have a match coming soon.", he says.

" Why do you still play f..football, Ethan ? Last time you got a big wound on your...head, right ?", she asks frowning.

Ethan sighs. " It won't happen again Evy. Didn't I tell you I was just being careless then. "

" But what if.."

" C'mon..let's have pizza and milkshake.", he says cutting her off and stretching his hands to me for the plastic bag.

" Oh Pizza ! ", Eve squeals as I hand it to him. He laughs walking towards the kitchen with the six year trailing behind him, squealing happily. I slowly follow them behind, studying the rich infrastructure of the house. When I step into the kitchen, Ethan is taking plates out of the cupboards and Eve is running around jumping and dancing.

" Baby, can you unpack the pizza ? Let me call Mom.", Ethan says turning to me as I stand staring at the awesome cooking island which mainly is out of white polished wood.

" Oh..okay.", I nod turning to him. He nods and walks out of the kitchen. " Evy, stay with Mickey. He is new here, right ?", he asks as Eve starts to trail out behind him. She nods and walks back to me while Ethan goes to the living room.

I don't know what will be his Mom's response. Will she get mad at him ? I shouldn't have actually come with him today when she is not here. But I couldn't help control myself when I heard he is going home. I can't help my anxiety to make sure I belong to this family.

" Hey..what are you thinking ?", The little Eve taps on my legs, frowning at me a little.

I smile at her and bends down to her level. " Do you have a special plate and g..glass?", I ask.

" No..why would I have a special plate and glass ?", she asks cocking her chin at me.

" Oh..you don't ?", I smile and pick her up, placing her on the dry counter. She shrieks a little at that as if not liked the way I picked her.

" You know, I had special Pokemon plate and glass when I was s..small.", I laugh whilst turning and washing my hands in the sink.

" But I'm not that small. I think I too had a superman plate wh..when I was small..", She says as I start to unpack the pizza.

" Oh..! So you are now a big girl ?", I gasp making my eyes dramatically wide. I thought she would giggle at that but she crosses her arms like an adult and rolls her eyes mumbling a ' Yeah'. She is actually so different and mature compared to the kids I've seen. She is okay to stay alone without her Mom at night. I think I was a cry baby at her age.

" Hey Mickey.., are you dating my brother ?", she suddenly asks out of the blue, totally surprising me. Woah ! So she knows two boys can date ? What should I reply.

" Uhm...why you asked that ?", I ask, serving the pizza into the plate.

"Cause Eddy has not brought any of his friends h..home yet. And he is always talking to you on phone when he is...here. And does anyone call their friend baby ? ", she asks.

My mouth almost drop open at that. So she is noticing everything. " Are you okay if we are dating ?", I ask her carefully whilst taking the milkshakes out.

" uhm...Eddy likes me more than you. And I think you are nice. S..so I'm okay.", she replies causing me to laugh. I can relate. I was so jealous when Alex started dating for the first time.

" Yeah..he likes you the most. He always t..tells me about you.", I say.

" So you guys are dating ?", she repeats her question.

" Yeah..", I nod. The next second, she squirms out of the counter with a thud and runs out of the kitchen yelling ' Eddy', almost giving me a panic attack.

" You lied to me you aren't dating him ! I had asked y..you ! ", I hear her shout from the living room. But no sound is heard after that and I peak out of the kitchen to see Ethan having her mouth shut tight with his one palm whilst talking on Phone.

I quickly take the Pizza and three other plates from the counter, walking to the dining area separated from Kitchen and living room. I was hoping to hear what Ethan is talking to his Mom on phone. But he wasn't talking anything, he was just listening. So I walk back to the kitchen two more times and bring the three bottles of milkshake to the dining table along with some glasses and a plate of sandwich that was sitting on the counter.

" Okay Mom. Don't worry. We won't do anything like that. And I'll take care of Eve. ", I hear him say. Eve is now sitting on the couch with her arms crossed across her chest, her expression pissed. Soon Ethan ends the call and places his phone down on the coffee table.

" Tell me why you lied me ! ", Eve asks the very instant.

" You told her ?", he asks looking in my direction.

" Ahm...she asked me.", I say.

He shakes his head and smiles looking back at Eve. " Yeah..but we started dating only soon. That's why I didn't tell you." She doesn't respond and just sits there like that. " Are you mad at me ?", Ethan asks. There's no reply.

" C'mon..you know what happens if you stay mad at me." And he picks her up from the couch whilst laughing and starts tickling her. Soon she is giggling and laughing out hysterically whilst screaming to Stop. Finally when he places her on a chair after washing both of their hands in the washbasin, she has tears rolling down her cheeks from laughing.

" C'mon..Michael, sit.", Ethan tells me whilst placing a plate in front of her. I nod and sit opposite to Eve. Ethan slumps down on the chair beside her and serves us food.