No Strings

6

"Can you please change this?" He laughs. God, I miss that smile.

"I want to watch it though." He reached over trying to grab the remote, but I grabbed it first and held it away from him.

"You always pick the movie." He whines.

"Because I have good taste in movies." I stick out my tongue. I also want to bring up the fact that I just saved him, but ya know thats something to bring up at another time.

"You do not now hand me the remote."

"Never." I curled up in a ball and held the remote tight.

"I guess you leave me no choice."

"Wha-" And he started to tickle me, I laughed so hard my eyes started to water. "No! Stop it!" I laughed. For someone that just almost passed out, he sure has a lot of energy.

"Hand me the remote then."

"Nooooo" He tickled me for five minutes. "Okay, okay. You win." He smirked and opened out his hand. I acted like I was about to give it to him, then took off.

"Quinn! I am going to get you." He laughed. I ran down the hallway into the closet. I tried to stay as quiet as possible, without laughing. "I know you're close. " He whispered. I saw his feet walk past the door. Then the door opened wide, exposing me.

"No." He lunged towards me, but I slipped past him, laughing. "You'll never catch me!" I ran down the stairs, listening to his feet follow.

"Okay Quinn, you win. I am so out of breath." I hear his breathing being over exaggerated. I turn to look at him. Maybe he is out of breath, he honestly looks a little sick.

"Weren't you on the track team in high school?" I bring up being playful, trying not to bring up what is happing. He nodded and grabbed me. He picked me up and put on his shoulder. "No, no. Let me down." Not going to lie, didn't expect that.

"No." He walked up the stairs, and into my room.

"Please let me down.." I laughed.

"Okay, fine." He dropped me down on the bed. "Now, where is the remote."

"I thought you had it."

"No don't play with me. I know for a fact, you have it." I snickered.

"And you will never find it." I hid it in my bra.

"Come on, just give it up." I shook my head. "You really going to make me go look for it." I nodded. "Ugh fine." He got up from the bed and went out the door. I took out the remote and put on Pitch Perfect. The volume was louder than I had expected, and of course, Tyler heard. He ran into the room and jumped on the bed. "Ha caught you remote handed."

"Remote handed? Really?" He nodded as I laughed. "I'm sorry but the remote is mine." An evil smile appeared on his face. He snatched the remote out of my hand. "What? How?"

"Babe, I could have got it this whole time."

Alright, hold up... You are probably wondering, why he hadn't called his parents or how come nobody noticed he was gone. Well other than us.

Here is a little back story on Tyler.

When he was fifteen, his parents were in a car crash and passed. He lived with me for the next four years and then got his own place. The reason nobody wondered where he was is that every time something bad happens to Tyler, he normally goes off the grid. So, it was not unusual.

Okay, now back to the story.

"No." I grabbed the ice cream from my side table and looked at it.

"Man, I forgot to get a spoon." He laughed. I got up and walked downstairs. I wonder what Mason is doing, besides cheating on me. I took out my phone and texted him real quick. I don't want him to know that I know. I wonder if he will tell me the truth on his own. So, I will pretend to not be mad.

Me: Hey. I left early. Just checking in, I know you are going to your parent's house tonight so have fun.

I grabbed a spoon and walked back to my room. I looked at the TV.

"Okay, really?" He smiled. "Those movies are banned from my TV. We are not watching this." I get on the bed, set down my ice cream, and try and grab the remote.

"Come on, what is wrong with Star Trek?" He pulls his arm away.

"You know what is wrong with it. It is like Star Wars' enemy. I am on Star Wars side, so get that crap off my TV." I move to grab the remote again, but he stretches his arm out farther.

"So you're saying, that I can either like Star Wars or Star Trek. I cant like both?" I nodded.

"You already know this. Now come on change it."

"Ugh fine! We will never agree on a movie... This is just fact so how about we go in the middle. Adam Sandler movie?" I nodded. "Just go with it?" I shrugged. I don't wanna watch a chick flick. His voice rings in my ear. Well, what the heck do you think this is?

"Whatever. Just put the movie on."

I lied down on the bed, putting my head close to his. "Your something special, Jacalyn."

"Please don't call me that."

"Why not?"

"Because I hate it, that kind of the point of going by Quinn now."

"You used to love your name."

"Yeah until I realized it was lame."

"So you changed it to a strippers name?"

"Quinn is not a strippers name."

"Yah it is."

"No Quinn is like a bad bitch name."

"Sure it is."

"It is." I sighed. "Just watch the movie."

A few minuted go by.

"Why?" Tyler asks, out of the blue.

"Why watch the movie? Because we are having a movie night?" I laughed a little, and shake my head.

"No. I mean why did you kiss me?" I shut my eyes and sigh.

"You kissed him?" I heard an angry voice coming from the doorway. I looked over at the face of the voice.

Oh crap.