𝑳𝑰𝑻𝑻𝑳𝑬 𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑺, jmrf

3 • he's not my boyfriend

carrie got up and walked over to the table and took a seat across from aubrey, "oh my darling, but he does."

"he doesn't, all he does is make my life miserable."

"he likes you." carrie laughed. aubrey tilted her head and looked at the older lady confused.

"carrie i don't think your son would appreciate you exposing him like that." she chuckled.

"who said you heard it from me?" carrie said with a clever smile before walking out to the backyard.

after finishing her breakfast, aubrey walked upstairs to her room to pick out her outfit for the day. from what she knew, there was nothing special planned for today, so a t-shirt and shorts seemed like the right way to go.

once she got out of the shower, she walked into jonah's room as she pat her damp hair with her towel. he was busy working at his desk on his laptop, so she sat on his bed waiting for him to notice her presence.

"what do you want flores?" he asked, his back still facing her.

aubrey looked at him, surprised, "how'd you know it was me?"

"who else would come into my room and not say anything?" jonah turned around in his chair, "you're not slick." he laughed.

the girl rolled her eyes playfully, "well then maybe i should just go in your face like you always do."

"as you wish." jonah smirked, only annoying aubrey more.

she got up from his bed and hung her towel over the bed frame for it to dry, "does nothing annoy you?"

"i'm a pretty easy guy flores." jonah said, picking up a baseball from his desk and tossing it in the air.

aubrey crossed her arms, "oh yeah? well you're the most difficult guy i've ever met."

he tossed the ball one more time, watching it fall down perfectly in his hand. jonah got up and mimicked the girl's form, crossing his arms as well, "well i'll take that as a compliment."

"you're impossible." aubrey said as she marched out of his room.

jonah laughed as he found entertainment in this, "it's not my fault you get annoyed at every little thing i do!" he called out. aubrey ignored him as she went downstairs and out to the dock, the one place where everyone knew not to bother her.

"you know it's already five thirty." aubrey turned around to see esther behind her, she had been out all day on a date with a guy she met out on the lake the other day.

"really? i didn't notice."

esther sat down next to aubrey, both their feet dangling off the edge of the dock, "so what have you been doing all day?"

aubrey showed her her sketchbook, "wow." was all esther could say. it was a drawing of the lake, except it had a boat in the middle of it with a couple dancing on it. "aubrey, this is beautiful."

"you can have it." aubrey told her, "i wanted to finish it before you came home anyway."

esther reached over and gave her a hug, "you didn't have to do that aub, i love it."

the brunette shrugged, "i wouldn't know who else to give it to anyways."

the girls walked back to the house to find kyle helping carrie make dinner, while tim and dan were outside.

"hey girls, how was your date?" carrie asked as she gave esther a hug.

"it was really good." esther told her mom.

kyle looked at her and made a sour face, "ew you went on a date."

"oh suck it ky." esther said before he could say anything else as she walked behind him.

carrie went over to aubrey who leaned against the back door, "and what about you? what'd you do all day?"

"i drew at the dock." she told her simply. although carrie could tell that the girl wished she did something more exciting like esther.

"oh don't worry darling," carrie put her arm around aubrey's shoulders, "there'll be a guy out there for you who will want to hang out with you so much, you'd get sick of him." she laughed.

"yeah well you're funny." aubrey said dryly.

kyle butted in as usual, "well maybe you'll find interest in jonah's new friends."

aubrey looked at him, then at carrie who must have some clue about it, "new friends?"

"yeah all 4 of them." kyle said. an even more confused look appeared on aubrey's face.

"he didn't tell you?" carrie asked, now she was slightly confused.

kyle, seemingly irritated, "yeah my 4 replacements."

"aww, sad your boyfriend can't hang out with you anymore?" aubrey teased.

"more like your boyfriend." kyle shot back. at this point, carrie backed away from the carter siblings' fight.

"he's not my boyfriend." aubrey spit, if anything, jonah was her brother. maybe even worst than kyle.

"who's not your boyfriend?" a voice asked. all eyes went to the sun-kissed boy just a couple feet away from them.

carrie put her hand to her forehead as she sat down, "oh good lord."

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