“Where are your brother and sister?” Mom got straight to the point not even letting me get past the front hall.
“Off. Somewhere” I mumbled.
“You let your brother and sister go off somewhere?”
“I didn’t think I had to keep a leash on them” I joked. Mom’s eyebrows knitted together angrily and I looked down.
“Excuse me?” Mom looked at me full on.
“Nothing”
“Seth, honey come in” Mom said noticing him talking to a shrub.
“No, you’re a silly goose” He grinned poking the shrub.
“Is he~”
“No, he might have alcohol poisoning but he is definitely not high” I said catching on to my mom’s line of thought.
“Come on sweetheart” Mom put her arms around his waist and walked him to the living room, where he decided to use the ground as a chair, “Look at this, Trish”
I looked over at Seth and sighed, “I’m sorry”
“I thought I could count on you. I honestly thought you were better than this” Mom said pityingly.
“You can. I am” This had been our spiel for my entire life; Mom basically blaming me for everyone’s problems and me inextricably apologizing for it. I don’t know how it had started but it had stuck and each and every time she found a new way to make me feel like dirt
“So losing your brother and sister~”
“I didn’t lose them, they just went their own way” I caught Seth in my line of vision staring at my mom.
“Ms. McGuiness, do you have Advil?” He grumbled.
“Oh, yes honey” She bounded down the hall to the kitchen, “Here”
“So now I have to wait up all night for them because you decided you couldn’t be bothered to wait for them?” Mom said, “It’s like I gave birth to children who are stuck in the toddler phase”
Mom looked at me pointedly before hopping into her portal, I mean elevator, and leaving me with my thoughts.
“That. Was brutal” Seth acknowledged once she was gone.
“You’re not as drunk as you say you are, are you?”
“Oh, I totally am” He concluded, “I just know that that was not cool”
I shook my head and motioned for him to get up.
“Do you think you can?”
“I’m a big boy” He smiled standing up, quite wobbly if you ask me.
“C’mon” I put his arm back onto my shoulder and made sure my hand was securely around his waist.
“You’re like a bodybuilder” Seth said as we neared his room. I had never seen the inside, so this was new to me.
“Are you gonna open it?” He asked watching me stare at it.
“Obviously” I scoffed pushing the door open.
I honestly don’t know what I had been expecting. His room looked like an asteroid had hit. Multiple times.
“Do you not know what a laundry hamper is?” I mumbled trying not to step on the piles of clothes, books, magazines, and ~, “Is that a bowl of lasagna?”
“Yeah, I had this one crazy craving for it three nights ago”
“And the bowl is still present in your room” I couldn’t deny the itch I had to clean this place up. It was horrendous, almost as bad as Elliot’s room which, I promise, looked like a bad scene from a horror movie.
“You want to clean it up, don’t you?” Seth asked lazily walking over to his desk and plopping down in it.
“Truthfully? Yes. This place is disgusting”
“Your words are so kind” He mused.
“Go to bed”
He got up and crossed the room, “or else what?”
“Or else, you’ll be super tired tomorrow” I said looking up at him.
“You sound like my nana” Seth laughed heartily.
“It’s two AM, I honestly don’t care who I sound like at this point. Your intoxicated~”
“OOOH” He sang.
I yanked his arm, hard, till he was eye level with me, “You listen here, Mackenzie and you listen well”
“You are going to change into your pajamas, brush your teeth, and hop right into bed before this big hand reaches the three”
He stared at me, wide eyed
“If your bad at math, then that gives you fifteen minutes” I let go of his arm and walked to the door, “I’m counting”
He stood a moment staring at me, “You just lost a minute”
I turned his knob and walked straight to my room. I almost burst into laughter as I heard the faucet in the bathroom turn on. I could totally handle him.
“Ryan, I can’t continue seeing you” I stood at the top of the Eiffel Tower sadly shaking my head. Me and my on-again off-again boyfriend, Ryan Gosling, had reached a bump in our relationship and I had to address the issue.
“But why, Trish? We were so good together” Ryan said his blue eyes boring into mine.
“Oh Ryan”
“What do I need to do to let you know that you’re the one?” Ryan slowly took my hand and I shivered.
“It’s not you…it’s Ryan”
Ryan Gosling stared at me confused and I looked over his head at where the reason our relationship wouldn’t work out, stood.
“Hey Babe” Ryan Reynolds swaggered up to me in swimming trunks.
“Ryan, meet Ryan”
“You again” Ryan, the one I had to let go, snarled.
“You jealous?” Ryan, the one I was with, grinned.
“I’m caught between two men I love” I mumbled looking up at Ryan Reynolds.
He looked down at me and smiled. His face inched closer to mine and I felt my lips tingle in anticipation. He placed a hand on my cheek and murmured something
“Come again?” I purred
“I said, get up!” In that instant Ryan opened his mouth and spit what felt like an ocean all over me.
“Oh my GOD!” I shrieked opening my eyes. I took deep breaths as I felt around my bed, “Why is my bed soaked!”
“You’re a heavy sleeper” A voice said from my right. I turned to my bay window and none other than Seth sat looking like the picture of innocence.
“Do you have any idea how cold that water was?!” I hissed jumping out of the bed that I, now realized, had ice cubes in it.
“Nice PJ’s” Seth said his eyes running down my figure with a grin.
I looked down at my boy shorts and sport bra and hastily grabbed my soaked blanket to cover up, “Get out”
“Calm down, I’m not ogling you” He rolled his eyes and looked out the window. The sky was a gorgeous shade of blue, which indicated that it wasn’t even day-time yet
“I didn’t say you were” I muttered fighting to keep my blush down. There was nothing more embarrassing than having a guy practically say you weren’t worthy of being ogled. Not that I had an intense passion to be or anything. It was kind of like Seth had just reaffirmed my thoughts that guys didn’t go for girls like me. No matter what state of undress they were in.
Seth looked at me, his green eyes shining, and a look flashed behind them but was gone before I could even decipher it. His face seemed to soften and I immediately recognized the telltale signs of pity.
“What are you doing here, Mackenzie?”
“Well, Bleu” He grinned slowly, “I’m here to help you”
“By giving me hypothermia?” I deadpanned.
“By teaching you how to live a little. That was what normal people would call a prank” He enunciated the word.
I shook my head exasperated and shuddered with laughter.
“Whats so funny?”
“The fact that you think I actually need your help” I glared at him.
“Is that a, NO?” Seth asked lazily getting off the seat.
“Affirmative”
“YES?” Seth played dumb.
“You’re an idiot” I spat.
“Neither of the Ryan’s would like it very much if you continued speaking to me like that” Seth said fighting to hold back a laugh.
“You…”
“You mumble in your sleep. Very disconcerting” He nodded.
“Out. NOW”
“So you don’t want me to teach you how to have fun?”
“NO, the only thing you could ever teach me is how to clear my brain of all thoughts and that doesn’t seem to bode very well for you” I said through gritted teeth.
“So you don’t want my help” Seth squinted.
“How many times do I need to tell you!”
“I’m just making sure for when you do come crawling for my help” He grinned walking to me.
“Well I won’t, so save your breath” I said looking up into his green eyes. They looked brighter than they had before and seemed to have flecks of gold in them.
“Whatever you say, Bleu” He whispered opening my door.
“It’s, Trish” I hissed but he was already closing his door.