Chapter Twenty-eight
My eyes flutter open, they're met by a harsh light, I realise it's the sun, poking out through my curtains. It's just gone eight. Crawling out of bed, I stumble sleepily downstairs in my pyjamas, Walking in to the kitchen, Where I am greeted with the sun again, shining right through the window. My Dad is sitting eating eggs and drinking coffee. Sitting down, across from him, I pour myself some orange juice and grab a slice of toast - it's gone within seconds and I concentrate on the juice.
"We both need to go in to work today, Amelia has already left and she'll will be back at two o' clock. Will you be ok on your own for a bit?" My dad says, picking up his plate and taking it to the dishwasher. I nod and smile.
"Yeah, probably. Can I have a couple of friends round?" I ask, hopeful.
"Yes, of course. But, behave. Ok?" I nod again.
"Thanks." I do the same, and then walk off to get dressed. I shower, brush my teeth and get dressed. Then I take out my phone and text Amelia
I'll meet you guys at Jacobs at half 10 x x x x
I then text Jacob as well and tell him I'll be at his for half ten. Walking through to the lounge, I switch on the PS3 and play battlefield 3. After an hour or so of playing, I decide to get ready to meet Jacob and Hayley. As I walk down the drive way, I realise how big the place is. The twenty-five minute journey doesn't last seem to last long and before I know it I'm walking along Jacobs street. He and Hayley, who have obviously spotted me from inside, are now suddenly standing in Jacobs garden, Jacob is the first to greet me and he unlocks his car. That's one of the many positive parts of Jacob being eighteen. He can drive, and he used to buy me alcohol and cigarettes. We all climb in, and with the help of my directions we are back at my house within fifteen minutes. I tell Jacob to pull in to the massive driveway, which could easily accommodate five or six cars and we all climb out. Hayley, is last out, she looks just as stunned as I did when I first saw it, I think Jacob is too - he just hides it more. I walk up to the porch and take out my keys.
"Oh, yeah guys. We have a dog, his names Oscar." I say, unlocking the door and pushing it open, as if on cue, Oscar pounces on my, licking my face and rubbing his wet nose on me. He does the same to Jacob, and then to Hayley. I walk them in to the living room.
"This is obviously the living room." I say, they both walk in and take a look around, although I stay standing at the door, watching their reactions. Oscar's calming down, obviously warming to the new strangers in his home. We pass the home gym and the only downstairs bathroom, even though they're impressive, they're probably the least exciting parts of the house. We all walk in to the lounge, just like I was, they're mesmerised by the amount of things it has in it. Jacob is probably more excited about the games consoles. I show them the kitchen briefly before walking outside to the back garden, revealing the pool and basketball court. After Jacob making a joke about jumping in the pool fully clothed, I walk back inside and let them follow me up the staircase. We avoid every room apart from my bedroom, which I show off with an extreme amount of pride. It's mine and so is everything in it. We sit in my room for a bit, during which Hayley and Jacob express their opinions on my new home.
"Please don't think that now I'm a spoilt rich kid. I'm not." I state clearly.
"We've known you for years, mate. We all know you're not a spoilt rich kid." Jacobs reassures softly. We walk back down to the lounge, where Jacob and I play battlefield for while, until Hayley gets bored of watching.
"Teach me how to play pool." She nags, tapping my shoulder. I turn off the Xbox and we all gather around the pool table, Jacob breaks and when it's my shot, I lean against Hayley's body, controlling her arms and body in to making a shot - we manage to pocket a ball, to Hayley's surprise. Just after our second game, with Jacob winning, I hear Amelia come in, the time flew by and I didn't even realise it was two o'clock.
"Come with me, guys." I say, walking out the room. I saunter in to the kitchen, where Amelia is starting to make herself some coffee. I take Hayley by the hand and walk further in the kitchen.
"Amelia, this is Hayley. She's my girlfriend." I stutter. Amelia stops what she's doing and walks over to meet us in the middle of the kitchen. "Hayley, this is Amelia." She gives us all a friendly, motherly smile and hugs Hayley.
"Hello, Hayley." She smiles. Amelia looks at me and winks.
"I've heard a lot about you. You've made quite an impression on our Michael." I turn red immediately. I flash a quick look at them both and then look at the ground. Hayley squeezes my hand. My eyes wander up to her and I smile.
"He's told me all about you guys too." Hayley fires back. I sigh and look up at them both.
"All good things, I hope." Amelia whispers. Hayley let's out a nod.
"Not one bad word so far." Hayley laughs. I look behind me and usher Jacob forward.
"This is my best friend Jacob." I say, as he walks up beside me.
Jacob smiles awkwardly. Hayley smiles as she turns to him.
"Hello, Jacob. Don't be getting him in too much trouble." She winks. We walk back in to the lounge, and play another could of games of pool. Jacobs attention turns to his phone.
"Guys, I have to go." He announces.
"Alright, man. Is everything ok?" I ask. He turns his head in my direction and smiles.
"Yeah. Just need to do something real important." I nod, Understanding what he means. When he leaves, Hayley and I are left not knowing what to do. She turns to me and smiles.
"I should probably get going in twenty minutes or so, maybe we should go to your bedroom." She smiles. I smile too and lead her upstairs...
I lie in my bed naked, watching Hayley put her clothes back on. She turns to me and motions for me to get up too. I do it reluctantly and put my boxers and jeans back on. I grab my t-shirt, and throw it on as we're walking downstairs. Hayley stands in the hallway, waiting for me to finish my way downstairs, when I do I wrap her in my arms and peck her on the cheek. This obviously isn't enough affection for her, and she slips her tongue in my mouth. When she finally leaves, I wander through to the kitchen to see Amelia.
"Have you had lunch?" She asks, as soon as I walk in.
"Yeah." I lie. She turns to face me and smiles.
"What did you have?" She presses. I think she knows I'm lying.
"Me and Hayley went to McDonald's before we met with Jacob." I'm digging myself in to a deeper hole. I felt real bad about lying, I wasn't hungry. I knew she'd make me eat.
"Ok then, that's good." She smiles. I sit down beside her at the table and we make small talk. I ask her how work was, she asks me what me and my friends did. Noticing it's almost four o'clock, I text Hayley and ask if she got home ok. Amelia, starts making dinner and I, like always, help. We're making spaghetti Bolognese, I tell her it's my favourite and she tells me that it's hers too. We're half way through making it, when my Dad comes home. We all stand in the kitchen, waiting on dinner to finish cooking, it doesn't take long to make and soon we're sitting down to eat. My Dad and Amelia seem quiet, the atmosphere is tense. I think about all the things I could have done wrong, I've been home on time, I haven't broken any of the rules. Are they mad with me? I want to question their behaviour, but I don't want to seem intrusive. Dinner finishes and we all help clear up, then I wander through to the living room. I sit down on a couch and turn on the TV. I start channel surfing, when my Dad and Amelia finally come though and sit on the couch across from me.
"Can you turn that off for a minute?" My Dad asks politely. I do as he says and I look at them both. Their faces are serious and I start to worry.
"Have I done something?" I ask with a sad look on my face.
"Oh god, no." Amelia answers. "We want to tell you something."
"Oh. Thank god." I say, sighing with relief.
"Amelia's pregnant." My dad spits out. My face breaks in to a smile.
"Are you serious!?" I shout. They both nod and let out a smile too.
"How long have you known?" I ask, maybe slightly too intrusive.
"Three or four weeks." Amelia says. "We wanted to wait until you were settled in to tell you." I smile again and start to walk over to them. They both stand up and I hug Amelia and then I hug my Dad.
"Congratulations." I say, with The huge smile still on my face.