6. Who’s Knocking?

"When were you going to tell me this?!" I screamed at Christian as I followed him up the stairs.

He groans and turns around as we were at the top. "I just got a message this afternoon that they are coming to pick us up the day after tomorrow." I started pacing back and forth.

I wasn't ready for this. I haven't even gotten myself together. I am not really good  at meeting parents. "Look am not good with parents ok?" I tell Christian.

He sighs and says, "Well, you are going to have to. They are going to be here very soon." I sit on the bean bag chair that's in the corner.

"Whyyy??" I say dramatically into the palms of my hands. I hear Christian laughing out loud. "You are way too easy."

I look up at him. He had a grin on his face. "What do you mean by that?" I ask him standing up. "I am not a kid anymore. How come they didn't come pick Jonas?" He asks  looking down at me.

"Maybe because he is not annoying like you." I say under my breath. Surprisingly Christian heard it. "I heard that. To tell you the truth, he is way annoying." I look at him strangely and ask,

"You guys are twins. Which one of you is the older one?" I ask placing my hands on my hips. He sighs and says, "Jonas." I look at him. He does seem like the younger one.

He yawns and says, "Well am going to bed. Goodnight." He tells me. "Goodnight." We wave by to each other and go into our rooms. As I lay on my bed, I decide to call Janice.

I feel bad because we haven't talked to each other in a while.

For some odd reason, as I picked up my phone it started to tremble. I dialed Janice's number. Maybe I felt like she won't pick up.

"What?" Janice answers the phone after the second ring.

"Um..." My voice trails off. I didn't know what to tell her. We haven't spoken in days. I wasn't prepared for this conversation. I feel like Janice is pissed of me for not updating her on this situation that I am in. I don't want to make her more angry.

One wrong move and I am dead. "Well... I did not expect you to pick o the phone at all." I say slowly.

"Do you want me hang up so you can talk to the answering machine instead?" She says with a sharp tone.

"No!" I say with more edge than usual. "I mean, no, but you know what I mean.

There was a pause.

"What do you want Esther. I want to go to sleep." She groans.

"I called to apologize." I purse my lips as I ay on my side. Talking to Janice hasn't been this hard before. Usually it is very easy.  "I um... just want to say I'm sorry. I really wanted to tell you but everything is moving so fast."

Silence.

"I had no other choice, Janice." I add on. "I got kicked out of my apartment just this morning. So I am living with Christian now."

I don't know how she'll respond. If she angry at me, let her be. I guess I deserve to be yelled at.

"I don't understand you Esther. I get that you have to do it but you not letting me understand before hurts." She says with a sad tone.

I feel bad because she has always been the one by my side throughout this whole time. "I know I am very sorry."

She sighs and says, "It's okay. I have to go to bed. I have work tomorrow. Good luck in Italy." I could tell she is happy. "Okay. Good night and thank you."

I hang up the phone and I fall asleep for the night. Hopefully everything goes well.

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When I wake up the next morning, I get ready for the day. Today I was wearing a white overalls, with a black crop top underneath. I wear slides along with it.

As I step out of my room, Christian is getting out of his room as well. "Good morning." I greet him. He smiles and answers. "Good morning short stuff."

I clench my fist as he says that. I don't like that nickname.

I look at him. His hair was messy and he looked really tired as if he didn't sleep at all. "Did you sleep?" I ask as we go down the stairs. "Not enough." He answers as he sits by the tall chairs in the kitchen.

I wanted to ask more but I feel like it was a personal issue. I sigh as I open the fridge. I got out some ingredients. I made breakfast for Christian and I. I walk over to where Christian was sitting at the tall tables.

He was sleeping. He looked like a baby. "You are so much cuter when you are not talking." I say as I look closely at him. He opens his eyes and we were looking at each other.

"If you wanted a kiss you could have asked." He says smiling. I roll my eyes as I place his food in front of him. I sit down next to him and we eat in silence.

After breakfast, Christian and I start packing for Italy. I go up to my room and start packing my stuff. I head to Christian's room after I was done.

I open the door quietly. I look inside to find that Christian was no where in sight. I look at his bedroom. Everything in here was classy. He had his own tv, and his balcony.

When I come inside, I see a shadow of someone in the balcony. Smoke. Christian smokes?

I go to the balcony to see Christian leaning on the railings smoking a cigarette. He looks lost in thought.

"Christian?" I say quietly as I move closer to him. He looks at me and throws his cigarette in a cigarette container.

His eyes were red as if he were crying. "What do you want?" He asks as he walks past me. I follow right behind him. He was sitting on his bed.

"Are you okay?" I ask as I sit next to him. "Yeah just have a lot on my mind." He answers.

I look at him as he places his hands to his face. I really want to know what's going on but I don't ask. I just rub my hand on his back in circles for a while.

After a while, Christian and I were relaxing in his bed watching a movie. We were watching the movie that I picked. The NoteBook.

I really love this movie. As we were watching, I tried to move my body but I couldn't. I looked down to see Christian laying his head on my chest. He was already fast asleep.

The movie isn't boring.

He did say he didn't get enough sleep though. I decide to just stay still because he needs to sleep and plus he is heavy. I took a nap as well.

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When I woke up, I opened my eyes to see Christian's face close to me. Our faces were very close that one might think we were kissing.

"You look beautiful." He says into my ear. He started kissing my neck. I grab hold of his shirt. He looks at me and smiles. I roll my eyes. I know he is messing with me again.

I stand up and stretch. "That was a good nap." I tell him as I look at him. He looked better. His refreshed. "Yeah it was." He says as he gets up from the bed.

There was a knock at the door. Christian and I look at each other. The person at the door says, "Christian baby am here!"