Will it be you?- Chapter 15

I open my eyes as it was still dark, but looking everywhere, there was thick curtains on the window.
Looking around the room, i found the clock that reads 7:45.

Wow cant believe I slept this late.
Getting up out of the bed, I open the door slowly just incase anyone was sleeping.
Walking out, I go down the hallway as i see one door shut.
As I approch the living room area, I see Sidney sitting up.

"Morning Sidney,"I say as i walk over to him.

"Did you sleep well last night?"Sidney asks as I sit beside him on the couch.

"Yeah I slept pretty good last night. What about you?"

"I slept ok,"

"That's good,"

"Yeah,"
Then i hear my cell from my pocket.
Dang it.

Pulling it out of my pocket, i flip it open as it read Kimmy
Not going to answer that.
I close my phone back up, placing it into my pocket.

"kim?"Sidney asks.

'Yeah and I'm not answering it. I'm going to deal with her today,"I say.

"I wouldn't if I was in your place,"

"Thanks, so what are you doing today?"

"I dont know yet,"

As I was about to say anything , I watch as LC walks out of the room.

"Morning guys,"LC says.

"Morning LC,"me and Sidney says.
She walks into the smal kicthen area that sid had.

"Sidney do you have anything in here?'LC asks.

"No, Army ate all my snacks up LC. Sorry,"Sidney says.

"It's ok, I'm going to go and see what Nathalie made for breakfest,"

"Ok, tell me what she made,"Sidney says.

"Ok,"
LC opens the door and heads out into the main house.

"You hungry?"Sidney asks.

"Yes,'I say.

"Let's head down to the kicthen,"
Sidney then get up as I follow him.

"Where is the kicthen at?'I ask as I get beside him.

"It's near the other side of the house. We just have to pas through the TV then right into the kicthen,"Sidney says.

"Ok,"

"Your really hungry, huh?"

"Yes,"

"Well if Nathalie is making blueberry pancakes, they are the best,"

I just lick my lips as we walk across the TV right into the kicthen.

"Morning Sidney!!" a little girl, which was Alexa says.

"Morning Lexa,"Sidney says as he hugs the girl.
She then looks at me funny.

"Are you the girl from the store?"Alexa asks.

"Yeah, it's nice to see you again,"I say.
She smiles as she hugs me to.

"Aww thank you,"I say.

She then walks to the other side of the table and sit down next to Mario.

LC was sitting beside the young boy as Alexa was beside him then Mario.

"You can sit down,"Mario says.

'anywhere?"I ask.

"Yep,"
I then pull out a chair that was across from Mario, as Sidney pulls out a chair and sits beside me.

"What do you want to drink, aaylah? Right?"Nathalie asks.

"yes, and can I have some orange juice please?"I ask.

"Yes and what do you want to drink Sidney?"

"Orange juice,"

"Alrighty, while I'm in here what pancakes do you want? I can make strawbery, chocolate chip, blueberry or normal,"

I look at Sidney.

"Chocolate chip please,"i say.

"alright, you want that same Sid?"Nathalie asks.

"Please,"Sidney says.

"So how have you been, Aaylah?"Mario asks.

"Ok, my life isn't going to well though,"I say.
That was my first sentence that I ever spoken to Mario.

"I'm sorry,"he says.

"Yeah, thanks,"

"Well if you need anything, we can help you out anyway we can,"

"You dont have to,"

After a few minutes, Nathalie comes to the table with two plates in her hand.

"Thank you,"I say.

"Your welcome,"
She then sat next to me.

"Hey Aaylah are you doing anything today?"LC asks.

"Probably not, why?"I ask.

"Would you like to come to the mall with me and Nathalie after breakfest?"LC asks.

"You sure you want me to come?"

"Yeah, we are going to have a girls day out,"LC says.

"Can i come mommy?"Alexa asks.

"No, your going to stay here with daddy today,"Nathalie says.

"Ok, I'll go. It would get me away from the hecktic life right now,"

"Alright,"

After I finish up my breakfest, I stand up and head into the kicthen area.
Turning on the focuet, I clear off my plate sitting it into the sink.

"You didn't have to do that,"Nathalie says.

"I wanted to. My parents raised me like that,"I say.

"Good parents you have then,"LC says as I begin to cry.

"Excuse me for a few minutes,"
I walk into the TV room as my cell phone began to go off.

I grab it from my pocket and see that it was Vette.

"Hey, are you at home?"Yvette asks.

"No, I stayed over with Sidney,"I say.

"Gril, your lucky,"

"Vette for the last time keep telling me that. So whats up?"

"Nothing, being bored, so I called you,"

"Good thinking,"

"Thanks,"
As look behide me Sidney and Mario was talking as LC and Nathalie was chatting by the sink.

"So you coming home today?"

"probably not until Kim leaves. She has been calling me, like every hour. she's annoyed,"

"I'm sorry girl,"

"Yeah, I want her to leave,"

"She will eventally,"

"probably soon I hope,"

I then watch as Sidney walks into the TV.

"I'll talk to you later. I have to go,"

"Ok girl, call me whenever you get done with whatever,"

"Alright,"
Hanging up, I put my phone back into my pocket.

"Yvette?"Sidney asks.

"Yep, she wanted to know where I am and that I was ok,"

"Ah ok,"
Then LC walks into the room.

"You ready to head to the mall?"LC asks.

"I guess so,"I say.

"See you girls later,"Sidney says.

"mommy,"Alexa says as she rushes over to Nathalie.

"I'll be back in a few, sweetie. Be good ok?"Nathalie says as she hugs her.

"Alright,"

"Bye Austin, Mario and sidney. I love ya,"Nathalie says.

"Bye honey, have fun,"Mario says as we walk out of the house.

"So what car would you girls like that take?"Nathalie asks as the garage door began to open.
sitting there was a black BMW, a sliver van and a yellow VW bug.

"The Bug,"I say.

"Yeah,"LC says.

"Ok, lets get in,"
We walk into the garage.

"You want front seat, Aaylah?"LC asks.

"Sure,"I say.

As I open the door, I let LC get into the back as I push the seat back and sit in the passinger seat.
I close the door as I buckle up..

"buckled up?"nathalie asks.

"Yep,"Me and LC say as she backs out and heads out.

"So Aaylah how did you and Sidney meet?"LC asks.

"Um at the hockey rink in southpointe. He helped me with my hockey skills,"I say.

"Aww, you play hockey?"Nathalie asks.

"Yep, I actually began about a month ago. It's a hobby,"I say.

"Nice, so do you know all of Sid's tricks yet?"LC asks.

"Nope but I kicked his butt in a hockey game yesterday at pratice,"I say.

"Nice one,"LC says.

"Thanks,"

"So tell us about yourself, Aaylah,"Nathalie says as she turns.

"Ok I'm 19,born July 17,1988 in downtown Pittsburgh. My parents are Philip thomason and Mareget Johnson. I have no siblings. I live right now in an apartment in Sewickley Heights. I'm also in my third year in college for childhood development. Then i play hockey on the side. thats my life,"I say.

"Thats a pretty nice life,"Nathalie says.

"Your a year older then me,"LC says.

I turn around.
'When's your birthday?"I ask.

"September 15,1989,"LC says.

"Well it'd better to be young then old. My dad always told me that before he passed on almost 6 years ago,"I say.

"Aww,"Nathalie says.

"So Nathalie we are we going to shop at?"LC asks,

"Going to North shore unless you want to go into downtwon during the day,"Nathalie says.

"North shore is ok with me,"

"Is it ok with you Aaylah?"Nathalie asks.

"Yep, its fine. I haven't been shopping in awhile,"

"How come?"LC asks.

"Cause i've been really busy with school,"I say.

"Your a girl on a mission,"Nathalie and LC both say to me.

"I am,"I say.

We talk alot more as Nathalie parks into a parking place.

"Yay we're here,"LC says as I smile
This day might go well then I thought.

I then unbuckle and get out of the car as LC comes out from the back.
Closing the door, we walk up to the sidwalk.

"Which store first?"Nathalie asks as we walk into the mall.

"Forever 21, I havent been in there"LC says.

"Alright, lets go in,'Nathalie says as LC goes off into the store.

"Aaylah come here,"LC says as I walk over to her.
She was holding up the most beauiful dress that I seen before.
It was a light purple sundress with butterflys and flowers on the bottom.

"this would fit you perfectly,"
I pick up the pricetag, it was 150 bucks.
Way too experince for me.

"i like it,"

"Here go try it on,"

"Alright, be back,"I say as i had tothe dressing room but i didn'ttry it on cause of the money it costs.
I walk back out and place it back on the rack as I walk on.

"Aaylah, would you like to go for a drink while LC shops. She takes forever,"Nathalie asks.

"Sure,"I say as i walk out with Nathalie.

"So you beat Sid in hockey, that must make you feel good,"Nathalie says.

"yeah it does but, I know they all when easy on me including Fleury,"I say.

"I don't think so,"

"Maybe they didn't,"

We walk up into a line to grab s milkshake.

"what flavor?"Nathalie asks.

"I can buy my own,"I say.

"No I'll pay for it. My treat,"

"You sure?"

"Yes,"

"Vanilla,"

"Ok i would like 2 vanillas and a chocolate,"

I then watch as she passes on to me.

"Thanks Nathalie,"I say.

'your welcome sweetie,"Nathalie says.

We then turn around as LC came walking to us.
she had two bags in her hand.

"Here lauren,"Nathalie says as she hands her the chocolate.

"Thanks, let go exploring,"LC says.

4 hours of walking around a mall really gets to you.
It was now 3 o'clock as we all walk out of the mall.
I was laughing and carrying on.

"and he was naked in the street,"LC says as I laugh so hard.

"Oh my god,"
We all were laughing hard.
Arriving back to the car, Nathalie opens the trunk to the car as LC puts her 6 bags into the trunk.
Closing it, she walks over to me and says"shotgun"

she opens the door as I climb into the backseat then she got into the front seat.

"Thank you for inviting me to come out with you two. i had a blast today,"I say as i buckle up.

"No problam, you didn't want to be bored all day would you?"LC asks.

"If you was still at home, it is boring,"Nathalie says as she begins to back up and heads back in the way we came.
As she gets onto the street, my cell begins to go off.
Pulling it out of my pocket, I say"Hello,"
I watch as Nathalie turns down the radio.

"Get home!!!"Kim exclaims.

"why dont you get your butt back to Columbus where you belong!"I exclaim back.

"i'm only here cause of you and the furneral,"

"Well your not helping me with the furneral cause it's for my mother and your not invited. So get the heck outta Pittsburgh,"
I slam my phone shut.

"You ok Aaylah?"LC asks as i wipe my eyes off.

"I'll be ok,"I say.

"You want me to call sid?"LC asks.

"no, but thanks,"

The rest of the ride was silent as nathalie pulls back into the driveway.
As soon as LC gets out of the car, I get out and head over to the door.
When i arrive to the door, mario opens it.

"Are you ok, Aaylah?"

"Where's Sidney at?"I ask.

"He's in his wing,"Mario says as I walk in and head to sidney's wing.
I knock on the door as he opens it.

"Aaylah are you ok?"Sidney asks as I put my head on his chest.
He wraps his arms around me.

"Shh it's ok Aaylah. whats wrong?"

i look up at him with tears in my eyes.

"Kim called and i told her off but i should be happy but she made me sad,"I say.

"Shh it will be ok,"

"Are you ok dear?"I hear Nathalie ask.

"She'll be ok,"Sidney says in my defense..

"Ok,'

A few minutes later of crying, i left my head up from Sidney's chest.

"you ok now?"

"Yes, thank you sidney,"

"Your welcome,"

"You ok Aaylah?"I hear LC ask.
I turn around as she had all her bags in her hand.

"Yeah, I'll be ok. thanks for asking,"I say.

She smiles as she pulls something out of her bag.
the dress that i love.

"Here, I bought this for you,"LC says handing me the dress.

"You sure about this?"i ask.

"Yes, I knew you loved it, so I bought it for you,"

"Thank you,"I say.

"Can i use your shower?"LC asks Sidney.

"Yeah, you dont have to ask. It's the first door on your right,"

"Thanks Sid,"LC says as she passes us into his wing.

"Hey can i ask you something?"sidney asks as he closes his door.

"Yeah,"I say.

"Can you help me plan a welcome back party? It's for Lauren,"Sidney says.

"Yeah I can help you out,"

"Thank you, let me go ask Nathalie if she can help out too,"sidney says as he walks away.

He sure loves his cousin.
As he does that, i take out my cell phone to call Yvette.

"Hello,"Vette says.

"Hey it Leah, hows your day been?"I ask.

'Ok I guess. going to watch the Penguins game tonight. Thats about it. How about your day?"Vette asks.

"I just go back from shopping with sidney's cousin and Nathalie Lemieux. His cousin, LC bought me a dress,"

"your lucky to be over there and hanging out,"

"No I'm not, geez,"

"Whatever you say, so what are you doing tonight?"

"I don't know yet,"

"Ah ok, well i gotta go. They want out. Talk at ya later,"

"Bye Vette,'

As I hang up, Sidney came back out.

"Ok, she can help us out. What do you think we should have it inside or outside or indoor pool area?"Sidney asks.

"the pool would be different. Do you have any relatives that live here?"I ask.

We walk over to the back window.

"No, our familes both live back in Nova Scotia. why?"

"Does she have friends here?"

"Nope, well maybe you,"

"So who will all be here?"i ask.

"Well the Lemieux's obviously, me you, LC, I was going to invited colby,Whitney,Taylor, his girlfriend, Marc fleury, Vanessa, his girlfriend, and Geno I believe. You want to invite Yvette to come?"Sidney asks.

"I'm sure she would want to come if geno will becoming,"

Sidney smiles.

"So we can through her a pool party just tell everyone to get trunks,"

"Alright got ya. Are you coming to the game tonight by the way? I can get you in,"

"Sure, i'll go,"

"Alright, let me go make some calls out here, while you call Vette,"Sidney says as he goes outside and i dial Vette number again.

"what do you want now?"Vette asks.

"Well Sidney wanted me to invite you to a party after the game tonight,"I say.

"Ok where at?"

"At Mario lemieux's house,"

"WHAT!!"

"I can pick you up or Sidney can because I think I'm going with him to the rink,"

"Alright, I'll go,"

"Ok, I'll tell him,"

"Call me before you come,"

"Ok, oh bring a bathing suit. you'll need it,"

"Ok bye,"

She took that so easliy.
I then turn around to see LC come out in some jeans a sweater and crocs on her feet.

'Where's sid at?"LC asks just as Sidney came back inside.

"Wow, ilike your outfit Lauren,"sidney says.

"You'll like Aaylah's better,"
She looks at me, to move in and change.
A dress is not hockey wear things.

I then walk into sidney's wing as i walk intothe bathroom to change.
I feel so fat in this dress.
Taking a deep breath, I exit the room with nothing on my feet as i walk back into the main way.

"you look beauiful, Aaylah,"LC says.

"I feel fat,'I say.

"He'll love it on you,"she says as Sidney walks into the room.

"Nice dress, Aaylah,"sidney says.
LC then elbows him.

"Ouch lauren,"sidney says as i smile a little bit.

"Sorry, it slpped,"LC says.

"your being evil,"Sidney says.

"Duh,"
I laugh.
they are acting like brother and sister.