Babysitting Sucks – Chapter 2

Babysitting Suck (Chapter Two)

Matthew opened the front door.

“Hey baby.” It was Lorraine, Matthews girlfriend. She was absolutely gorgeous, he knew he was hitting well out of his league with her. She had silky smooth, perfectly straight, mahogany hair. Her skin was flawlessly tanned, her eyes a mesmerizing, turquoise, and her smile could kill demons it was so heavenly.

He knew that he should be thrilled to see her but after what had transpired a couple of days ago, he was less than pleased that she had turned up unannounced. It might have been guilt for what he had done with Bella, or it might have been because his parents had gone out, leaving him and his sister home alone to explore their new found love for each other. Either way, today was not going as he had wanted it to.

“Heya my beautiful,” He managed to fake a smile and pulled her into a hug. She kissed him. “This is a surprise, I didn’t expect to see you to today.” He was a pretty good actor, making himself sound pleased, when he was utterly disappointed. It wasn’t her fault, and he didn’t want her to feel bad for showing up.

“Well, I haven’t heard from you for a couple of days. I thought I’d drop by and see you.” She smiled at him.

“Well you were lucky. I think Laura and I were just about to go out shopping.”

“I didn’t think you two got along at all.” She looked confused.

“We didn’t, but I was babysitting the other day, and turns out we get along. We don’t always have to annoy and provoke each other.” Technically it wasn’t a lie, that’s exactly what had happened. Lorraine didn’t need to know about her boyfriends manhood being driven down his sisters throat, and she definitely didn’t need to know about him dumping a load in his sisters best friend. He wasn’t lying, he just wasn’t telling her the whole truth.

He heard footsteps running down the stairs and turned to see Laura stood in her underwear and a t-shirt. When she saw Lorraine she stopped. “Hi.” She said timidly.

“Hi.” Laura said.

Awkwardness.

“Lorraine is coming shopping with us. You better get dressed.” Matthew said to Laura.

This was the first time Laura had heard anything about shopping, but she knew she had to play along. “Sorry,” she replied. “Won’t be long.” She smiled and ran back upstairs.

Lorraine turned to Matthew. “Does she not like me?”

“No, it’s not that.” Matthew replied. He decided he was going to go with the ‘not the full truth, but not a lie’ approach again. “I think she was just looking forward to a day with her brother. We ain’t exactly been close, it’s like having a new friend.”

“Oh, I’m sorry. Should I go?” Laura asked. Guilt. She didn’t want to ruin their day, she just wanted to see her boyfriend.

As much as Matthew wanted to say “yes, yes definitely, you should go!” He decided that wouldn’t go down too well. So he went with the usual “Nah, I’m sure it will be fine.”

“Are you sure? I don’t want to ruin her day.”

“I’m sure it will be okay.” Matthew said, cursing himself. Why didn’t he just say “yeah, perhaps you should go.”

“Okay.” Laura said reluctantly.

“Come on. Let’s go watch TV while Laura gets ready.” Matthew said leading their way to the living room. Lorraine took her boots off by the front door and follows.

Laura slumped down on her bed. Disappointed didn’t quite cut it. She had been really looking forward to today. She decided to get ready, all she could do was go shopping with them and hope that Lorraine left before their parents got home. It was a long shot, but it looked like her only hope.

She removed the t-shirt she was wearing and discarded it on her bed. A cheeky grin broke across her face as she had an idea. She discarded her underwear she was wearing too. “I can show him what he’s missing out on.” She muttered to herself.