Our life together

chapter 7

Finally, the day had arrived that I was moving in with Ian for 2 months maybe even more. Jamie and I got along over the past week. This doesn't mean that I like her but that I can stand her and wouldn't mind seeing her more often. For Ian, I can't say the same. I've tried to not see or talk to him. When I didn't have another choice but to speak to him I kept it short and answered him dryly. I know I'm being dramatic by the way I'm acting but don't I have the right to! He's the one that's being a real jerk. Tyler helped me to bring all my stuff to Ian's place. It wasn't much just clothes, makeup and school stuff, besides if I forgot something I could always come back and get or ask Tyler to bring it for me. I settled into my new room. I really liked it and I'm glad I did because this would be the place that I'm probably going to be spending the most time in. I placed all my clothes and shoes in the closet, my books on the desk and my makeup on the vanity. I lit up some candles so that the room had nice sent and opened the balcony door for some cool air.

 "I like the room," Tyler says while he jumps onto my bed 

 "Thanks." I sit next to him and lay my head on his shoulder. His arm wrapped around my waist. 

"I'm going to miss not having you living next to me," he says and pulls me closer to him. I look up at him seeing that he really is sad. 

 "Aww Tyler, I'm going to miss you." I give him a kiss on the cheek. 

 "It's not that far from your place. A few minutes walking, less if you're in the car. Besides, you better come over because I don't think I can spend every night alone without you."

"You won't babe." He gives me a kiss on my forehead and smiles at me.

 Tyler, Ian and I brought my dad to the airport. We said our goodbyes and my dad said he'd call when he arrives and that maybe he'll come to visit over 2 weeks on the weekends. We waited till my dad went inside and then we left. The car ride back to Ian's place was quiet. It was just me and Ian, Tyler left with his own car. 

 "So uhm we were thinking to go to Olive Garden to get dinner." He said breaking the awkward silence.

 "We?" 

 "Yeah, me and Jamie."

"No thanks, I'll make something myself," I said and it was quiet again.

 "Come on Rose, sooner or later you'll have to talk to me again," he says after a while 

"Yeah, I choose later." I rolled my eyes and got out of the car. I still had to get used to staying at his place. As I walk to the front door Jamie arrives all happy and shiny. She parks her car right next to Ian's checks herself in the mirror and gets out

 "Hey, sweetie pie." She says all happy and gives him a kiss on the lips. 

I can see that Ian was looking at me. I think he was uncomfortable or something cause he pulled out of the kiss quickly. I rolled my eyes and walked inside up to my bedroom. I changed into something comfy. It was around 6 so I figured I should start checking what I'm going to eat for dinner. I thought of getting taken out but I felt like eating a home-cooked meal. Looking true every cabinet in the kitchen and refrigerator I decided to make lasagna. After I was done making it I placed it into the oven. While I was waiting, which probably would take 30 to 50 minutes I made iced tea. Ian and Jamie had left a few mins ago. He looked incredibly hot. He was wearing black not too skinny jeans and a white shirt. Simple but oh so hot. When I was all by myself, I took a blanket placed it on the couch and turned on the TV, going on Netflix. The lasagna was finally done. I took it out of the oven and waited for it to cool down a little. The aroma filled the kitchen and my stomach was giving me the signal that I was really hungry. Finally, I settled down in front of the TV all cozy in my Pj's and blanket eating delicious lasagna and watching Think Like a Man Act Like a Woman. Halfway true I felt my eyes getting heavy so I lowered the volume and slept on the couch because I'm too lazy to go to my room. I was about to fall into a deep sleep when I hear the front door unlock. I quickly acted like I was sleeping but still kept my eyes a little open for me to see. They didn't even notice I was there. Ian had her pinned up against the door, kissing her roughly. They started taking off their clothes. Gosh, I hope they won't do it on the couch, which would be so awkward Jamie's moans fill up the room. Ian moved from her lips to her neck. Sucking harshly. He was full of lust. They went into the downstairs bedroom and did their things. I couldn't fall asleep anymore. It was midnight and I was wide awake. Maybe having tea would help. I went into the kitchen and started heating up the water. It was only the first night and I was already having trouble sleeping. While I was waiting, I heard the doorknob turn. Ow no, who's awake! 

"Hey, how come you're still up?" He says in a sleepy voice. 'Well because you guys can't keep it down!' I wanted to say but just said that I couldn't sleep. It was quiet for a moment.

 "I know you saw us walk in Rose," He says in a low voice. 

 "I thought you'd be in your room."

 "It's fine; I should've been in my room anyway," I say staring at him. He was only wearing pyjama pants which made it hard to concentrate on what he was saying because I couldn't stop staring at his abs. focus Rose! You're still mad at this guy! 

"Rose-" he said sighing but I cut him off. 

 "I should really go to sleep because I have my Spanish test tomorrow." 

 Yeah I was looking for an excuse to get away but I wasn't lying, I really did have a test tomorrow and I need the sleep. Not as much as I led on but I did need the sleep. The past week my Spanish teacher Xavier has been helping me to study for the test as much as I can. He was really helpful and was patient with me. I have a good feeling about the test tomorrow. I don't think I would get an A+ but at least a C+ or B. That's what I'm hoping for. I re-read what I had to learn before I go to bed. It was around 12:30 am and I had to be awake at 5:00 am. I got cozy in bed and finally felt myself drift off in a deep sleep. My first night at Ian's could've been better but the good thing is I slept better than normal. I woke up a few minutes before my alarm. I changed into my running clothes and put on my shoes. I get downstairs, drink a glass of water, tie my hair in a ponytail and write on a post-it that I went out running in case one of them wake up and see that I wasn't in my room. I stuck it on the refrigerator, took my keys and went for a run. Because I didn't know the neighbourhood that well I decided to make myself a little familiar with it. I ran and ran seeing beautiful big houses. All a little different. Some were white and modern while others once had more of a vintage type there were also some that looked like castles. It was truly a beautiful neighbourhood.

 "Rose is that you?" I turned around to the familiar voice calling me. It was señor Xavier walking what must be his dog. I walk up to him and smile. 

 "Good morning señor Xavier." 

 "Morning Rose and you can call me Xavier, where not in a class," he says chuckling and gives me a playful wink.

 "Alright, Xavier," I say playfully. 

 "I didn't know you lived here, how come I've never seen you before around here" 

 "Well I don't live here; I'm staying with a friend of my dad because he's away on a business trip. So I thought this morning why not the neighbourhood runs true.

When I got home, there was ice cream with a note on the kitchen counter. I picked it up and it said: Hope you did well on your Spanish test~ Ian I smiled and got my phone to message him.

*hey I got your message, thank you ☺️*

5 minutes later he replied. *sure thing*I waited a few minutes till I answered him.

*how'd you know I'd do good?*

Ian: *I just hoped for the best, ice cream can be good for both.*

I laughed and just said *smart*

I went upstairs to get into more comfortable clothes and started to do my homework. I checked my mails and saw the Xavier has already grated my test. Nervously I click on the mail. Scanning through it I let out a sigh of relief when I see the C+ at the end of the letter, which I was too lazy to read, I see that he wrote a personal note. See, I knew you could do it ;) I smiled but when I wanted to answer I saw that Tyler requested to Face Time.

"Hey, babe." He wasn't wearing a shirt, probably just finished showering because his hair was damp.

"Hey, did you just have a shower or something?"

"No, I went to the pool."

"Ow okay, by the way, guess what?!... I got a C+ for Spanish." I say all cheerful.

"That's great babe, we should celebrate. What are you doing tomorrow?"

"Nothing."

"Well then we should go have dinner or something."

"You don't have to, it's just a C+ if it was an A or something then it would've been a big deal."

"Oh come on, we should celebrate besides I'm bored out these days' I miss you." He gave me his sad puppy dog face so I would agree.

"Ugh fine."

"Great I'll pick you up at 6." He said all cheery, I chuckled and we continued talking about random stupid stuff like we always do. We got interrupted when I heard the front door opening.

"Rose are you here." I heard his voice yelled from downstairs.

"Yeah I'm in my room," I yelled back. I told Tyler I was going to call him back and hung up.

"Hey what's up?" I asked when he entered my room.

"Hey, I just wanted to say that I'm having my family for dinner tonight. You can join us if you want?"

"Uhm, yeah sure, I'm free anyway so I wouldn't mind joining you guys." I smiled and he looked relieved. Was he worried that I wouldn't join them? Did he actually want me to join his family dinner? He said okay and let out a big sigh of relieve. I chuckled and looked at him.

"Is your family really that bad?" I said still laughing.

"No, it's just that it's the first time they'll be meeting Jamie." He said a little uncomfortable.

I felt my heart drop. I should've expected it; a guy only invites his family over to introduce his girlfriend. Ow Gawd what if he's going to propose! I was getting ahead of myself; they've only been dating less than a half year. I tried to breathe and not let my face show any emotion that I cared or that I was a little disappointed.

"So what's your family like?" He chuckled and tried to find the right words to describe them

"Well, their loud, very nosy, especially my sisters but at the end of the day they're family and always have the best intentions for me."

"So you have sisters?" I asked curiously

"Yeah, 3 actually and one brother."

"You have 4 siblings, how old are they?"

"Well you have the oldest sibling Mark who is 25 then you have me then my sister Angie she's 22, my sister Grace she's 19 and then you have the youngest sibling Nathalie who's 14 almost turning 15 in a few months."

"Cool, never thought you had siblings," I said looking at his beautiful amazing eyes. Focus Rose! He laughed.

"Why would you think that?"

"I don't know, it just seems like that, besides you don't even have family pictures in your house." After I said that last sentence something changed in his face, it wasn't anger but I think it was some kind of annoyance. He just mumbled something not sure what he said and was heading out of my room.

"Wait" he turned around looking at me.

"What is it?" He snapped.

I wanted to ask him if his brother was cute just to make a joke but decided not to when he snapped. So I just asked how late his family would come over and he said it would be around 6. I've only been staying with Ian for about a week and already found out that Ian's mood can go from zero to a hundred. It annoyed me because we would have a great time and then his mood just changes and everything is just weird and uncomfortable cause then I get scared of saying something wrong and I'll just switch another fuse in him. I decided to just go to sleep and not call Tyler anymore because I was just exhausted. When I woke up it was 4:54 so I decided to get ready. I didn't know what to wear, even though tonight would be about Ian and Jamie but I want to give a good impression because it would be my first time meeting his parents as well. Entering my closest I just decided to wear a maxi dress. I did my hair up and my accessory was just simple small pearl earrings, a feather necklace and my Pandora bracelet. As for makeup I went for a nude look and just decided to wear sandals cause we'd be eating in the back. By the time I was done it was already 6:05. Ian hasn't come up to remind me how late it is and normally he would if I'd have somewhere to go or had to be done at a certain time. I guess he's still annoyed or moody or whatever he is. I heard voices downstairs especially high pitched once, that must be his sisters. I got downstairs seeing the entire Cooper family sitting in the living room. As I walked down the stairs I felt eyes staring at me, I'm usually shy when it comes to meeting new people especially adults cause I want to give them a good impression of me. So I walk up and Ian's mom just comes up to me and gives me a big tight hug.

"You must be Ian's girlfriend; I've heard so much about you ooh you are very pretty." She kept on babbling thinking I was Ian's girlfriend, I didn't know what to say so thank God Ian came to my rescue.

"No mom, that Robert's daughter, Rose, remember his daughter was staying with me?" He said

"Aw yeah, sorry darling." She gave me a smile and hugged me again.

"It's okay, Mrs. Cooper." I gave her a reassuring smile.

"I did think you were a little young for my Ian." She said laughing and I laughed as well. We walked our way to the rest of the family.

"Where is your girlfriend?" I whispered to Ian.

"I don't know, she won't pick up the phone or answer my messages." He was becoming a little unsure but I rested my arm on his shoulder.