**Chapter 22; Isn't This Interesting?**
******CHAPTER 22; Isn't This Interesting?******
Since it was a little past midnight, I think that they had known that I would be half sleeping when I got there. Greg and I got out of the cab and Mrs. Raposo greeted us in the driveway. “Hey sweetie, how are you doing?” Mrs. Raposo asked. “I’m just a little tired, but besides that I’m okay,” I replied quietly. Since I was half sleeping, Greg and Mrs. Raposo helped me get up the stairs and into the house. “Whoa!” I screamed, as my cast got caught on the threshold, but Greg caught me in mid air. “Thanks babe,” I said as I got back on my crutches. We walked into the dimly lit house as Mrs. Raposo led me to the guest room. “Thanks Mrs. Raposo,” I said quietly, smiling. “Call me Maryann,” she replied. “Feel better sweetie. If you ever need anything, don’t hesitate, there’s always someone up in this house!” she said as she gave me a hug and left the room. Greg was standing by the door as I just collapsed onto the bed. “I’m so damn tired,” I moaned. Greg just stood there, smiling. “What?” I asked nervously. “Do I have something in my hair or something?” I attempted to get up but I started to fall. Greg ran over and caught me. I sat back down on the bed and a couple minutes later, we were in a lip lock. “Well…” I said a while later, pulling away. “I’d better get some sleep,” “Yeah, but if you need something, just get me, I’m gonna be in the living room,” Greg said as he gave me another kiss and walked out of the room.
I woke up at around 6am..I don’t know why..but I did. I was a little thirsty, so I thought I’d amuse myself and try to find the kitchen. I slowly walked down the stairs and found him sleeping on the couch in front of the TV. As I walked closer, I saw drool all over his shirt. “Nice..” I thought to myself quietly. Since I wasn’t paying any attention to where I was going, I ran into the wall and fell flat on my butt, but Greg didn’t wake up. I slowly looked up to find that he was still sleeping, however I heard him mumble.“Mommy…where’d my rubber duckie go?” he mumbled in his sleep. I tried my best not to laugh at him..but I ended up in hysterics, rolling on the floor. When I finally got myself together, I walked over to the fridge and laughed as I grabbed a handful of ice from the freezer. I quietly walked over to Greg and slid some of the ice down the back of his shirt. “OH MY GOD!” Greg screamed as he jumped about 10 feet up in the air. He looked over to see me laughing hysterically and he just gave me that look like “just wait…” He turned around to reveal the back of his shirt totally soaked with water. “Damn Greg..you must’ve been having some dream for that ice to melt that quickly!” I said, still laughing. “You know it,” he replied sarcastically. He walked over to the fridge and wouldn’t let me see what he was getting. All of the sudden we heard someone coming down the stairs. I quickly sat on the couch to find that it was just one of Greg’s sisters coming down to get a drink. “Hey Greg..hey Laurie,” she said quietly as she slowly made her way to the kitchen. “Hey!” I said, looking back. “What are you doing up this early?” Greg nagged. “Chill Greg, I’m getting a drink,” she snapped. “Yeah Greg..she’s just getting a drink!” I mocked. Then he just glared at me. After she got a drink, she went back upstairs, leaving me and Greg alone again. He started walking over towards me with a big smile spreading across his face. “What?” I asked as I slowly started backing away from him.He didn’t answer..and when he reached where I was standing, he just stood there. As he bent down to give me a kiss..she came downstairs again. “Umm..yup..no cavities Laur,” Greg said quickly, trying to cover-up what he was doing. “Uh Greg..why were you looking to see if Lauren had any cavities?” He just looked at her with a blank expression. “Because I um..was wondering, you know hospital food. You never know what’s in that stuff!” I exclaimed. “Right…” she said slowly as she rolled her eyes and walked back upstairs. This time, I made sure that she was really upstairs. “You were checking for cavities?” I asked in shock. “Well..what else could I say that I was near your mouth for?” Greg replied. I started to laugh quietly and then sat down on the couch. I took the remote and started channel surfing. I found something I liked, and put the remote next to me, and then Greg took it and started flipping through channels again.
“Greg..I was watching something,” I said as I grabbed the remote back. “But I don’t wanna watch that, so I switched to this,” he said as he took the remote back from my hand. “What’s up with you playing Couch Commander all the sudden?” I asked as I looked over at him with a raised eyebrow. “I dunno,” he said giving me a grin. “Greg, can I have the clicker back?” I asked. He stood up and smiled. “You have to get it from me first,” he replied slyly. I stood up and then he started laughing as he raised his arm so I couldn’t get it. “Oh I see..” I said as I tried to stand up on the couch. “Fine,” he said with a smile still remaining on his face as he stood on the couch. “Eww..go away, it’s not my fault I’m VERTICALLY CHALLENGED!!” I joked. A few minutes later, Mrs. Raposo came downstairs. “Crap!” Greg muttered as he grabbed my arm and pulled me back into a sitting position on the couch and flipped to the show I was watching before. “HA! I win!” I said quietly.
“Laurie?” Mrs. Raposo said as she slowly opened the door to the guestroom. “I’m in the living room,” I replied. She walked in the room to see me and Greg sitting on the couch watching TV, and Greg had a big smile on his face. “Okay you two, what’s going on?” she asked curiously, eyeing me. “Nothing,” I replied innocently. She looked at the two of us and sighed. “Riight..so anyways,I just wanted to let you know that you two have to start getting ready to go to rehersals. Lauren, I assume that you’re going to the rehersal too, right?” she asked. “Yup, she’s going,” Greg said quickly. “Thanks DAD,” I said sarcastically. Mrs. Raposo just laughed and walked out of the room. “Rehersals are in two hours, get moving!” she screamed down the stairs. “Got it Mom!” Greg hollered back. Greg turned around and started talking, but after a couple seconds realized that I was re-entering the guest room to get dressed. “I’ll see you in an hour!” I said as I looked over to see him looking at me, giving me the puppy-eyed look.
