Tyler's P.O.V
I clock in to work and go to my station and see a green satin slip dress waiting for me. Lilly called me this morning and said she needed me for about an hour because someone needed her dress altered.
I take on the waist the amount that was written down on the sticky note on my machine.
I bring it out to the front where a girl who went to my last school is waiting to try it back on. She takes it, goes to the dressing room, comes back out and it seems to fit perfectly.
She looks in the floor length mirror and makes a face, "I think I like the other one better" she says looking at her mom.
The older lady sitting in the chair sighs, "Would we be able to leave this here until she decides" she looks to Lily, "You'll have up to two weeks" she writes something on her clip board and I go back to my station to clean up.
I grab my bag, clock out and head to my car and go back home. Tomorrow's Thanksgiving so everyone's friends have to leave today so hopefully most will be gone by the time I get home.
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It's Thanksgiving day, I'm on my way to go pick up Chris's dad. He lives about an hour away, I've got like ten more minutes, when I get back home I need to change my Dexcom because it expires and so my phone will quit screaming at me.
I pull into the driveway of what Google says is his house. Now I'm not sure what I do here, I get out of the car and go to the front door and ring the doorbell.
A few seconds later an elderly man opens the door, "Ah you must be Tyler" he says with a smile. He looks almost just like Chris but older, "Yes I am" I reply with a nod.
"Okay I'm ready if you are" he grabs a coat, "Okay" I turn and we head down the stairs to my car. "Oh your car, it's wonderful. 1950?" he gets to my car and admires is taking his finger along the door as he walks by it.
"Yes" I say and we get in, and start our hour long drive back. "So I've heard some about you, but how about you tell me about yourself" he says about five minues into the drive.
"Well, I have diabetes, I play the guitar, and piano, I'm autistic, I really love old cars, I like to read and dye my hair" I think that's all. "Got a boyfriend?" why would he ask that, "Um well yeah, as of Tuesday but I haven't really told anyone yet", somehow Vivian and Brooklyn have managed to keep it to themselves.
"Is he a nice boy" be makes me think of Greyson kind of, "Do you Know Felix's friend James?" "Oh yes he's a lovely boy, very nice has great manners, excellent football player too" he says nodding.
"Yeah, that's my boyfriend" if feels kind of weird calling him that. "Have you met Vivians boyfriend Kyle?" he says it in the disgusted voice, "Yeah he's... different" I don't want to flat out call him terrible but he is.
"He's different all right, he's disgusting, he's an animal I don't know what she sees in him I swear" I laugh I little. They were right I do like this old man.
We pull up into the driveway and start our walk up the driveway when the door opens and Chris stands with a big smile on his face. Then Cooper makes his grand entrance, he jumps off the porch and runs at us, I was kind of expecting him to be excited about Chris's dad and not me since he sees me everyday.
But I was wrong, he flys at me and next thing I know I'm laying on the grass on my back with Cooper on top of me liking my face.
"Cooper get off her" Chris shouts from the porch, but he doesn't listen and continues to lick my entire face. "COOPER! OFF!" the yelling came from Chris's dad which took me by surprise.
But Cooper listened, got off and sat beside me and whimpered with his head down. I stand up and wipe my face off with my sleeve, "Cooper, that was gross" I say but still pet his head because I can't help but give him love.
He follows me and Chris's dad into the house, "Sorry Tyler, he just really missed you" Chris says apologizing for the dog, "It's fine" I say and head to the downstairs bathroom to clean my face.
The Turkey is still in the oven so we're all just kinda all over the place waiting for the food to be ready.
I wonder if they'll make me eat with them or if I can get away eating by myself. I've had a crazy week of people always being in the house, I just want some quiet with myself.
Looking over in the kitchen Daniel and Chris were in there, I stood up and headed to the kitchen I wonder if they would be mad that I'm asking to eat by myself.
I guess I had stood there for too long because Daniel noticed me, "You need something Tyler?", "Um, kinda. I was wondering if maybe I could eat by myself..." I waited for them to answer.
"It's just that, the house has been so chaotic the last week and I just want some quiet to myself i-if that's okay" the both stared at me. "Of course you can" Chris reaches out to put his hand on my shoulder, I back up and he takes his hand back.
"Sorry" he sighs, "Well let you make a plate before we announce dinners done okay" Daniel says taking the turkey out of the oven. I nod and head back to the living room to see Oscar stole my seat.
I stand there and just kind of stare at it, that was my seat it was in the perfect spot where I could see the entire ground floor. "Oscar get up" Chris's dad says, both me and Oscar look at him, "What why?" "You took Tyler's spot" he nods over to me.
"So, she can find a different one" he shrugs and goes back to looking at his phone. "Boy. If you don't get out of that seat and go on somewhere else." Oscar gets up and moves to another empty seat on the couch, "Tyler, take a seat" Chris's dad gestures to my now empty spot.
I go and take a seat and feel my phone buzz, a text from James.
So how was it getting to meet Pawpaw? -James
He's kind of a badass -Me
Yeah, I mean he was a marine so he's got that going for him -James
A marine?! My parents were marines, that's pretty cool.
My parents want to meet you -James
What -Me
Like not right now or anything like that, but soon -James
Oh okay, yeah -Me
Daniel calls me into the kitchen, and as I walk through past the island my phone reminds me that my Dexcom expires. "You can make your plate" Chris says getting out plates and silverware, "Um I need to change my Dexcom first if that's all right" "Of course, go ahead" Daniel smiles.
I go over to the medical drawer and grab my Dexcom box and go over the the bathroom. I disconnect my current one and take the new one out of the box, I take off the old Dexcom and use an alcohol wipe to clean the area.
I then try and decide my new site, I end up picking my left arm. I take off my shirt, wipe the area with a new wipe, take the thing, put it where I wiped, then push the big orange button and feel the little poke.
I program the new Dexcom in and it'll take two hours to fully connect. I put my shirt on, put my trash in the trashcan then go back out to the kitchen to make my plate. I go upstairs to the library and quietly eat by myself in peace.
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I didn't really know how I wanted this chapter to go. It's basically kind of just a filler chapter so don't hold it against me.