We went to sit at the table and I was surprised that there was enough room for everyone to sit. It always felt full with just the family members. I sat between Melody and Rose; Melody on my left and Rose on my right, which was very uncomfortable for me. Riley say straight opposite me in-between Chris and young Sam. After grace had been given we started eating in silence.
"What's your skincare routine?" Mr Guilder suddenly asked and when I looked at him I noticed that he was looking straight at me,"You look like you're shinning or shimmering."
I nearly choked on my food realizing what was happening. I looked at my hands and saw that I really was shimmering.
"Oh that. Dee and I were making a birthday gift for my cousin before your arrival. He must have spilt glitter on himself." Rose answered laughing and I nodded.
"What did you make?" Melody asked putting a piece of chicken on my plate at the same time as Rose.
"It was a model of the solar system." I answered smiling.
"What were you using glitter for though?" Riley asked and I couldn't stop myself from glaring at her.
"The sun has to shine." I said and she nodded while looking embarrassed.
The room fell silent again before Bella spoke.
"Are you spending the night?" she asked smiling at Melody,"It would be nice to have a sleepover. The other girls are also here. I could talk to their parents."
Melody seemed delighted with the suggestion and she looked her father for approval. His smile was all she needed then she looked back at Bella and nodded.
"I'll came pick you up tomorrow afternoon. Thank you Mr and Mrs McGuire. My little angel hasn't smiled this much in a while and she hasn't had fun. Your son has been a blessing." Mr Guilder said with a sad smile on his face.
Sam and Bella could only smile in response. When supper was done, Mr Guilder and his sons left and half an hour later someone else brought Melody's clothes for the night as well as a change for the morning.
"Where can I change?" Melody asked me as we walked up the stairs.
"The guest room." I answered.
"She means 'show me where I can change'"
Ray said walking past us,"I wonder why girls fall for people as clueless as him."
Melody blushed because Ray had said she liked me. I escorted her to the guest room and went to the living room where space had been made for all of us to sleep. There were eleven sleeping bags arranged in a circle and a bottle in the middle, probably to play with later on. I went to drink some water and when I came back Penelope and Riley were sitting in their sleeping bags next to each other. They were talking about school and how hard it was getting.
"Aha! Dee. Remember that question you wrote down for me?" Riley asked pulling out a book from her sleeping bag.
""Yes." I replied going to sit on the sleeping bag opposite Rose's.
"It's a little difficult for me. Could you explain it to me again. Please."
"Tomorrow. I'm tired." I answered.
The girls came down the stairs noisily then the boys even louder. Afterwards quiet steps descended down the stairs and the room quietened a little bit. Her pajamas were oversized and brightly colored. She had braided her hair in two loose braids. I was sitting between Ray and Michael and the only available bag was in-between Rose and Estella who didn't seem to like Melody at all. Estella rolled her eyes and sighed loudly making known to anyone that she didn't want to sleep next to Melody. Melody ignored her and sat down inside the bag.
"Oka. Now that everyone is here.....what should we play?" Michelle asked trying to sound as enthusiastic as possible.
"What about hide and seek or spin the bottle since there's a bottle here already?"
"Hide and seek. It'll be nice since there are a lot of hiding places." Cecilia said getting up,"I'll seek and I'm only counting to ten so hurry. One!"
Everyone started scrambling to find suitable places to hide. Because Melody didn't know the place I took her with me. We run upstairs and I pulled down the stairs to go to the attic. I let her climb first but before I could climb up I heard Cecilia's footsteps coming in that direction. I run elsewhere as the stairs retracted and a frightened Melody tried to call me back. I accidentally run to Gill's room where she had an avocado mask on with cucumbers on her eyes obviously asleep. If I hid here then I probably wouldn't be found and if Luke came and found me in his wife's room he would misunderstand me.
The door opened and in came Penelope. She panicked upon seeing Gill on the bed and she was about to leave but she heard Cecilia screaming Felicia's name after finding her. She left the door slightly open so she could peep. When she saw me she nearly screamed so I covered her mouth with my hand.
"Shhhh." I whispered.
She nodded to tell me she wouldn't scream and I removed my hand from her mouth.
"How did you get here?" she asked in a whisper.
"I walked." I responded smiling and she frowned then smiled,"I was running from Cecilia. I didn't know where I was going."
"We should leave before she wakes up or before you grandfather decides to visit his wife." Penelope said looking at Gill on the bed.
Her side profile was very alluring. She pouted her lips and I gulped down my saliva. Her long eyelashes fluttered as she blinked rapidly. She turned to look at me and I felt my heart stop beating.
"Someone's coming." she whispered taking my hand.
I couldn't respond and let her take me to the bathroom to hide. She left the door slightly open and she knelt to peep through the space. I knelt behind her and saw Luke walking towards Gill on the bed. He switched the lights off then took his shirt off and climbed up on the bed to join her. I covered Penelope's eyes and waited until Luke had covered both Gill and himself completely in the blankets. Luke had closed the door so opening it while it was still so quiet would be risky. Penelope slid her hand up my arm and my eyes widened then she searched for my face to cover my eyes as well.
A seconds went by with only the sound of Luke and Gill moving under the sheets. Gill started moaning quietly making my position with Penelope even more uncomfortable. Her moans got louder and filled with more lust. I shook my head and Penelope's little hand fell from my face. I brought my lips down to her ear and told her we should leave while the couple was making noise. I dropped my hand from her face and opened the door wider so we could crawl out without been seen. We crawled out from the bathroom and waited by the door for Gill to make a lot of noise.
It's a good thing I left Melody because if I had been with her this would have made her very uncomfortable. Gill screamed and I opened the door for us to crawl out. We went out quickly and sighed once we were out of the room. I shut the door again and we run downstairs where everyone else except Cecilia were sitting on their sleeping bags.
"I can't find them!" Cecilia shouted running towards the stairs.
She saw us and frowned.
"Where were you hiding?" she asked.
"We didn't have enough time to hide so we run into a random room." I explained awkwardly.
"Which one? I checked all the rooms except the occupied ones." Cecilia said walking down the stairs.
"Exactly. I don't think we should continue playing hide and seek." Penelope suggested.
"Oh my. Did you guys catch people about to do it?" Felicia asked suggestively as she wriggled her eyebrows.
"We saw part of it." I said thoughtlessly.
"Who was it? Don't tell me our grandparents still do that." she continued with an excited look on her face,"Tell us what you saw."
My eyes fell on Melody who was looking scared and she was even shaking. The room fell silent as they all realized that Melody was also there. She got up and run to the kitchen so I followed her. I didn't stop her until we were in the kitchen and I waited for her to calm down before saying anything.
"Are you alright?" I asked sitting on the floor.
She joined me on the floor but she didn't say anything until she was comfortable enough.
"Shouldn't you be uncomfortable being with a male like this?" I asked looking down at her and she lay her head on my shoulder.
"I don't know why but you don't make me feel uneasy or scared. You make me feel safe even more than when I'm with my mom and dad." Melody said in a hushed voice as if she afraid someone would hear her.