Back Again

Tyler's POV

"Hello Andrea." I replied looking at her, wondering if she was actually standing here.

But she was indeed standing on the doorstep, smiling as if she had forgotten what she did two years ago. She looked every bit the same as she did before she left.

"What are you doing here?" I demanded.

She lifted her eyebrows curiously at me. "Is that how you're going to greet me after not seeing me for almost two years?" She asked. "Come on, let me in."

"What are you doing here?" I repeated, not giving her an invitation to come in.

Ignoring my question, she shift her head to the side to look behind me. "Who's that?" She asked.

Realizing that Emily was still sitting on the couch in the living room, I turned around to look at her. She stood up and walked over to the door.

"I think I better go, Tyler." She said.

"No stay." I said. Andrea was going to leave soon anyway. I had no intention of keeping her here for long.

However, Emily shook her head. "No, I have to get home anyway. I'll talk to you later."

Before I could protest further, she stepped passed me and Andrea and walked away in the direction of her house.

Feeling annoyed at Andrea being here right now, I focused my attention back to her. "I don't want to talk to you Andrea, so you better leave."

Andrea tilt her head to the side. "Who was that?" She demanded again.

"Her name is Emily and she's my girlfriend." I responded.

"Hm..." Andrea gave a short hum. "I never expected you to be dating someone like her."

"What is that supposed to mean?" I demanded feeling my anger rise. She doesn't have a right to talk about Emily like that or comment on who I should and shouldn't date.

She shrugged her shoulders. "Nothing." She replied. I stood quietly waiting for her to go, when she added. "Can you please let me in for at least five minutes? I promise I'll go after that."

I thought about it for a few seconds. If I didn't let her in, she would not leave and I don't want her to stay here longer than she has to. "Okay. Two minutes. That's it." I replied. I stepped aside from the doorway and she entered. I then closed the door after her. She turned around to face me. "Now for the final time, why are you here?"

She looked up at me and sighed. "My parents moved back here and I came to see you." She explained, then added quietly. "I missed you."

"Well, it's too late for that now. I don't want to see you." I said. "What happened to your new boyfriend by the way?"

"You mean Steven?" She asked. She then looked directly at me, before adding. "Steven was a mistake. I'm really sorry, Tyler. I shouldn't have left you. But I'm here now, I want us to give it another try."

"I don't think so." I said crossing my arms.

"Why?" She asked as if it wasn't obvious.

"Andrea, you left me without giving an explanation and then started hanging out with your new boyfriend. You didn't say a word to me. You acted as if my feelings didn't matter." I relied. "And besides, I'm dating someone else now."

"I'm sorry Tyler. I said I made a mistake."

"Yeah well, what's done is done." I said. "Also, your two minutes is up."

Andrea crossed her arms over her chest and stared at me for a long time, before saying. "Okay, if that's how you feel." She turned and walked towards the door.

As she opened the door, she looked at me one final time and smiled. She then went through the door and closed it behind her. I sat down on the couch and closed my eyes, running my hand over my face.

Good. Hopefully, she will leave me alone now, I thought to myself.

When I opened my eyes again, I noticed Emily's bag on the couch. She left so fast that she didn't notice that she was leaving it.

I sat on the couch for about two minutes when I heard the front door being opened again. I looked up to see Mom coming through the door.

"I just saw Andrea leaving. She looks so grown up now." Mom commented when she closed the door. She was carrying a bag of groceries in her hands. "Can you help me put away the groceries, Tyler?"

I stood up from the couch and took the grocery bag from her and walked to the kitchen. When Mom came into the kitchen behind me, she said. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner that Andrea and her parents were moving back here. Her mother called me last night, but I didn't get the chance to tell you."

I placed the bag on the counter and turn to face Mom. "That's okay, Mom. It's no big deal."

"What did she want with you anyway?" Mom asked as she starts unpacking the bag.

"She wanted us to be together again." I answered and Mom looked around at me. "But that's not going to happen." I went on.

"I can understand that. She did break it off with you and you're with Emily now anyways." Mom replied. We continued to unpacked the groceries and then Mom spoke again. "I was worried about you after you and Andrea broke up."

"Why? I was fine." I claimed.

Mom gave me a look that says, 'I'm no fool'. "No, you were not. I know you. You think I don't know why you've changed. A few months after the break up, you started having all these different girls over. That's why I started to worry, because you were spiralling into the wrong path, against how I raised you." Mom relayed, then added. "I also had no intention of raising any babies. I don't plan on being a grandmother anytime soon."

"Yes Mom, I know." I replied. I knew how disappointed she was in the way I was acting.

Mom then smiled knowingly at me. "I'm not as worried anymore though. You've changed. I can see it." She said. "Come on, help me get dinner started."

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That night, I lay in my bed wide awake.

I thought that Emily was going to realize that she left her bag and came back for it, but she didn't.

And for some reason, I wanted her to. I wanted to see her. I thought about bringing it to her, but decided against it.

Wanting to see her now after what happened, I got up from my bed and walked over to my bedroom window. I opened it and looked over at Emily's room. However, I saw that her window was closed and the curtains pulled together. The light was on in her room, so I knew she wasn't asleep as yet.

I took up a bottle top from my bedside table and walked over to my window again. I threw it lightly on her window, just enough to attract her attention.

A few seconds later, Emily pulled back her curtains and pulled her window up. She looked over at me. "Hey."

Realizing that I actually didn't have anything to say, I said simply. "Hi." We were quiet for a second, before I add. "I have your school bag. You left it here."

"Yeah, I realized that I left it when I got here, but I didn't want to interrupt your talk." She said, then added. "I take it that was Andrea who you were telling me about."

I nodded my head. "Yes, that's her."

"What is she doing here?"

"She and her parents moved back here today." I answered.

"Oh." Emily said before becoming quiet again. "Well, you can bring my bag tomorrow, okay?" She said after a while of silence.

"Okay sure." I said.

She smiled a little. "Good night. See you tomorrow then."

"Good night." I said as she turn away from her window.