CHAPTER 13:

~~Jealousy~~

INTRO:

"Maybe he likes you and is jealous"

she then says

"do you still like him though?"

"Absolutely not," I say, and I mean it, I think

"Then who cares what he thinks"

"going on this date should not be a problem,"

she says and she is right it shouldn't be.

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GROCERY SHOPPING is quite one of the worst things in my opinion. Too much work goes into the shopping center, it's not just turning up and buying food, I have to make a list, and plan what food we are going to eat for dinner, and then pack for the girls whilst we are there, to keep them occupied, for the whole hour of hell we are there.

Walking around the supermarket, picking overpriced items off of the shelves, whilst trying to deal with 3 kids and a pissed of Grayson is a mood and a half, I want to peel the skin off of my eyeballs.

"Can you help me for god's sake" I whisper yell at Grayson for the fifth time this trip. Saskia and Ava are fighting and the baby is overtired so she is whining and crying nonstop.

"Nah," He says continuing to watch his phone, I grumble moving on to the next aisle, he has been like this since last night and I'm starting to get really fed up.

45 minutes later, and we have pretty much bought everything that we need, but I can't take being here anymore.

Grayson is being an asshole and the girls are crazy. If we need anything during the week I can head to the store if needed, and I start work in an hour and want to get all of the girls down for a nap or Grayson will be even more pissed with me.

Yep, he gets mad at me if he has to put the girls down for a nap when they are overtired, because it takes longer or if they are crying and won't stop, apparently I 'should fix it' or whatever he is totally sexist and a pig.

He has his moments, when he wants to be nice to me and when he is completely disrespectful, and flaky.

"Grayson, could you get the card please?" I ask him, whilst loading the checkout, holding Ava, who Saskia smacked in the face, making her eye pink.

"Get it yourself," he says and I sigh, before digging in the diaper bag for my wallet, whilst Saskia decides she wants to be helpful, so I get her to help me unload the rest of the trolley.

Finally, we are all loaded up in the car, all of the girls strapped in, dozing off to sleep. I shut the boot of the car, handing Ava her baby, and Saskia the teddy bear Grayson bought us girls and lastly putting the binky in Lola's mouth hoping this will put her to sleep, so I just have to transfer to her crib.

I sigh when I get in the car, placing my hands on top of my face, rubbing my eyes, hoping to release all of the tension and exhaustion they hold. Grayson grunts slamming the door, and I glare at him, which he ignores, placing the hands on the steering wheel.

"That was easy," he says and I almost strangled him

"Yeah, because you did nothing" I snarl

"Pu-lease, who do you think supervised the kids," he says backing out

"I did" I snap "As well as I got the food, loaded it onto the check out station, then had to find my wallet, and put the girls in the car," I say looking straight ahead of me

"Well I put the groceries in the car, isn't that enough?"

"Um no, you're their father, a little help would be nice," I say checking back to see the girls have all fallen asleep.

"Who do you think paid for the food, besides I have a headache," he says trying to make an excuse, and I am so over his excuses.

I don't care if he had a headache, it's his fault he went to bed wasted. I have headaches all the time but I don't get to sit back and don nothing.

"Excuse me!? I work just as hard as you do" I say and sigh, this year is going to be so long.

"No you don't," he says

"Just drive," I say over this conversation

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"He's such a prick," I say to Billie, whilst wiping down the counter, whilst she continues to make the coffee's for the couple on table 5.

"I thought he was nice after he did the birthday lunch and the period thing," she says

"Yeah, but that was before a movie clerk asked me on a date tonight"

"WHAT!?" she whisper yells and I nod, walking putting the two freshly made coffee's on the tray for the other waitress to take over to them.

"Yep," I say leaning on the wall behind me, it's pretty much dead in here today.

"Did you say yes?" she said wiping her hands on her apron

"Well, of course, I did" I reply

"Omg, I am so excited for you Aves" she replies but then looks at my facial expression

"Hey what's wrong"

"Grayson was being an asshole about it"

"Well we already knew he was like this"

"Yeah but that is beside the point," I say walking up to the counter when a customer comes up,

Once I take the order and put it through the registrar Billie busied herself in making the order, whilst I take the freshly baked muffins out of the oven, as soon as we finish doing what we need to do, Billie turns to me, a very questionable look in her eyes.

"Was he mad that you were going out with the guy?"

"He snapped at me and we had a huge fight last night, he was an asshole, I was so close to killing him, and he was just as bad this morning"

"Was he that bad?" she says

"He was terrible, I was literally like a single mother at the grocery store, which you know I hate, then when I confronted him he blames it all on me"

"Maybe he likes you and is jealous" she then says "do you still like him though?" she asks

"Absolutely not," I say, and I mean it, I think

"Then who cares what he thinks, going on this date should not be a problem," she says and she is right it shouldn't be.

I get home after my shift, and I have 2 hours before Alex is going to pick me up, so I divide my time equally, I play with the girls, cook them dinner.

I sit down and watch them eat, I then get them ready for bed and settle them down on the couch, before I call in reinforcements, ie; Jake and Billie my number one stylist and makeup artist.

"Someone call for a dresser-upper?" Jake says bounding it my house and I shake my head, watching Billie follow in behind carrying multiple makeup and hair cadies

"Come in guys," I say and I guide them up to the stairs, but holt when I hear my name

"Avery?"

"Yes Grayson," I say sweetly, sarcasm thick in my voice

"Are you still going out tonight?" he asks shocked

"Uh yes," I say walking up the stairs, ignoring whatever he says next.

I strut up to the stairs, smirking to myself, this night is going to be fun. It has to be.

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WARNING:

this story will contain:

---- Swearing (which may cause offense)

---- Sexual content (as in references ya nasties)

----Moments that you will either laugh or scream

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