"Hi Honey? What are you up to?", said a voice through the phone.

"Just cleaning up... I think... I'm just shoving Iris' toys out of the way. Joshua's coming later to work on a project".

"Who's Joshua?".

"Just a guy in school Mom. Ms. Adams assigned him to me... for some reason or the other".

"Ok then... take care sweetie... I got to go now. Love you. Bye!".

"Bye Mom", I replied, before hanging up.

Ah. I sighed to myself. The whole house was empty, with Mom and Dad gone for work and Iris in daycare. We send Iris to daycare because I can't manage to watch her all by myself.

Clearing up whatever was in my way, I walked up to the sofa and lay down. Joshua said he'll be here soon. I honestly had no idea how to help him and can't even imagine why Ms. Adams paired him up with me. Me... who can't even see his face.

1 hour later... still no Joshua. Eventually, I started dozing off. 'Let him come when he wants' were my only thoughts. I was awoken from my comfortable nap when I heard loud thuds on the door. I got up, managed to make my way to the door before asking, "Who is it?"

"It's Joshua" came a loud voice. It sounded as though he was angry. I opened the door.

"Hey Joshua... what took you so long?", I asked.

"I really don't want to talk about it", came an annoyed reply.

"Are you okay? You sound a little-"

"Can I just come in already?".

"Yeah... sorry... come in".

I heard him shuffling his feet and the next moment, he was inside the house.

"Make yourself at home", I said before walking to the kitchen to get a batch of cookies that I had made earlier with Mom.

"Sorry for being rude just now", he said in a huffy tone as I made my way back.

"That's okay... did you... get into a fight?", I asked slowly, not knowing what reaction to expect.

"How could you possibly have known that?", he asked, bewildered.

"Uh... you smell a little... different", I said awkwardly.

"What do you mean I smell different?".

"You smell like blood... well... a little blood... I think on your face?".

"Can you see me?".

"Uh... no".

"How many fingers am I holding up?".

"Dude... I CAN'T SEE YOU!".

"Then how did you know that I have blood on my face", he asked again.

"I told you... you smell different. If I didn't know any better, I'd say you have a black eye too".

"That's it... are you or are you not blind?"

"I am blind Joshua".

"BUT HOW?"

"Dude... when you're blind... you have to work with what you got"

"Okay then... if you say so", he said in a disbelieving tone. I started laughing.

"What's so funny?".

"Just the fact that you're not convinced that I'm actually blind".

I heard him chuckle under his breath.

"Sooo... which project topic did you choose?", I spoke after an awkward silence.

"I guess we can do 'Which method of cooking destroys the most bacteria'... I guess".

"You do realize that this is going to involve a lot of cooking right", I said, raising my eyebrows.

"Yeah... but it at least sounds interesting... and... you can cook right?".

"Yes I can cook Joshua", I said, mentally rolling my eyes at him. "How do you intend on proving the experiment though?"

"We can take videos of us cooking right?", he asked.

"I guess yeah..."

"Well then that's decided", he said in a satisfied tone.

"Why are you so keen on cooking anyway?", I asked. "Do you like to cook?", I asked again, raising my eyebrows.

I felt him tense for a bit before sighing, "Yeah... I like cooking".

I started smiling. "Joshua Anderson LIKES TO COOK?!", I said in mock-horror.

"Oh shut up Jones", he grumbled. That just made me laugh more. I could feel his eyes burning into my very soul. I stopped, feeling bad.

"Sorry... I didn't mean to-"

"No, no it's fine", he said, chuckling.

"Who did you get into a fight with by the way?", I asked, suddenly remembering.

"Why did you HAVE to bring that up?", he asked, clearly annoyed.

"Because you smell different again", I said.

"How different?".

"You smell like dry blood... if that makes any sense", I smiled.

"You're just weird Jones".

"Thank you".

"So... you wanna start cooking?".

"Yeah...".

"Will you be able to cook?", he asked hesitantly.

"Yeah..."

"Ok then", he said.

"But if you burn me I swear you will not live to see another day", I muttered under my breath.

"I won't burn you Selene", he promised.

"Let's do this thing".

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A/N HEYY So that's Chapter 5 as Selene... how do you guys feel so far about Joshua? Oh, and him picking fights... that's gotta be sad huh?

Sorry for not updating in a while... just school and stuff... let me know in the comments what you think of the story so far and what to improve

Until the next chapter... :)

<3 - H