Tyler POV

Everything happened so fast. One second Carla's in my room. The next Cindy's on the floor in dead silence. She isn't actually dead though, just knocked out. The door had slammed so that meant the girl had left. I guess the best thing to do was just take Cindy to the hospital.

"Come on Carla we're going out."
No answer.

"Carla come on lets go."
Nothing.

"Look I know you're upset but I don't have time for this."
Not even a sniffle.

I walked into her room.
She wasn't there.

Bathroom? She wasn't there either. All I saw was a single knife on the tile floor. Damn. Had I hurt her this much? Was that girl right? Was I really that much of a jerk?

The Girl.

When she left... She must've taken Carla with her.

This was the absolute last straw.

First, she disobey's my orders, then uses violence against me and now she's kidnapping? Damn this girl is badass. But I can't have someone as unruly as she was staying here. I knew what I have to do.

Madison POV

We walked into my house. It was always clean because I was gone more than half of the time. The only scent that lingered in it was the Hawaiian Breeze Febreeze Spray and last nights Chocolate Chip Cookies.

"You can go sit on the couch if you want to."

"Okay..."

Carla went to go sit on the couch quietly. She looked very uncomfortable, she was fiddling with her hands. I noticed she did that when she was embarrassed. I went to go uncover the cookies.

"How many do you want?"

"Umm...."

"How about you get one, and if you like them, you can have as many as you want."

"Okay..." She said,

I put the whole plate in the microwave then made my way back to the couch where Carla was sitting.

"Your house is big"

"Yep, it's pretty big."
It was silent for a moment.

"Doesn't anyone else live here?"

"No, just me."

After I said that I wondered, why do I have this huge house if no one else except for me lives here? It would be nice to have someone else at home to greet me when I got back from work.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang, I wasn't expecting anyone so I was surprised to see who was at the door.

"Mom? Dad? What are you doing here?" I said in delight as I hugged them both.

"Well we were going to visit you on Friday-" My mom started.

"But your mother and I got a phone call so we decided to come today!" My dad said finishing her statement.

The microwave had just finished heating up the cookies right after my dad had spoke.

"Oh! You came just in time! The cookies are done!"

I motioned them in and introduced them to Carla. Then I took the cookies out of the microwave and set them to cool.

"So how long will you be staying?" I asked while getting a cookie for everyone.

"A few days, we should make the best of it though."

"Mhmm." I replied while eating a cookie.

I saw Carla over on the couch sound asleep. I decided to pick her up and take her into the guest room upstairs. As I walked, I could hear my parents talking.

"So should we tell her?"

"When she gets back I suppose, do you mind starting Charlene?"

"I always start Michael. Plus you're the one who brought up the phone call."
Phone call? What phone call?

I put Carla under the cover and kissed her forehead. Then I made my way downstairs where my parents were. I could see them stiffen up when they saw me.

"Ummm, sweetheart," dad started.

"Remember the phone call I mentioned at the door?"
I nodded.

"Well It was Tyler Andrews."
Oh hell no. Not now. Not him. Please anything but him.

"He didn't mention anything that happened."
Thank Goodness.

"But he did say that he wanted to start fresh. Actually get to know you."

"So he asked if you wanted to go to his house to for coffee so you all could get everything settled out."

You mean like a date?

"Uh sure I guess."

"Okay well we are going to leave in a few minutes but he wanted you to know that if it goes well then you will get to be rehired ag-"

"Wait!" I started "I'm fired?"

" As of now, but he also wanted you to know that he wants you to bring Carla to school okay?"

" Bye sweetie!"

They said as they kissed me on the cheek and headed toward the door

"Oh and it's on Friday!"

"The cookies were delicious!"

The door then closed and my parents were gone. Well, I guess I'd be the one taking Carla to school in the morning.
And the one who has to make up with Tyler.