chapter 6
Garroth watches in awe as the little brunette girl mixes butter in with the popcorn. How does she remember how to do these things? "Garroth, do you have anything that you like about Laurence?" She suddenly asks. The blonde smiles, his eyes scanning the floor while half-lidded, a red blush dusting his cheeks.
"I like everything about him."
"I have a feeling you guys are going to get married one day. Can I be the flower girl?! I'll wear a very pretty dress!" She cheers and Garroth's blush grows to the tip of his ears.
"U-Um, s-sure." He chuckles. Her eyes sparkle and she cheers, swaying her hips as if she's dancing with excitement.
"Laurence is always over babysitting. It's gotten to the point where we call him an uncle. Our mamá is never here anymore, she's normally out with guys. Nicolás is usually taking caring of me and Sebastián during the day and we usually wait for Laurence to arrive at night." Valeria explains with an innocent tone making Garroth's heart shatter. Why would their mom leave them alone all day for some stupid guys, when they're absolutely innocent and adorable like this?
"Oh no, you poor thing. So your mom is never home?" Garroth frowns and Valeria nods with a shrug.
"We don't really call her mamá anymore. Now it's just her first name. But I can call you whatever you want!" She smiles playfully, taking Garroth's pale hand in her small tan one. Thats when Garroth notices the bandaid rested across her bruised up nose and two if her teeth in the back gone, her gums looking a bit red.
"So your m-mom's never home?" Garroth hesitantly asks. Valeria shakes her head.
"Nope!" She says, popping the p loudly. "Well sometimes she is. But it's never great. She hits us sometimes because she is always drinking this weird drink from a green bottle and it always smells funny." Valeria states making Garroth's eyes widen with horror as he mentally gasps.
"Your mom is an alcoholic?"
"An alco–what?" Valeria bursts into giggles, taking the wooden spoon out of the bowl of popcorn and grabbing onto Garroth's hand again. They begin to walk out but Garroth stops them.
"Wait my love, don't you want something to drink?" He asks. Valeria grins in response. Meanwhile in the living room, is a baby Sebastián who is continuously laughing at Laurence, who argues playfully with Nicolás over which song to pick for Just Dance.
"I say One Direction!" Nicolás shouts with a few laughs. Laurence scrunches his nose up,
"Ew! I say Nicki Minaj." Laurence smirks and Nicolás rolls his eyes.
"Fine, how about we go Lady Gaga style?" Nicolás smirks, running his tan and bruised hand through his dark brown hair. Laurence sighs and nods in agreement, clicking on the Lady Gaga song with a smile. "Valeria! Garroth! Come in before you miss the show!" Nicolás yells out, laughing hysterically at Laurence's smug expression. The blonde comes back into the room, holding a tray of drinks in one hand and holding Valeria's hand in the other as she held a bowl of buttered up popcorn. Laurence smiles. Garroth was getting used to babysitting already. The blonde sits on the leather couch behind Laurence and Nicolás, placing the tray of drinks on the coffee table in front of them. Valeria sits besides him and places the bowl of popcorn in between them. Sebastián then crawls over next to Garroth, resting and cuddling up next to him adorably. Garroth grins and looks up at Laurence, who was watching them with a soft smile and a rose pink blush. "Let's do this. May the best man win." Nicolás blurts out, shaking Laurence's hand firmly before beginning the game. The three sitting on the couch continuously laugh, watching both boys competitively dance, each of them trying to shove the other out of the way. That's when Nicolás playfully shoves himself into Laurence's side, making the older brunette bounce to the right, tripping over the other couch and landing on the floor, groaning. The three on the couch soar into a roar of laughter, Valeria practically in tears.
"Laurence! Get your act together man!" Valeria shouts out and Laurence groans with a light laugh in between. He stands up and walks back over to Nicolás, sending the boy a warning filled look with a smile. Nicolás smiles innocently, quickly choosing One Direction after the round ends.
"Nicolás!" Laurence shrieks out and the young boy smirks.
"Whoopsie." Garroth smiles, watching as both boys danced awfully to the game, glad that he was finally able to be a part of the strong bond between Laurence and this family. He never knew how close Laurence was with these kids. They seemed to be his whole world and he seemed to be theirs. These kids didn't have a mother and the father wasn't here from what Garroth saw. But Laurence was there to be their mother, father, brother, and best friend. It was nice. Sebastián begins to clap as the round ends, pointing at the TV screen with a large smile. "What's that Sebastián? Oh- Oh I think he's saying that I definitely won." Laurence says, a grin on a his face. Nicolás rolls his eyes,
"In your own dreams."
"Guys! Dance to 'want to want me' by Jason Derulo!" Valeria screeches, making Nicolás and Laurence's eyes widen.
"That's a couples version, Valeria." Nicolás states, she shrugs.
"So? Have Laurence and Garroth do it then!" She begins to giggle uncontrollably as Nicolás smirks. Laurence blushes but holds his grin, looking over at Garroth and winking.
"Ready to dance, my love~?" Laurence teases. Garroth roll his eyes and stands, walking over to the brunette.
"Shut up." The blonde states, taking the controller kindly from Nicolás' hands and smirking at Laurence.
And so they began to dance.
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