The Geek Girl!

Chapter 17

In the centre of the room laying on a couple of towels is a kiddie pool. But inside it is what is surprising and funny. Spaghetti is in the kiddie pool filling it halfway up. Louis doesn't wait to show it to her, instead he dunks her in the spaghetti. She still has her eyes tied shut but I take it off and she sees the yellow pasta she is swimming in. 

"Spaghetti! SPAGHETTI! OH MY GOD! SPAGHETTI!" She plays around in the spaghetti, splashing it all around in the kiddie pool. I cover my mouth shocked. This is pure awesomeness. "You guys are the best big brothers ever!" She squeals as she puts on her goggles and dives into the pool. She comes up with a mouth full of spaghetti, chewing it. 

"Ew! Don't eat it!" I laugh. 

"Why not? It's yummy!" She giggles. I looks at Louis who is folding his arms and smiling as he watches her. She swims around in the pasta, enjoying what I think would be the weirdest feeling of my life. I bite my lower lip and shake my head with a smile plastered all over my face. I lean against the counter top next to Louis. 

"How long did it take you exactly to boil all of that?" I half whisper half ask. 

"I was up at six, lets just leave it at that." I glance at my watch, it is now nine o'clock. I look wide eyed at him and he gives me a smile. 

"Thank you." I whisper. He nods. My heart feels so warm and tingly right now. He did something for my family. He did something for my little sister and she won't ever forget it. For a moment I feel like I am going to shed tears of joy. I decide to stare at the sunlight reflecting off the glass. It helps me blink back the tears for the rest of the day. 

After Kili finally gets out of her spaghetti bath we have a birthday party fit for any little girl. Pass the parcel with cheesy plastic gifts and other things that I suppose would be at any girl party. I wouldn't know, I've never had a birthday party. Ever. 

The day slows down during the afternoon. The birthday girl is sleeping on the couch and my mother is making the birthday slice. I would say cake but she is making rocky road. I pull on my converse and decide to go for a walk. 

No surprise that Louis joins me. As we duck out the back way of the hotel, I find myself looking at his lips, remembering the kiss we had shared those many months ago. It seemed like years really. 

We duck down through the streets, talking really. Dream cars, childhood aspirations and favorite pastimes. We walk down a bridge, doves flutter away as soon as we get too close. A feather lands on my head and I brush it away quickly. 

"Have you ever thought about going to college?" He asks me. 

"Yeah, architecture actually. I'm seriously thinking about it right now. I mean, I wasn't that bad with math in school or graphics. But I just don't want to leave Kili or my mom. They are really all I have." I explain to him. 

"What college were you looking at?" He seems intruiged. 

"Back home, at Praestantiam." I lift an eyebrow trying to pronounce the latin word correctly. Louis chuckles. "I have even studied for the entrance exams." I explain. All of a sudden I see a few girls running over, holding phones and photos with pens. I push my back into the bridge, trying to disappear. 

"Louis I love you!" One of them yells as they swarm him. 

"You're the best." Says another. He stands and takes pictures with them. Each girl sends me a glare. One of them mumbles as I they walk past me. 

"Ugly." I try not to shout every foul name at them. I wasn't one to show my feelings a lot. I find myself casually walking away from the croud. A tall tree seems to be beckoning my call. The branches gather there making a curtain of leaves. I hoist myself up onto the brown branch and crawl up into the tree. I can see Louis. He is still signing the things and taking pictures with them.