Chapter 40

I lifted my eyebrow in a curious gesture. "Why?" He didn't answer me, he just continued for the picture. I laughed. "Now I definitely wanted to see it." I was much closer to the picture than Tyler, so I reached it in time and took it up. He tried to grab it from my hands, but I moved my hand away. "Okay you can see it, but do not laugh." I grinned at him. "I promise I won't laugh." I walked back over to the couch with the picture in my hand. I sit down and got a better look at it. Tyler sat back down on the couch as well. In the picture was Tyler and his father. It looked like they had gone fishing because Tyler stood with a fish in his hand. His father stood beside him with his hand on his shoulder. Tyler was young in the picture, but that was not what caught my attention about him. First of, I had to look long and hard to see that it was Tyler. The boy in the picture didn't look like him at all. The boy had a head of curly hair that was hanging in his eyes. He was smiling widely showing the braces that he was wearing. This Tyler in the picture was the complete opposite of the Tyler I knew now. I looked at Tyler. "How old were you in this picture?" "I was twelve years old." He answered. "How haven't I seen this picture before?" I asked. "It wasn't here before. My dad had it. He brought a copy for me when he came here on Saturday. He said this was his favourite." I looked at the picture again and smiled. He looked so adorable in this picture. "I didn't know you wore braces." I commented. Tyler sighed. "Yeah, I got braces when I was ten years old. I wore it for four years. I got it removed when I started high school." "Look at you, you were such a nerd." I said teasing him. "No I was not." Tyler denied. "Oh yes you were, but what's the problem? It's not so bad. You look so cute." I said still grinning. "It's bad and I wasn't a nerd." He insisted. "Okay. Whatever you say...nerd." Tyler glared playfully at me and I burst into laughter. It was so fun to tease him. I was so caught up with laughing that I didn't realize when Tyler reached for me. Not realizing that I was on the edge of the couch, I moved back away from him and of course I fell on the carpeted floor. Tyler looked over the edge of the couch at me. "Are you okay?" "I'll live." I replied before Tyler started laughing. Still on the floor, I glared up at him. "It's not that funny." I said. "Oh yes it is." He replied as he continued to laugh. I smiled. It was kind of funny. I stood up from the floor and the next thing I know, I was laughing at my clumsiness as well. Just then the doorbell rang. I looked over at Tyler. "Stop laughing at me now and go answer the door." I said still giggling. "Fine, but you're still not going to get away with calling me a nerd." He said, turning away with a smile on his face. I shook my head at him and sat back down on the couch. As he reached the front door, he pulled it open. On the other side of the door stood a girl I didn't know. The smile that was previously on Tyler's face disappeared as he looked at her. From where I sat, I could see her. She was tall with shining dark hair and beautiful blue eyes. She stood confident with a small smile on her face. All in all, as I continued to look at her, I couldn't deny it; she is a really beautiful girl. Her smile stretched a little bit more. "Hello Tyler." She said finally. "Hello Andrea." Tyler said in a bland tone of voice. Andrea? Tyler's POV "Hello Andrea." I replied looking at her, wondering if she was actually standing here. But she was indeed standing on the doorstep, smiling as if she had forgotten what she did two years ago. She looked every bit the same as she did before she left. "What are you doing here?" I demanded. She lifted her eyebrows curiously at me. "Is that how you're going to greet me after not seeing me for almost two years?" She asked. "Come on, let me in." "What are you doing here?" I repeated, not giving her an invitation to come in. Ignoring my question, she shift her head to the side to look behind me. "Who's that?" She asked. Realizing that Emily was still sitting on the couch in the living room, I turned around to look at her. She stood up and walked over to the door. "I think I better go, Tyler." She said. "No stay." I said. Andrea was going to leave soon anyway. I had not intention of keeping her here for long. However, Emily shook her head. "No, I have to get home anyway. I'll talk to you later." Before I could protest further, she stepped passed me and Andrea and walked away in the direction of her house. Feeling annoyed at Andrea being here right now, I focused my attention back to her. "I don't want to talk to you Andrea, so you better leave." Andrea tilt her head to the side. "Who was that?" She demanded again. "Her name is Emily and she's my girlfriend." I responded. "Hm..." Andrea gave a short hum. "I never expected you to be dating someone like her." "What is that supposed to mean?" I demanded feeling my anger rise. She doesn't have a right to talk about Emily like that or comment on who I should and shouldn't date. She shrugged her shoulders. "Nothing." She replied. I stood quietly waiting for her to go, when she added. "Can you please let me in for at least five minutes? I promise I'll go after that."