“Lil, you cried at a car commercial yesterday,” Daphne says.
“It was about a single mom finding a safe car,” Lily explains.
“It was about tires,” Daphne corrects.
Dad looks at me, just briefly. “You’re smiling,” he says.
“I’m eating.”
“With your whole face,” Rose adds.
“I always eat with my face.”
“Not like that,” Lily says.
I shoot her a look, and she smiles back.
Mom sets down the plates on the table. “What happened today?”
“Nothing.”
“That was quick,” Daphne interjects.
Rose looks at me and tilts her head. “Hardware store guy?”
I look at her confused. “What?”
“You always come home annoyed from the hardware store.”
“That’s because no one knows where anything is.”
Lily looks at me, like she knows I am hiding something. Thankfully, she leaves it, and we go on to talk about everyone else’s week and what is going on in their lives.
After dinner, we all help clean up, and somehow my sisters and I migrate to the basement. We are all sitting on the big L-shaped couch that faces the fireplace with a big screen above it.
It’s where we’ve always had our movie nights. We have never strayed away from a rom-com, and we always land on a movie that will make us both laugh and cry.
It was quiet, just for a second.
“Okay,” Rose says.
“Okay, what?”
“You’re weird.”
“I’m not weird.”
“You seem preoccupied,” Daphne says.
“I’m not,” I say.
“Is it Everett?” Lily asks.
I feel my cheeks getting warm.
I look at the floor in hopes of hiding that I am blushing.
“Okay, please explain,” Rose says.
