Page 83 of The Pushy Pixies Are Going Down
That made him happy.
“Do you guys need a ride home?” I asked, already grabbing my keys and wallet. “I’ll drive you.”
Chaos glanced at me, then away. “Uh, it’s on the other side of town. We can walk.”
“I insist. Look at all that stuff you’re carrying.” They had three big reusable bags full of food between the two of them. “I’ll drive you. Miles can come too.”
The twins exchanged a look and did that silent-conversation-twin-thing before Aeson said, “Okay, sure. Thanks.”
“No problem.” I walked into the kitchen to grab Miles. He and Lyric were still cleaning up. “Hey, Miles, do you want to come with me to drop the kids off at home?”
Miles looked up, and I could tell he wanted to come, but he was also in the middle of clean up, so he wasn’t sure he should.
Lyric waved him away. “Go with them. I’ll stay here and finish up.”
“Oh, I couldn’t ask you to—”
Lyric cut him off. “You didn’t ask; I offered. It’s almost done anyway. I’ll just finish up while you guys run out.”
“You sure?”
“Yeppers, babes.” It made me smile that Lyric called him babes too. That was like a rite of passage. Lyric only used all their terms of endearment on people they liked.
I also loved that Miles didn’t seem to even think twice about leaving my best friend in his house alone.
I loved that they were becoming friends.
“Go. Shoo.” Lyric literally shooed Miles out of the kitchen, making him laugh.
I kissed him on the cheek as he passed me, and he offered a smile as I winked at him. I looked at Lyric with a big grin. “Thanks, Lyr.”
They waved me away, not even paying attention to me anymore.
We collected Miles’s things, grabbed Sola, and headed out to my car. Goliath was fine at Miles’s home, so I wasn’t worried about him.
Miles sat in the passenger seat with the kids in the back, and Aeson gave us directions. It took less than ten minutes to get to their street, but when I asked, “Which house?”
“It’s—”
Chaos interrupted whatever Aeson was about to say. “You can just stop at the corner. We’ll walk from there.”
“You sure? We don’t mind.” I stopped the car where he’d pointed.
The kids started getting out, and Chaos said, “We have to go around to the back door because our parents are probably asleep already. They told us to go in back there so we don’t wake them.”
That sounded… like a lie, but when I looked at Miles, he shook his head. Guess we weren’t calling him on it.
“Thanks for all the food and for… everything,” Aeson said as he got out, shutting his door.
“Anytime, Ace,” Miles said as he rolled down his window. “Seriously, if you guys need anything at all, please call us, okay?”
Aeson stared at him for a long moment before he gave a hesitant nod and a whispered, “Alright.”
Chaos popped his head back in, saying, “Thank you, guys. Night.” Then he slammed the door before we could respond.
Miles called out, “Good night, guys. Call us if you need us.”
Chaos held his hand up in a wave without turning around, and Aeson spun to give us a nod since his hands were full. We sat there and watched them walk down a driveway and into a backyard before they disappeared.
