Life of a Teenage Haner

Layla’s POV

I giggled as Braden chased me down the stairs. In my hands I had his iPod that I had stolen; he had been listening to Beyonce so I just had to steal it and make fun of him.

Running into the kitchen I moved to the other side of the table and grinned widely

“come on Braden, honestly, call yourself a soldier?” I asked mockingly. He came in and growled at me

“give it back Layla! If you break that so help me god I will kill you” he glared. I giggled

“Mom wouldn’t let you” I stuck my tongue out. He smirked

“Mom would let me if you broke my iPod” he told me. I frowned then grinned

“ok then Dad wouldn’t let you” Braden rolled his eyes as he moved left and I moved left

“Dad would make you get me a new one” he pointed out. I scowled

“psh I wouldn’t buy you a new one though it might be worth it just to put some decent music on it” I mocked.

Braden scowled back

“I didn’t put it on there, one of the guys in the barracks did” he told me. I snorted

“yeah keep telling that story and someone might believe it one day” Braden growled and moved quickly around the counter.

I squealed and make a break for the front door, only for it to open and me run into a chest. Arms wrapped around me to stop me falling and the person asked

“what’s going on?” looking up I saw Jaden looking confused

“oh my god Jaden hide me!” I pleaded. He frowned

“why?” he asked just as Braden appeared.

Braden grinned

“keep a hold of her Jaden and grab my iPod!” he called as he got closer. I looked up at Jaden with a pleading look. He chuckled and shook his head as his arms tightened slightly

“no can do honey, you took the man’s music” I pouted

“Meany” I called him. Jaden just smiled and pried the iPod from my fingers and held it out to Braden who took it with a grin

“thanks man, what are you doing here? I thought you would be sleeping” he asked, Jaden grinned

“I came over to pick up this little tearaway” he said as he hugged me. Braden smiled and waved his hands in a shooing motion

“have her, she’s a pain in my ass” he jokingly complained

“love you too brother dearest” I replied. He smiled and bent to kiss the top of my head

“you know I love you squirt” he told me. I nodded and smiled “oh I know, you go off and hang out with my best friend, don’t worry, I’m cool with it” he said then winked. Jaden reached out and the two bumped fists before Braden turned and walked off.

Jaden turned me around and grinned down at me

“so are you ready to come to my place?” he asked, I nodded and pulled him towards the kitchen

“yep just grab some of the food” I told him.

We both picked up a bag and took them out to Jaden’s car which was a 1966 Pontiac GTO in black that he had gotten after the first rodeo gig he did (http://static.cargurus.com/images/site/2008/06/06/01/47/1966_pontiac_gto-pic-58808.jpeg). It was great old car that he was still adding to and he looked after well. He got the love of old cars from his Mom who loved old American cars. It made me inwardly giggle every time I listen to Aunt Hannah because of her English accent. Which Jaden picked up a bit of, coming out with English phrases and words sometimes.

Getting in and driving to his family’s house was quick and once we got there he led me inside.

Walking through the door he led me past the kitchen where I spotted Aunt Hannah sat at the kitchen table with a laptop open in front of her. She looked up and grinned as she waved and I waved back with an equally big grin before I was out of sight.

He took me through to a room at the back of the house that we called the entertainment room. It’s got games consuls, a huge TV, a stereo and all the different kinds of games you can think of to go with them along with a huge amount of DVD’s. It wasn’t all paid for by Aunt Hannah and Uncle Zacky, no everyone contributed to it I mean if I bought a DVD round I would probably just leave it here to add to the collection, we all did it.

Sitting on the huge sofa I set the bag down in my lap and started pulling food out of it. I had all kinds of candy and chips and some cookies I made. Jaden slid a DVD in the player then came over to me with the remote.

Nosing in the bag he bought in, a grin came to his face

“popcorn, extra butter” he noted, impressed. I giggled

“I know you like the extra butter one, I have no idea why though” I said as I made a face. Jaden rolled his eyes as he pressed play then took the bag of popcorn out

“you ask that every time so I’m not going to extol the virtues of the buttery goodness that is this popcorn again” he joked. I winced

“yeah I don’t need the lecture again, plus my argument never changes” I shrugged. Jaden grinned

“yeah yeah, my arteries will harden and I’ll have a heart attack by the time I’m thirty” he remembered. I frowned

“and I’ll keep saying it until it gets through to that thick brain of yours, I want you around way longer than til you’re thirty” I told him.

Jaden stared at me a moment then smiled and opened his arms

“come here sweetheart” I moved into his arms and they closed around me comfortingly “I’m not gonna be killed by a little bag of popcorn Layla, it will take a lot more than that to take me away from you alright?” he asked, I nodded and he hugged me tighter a moment then let me go.

Jaden and I watched a few films; Red Riding Hood, X-Men Wolverine and Captain America.

During that time Jaden and I managed to work our way through the three bags of popcorn, all the cookies and about half the sweets; Jaden ate the most though.

It was about half an hour into Thor when I noticed that I was falling asleep, looking down at Jaden I saw he was already gone so I let my eyes close and let my mind drift into sleep.

Zacky’s POV

It had been quiet in the entertainment room for the last hour, after the laughter and loud chatter that had been coming from there earlier.

Deciding to go and see what was going on; I walked over to the door and cracked it open only to grin at the sight before me.

Layla was half curled into the arm of the chair, her head resting on it while Jaden lay full out beside her with his head close to her stomach as he hugged one of her legs to himself while her hand rested in his hair. It was a cute sight so I took a couple of pictures then a short video before leaving them there to go and find Hannah.

Finding her sat in the sitting room, near enough falling asleep herself; I sat myself beside her. She looked up at me with a smile and snuggled into my side as I wrapped an arm around her shoulders

“why are you grinning so widely?” she asked, I chuckled and kissed the top of her head

“Jaden and Layla are cuddled up on the sofa looking kinda cosy” I told her. She raised a brow and made to get up but I stopped her and pulled out my phone.

Flicking through to find the pictures and showed her. She cooed over the sight of the two of them

“look at how cute that is!” she exclaimed as she held the phone in her hand. I chuckled once more

“Hannah, what are you thinking?” I asked, knowing my wife. She looked up at me with an innocent look

“what?” she asked, I shook my head

“Hannah are you thinking of being a matchmaker?” I asked. Hannah grinned

“oh don’t tell me you wouldn’t like those two to be together? Jessica and I have thought they would get together for years, those two are close” she pointed out. I nodded

“yeah they are but can’t you let them be friends? A guy and a girl can be best friends you know” I told her. Hannah snorted

“yeah right, you try and tell yourself that, those two children have been dancing around each other for years and they belong together” she stated, adamant. I sighed and hugged her

“if that is true honey then it will happen, they don’t need their mother’s trying to set them up” I told her firmly. Hannah sighed then nodded

“fine then, I’ll wait and watch but if they don’t get together by the end of the year I’m stepping in” she said. I just kept silent because in all honesty I had seen the connection between the two and agreed.