Chapter 5 5

The only thing that would keep Sophie till the end of the month for this job is just the pay, any other reason is pointless.

Venus has been a handful, she doesn't listen, she play pranks on Sophie all the time, and she has a little too much energy. Imagine you trying to chase down a 6 year old in this big mansion where you don't even know your way around.

Sophie was exhausted and tired, the only thing that can keep Venus in one place is if you turn the TV on and her favorite cartoon is playing, and that is the only cartoon that she watches, she doesn't watch any other one. So Sophie has to put it on marathon till she falls asleep.

Luckily she had fallen asleep, and Sophie picked her up holding her close to her body and carried her to her room, to lay her down. After making sure she was tucked in properly, Sophie went to the bedroom that David gave to her to use whenever she decides to stay over.

She sat on the bed, she felt like her body would soon break down from all the stress piling up on her. College was never like this.

She lay down on the bed, telling herself that she would just take a quick nap and wake up in the next few minutes.

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"Sophie..."

"Sophie..."

Sophie could have sworn that somebody was calling her name deep in her sleep, but the bed was oddly enough very comfortable and cozy so she didn't want to answer to that person at all.

"Sophie!" The voice was louder and much more harsher now, and this made Sophie open her eyes to meet a pair of stormy grey eyes staring down at her.

She rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand, she stood up from the bed disoriented and confused too.

"David, why... why are you here this early?"

"Early, it's literally 8pm right now."

Sophie eyes widened in surprise, her intention was to sleep for some few minutes not 4 hours.

"Oh my God," she put her hand over her mouth. David stood up and walked towards the door, "anyways, in case you are hungry, Byers whipped something up for you to eat ok."

Sophie nodded her head slowly, David left the room, and Sophie lay down on the bed for a while. She should be home by now, what would she tell her mom and dad. Maybe she should tell them that she would be working late.

She decided to phone her dad, his phone rang and then he picked up the call. "Hello?"

"Hello? Dad, so um... I won't be able to come home today due to some extra work being handed to me."

"Ah that won't be a problem Sophie. Just make sure that you are good and don't stress yourself too much ok."

"Ok, thanks dad, see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow too."

With that the call ended, Sophie stood up and walked to the kitchen area, where she saw David, the cook Byers, and Venus who was happily nibbling away at some chicken wings.

She made her way to the kitchen counter, sitting on one of the stool behind the counter.

"Glad that you could join us." David said.

Sophie let out a small smile, Sophie looked at Venus, who seemed to pay her no mind as she continued nibbling away at her chicken wing, she was eating it so slowly you would think that if she finishes it that would be everything that she would eat for the rest of her life.

After she was done eating the last piece, David called Veronica to come clean her up and her prepare for bed.

Veronica came and carried the troublemaker to put her to sleep. The only time that she is peaceful.

Then it was just David and Sophie alone–and Byers but he wasn't paying attention to anything that they were saying.

"So how have Venus been this past one week."

Sophie sighed, he asked this question knowing that his daughter is a very mischievous little child that she absolutely love to hate.

"She..." Sophie struggled to find the right word to use so it doesn't come out rude or prudish.

"Well, she is a handful that's for sure. Just yesterday, she put tacks on the chair I was going to sit on."

David had a shocked look on his face. "Hope you didn't sit on it?"

"I didn't sit on it luckily, the only way I can get her to calm down is to put her favorite cartoon for her."

"Which of them?"

"The one with a rabbit and the frog."

"Oh the one with the weird looking animation. I honestly don't know what she sees in that crap, I tried watching it the other and I just absolutely despised." David said, his face scrunching up in disgust.

"And the worse part is that she made me sit through 2 hours of watching that abomination, but the good thing is that, that is what makes her take her afternoon nap easily."

"Sorry that you had to go through all that, but I promise you that she would warm up to you after a while."

"I hope so, I am this close to pulling my hair out of my head."

David chuckled, he checked his watch, he saw the fact that it was late, and time for him to prepare for bed also.

"Anyways it's time for me to go to bed too, you are staying over right?" Sophie nodded her head.

"Do you need clothes to wear to sleep tonight?"

It took a while before this question processed, when it did Sophie cheeks became red. The thought of wearing David's clothes made her feel hot in a not so normal way.

"U-uh... u-um... I-I..." she couldn't form a full sentence. David notice this and he tilted his head to the side.

"What's wrong? Why are you blushing?" He asked.

Sophie did not know how to answer that question so she turn her face to the side in embarrassment.

"Or are you afraid to wear my clothes?"

Sophie stiffen, she became redder than usual. What a bad day to put her hair up in a bun, David saw the tip of her ear turn red. He decided to mess with her a little bit.

"Ah, so you are afraid of wearing my clothes. Can you explain to me why exactly are you afraid of wearing my clothes? Or do you think it would be a bit too intimate?"

Sophie felt heat in places she never thought she would feel, he wasn't even doing anything and here she is being a complete mess.

He decided that that was enough teasing from his side, he should let her breath, before she blows a gasket.

"Anyways, I was talking about Veronica's clothes. You and her should be about the same size."

He stood up from his stool, putting his hands in the pocket of his pants he strolled out of the kitchen straight to his room.

When he left, Sophie tried calming her racing heart down, it was beating too fast. The way she reacted, she did not like it one bit, at all. She sighed it's gonna be a long night.

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After Sophie had showered and worn the clothes Veronica gave to her–which luckily was her perfect size, Sophie was walking towards her room when she heard a grunt behind a door which made her stop in her tracks.

She went to the door she heard the sound from, she place her ears to see whether she was hearing things. She wasn't, the same sound could be heard. It sounded like a male voice.

The grunt sounded like the person behind the door was doing something inappropriate, and Sophie started forming images in her head that was not suppose to be there.

She swallowed hard, she quickly remove her body and ran down the corridor, opening the door to her own room, she closed the door faster and quicker than lightening. When she was in the safety of her room, she slide down the door and held her knees against her body.

She rested her face in between her knees, as she groaned. She felt heat between her legs as she tried to press them together to cause as much friction as possible.

For all she know it might not be David making those weird sounds behind that door, and heck she doesn't even know how his bedroom door look like.

With her saying this in her mind, she felt better, the strange heat building within her was gone. And she could rest properly. At least for now.