After Alex had left, Lily also headed home. As she stepped out of the building, the rain started falling lightly, she knew it would be bad if she gets caught in the heavy rain, so she quickened her steps and rushed to bus stop to catch a bus before the rain starts to rain heavily. She got to bus station and waited for a bus until one showed up, she quickly got in and quickly sit, rubbing her palms together to generate a little bit of warmth because she was slightly shivering due to the light rain.
Lily headed down from the bus and walked to her house, it was just a five minutes walk. She slowly opened the main door and Stealthily entered, she tiptoed up the stairs trying not to make any noise but unfortunately for her she was seen by her brother.
"What are you doing?" Johnny asked, crossing his arms on his chest and leaning against the wall.
"Shh!" Lily quickly gestured Johnny to be quiet.
"What? They are fast asleep", Johnny said lazyly.
"So, you could wake them', Lily added, went into the kitchen to grab a glass of water.
"Lily", Johnny called.
"What?" She answered while raising her eyebrows, dropped the glass cup on the counter.
"You weren't thinking about that jerk right?" Johnny asked seriously, pulling a stool at the kitchen counter to sit.
"No I wasn't", she denied vehemently while avoiding his gaze.
Johnny didn't reply, he just looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "Am serious, I wasn't", she said again with guilt with the way her brother was staring at her.
"I know you aren't being honest with me right now but I won't pressure you, I just want you to know that am here for you if you need anyone to talk to, alright", he said as he tilted his head and smiled.
"Thank you!" Lily said softly and reached out to hug her brother.
Lily was so happy that she has Johnny as a brother because she didn't know what she would have done without him, his heartwarming gesture made her eye wet and she hugged him tighter. "U mm, Lily you are crushing me", Johnny cried out, patting her back".
"Sorry, I was just so happy", she replied with a smile and her eyes twinkling with tears.
"Will you quit crying? You look ugly when you do", he said while wiping her face.
"Oh my, your face looks like a swollen pig", he added while covering his mouth to prevent him from laughing.
"You little punk, how dare you!" She said through her gritted teeth and yanked his hair.
"Ah! Be gentle with the hair!" johnny cried, touched his hair and he felt his scalp burning.
"That was to teach from disrespecting your elders", Lily said and clenched her fists.
'why can't I have a gentle sister, was this my punishment for my sins during my previous life', he weeped internally.
Lily reached for the refrigerator and opened it, she brought out ingredients and threw an onion to Johnny saying "You up for a late night snack".
"Heck, yeah!" Johnny said happily. He moved closer and say "What cha making?.
"fries", she replied while cutting the potato.
"Really? Fries? Johnny said casually.
"Yeah, you have any better idea", Lily said with a shrill voice.
"Keep it down, you are gonna wake up mom and dad", he sad quietly.
Lily threw a potato at him "peel this, will you! Make yourself useful!".
"Fine I will", he muttered and began to peel the potato.
The both of the peeled the potato in no time and they started cutting them into their desired shapes.
"Look, a potato heart", Johnny said as he showed off the potato he cut into a shape of a heart.
"Will you quit playing around", Lily said as she rolled her eyes towards her brother's childishness.
She poured the oil into the pan and light up the gas stove, when the oil was heated into the appropriate degree, she dumped the raw potatoes inside and it started to sizzle, producing a sweet aroma which made Johnny to salivate.
Johnny wasn't the only one so was Mr.Hart. He left the bedroom to use the bathroom but was lured into the kitchen by the delightful aroma, he made his way into the and he saw his kids were making something delicious even though he had no clue what it was, he wanted a bite.
"What are you guys making?", Mr. Hart asked with a husky voice trying to steal a fry. He was whacked on the hand by a spatula.
"Ow, why did you do that?",Mr.Hart asked while sucking his finger that had being whacked.
"Dad, no one is eating until am done with the frying", she said sternly.
"I tried to warn you, dad", Johnny said and shrugged.
20 minutes later, she was done with the frying, she packed the fries into a bowl, ketchup into a little bowl, she carried it to the dinning table, the boys mouths were almost drooling with saliver, she puts the plates down and they immediately dug into the food busy munching on the fries and licking their fingers.
"Is it that good", she asked, dipping a fry into the ketchup.
"Yeah!", they both said in unison
10 minutes later, they finished the huge bowl of fries, they all rubbed their bloated stomachs, Johnnny even burped "eww, gross",Lily lamented with an irtitated look.
Lily stoop up "So, am going to head into my room to sleep, Good night guys", she said as she yawned.
"Goodnight honey, sleep well", their dad replied, kissed her forehead and head into his room to accompany his wife
Lily went into her room and slumped on the bed.she rolled from the bed unto the ground"ah!", she screamed, lazyly got up, dragged herself into the bathroom to take a shower. She went into the shower took a quick bath and changed into her pajamas, dried her long and sliky in order not to catch a cold, slumped on her bed, covered herself with a blanket and she fell into a deep slumber.