My Crazy Housemate: What Makes You Happy

Chapter 126 - Before the others arrived.

Richard returned to his house when he saw the rain was becoming heavier so it was just Leo inside the house with Tara, biting his fingers as he waited for Mia to return. 

He regretted letting her leave the house. He considered going to her studio but wouldn't that be too much? He didn't even know where her studio was. But Mira probably should.

Maybe he should just call Mia? He picked up his phone and was about to dial her number when a call came in from his mother.

He had been ignoring his mother's call the whole evening and knew he could no longer do that.

"Mum?" He said into the phone immediately he answered it. 

"Why haven't you been taking your calls?" She asked.

He could tell she was definitely displeased by the say she was sounding. 

"Sorry" Was all he could say.

"How come we didn't know you were dating someone?" Mrs King asked Leo.

She had been inside the theater and the moment she came out and took her phone, she saw several missed calls and messages from her husband's relatives asking about Leo's girlfriend.

She had been totally lost but later found out about his post on WhatsApp. She checked it and looked at it in surprise.

It was a big surprise seeing her son had moved on and it delighted her. But ignoring her calls made her angry.

She thought she had least had the right to know needed to know about it before he told the other family members.

"Look mum, that was a mistake." Leo said as he hoped his mother would listen to him at least.

"What was a mistake? Not telling me?" 

"The post! It wasn't meant for the group chat. It was for someone else."

"But the lady is your girlfriend, isn't she?" She asked quietly.

"She isn't."

"Then who is she to you? Why was she inside your car? Why did you both take that photo together and what was the person you planned to send it to is supposed to guess?" She asked throwing questions at him which showed she didn't believe him.

"She is… she is uhm…"

Leo couldn't say she was his housemate else Chloe was going to be in trouble. Now the problem was, he didn't know how to introduce her. What was he supposed to say?

"She is a friend. My friend" He said.

"Too much hesitation. You are definitely hiding something." Mrs King said sounding suspicious.

"She really isn't! I tried to tell grandma but she was already halfway planning a party and kept talking about a cake as big as the heavens or something..  You really have to help me talk to them." Leo said in a pleading voice. 

His mother was quiet for a while before she sighed. 

"Let's talk at home tomorrow."

"Alright. Thank you." He said sounding relieved someone was finally listening to him.

Once they disconnected the call, Mrs King continued to think about it. She could tell something was up with her son and the lady and she was glad to see he was finally moving on. She opened the picture, looking intently at it and wondered why the girl looked slightly familiar.

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"Perfect!" Benjamin said with a grin immediately the music stopped.

Mia sighed deeply in relief and couldn't help smiling. This time, she had done it with much confidence and was able to dance with him feeling less awkward than before.

They both heard a clap down at the stage and was startled to see Mr. B standing there, slightly wet from the rain outside. They hadn't known when he got there but it seemed like he had been watching them dance for a while. 

"That was good! It was simply amazing. Mia..." He met her halfway as she was about getting down from the stage and cupped her cheeks. 

"You did excellently well. I guess this hanging out of a thing did work out." He said with a pleasant smile making Mia's eyes dart sideways. 

She looked at Benjamin waiting for him to tell Mr. B she hadn't showed up at all neither had she taken his calls but he said nothing and just nodded at her briefly. 

"It's 20 minutes to practice time. The others are going to be here soon. I really hope they do not think about coming late and blame it on the rain." He said before turning to look at Benjamin.

"Can I see you inside my office Ben?" Mr B asked him. 

"Sure." Benjamin quickly followed Mr B to his office while Mia watched them curiously. 

She wondered when they became close to the point where Mr B called him 'Ben'.  

She thought about what Mira said about inviting Benjamin to the party. Was that really a good idea? She asked herself. She didn't know why she wasn't comfortable around the Benjamin guy. It was surprising how she had been having a crush on him the entire time and now he was here, she just wanted to get away as soon as possible. 

She went over to the window as she watched it rain.

She wondered how he was doing, what he was doing and where he was. 

Was he still at home or was out? 

Was he working or sleeping?

She would never know unless she called so she went to fetch her old phone inside her backpack but remembered everything had been transferred into her new phone. She fetched for it and looked at it in surprise when she saw 5 missed calls from Leo. 

The loud music inside the studio had probably drowned the ringtone. She guessed as she called him back.

His last call was 6 minutes ago so there was a possibility he wasn't sleeping yet. 

"Hello?" He answered and asked immediately she called. 

"Hi!" She replied sounding nervous.

'What am I supposed to say or ask?' She asked herself as her eyes darted around. Oh! She remembered he had called her first. 

"Uhm... I saw your calls just now. Was busy earlier" She said. 

"Yea, I wanted to know... uhm..." 

Leo scratched his head as he thought of what to say. What did he want to know about? 

"Yea, I wanted to know if you got to the studio safely or you were stuck somewhere because of the rain." He quickly said. 

"I got to the studio before it started raining heavily. What about you?" 

"What about me?" He asked in confusion. 

"How are you?" 

A small smile appeared on his face. "I am fine. Are you done with rehearsals? Do you want me to come pick you up just in case it would be difficult to find a taxi?" 

"No!" She said immediately. 

"I.. can... we are just about to start the main rehearsals. So I'm still here for the next four hours."

"Oh.." He sighed in disappointment.

"Main rehearsals? So what have you been doing since you left the house?" He asked with a slight frown on his face. 

"I went to see Mira first, then came over to the studio. I had to rehearse separately with the male lead...."

Leo's frown got even deeper as he heard this. She had gone there because she wanted to rehearse separately with a guy?

Well, it wasn't that much of a big deal since the others were there right? But his hope was dashed when she added...

"Before the others arrived."

"You... you've been in there the entire time alone with a guy?" He asked as his eyes slowly widened.  

"Yes." She answered with a nod. 

"Really?" He asked again. 

"Yes." She nodded again wondering why he kept asking her the same question.

"Was it... that kind of dance?" He asked as he swallowed hard.

"You mean the type I danced with you?" She asked.

"Yes. That type" 

"Yea.. it was. Just a little  different since the main lead was also dancing. The music was also different."

"Mia? Can you come in here for a minute?" Mr B called from behind making her turn around quickly. 

"I have to leave now. Bye!" She said and quickly disconnected the call while he continued to look at his phone in disbelief. 

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"I won't do it! If you want to ask her out then ask her out. But don't use me." Ellie said to Jeremy over the phone making him frown. 

"Come on, you promised you were going to help me with this." He said in a whisper as he hid inside one of the rooms where some sanitary items were kept.

"Just tell her you want her to come home with you. I don't think she's going to be impressed if you keep using me." Ellie said.

"She doesn't like me. But she likes kids! She likes you." 

"Then just make her like you!" Ellie replied sounding frustrated. 

"Please Ellie, I would'nt be asking you if I knew what to do." Jeremy said in a pleading voice making her sigh. 

"Just help me this one okay? Please?" 

"Fine!" She said begrudgingly. 

"I'm only doing this for you. I know she is nice to me and pretty but I didn't like the way she ignored you." Ellie said with a sigh. 

"Do not worry about it. She treats every a.d.u.l.t like that. Just do this for me. Okay?" 

"Whatever." Ellie said before hanging up. 

Jeremy came out of where he was hiding and jumped in shock when he saw Chloe standing right there, looking at him with her head c.o.c.ked to the side and hands folded across her chest. 

Just then, Chloe's phone began to ring inside her trouser's pocket.

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