Entry 6

Back home for Sunday dinner. It's been two weeks since Christmas and honestly? I think the NDDs are working. Everyone seems so much more...relaxed? Like the whole house has this weird calm vibe. Even Rachel, who usually spends family dinners checking her work email, was actually laughing at Dad's terrible jokes. Mom didn't even comment on my GPA once. Progress! And Danny was here. I know, I know...he's still a little creepy. Something knowingly, the way he looks at you like assessing a cut of meat, but Mom started inviting him over after he helped set up the NDDs (apparently he's good with tech stuff? who knew), and now he's just...part of the family dinners. He even got the seat at the head of the table tonight. Mom insisted, said he'd earned it for "being such a helpful young man." Dad didn't argue, just shrugged and took the spot on the side. It made sense, I guess. Danny's apparently been over almost every day. He was in fine form tonight. Told Mom her "sweater really showed off her mommy milkers" and she actually thanked him and giggled. Giggled! Like she was my age.

Then he asked Rachel if she "had soaked her panties under that power suit because of him," and she rolled her eyes but smiled.

"I'll bet you're everyone's favorite secretary down at your office." He said, smiling that (admittedly cute) smile of his.

Rachel blushed. "Daaannnyyy! You know I'm a lawyer!" She shot back, laughing.

"That's too bad, i'd love to give you some dictation." He winked, and everybody laughed at his little double entrende. The old Rachel would've threatened a harassment suit, so I'm chalking this up as a win for the NDD, chilling her out during family events.

Chloe got the worst of it, he kept staring at her chest and saying she was "filling out nicely for a freshman," which, okay, gross, but Chloe just laughed, thrust her chest out, jiggled her tits at him.

And of course he smacked my ass when I got up to use the bathroom. Being polite, I thanked him for it, which for some reason got him laughing, which was the one thing that seemed out of place. So, overall, just Danny being Danny. One of his quirks. Like, yea, we wouldn't take these comments from anyone else, but Danny is...well he's Danny. He belongs here, right? I mean, it IS creepy. I sat there the whole time thinking, this kid literally got his arm broken by Mom a few years ago and now he's at the head of the table commenting on my mother's breasts and everyone thinks it's charming? But then I looked around and...I don't know. It felt normal. Like he'd always been here. Like OF COURSE Danny gets the head seat, OF COURSE he flirts with everyone, OF COURSE Mom giggles and Dad dozes and my sisters trade eye-rolls that aren't actually mean. He did ask me if I was "sleeping better," which was weirdly specific, and when I said yes he got this look. Not creepy or off-putting, exactly, Just...satisfied. Maybe smug? He reminded me to keep using the NDD, and like...obviously. Anyway. Dinner was nice. I should probably stop overthinking things