Luke's place

You follow Luke to his place and pretend like you don't know where you're going. After a while, you get there and he welcomes you inside and is greated by a familiar woman.

"Once again, I'm so sorry for canceling, Luke. My husband just realized the tickets he booked for our family trip was for today and not next week." your mom says. After Luke, moved in, your mom decided to help him every now and then with Will, but what's this about a family trip? This is the first you've heard of it. Was it meant to be a surprise trip?

"No, it's fine, Nancy. You've already helped me so much ever since you moved in. If anything, I should be the one apologizing to you for not being able to pay you."

"It's fine," your mom says. "Watching Will is always a nice time for me. Robert and I always wanted a son, but we've only managed to have Gwen. Think of it as me getting to experience what having a son is like."

'Wait, what? Did you just hear that right? Did mom seriously say she never had a son?' you think to yourself. But before you give it any more thought, your mom begins to speak again.

"So, who's this young lady? Is she your girlfriend?" Hearing your mom say that, while shocking, sends a smile on your face.

"No, Nancy, you know I haven't had time for dating. This is Jane, she's the one who's going to babysit in your place."

"She's not your girlfriend? Well that's a shame. Well, I better get going. If I don't leave now, I won't make it in time for my flight." She says bye to Luke and before she leaves, she walks up to you and whispers something in your ear, "Don't worry, he might not see you as girlfriend yet, but give him time. If you play your cards right, maybe you'll be able to become Will's mom in the future."

"What, it's not like that. I'm just trying to help a friend out." You try to tell her, but she just smiles at you and leaves.

"Sorry about her. She might have gone a bit too far, but pleae try to forgive her. She's the closest thing to a mom I have right now." Luke says as he walks up behind you.

"No, it's fine. She's a lot like my mom, so I get it." you reply. "Now, would you mind showing me around?" Luke agrees and shows you around the house.

First, he leads you to a room and opens the door. "This is the guest room. Normally, this is where Nancy stays when has to stay the night. But since you'll be staying here, you can use." He walks and opens a drawer. "I'm embarrassed to ask, but you don't have clothes on you, right?"

"How did you know?" you ask?

"Well you said your place was getting fumigated and you were looking for a place to stay. Since you didn't have any bags on you, I just guessed. Since you don't have any, feel free to use Nancy's. I'm sure she won't mind. And since Will is still taking his nap,

"Thank you, Luke." He walks out of the room to give you a chance to change your clothes. 'Who would've guessed Luke was actually like this?' you think to yourself. Back in high school, you only said hi to each other in the hallways. When he moved in next door, you didn't even care. Instead, you just wasted your days away in your room after graduation playing video games. 'I have to repay his kindness,' you think.

After you're done changing, you go out to find Luke, but you can't find him. You look around even more and noticed a door that was partially open and decide to open it even more. When you do, you see a bedroom, which you assume to be Luke's.

'It looks homey,' you think. As you walk around the room, you get lost in your thoughts.

"Hey, Jane, were you lookinh for me?" Luke says as he walks in the room, startling you in the process.

"Yeah, I was. Thank you for the clothes."

"No problem. They look good on you." You blush hearing this. "Anyway, Will is currently taking his nap in his bed. I gotta get going, so I'll leave him in your care. Call me if anything happens." After Luke is finished speaking, you go with him to the front door and you wish him luck in work.

30 minutes pass and you don't know what to think. 'I feel really bad for Luke,' you think to yourself. He's only a few years older than me and is already doing so much. You want to help him more, but you can't think of anything. Then it hit you. Whenever your dad gets home from work, your mom greets him with a homemade dinner to thank him for all his work. Thankfully for you, even though you spent most of your time in your room, you watched a lot of cooking videos so you have a good grasp on how to cook.

When you get to the kitchen, the layout is pretty similar to your parents place. Guess your mom subconsciously made the layouts the same. While thinking about your mom, you find it strange she said she had no son. Did the with change some things beside your gender? Eh, who cares, this will all be over in a few days. You get back to work in the kitchen and get what you need.