Chapter 785 - Plans (2/2)

Three?!

She was lucky if she could survive one!

Kay stole a glance towards Joseph, who was seriously eating and not paying any attention at all. She sighed inwardly.

He was always like that.

Then again, why wouldn't he be?

”Want to go out?” Kay suddenly asked, wanting to dispel that restlessness in her heart.

”Where to?” Lianne asked, since Kay was looking at her when she asked the question.

”I was just thinking that … well, you've been here for at least a couple of weeks now, right? But you haven't gone sightseeing yet,” Kay said, ”And so, why not I be your tour guide for a while? Before you go back.”

Joseph's hand stilled for a while when he heard that.

That's right.

They would be going back, wouldn't they?

So he had to hold on to this until the day they left, right?

If she found out about this little crush of his on her, he would be so embarrassed.

”When would that be?” Joseph asked, before Lianne could say anything.

”When would what be?” Kay asked, her mind confused for a second.

”When would we be going back?” Joseph asked again, clearer this time, ”It's not that I don't like it here and I really do appreciate it … but …”

He didn't know how to say it. How he wanted to go back as soon as possible and be as far away as he can before he did something stupid.

”Oh,” Kay said, feeling a bit down that he actually looked like he wanted to go back so much.

”I'm not sure,” Kay replied honestly, ”Your father is settling a few things, I think.”

”Okay,” Joseph replied dejectedly. He should ask his father later then.

Lianne looked at her brother and then back towards Kay, ”I'd love to.”

”Joseph?” Kay asked, hoping he didn't hear the hope in her voice as she asked him.

”Nah, I'll pass,” Joseph said, ”Thank you.”

Still polite, even though the refusal crushed Kay's little hope.

So much about being able to spend time with him before he left.

Lianne said to Kay under her breath, ”He's like that. Don't mind him.”

Kay gave her a smile, tilting her head and replied, ”It's okay. Where do you want to go?”

”I wanna see you and Kyle went to school,” Lianne said, ”And that studio that has Kyle's picture.”

Kay was surprised, ”You want to go there?”

”Is it far?” Lianne asked worriedly, ”It's okay if it's troublesome. Anywhere is fine.”

Kay looked at her parents, ”Would it be fine if I took Lianne off on a trip?”

”You're the boss,” Patrick said, ”You know better than anyone whether or not you can spare the time.”

”Oh, I know that,” Kay said with a smile, ”I meant, is it okay if I take Lianne with me? After all, you're still the guardian while they're here.”

”Oh,” Patrick and Delilah exclaimed.

That's true.

They had forgotten that fact as the kids didn't really do much at home and Kay was the one that brought them back - and had arranged for everything. So much so that in their mind, Kay was their guardian and not them.

”As long as they want to go, it's fine,” Patrick finally said, ”If Joseph doesn't want to follow, he'll be okay here.”

Lianne turned to her brother, ”Are you sure you don't want to follow? As awesome as everything is here, going out and getting fresh air is good as well.”

”I'm fine,” Joseph insisted.

”You're becoming a NEET,” Lianne said, rolling her eyes at him.

”I am NOT,” Joseph denied, ”I'll have you know, my TokTik videos are popular. Hah!”

”You're not getting any money from that are you? Hah hah!” Lianne countered back.

”It's just the beginning,” Joseph said with a snort, ”I have plans.”

”Oh, really?” Lianne said, not believing that her playful and obtuse brother would actually have 'a plan'.

”Really!” Joseph replied.

”What's a NEET?” asked the confused Delilah to Kay as they watched the siblings 'fight' it out.

”It's an acronym, Mum,” Kay explained, ”It stands for 'not in education, employment or training'. Basically, it refers to an unemployed person that has either dropped out of school or finished school and is living at home doing nothing.”

”OH,” Delilah said, ”A bum sponging off their parents.”

”Something like that,” Kay said with a smile.

Though her mind was on what Joseph had said.

He had a TokTik account and is getting popular?

It looks like she had some digging to do.