A Million Dreams

Five

We washed our hands at the sink and sat down. Mom puts our plates in front of us. Then she sets down the food and takes a seat. We join hands and say our prayers. When we finish, Mom starts moving the food in our direction. Tonight, she made spaghetti and meatballs, garlic bread, and Diet Coke. "This is the best food I have ever tasted." Jordan says, stuffing his face with food. "Oh, don't say that. I'm sure your mom does better." Mom says. "I wouldn't know. She never cooks. We usually have someone else make our food." he says. "Oh, well whenever you want a home cooked meal, just stop on by." "Thanks Mrs..." "Just call me Mrs. J." she says. "Okay then." After dinner, we wash the dishes and get ready to go the store. "WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK MOM! WE'RE GOING TO THE CORNER STORE FOR SOME SNACKS AND HAIR DYE!" I yell. "OKAY, JUST BE BACK BEFORE 8:30! YOU KNOW I DON'T LIKE YOU OUT AFTER DARK!" She says from the kitchen. "I KNOW. I GOT MY PHONE! BYE!" We walk out towards the front, get on our bikes and ride down to a dollar store. "You got your wallet?" I ask. "Yeah, why?" he asks. "Your bet, you buy the supplies. I'm buying snacks and hair dye for when the bet is over." I say. We pull up, chain our bikes, and walk in. I go over and grab a basket. So does Jordan. I grab chips, candy, and some soda. Then I walk over to where Jordan is. "Which shade of pink should I use?" he asks. "Well, get a hot pink. I can tolerate that." I say. "Okay." "Can I dye your hair too?" "Yeah, sure. I need to change the color anyway." "I'm going to choose the dye colors I have now, so it looks like we switched hair colors." I say. "Well, if we are doing that, then I have to choose the shade of pink that I have now. He says, putting back the hot pink and grabbing the flamingo pink instead. "So, we are kind of like Hikaru and Karou from Ouran Highschool Host Club." I say. "What's that?" he looks at me with a confused look. "Oh, we are SO binge watching some anime tonight. None of the other stuff I was planning on us watching." We check out and head back home. I get my keys and open the door. "We're back Mrs. J." Jordan says. "Okay, I'll be in my room if you need anything. Ash, Taye should be home around 10:00. I already told him that you have someone staying over." she says. "Okay mom!" I say. We run upstairs and head into my room. "Okay, let's get dyeing." We walk into my bathroom and start dyeing each other's hair. Luckily, we both had done this before, so we knew what we were doing.When we were letting the dye sit, I put on Ouran Highschool Host Club. When we finished 3 episodes, Jordan got really into it. But when we were watching the 5thepisode, he laughed so hard that soda came out his nose, which made me laugh. We rinsed our hair and presto chango, our hair had officially switch colors. We took a selfie and debated whether to post it or not. We eventually agreed no but now I have to go with Jordan to his friend's party on Saturday. Around 10:05, I heard the front door open. A couple seconds later, my bedroom door opens. "Hey little sis." "Sup Taye." I say back. Jordan looked a little confused, so I introduced him. "Jordan, this is my older brother Taye. Taye, this is Jordan." They shook hands. "Nice to meet you Jordan." Taye says. "Nice to meet you too." Jordan says. "Whoa, did the world end or are you wearing pink hair dye?" "Shut up. I lost a bet and now I have to have this in for a week." I say. "Oh, that's rough. What did he beat you at?" "Just Dance 4." Jordan says. "Dude, that's her favorite Just Dance. How did you do it? Not even Mom can beat her. And she is good." Taye asks. Jordan shrugs. "Meh, never played before today but was pretty easy. All you do it dance the correct dance movements." he says. "Dang, you'll have to come over on game nights so we can see you in action. I'll take my leave now. Night sis." "Night Taye." I say. After Taye leaves, we finish watching Ouran Highschool Host Club. We moved on to Maid Sama. Then, we started Naruto. Jordan and I laughed so hard when Sasuke and Naruto accidentally kissed that we were wheezing. Around 1:30, Jordan and I started getting tired. I turned off the T.V and climbed into my bed and Jordan went on my beanbag bed. "Night Ash." Jordan mumbles. "Night Jordan." I mumble back before drifting off to sleep. But little did I know that I would have a horrible nightmare