A story where E.J Caswell and Ricky Bowen unexpectedly cross paths, share secrets with each other, and become more than acquaintances.
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"Come on Ricky, live a little. We're sophomores in high school. We're no longer at the bottom of the food c...
Nini's get together was fun yesterday. Although, it was kind of boring because I couldn't text E.J at all. She had rainbow colored nail polish and put on the movie "The Half Of it," which Kourtney had never seen. She kept opening and closing her mouth at certain scenes but I thought that it was funny. Gina was there too and Ashlyn, Marcus and Trevor too.
Trevor let Gina paint his nails and I wanted to paint my nails too but I didn't because I knew about what happened earlier in the semester.
I'm not gonna get caught wearing nail polish to prom. I'm not going to make any stupid mistakes while I'm with E.J at prom.
It's his big night not my mine.
Now, it's just a boring old Saturday and I'm back to writing in my notebook and playing with Franklin's fur like I usually do.
Time to write all of my feelings down in my journal again.
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"Ughhhhhhhhh. Franklin, why can't I just tell him that I love him?" I whisper scream into my pillow forgetting that my dad is home.
"You good in there son?" I look up from my pillow and feel my cheeks turn red and turn to see my dad standing by my bedroom curtain.
"Yeah I guess so. I don't know. Maybe. Dad, how did you tell mom that you loved her? I mean I know that you guys aren't in love anymore but did you like feels sparks or anything? Was it special?" I put Franklin to the side of my bed and let my dad sit on the edge of the bed.
"It was quite a special relationship. I think that we were in love with the idea of being together. I liked seeing her happy and making her smile, and taking her on dates to places that she wanted to go to. It was definitely young love. I think that we forgot how to love and make decisions together as we got older though. Why are you asking me about this?"
"I think that I love someone and he likes me back but I don't know how to respond to him when we are in public, like in school or outside or with other people. He actually asked me if I wanted go to Prom with him and it's a big deal since I'm still a sophomore," I tell my dad about everything except for the fact that my date is E.J.
"Oh. Wow. When is this prom? I'm sorry that I haven't been around much but I'm trying to be a good father. You know that things have been tough since the wedding. What do you need me to buy? a suit a boutonniere? Wait who asked you to prom?" I listen to my dad talk and scoot over to his side to comfort him since he's trying his best to be the best dad that he can during this difficult time.
"Dad, it's okay. You don't have to do everything for me and buy everything. I'll get a job in the next month and a half so that I can pay for a suit. I'm uh going to prom with E.J,. It's on May 18th," I bite down on my lip and play with my fingers while telling my dad all of this.
I trust him with all of this, he's my dad after all.
I know that he works hard to provide for me though.
