The secrets of summer

Chapter 25

We pull into the driveway around seven and my mom's car is in the driveway.

"I thought you said she was at your dads?" I question Hunter.

"Well when I left to pick you up, she was." He tries to explain himself.

I lean back against the seat as I try to mentally prepare myself for the 'Martha' lecture.

I turn to look at him. He has a piece of gum in his mouth and every time he opens it his jaw muscles twitch. His veins pop out more than usual. Has he been working out? Did he work out before?

I've never noticed little details about someone before. Every movement he makes I try to memorize. Such as the way he traces the hair lines along his arm when he's bored. I guess I'm just trying to look for similarities that we could have.

"Wish me luck." I tell him and get out of the car. He smiles at me and waves through the window and backs out.

I take a deep breath and walk in the house. I shut the door as quietly as I can.

"Sasha! Is that you?" she yells from the kitchen. She doesn't sound too mad which is quite surprising.

"Yeah. I was out with Hunter all night and we lost track of time." I tell her. I walk into the kitchen and she's standing there with a huge smile on her face. She shifts awkwardly and something glistens on her left pointing finger.

"What is that?" I question her. Not sure if I should be happy or not.

Her smile widens and I begin to feel uneasy. She can not marry Jacob! I've only met him one time. This is obsurd.

"Jacob bought me a promise ring. It means that he really wants to marry me!" I smile.

I don't know how I feel about this. I'm relieved that I will not have a new father, just yet. Of course I want my Mom to be happy. I just can't seem to wrap my mind around my mom being with someone other than my dad. Even though it has been five and a half years.

I run up and hug her "I'm so happy for the two of you. It feels like it's happening so fast but I know you two have been together for seven months now."

She pulls away "I'm glad you approve! Jacob will be so happy!"

She picks up the phone and calls him. Telling him my reaction.

Pulling out my phone I text Bri and Hunter.

What I send to Bri is 'My Mom got a promise ring! Text me'

What I text Hunter is a bit different 'Text me when your dad tells you what happened'

Hunter is the first to reply 'I knew already. My Dad wants us to spend time together seeing as we may be siblings'

I reply 'Last night was fun. Glad that we get along well!'

I don't want a brother, I like being an only sibling. I don't have to share anything. And I won't get as much stuff if there's someone else that my mom will have to buy for. I like my mom and me together. The house is quiet but that means I get my personal space and I can do whatever I want and no one interrupts me.

But if I did get part of a new family it would be nice to have more conversations and hear about other people's day. My mom's day is always the same and I don't enjoy telling my day to her when she never listens. Maybe she's different with Jacob. Maybe she cares about what he does.

This could be really good. Or really bad.