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𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧

Like any other day, the Gallagher house was chaos. Loud voices and footsteps were the first thing Joey heard when she opened her eyes from her nap. Just as she was about to go back to sleep Fiona's voice echoed throughout the house.

"I'm going to the store today!" She announced.

At that Joey jumped out of bed, slamming her door open. "Tampons. I'm gonna have to start using fucking toilet paper like I live in the stone ages."

"Good to know." Fiona grimaced.

"Toilet paper. Im staffing to chafe from the streamers." Debbie mentioned, throwing the object towards Fiona who caught it with ease.

"Toothpaste!" Carl added.

Joey closed the door to her room once more to pull on a pair of jeans that used to belong to Fiona before she stole them. In this household, hand me downs are the norm.

"Debbie! Stop using my hairbrush!" Joey complained, finding the brush under her bed. She rolled her eyes when it was covered with dust and god knows what else. So she did the most logical thing and walked over to the bathroom to rinse it out. Joey knew that the last thing Fiona could afford was a hairbrush, especially when food and bills were so much more important.

Joey smiled in satisfaction once her hair was brushed and pulled back into a kinda sorta neat ponytail. She didn't have to stick around and wait for Jakob, since shockingly for once he was hitching a ride from one of his brothers. Jakob however told her the only reason they were doing that was because DCS was coming around soon and they needed to put on a good show, which Joey found fucking stupid.

"Jo! Come on, you're gonna be late for school!" Fiona ushered. Joey groaned and threw her head back before grabbing her bag and walking out of the door.

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Joey sat in her biology class beside Jakob who was dissecting a frog. He actually looked pretty focused on the topic, which was rare in itself.

"I think this is the heart." Joey mentioned, picking up a tiny object that sort of looked like an almond. Jakob stared at it, his brows furrowing in confusion.

"Whys is so small?"

"Uh, because it's not a human heart. Duh."

"Well excuse me fucking Einstein. Maybe it has a small heart because this frog just so happened to be a bastard."

"What're you talking about?" Joey sighed, mentally preparing herself for the pure stupidity that was about to come out of Jakobs mouth.

"I don't know. What if this frog was mean to all the other frogs he lived with and that's why his heart was so small. Think about it!"

Like Joey said, pure stupidity. But she wasn't about to say that directly to Jakobs face, especially when he looked so happy. So she only pursed her lips and nodded, a tight lipped smile on her face. When Joey turned her head to grab her water bottle she accidentally knocked over all the other papers in the process.

"I got it." The pair of best friends said at the same time, bending down to pick up the papers. However when their faces became so close they might as well be kissing at that point, Joey blushed and immediately pulled away.

"When's the last time you brushed your teeth?" Jakob attempted to joke, desperately wanting to change the topic after the incident that just occurred.

"I'm running on baking soda, shut the fuck up," Joey replied. "Could say the same thing about your hair though. Do you wash it or....."

"I would pull out the "you try living with two brothers" card but you live with like, six siblings so who the hell am I to judge?"

"Exactly." Joey hummed with a grin on her face. When the bell rang she packed up her stuff, linking her arm with Jakobs. She saw it as a small gesture while Jakob couldn't control the blush that was forming on his cheeks. Joeys touch was becoming a reoccurring thing and he couldn't get enough of it no matter how much he tried to avoid it. It was like some sort of fucking drug.