Misgendered

Chapter 3

When we got home I just walked past him into my room. I knew what he was going to do, smoke. He didn't care what I was going through, all he cared about was my money. So I worked my butt off for him, and never even got a 'Thank you'. He got my mom's social security money, and he had a well paying job but that wasn't enough. He asked me to pay for things with my part time job, like how is that fair? My younger sibling had it better than me and she knew that, but there was nothing she could do but participate in my dad's stupid shenanigans. If I had been bestie-bestie with him would I be treated differently? I went through my books and noticed a number. It must have been from that guy I met. I never did get his name though. I decided to shoot him a text.

"Hey! This is Kai! You gave me your number?" I sent.

Almost immediately I got a response, "Yeah! This is Carson, the guy with the accent."

I giggled to myself, what a cute way to introduce yourself. "I got suspended from school the day you start, seems suspicious huh?" I send as a joke.

"You got suspended????" He responded quickly.

"Yeah I hit a girl." I said.
"Dang, guess I won't be able to see you until then."

"Yeah, my dad has pretty strict rules on hanging out, and you're a guy who's parents he doesn't know."

"Damn, well here's my parents phone number, maybe we could go on a date sometime?" he said.

I blushed then thought of Zane, should I? I have had a crush on him for years. I typed before I knew what I was doing.

"Yeah sure! Tonight at 8?"
I sent it, I couldn't wait for Zane to reciprocate my feelings.

"Great!" He replied.

I gathered the things I would need to get ready as I only had a couple hours. I took a shower and came back and started drying my hair. 30 minutes into getting ready, I got a text from Carson.

"I'm so excited!" he said.

"I am too!" I said.

I continued to curl my hair, then started putting on my makeup. Then it was finally time to put on my outfit. I decided on a blue Vans cropped hoodie and some ripped jeans. I walked out of my room when my doorbell rang. I told my dad where I was going, not that it mattered because he had my location. I opened the door and stepped outside with Carson. He was in jeans and a plain white t-shirt.

"Ready?" he said.

"Ready." I said excitedly.

We got in the car and talked about our favorite things in first date fashion. I was having a great time. We got to the spot on the hill and we just chatted about random things. We did this until it grew increasingly late.

"I think it's time for me to go home," I said, trying not to laugh at the joke he had just made.

"Alright, let's get you home then." He said through laughs.

The light banter on the way home was delightful. We talked about what we wanted to do in the future, our favorite types of people,our zodiac signs and what they mean. He was my type of person 100%.

"Hey this may seem a little soon but do you want to start dating?"

"I would love to! You're such a sweet person and I'd love to get to know you romantically."

I practically squealed and it must have been all over my face because he smiled so wide it shone throughout the whole car. We drove for 10 minutes until we inevitably pulled up to my house.

"Bye!" I said planting a kiss on his lips and getting out of the car.

He was dumbfounded but eventually he came to, "Bye!!"

I walked into my house, waved to my dad and went straight to my room where I threw myself onto my bed and just giggled. He was so cute, I loved his accent and personality. How could one person be everything I had ever wanted simultaneously? I didn't know that but I did know it was time for bed as I had spent 3 hours fantasizing about my new boyfriend, so I took off all my makeup, changed and took my hair down. Before I layed down I took out my phone and called Zane.

"Heyyyy!!!!" I said gleefully.

"Hey munchkin, what's up?" he said

"Me and the new kid are dating!" I said practically jumping up and down.
It took him a second, he was lost in thought, but after a while he put a smile on his face and said, "I'm so happy for you Kai!"

"Thanks! I just wanted to tell my best friend before I went to bed!"

"Well I'm glad you told me!" He beamed.

"I've got to go now though, have a great night!" I said.

"Alright, Bye." he said.

I hung up and layed down, excited for the next day, I turned off my light and went to bed.