"Oh, my God, five? What's going on in there?"
Elena yells
I knock on the door
"Alex please come on your gonna give Elena a heart attack"
He opens the door and pulls me into a hug
"The first one was for pee. And the last four were to piss you off." He says pulling me with him to the table
"So you're basically murdering the planet just to spite me?" Elena says annoyed
"Yeah, and it worked."
"You know, it's bad enough that you take 40 minute showers." Elena says back
"I have to use water to get ready. Every time I show up at school, there all these eyes expecting perfection." Alex said
"And you give it to them, papito." Lydia cooed, lovingly
"You don't have to lie to him." I said, making Alex pulled me into him and bit my shoulder
Lydia ruffled his hair, and waved my insult off.
"Easy. It's setting." He said, fixing his hair in the toaster reflection
I rolled my eyes and walked into their kitchen to get food.
"Mija, why are you in your uniform before you shower and get ready?" Lydia asked
"I am ready, Abuelita." Elena said
"That's what I was afraid of." Lydia gasped, holding her heart
"Okay, everybody. Let's go. I can't be late. We're having one of our staff meetings at work." Penelope said rushing in with all her stuff
"Aren't there only four of you?" Elena asked
"And yet we take attendance." Penelope sarcastically said
I walked away to get Alex's sweater, and when I came back in, Elena was talking about her plans for the day.
"Ooh, I have a lot going on today, too. They're implementing my composting initiative in the cafeteria." Elena said
"I wish I could make you excited about a comb." Lydia said very seriously
"Our school's waste stream will really shrink if we let the food decompose naturally. And once l'm able to introduce worms... triple the excretions." Elena excitedly exclaimed
"You have weird goals." Alex insulted
"Hey! No, she doesn't." Penelope said, smacking his shoulder
Elena rolled her eyes at her younger brother, rolling her eyes in annoyance.
"Yes, She does, right" Penelope whispered, taking back what she said earlier
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When we got to school I got a message from Hugo
Hugo 🤭
Hey My love I got you a present
Meet me in front of your first period?
My love 😘
Of course see you rn cutie
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Atter school, Elena, Alex, Penelope, and I walked into the apartment to find Lydia and Schneider salsa dancing.
Alex didn't hold my hand today actually ever since first period he's refused to talk to me
