Dad VS Step-Dad

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We are now at dad's place after the show. Mum, Dad and Brad are all in the kitchen having that uncomfortable conversation I mentioned earlier. So glad I am not part of it.

The rest of us are in the living room watching Spongebob. Well, they are, I'm on my phone talking to actual normal people. Right as I'm about to send a meme, my phone is snatched out of my hand by Dad who must've come in with Mum and Brad at some point.

"Guys, we've got a big surprise for you." Dad says to us.

"A surprise?" Karen questions.

"Another pony?" Megan asks excitedly.

"A trampoline?" Dylan also asks excitedly.

"A car?" I ask hopefully. I'm taking my driving test soon and have been counting down the days till I can get my licence and then a car so I can be free! I've been trying to convince my parents to buy me a car to practise or let me use theirs. They don't trust me for some reason.

"You leaving?" Adrianna says making me slap the back of her head to tell her to shut up. I get she doesn't like having a step-dad but she shouldn't say shit like that in front of Megan and Dylan. I don't bad mouth Brad in front of Griffy. I do it after he's in bed.

"Not quite, okay? But, no, we got something better than that, okay?" Dad says.

"So much better. It's gonna be great." Brad adds from behind Dad.

"Guys, this year, no more back and forth at Christmas." Dad says in an excited voice.

"We're not doing the back and forth." Brad adds again, sounding way more excited.

"Nope. I just said that." Dad tells him. "This year, we're gonna spend one Christmas all together, all of us! A Together Christmas!" Dad yells happily. Megan and Dylan both cheer while I smile a little. It would definitely be easier than going back and forth but spending all of Christmas with the entire family..............I don't even want to think about how annoying that will be.

"A Together Christmas!" Brad yells slightly louder.

"Brad. We get it. A Together Christmas. Sounds awesome." I tell him as the phone starts ringing. I reach over to it and answer. "Hello?"

"RJ? Is that you?" The voice of my Grandfather comes through the phone. Holy shit.

" Oh, hey Grandpa Kurt." I say shocked. He hasn't called...........ever. He normally just turns up.

"Listen, i'd love to talk but I gotta be fast. Can you put your dad on for me?" He asks.

"Sure. Father, Grandpa Kurt wants to talk to you." I tell him, holding the phone out to him.

Grandpa Kurt is Dad's Dad. He is actually really fun and always let's us do stuff that would even give Dad a heart attack. However, he's not around much. By much I mean less than Dad was.

"No, no, no. Dusty, I'll just tell him-"Mum says.

"No. It's okay, Sara." Dad cuts her off. He takes the phone off me and hands mine back to me. "What, Dad? Yeah, long time. No, I'm fine. Tomorrow? Tomorrow. No. I could probably pick you up, I guess, but..."

"Hey! Psst! Guess what? My folks are coming tomorrow." Brad whispers to Dad. Oh yeah. Brad's parents are actually ok. Don and Ginny are just classic grandparents. Cookies, weird stories, little presents every time we see them. It's just a bit weird cause I've never had grandparents......period.

"I don't care." Dad whispers back.

"Aw, you can go together." I say to them. Brad looks at me very excited at my idea whilst Dad just turns to me and gives me evils.

"You, shut your face." He tells me making us all laugh. He he, I love stirring the pot. "Dad, do you want to just text...hello?" Dad says. He puts the phone down and looks back at us with a very overwhelmed look on his face.

I guess we're having an even bigger Together Christmas than previously thought. Great.