Alyssa
"Are you okay?" Jack asks me as I sit quietly in the backseat of his mom's car. "Yeah, Its just the first time I've ever been to a friends house. My dad tends to be very protective over me." I say. I can see jacks mom look at me through her rearview mirror. I wave and send her a small smile.
"Mom why do you keep staring at her like that?" Jack asks and laughs at his mom then looks at me. I lower my head in shyness and giggle. "She looks like Mrs. S." She says and pulls into their neighborhood entrance. "Oh, yeah! She does doesn't she?!" He says in shock. I look at James through the rearview mirror and shoot him a look of confusion.
"Who's Mrs. S?" I ask them both. Jack's mom backs into their driveway and sends me a sweet smile. "Jack, why don't you take her down there after you finish your project and I'll pick you up at Mrs. S's house, sound good?" She asks. "Sure, is that okay with you, Alyssa?" Jack looks back at me. I nod and smile.
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"Can you hand me the markers?" Jack asks me. I throw him the pack and he misses. "Don't you play baseball?" I asks and laugh at him. I just thought it was pretty ironic. I know I'm lame. "Shut up, I'm trying out this spring." He says and colors the poster board and adds more facts. "Are we almost done?" I ask and sit next to him. "Yeah, just one.....more.....word." He says hesitantly while he was writing.
"And we're done!" He says and clips the cap back onto the marker. "Ready to go see Mrs. S. I know you'll love her, she's so nice. You'll get it when my mom and I say you look so much alike." I laugh and walk to his front door. "Mom, we'll be back, just text me when you're ready for us to come back. That way you don't have to waste gas!" Jack nicely offers his mother. I've always wondered what is was like to have a mom like jack's. I've also wondered what is was like to have a mom. I mean, I know I had one, but I was too young to remember.
"Ok, be back before dark!" She yells as we race out the door. Jack and I run up the sidewalk and down the roads. "Jack," I breath heavily. "Wait! I can't run that far. I... Have to.... Catch my.... Breath." I say. "You okay." He says and rubs my back. I give him a small thumbs up and a nod. "let's just walk." I suggested. I don't think I could run anymore, much less walk. Maybe I should just crawl.
"We're here." He says and hurries me to her front door. Jack politely knocked on the door, but seeing how inpatient he was, he rang the doorbell three times. "Hey Jack." She says and smiles. "Do you need something?" She asks in Curiosity. "See my friend is over and my mom saw her and said she looks just like you. Alyssa?" Jack says and looks at me. I walk up to the door and give a small wave to Mrs. S.
"Mrs. S, this is Alyssa. She just moved to my school." The nice lady examines me for what seems like light years. "You two come in." She says and guides us inside. Her house was cozy. The colors were beautiful, it was nicely organized. The only thing I noticed was she didn't have any family pictures. Just wedding pictures. "Is that your husband?" I ask. She nods and tells us to take a seat in the living room.
"Are you two hungry?" She asks and shows us a bowl of soup she made for dinner. I shake my head and smile while Jack shouts out a "no thank you." This entire time mrs. S keeps her eyes on me like a hawk. "So Alyssa, tell me about yourself.?" She asks and takes a seat across from me. "Well...." I start and try to think of something to tell her. "I was born, December 22nd, 2000. My favorite color is green. I'm fifteen. This is my first year of public school, and yeah. I live with my dad too." I quickly add in.
"Wait your birthday is on the 22nd?" She asks quickly. I look at Jack with a look of confusion mixed with scared. "Yeah. Why?" I ask. Not meaning to sound rude or rhetorical. "It's just-," she starts and then waves it off. "Your birthdays coming up soon, I've lost my track of time over the years. It's been stressing." She says and runs her eyes. "It was nice seeing you, Mrs. S." Jack says and stands up. He looks at me and nods towards the door.
"It was nice meeting you." I say and wave. "Oh please come back soon." She pleads. She looks at me with longing in her eyes as if she'd miss me. Jack and I soon leave and hurry back to his house. "Hey guys." His mom says and cleans the kitchen. "How was it?" She asks us. "We do look a lot alike." I laugh in agreement. I've always heard a rumor that there was least six people in the world that look similar to you. I guess she's one out of six.
I check my phone and my dad sends me a text.
"Be there in 5. Xx" he says. I tell jacks mom and we watch tv while we wait. Soon enough we heard a knock on the door and jacks mom lets my dad in. "Mr. Malik, hi." She says and shakes his hand. "Come in." She greets. "Please, call me 'Zayn'" he tries to play it cool and I laugh. "Did you have fun?" He asks me and takes the keys out of his pockets. I nod and smile. "Say thank you and let's go." He says.
"Thanks for letting her come." He says and smiles at his mom. Jacks mom blushes and smiles back at my dad. "She's welcome anytime." She says. I say my thank your and goodbyes and walk to the car with my dad. "Did you have fun, love?" My dad smiles and gives me a side hug. We hop in the car and take our journey back home. "Is his mom married?" He asks me.
"No, his dad left him a long time ago. It was a high school love kind of thing." I say. Dad laughs at me and runs his hand through my hair. "Stay innocent forever please?"
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