Everyday (on hold)

Chapter 24

Friday morning, I'm in a great mood. I get dressed, have my Banana smoothie and walk to school. I walk down the hall and see Luke heading to his first lesson. We both make eye contact and smile at each other as he does a small wink at me. I blush immediately then am approached by Skylar.

"Hey!" she says. "You look awfully happy today, what's up?"

"Oh, nothing much, just weirdly in a good mood for some reason"

"That's good, so anyway. Your birthday is in a week! Lets finally have that party we have been planning, it could be our chance to get in with their group, we will have to invite them of course. So yesterday afternoon, I was following them and I heard them talking about us! They were saying that we aren't that bad and we are kind of cool! This means we could finally do it! Finally get into their group! Are you with me?" I really wasn't with her, I was thinking about Luke.

"Yeah! That sounds so good!"

"Great, so it will probably be at your house, although everyone will probably be smoking so do you think if we confront out parents about dating each other then they might go out that night! So we have the place to ourselves." The thought of my mum hiding this secret from me comes back into my head and my mood instantly changes, I am so angry that she hasn't told me yet! But I need to confront her, it's been too long.

"Lets do it tonight, you can come over and we will tell our parents together, it will be easier for both of us to be there" I suggest.

"Yeah, but Callum is coming over tonight, dad doesn't know we are dating but yeah, sorry I cant come over." Of course she is ditching me for him again, but maybe I can go see Luke or something tonight.

"That's okay, we can just tell them separately"

"Okay, call me when you have done it! Then we will catch up tomorrow and discuss the party plans." She says.

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At the end of the day I walk home thinking about what to say to my mum. I am so nervous, I hope she doesn't get mad at me, and I will have to do it without jade being near, mum should be the one to tell her.

I finally reach home and my mum isn't home yet. I sigh of relief as I have at least another half hour to think about what to say before she walks through the door happy as ever because her love life is better than mine, well used to be better than mine.

So many thoughts go through my mind as I eat afternoon tea. I decide to have something simple like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and make one for my sister too. Its delicious, just what I felt like. I talk to jade about her day and how school is going for her. She talks about her favorite teacher and how at lunch, she plays with her friend Oliver. She goes on and on and before I realize the time, my mother is walking through the door. She looks happy as ever. It makes me feel weird to know that she is hitting it up with Skylar's dad. Yuck, I don't even want to think about it, it makes me feel sick to my stomach.

"Hi darling, how was your day?" she says to Jade.

"Good thanks mum" she says and then tells mum about her new best friend and her great teacher. She pretty much repeats the same story that she told me. I walk away and let her have her time with my mum, I want to wait until my mum is happy and when we are alone. While I wait, I decide to go by the pool and go for a swim because it is quite a hot day.

I get into my red triangle togs and grab a towel and head down to the pool. I walk slowly to the edge of the pool and dip my toe in the water. I can feel the tingling water on my skin as I dip my foot deeper and deeper into the water until it reaches my ankle. The temperature is just right. Not too hot and not too cold. Perfect, it's just how I like it. I put my towel on the pool chair and head to the deep end of the pool. I build the courage to dive into the water. As my skin touches the water, my body sooths immediately. As I glide through the water I feel my hair piercing through the water. I stop and float. I think about Luke. Maybe I should go over to his house tonight but I'm nervous, and what would I tell my mum. I can't just say that I am going over to Mr. Hemmingsworths house because she would obviously think something is up. Maybe I should just say that I am going out to dinner with my new friend I made at school or something because Skylar is busy, she might believe that. I will pretend her name is Bonnie. Its so random but I will have to make this up so she doesn't get suspicious.

As I'm floating in the pool I see my mum walking towards me. I think this should be the time to tell her I know.

"Hi Macey, sorry I didn't get a chance to say hi to you, jade was telling me about her day" she says.

"That's okay, and she told me all about it too" I say and we both laugh knowing that we both really didn't care that much about her day but we had to listen because she just wouldn't stop talking.

"So did you have a good day?" she asks.

"Yeah I did thanks" I say. I want to get straight to the point, I don't want to waist any time because jade could come out any minute. "So there is something I have been meaning to ask you about for a while now" I finally get the courage to say. The nerves are building up again and I start to have doubts, but I know I have to do this.

"Yes, what is it?" she says, a little bit nervous but I can't really tell.

"Okay, well, a few weeks ago I saw you at lunch or something, you were with someone. Well, I know who it was, because I was with his daughter, Skylar"

"So, I guess you know then" she admits. I'm surprised, I had a funny feeling she wouldn't admit to it, but now that she has, I feel a lot better getting it off my chest.

"Well, I think. Mum, are you dating him?" I ask, still nervous.

"If I am going to be completely honest, yes I am dating him. He is such a lovely ma and he cares about me, much like how your father used too, and I am able to talk to him about it and he just listens. He is so wonderful to be around and he makes me happy, and that's all I want, I want to be happy and I want you girls to be happy as well. I know it may be weird for me to date your best friends dad but we will try to be as normal as possible." She blurts out. I can see it in her eyes, she is happy and that's all I want for her. She deserves to be happy.

"Thank you for telling me, but the only thing I am upset about is that you didn't tell me," I say.

"Oh darling, I wanted to tell you every time I saw you but it was so hard to come up with the words to tell you. Me dating your best friends dad is hard to explain, but I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier. It hasn't been going that long though, it's only been about two months"

"Its okay, well I'm glad you admitted it, and Skylar knows as well" I tell her

"That's okay, so I'm guessing she is going to ask her father about it as well, I'm so sorry, I feel so guilty for keeping this from you" she says and looks disappointed.

"No mum, its fine, I'm glad you told me anyway."

"If its not too much to ask, I would like you to keep this from jade, I want to be the one to tell her myself, I want her to be ready when I tell her. Although I know she has always wanted me to move on I guess, but I'm not ready to tell her yet" she says

"Yeah sure, but I wouldn't keep it too long, because she is quite smart and she will be able to figure it out sooner or later" I let her know.

"Alright, good idea, thank you for talking about this to me, it was very mature of you"

"That's okay, thank you for telling me the truth. And another thing, am I able to go to my friend Bonnies house, she is a new friend of mine and she is really lovely, she invited me over for a couple of hours, is that alright?" I say. I feel guilty for lying after such an honest conversation we have just had but its what I have to do.

"Yes of course, that's fine, ill drop you whenever you would like, just let me know if you need anything" she says and walks away.

I'm so glad I got that off my chest. I feel so much better now that I know the truth. And I'm so happy she admitted to it as well. I go up to my room and start to get ready for Luke's house. I text him to check if its okay that I come over and he sends me his address. I have a plan for my mum to drop me a block away from his house so she doesn't suspect anything. I'm so excited but so nervous to go to his house. I hope we have a mature night; I don't want to do anything that I will regret.