Practically Daddy [COMPLETE]

Chapter 26

Sal and I were tired over the next few days. He went to a few podcast shows and I stayed home, finishing school. I never thought that I'd be finished with high school before freshman year even ended. I was still confused on how Sal finished all of my hours. I have to ask him how he did it. Anyways, today was graduation, and I couldn't be more excited.

"Congratulations, Josephine!" Sal screamed as he was coming downstairs.

"Thanks. The graduation doesn't start until 1 pm though. It's 9 am" I said.

"Whatever. I'm proud of you, honey" he said.

"Thanks, but how did you do all of my hours so fast?" I said.

"I might've hacked" Sal said, ashamed.

"Why?" I asked. I was more than confused.

"Just wanted to make it easier for you. So you could have more fun" he said.

Something about him saying that sounded fishy. I couldn't think about it because I was excited for graduation!

"Okay, thanks. How many illegal things have you done?" I giggled.

"What do you mean?" Sal asked. He sounded nervous.

"I mean, first Leo, now hacking" I laughed.

He laughed nervously. He knew it was a joke.

"Let me call Joe, Murray, and Q to come to the graduation ceremony" Sal said when the clock struck 12 pm.

"Okay. I can't believe I'm graduating high school. I'm not supposed to for like three and a half years. Glad I'm getting it over with now" I said.

"I know, but didn't you want to real high school experience? I mean, that's where I met my friends" he said.

"Now you're telling me?" I said.

"Haha. Let's get in the car" he said.

We walked outside and got inside the car. We arrived at the ceremony auditorium at 1 pm. I was surprised to see the faces in the audience. I saw the online school directors, who come to every graduation. I saw the guys' faces in the audience. Sal disappeared from the audience when I went on stage to get my diploma.

"Josephine Vulcano, congratulations!" the online school director said. That was my cue to come on stage.

I walked on the stage, shook the man's hand and walked off without my diploma. Things like that happen when I get nervous. The small crowd giggled and I went back for it. Then, they clapped and Joe cheered. Still no sign of Sal.

Murray and Joe led me outside afterwards. I saw Sal standing in the parking lot with flowers.

"Where were you?" I asked.

"I went out to get flowers and they didn't let me back in. Here you go. I'm sorry" he said.

"It's okay, I know you're proud" I said.

He hugged me and then we all went back home.

The next day was Valentine's Day. Sal and I had nothing planned. We just stayed home and talked. I went to sleep early, until I was woken at 2 am by a loud knock at the door.

"What's going on?" Sal asked with a raspy voice.

"Somebody's knocking on the door" I said as the pounding continued.

We went downstairs together. I looked through the peep hole and saw Murray. He looked worried. I opened the door for him.

"Seriously, Murray?! You fucking woke us up!" Sal shouted.

"I'm sorry, but I have a huge problem!" Murr screamed.

"What is it?" Sal and I asked at the same time.

"So I had my girlfriend over for Valentine's Day, and then at night things got a little intimate. Guys, I think I got her pregnant!" Murray said.

"You don't know that for sure" Sal said.

"I'm one hundred percent sure I did, Sal" Murray said.

"So tell her and you guys deal with it on your own. Goodnight" Sal said.

"No, wait! What if I'm having a child? I'm not ready for that and I don't know if she's the one" Murray complained.

"We will help you on set tomorrow. Maybe she's not pregnant at all" I said.

"Fine. I'm really tired. Can I stay over?" Murray asked.

"Okay. Take the couch" Sal said. 

Murray fell on the couch and went to sleep. Sal and I went upstairs and fell back asleep.

"Yes!" I heard Murray shout from downstairs.

I checked my phone. It was 10 am. I ran downstairs with Sal coming behind me.

"What happened?" Sal asked.

"She texted me a few hours ago. She said she took a pregnancy test, just in case. She said she's not pregnant!" Murr said.

"Great, buddy" Sal said sarcastically.

"We're going to be late to set!" Murr said.

"Oh, yeah! We have to be there in less than an hour! It takes an hour to get there!" Sal said.

Sal gave Murr one of his smaller t-shirts. He just wore the pants he had on and his jacket. Sal put on a t-shirt, sweatshirt, and jeans. I just threw on a white t-shirt and leggings.

We got into Sal's car and he stepped on the gas right away. We ended up getting there on time, but a little later than Q and Joe.

Filming was fun. I was asked to go disrupt Sal during his challenge and make things worse for him. It was pretty hilarious.

Murray took the train back home. Sal and I jumped into the car. About two minutes into the ride, Sal finally spoke.

"I didn't want to say anything so I wouldn't ruin the premiere party or graduation. Were you kissing Q?" Sal said.

"No. It was a joke. Just for fun and to see your reaction" I said.

"But I was dancing. You didn't know if i was coming or not" Sal said.

"Actually, Casey was our lookout. He sent a text to Q" I said.

"That's not right. Tell me the truth, Jo" he said.

"I'm telling you the truth" I said.

He sighed and we continued our ride back home.

That night, I felt empty. I had nothing to do. School was finished. Nothing interesting is going on. I fell asleep thinking about how excited I was for the U.K. shows in a few weeks.