The Bad Boy and Me

Chapter 8- Party??

4:21 pm.

Time has gone by really slow. Maybe it's because no one is at home, but me. Usually when Anna is here, time goes by super fast. I wish she could be here.

My dad should be here any minute now. I can't wait to tell him what I have planned for Xander.

Who is Xander? He is Anna's oldest child. He is going to be 19 on Sunday, so I want to do something for him. He works with my dad. I love Xander as a brother. He was always taking care of me and Jasper. We all grew up together. I remember Jasper broke his arm when Xander was trying to teach him how to do a back flip on the ground. After his arm healed, he practiced and finally learned how to do a back flip on the ground. Those two boys have been through a lot together. Like when Jasper liked this girl in the first grade, he asked Xander for help. Xander has always had Jasper's back.

I heard someone open the front door. Yes! My dad is here. Time for him to help me figure this thing out.

I quickly ran down the stairs, almost falling on my way down, and stopped my dad.

"Someone is happy to see me."

"I need your help."

He put his stuff down and told me to wait. I hate when he does this. He usually takes forever to change out of his work clothes. Then he has to put all of his stuff up. All of this take about usually 5 minutes, this is too much time for me right now. I can't wait to get this surprise party planned out.

After five long minutes, he came back into the living room. He is walking super slow.

"Dad, come on. Hurry up."

"Fine. My fun is over."

I hate when he does this. Every single time I want to tell him something exciting, he does everything super slow to get on my nerves.

"Okay. So, you know how Xander's 19 birthday is this Sunday?"

"Yeah."

"I want to throw him a surprise party. I say we do it here, because if we do it at his house he will figure it out and here he won't suspect a thing."

He had his thinking face on. Good. His thinking about it. I got this all figured out in my head.

"Go on."

"That's technically it. I want to throw him a surprise party in the house. Because we can swim after and he won't figure it out if we throw it here."

He agreed and said he would give Anna a call. Yes!! I hope she agrees. There won't many people, just something to let him know I still remember him. Then, later at night he can go out with his buddies and do guy stuff.

"She said yes. She wants to know if you need help with anything."

"Tell her I'll give her a call if I do. Oh, tell her there won't be many people."

"Got it."

He went back to talking on the phone and I went straight to the kitchen. Anna always has a note book in here.

When I found it I grabbed a pen and sat on a kitchen stool.

Who can I invite? We have me, his mom, his 2 sisters, my dad, Jasper, his friends Tyler, Jordan, Austin, Matt, Taylor, Noah, and that's it. I can invite Mr. Carlile, he does work with him. Might as well invite Aiden. So, I guess that's it. 14 people. I wish his dad was here, but he is somewhere in the world. His dad is in the military. I love his dad, he is awesome.

"Dad, all we have to do now is call the people who are coming."

I hope he heard me.

"All YOU have to do is call the people. You are the one planing this, I'm just here to give you the money!"