Curly. | Jc Caylen

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I've been a bit dazed since my conversation with Jc. I don't even remember how I got home.

"Esmi, mija, please come to the kitchen." My mom shouted.

"Yeh mom one moment." I dropped all my stuff by the hall that was closest to my room so I'm able to take it when I finish talking with my mom.

I walked into the kitchen. She was sitting at the island looking at her paperwork from the office. "How much homework do you have left?" She said removing her eyes from her work to look at me as I spoke.

"Not much I finished most of it during lunch." I said going to the fridge to get some juice.

"Ok you have thirty minutes do you think you can get it done in that time? Because in an hour were going out to dinner." She said hoping that I would be able to go with her.

"I think. Do I have thirty minutes to get my homework done and get ready for dinner, or do I have thirty minutes to get my homework done and thirty minutes to get dressed?" I questioned.

"The second one." She replied. Going back to her paperwork.

Okay I have time. "Yeh I'll be ready by then." I mentioned already walking out of the kitchen to my room picking up my things on the way.

I got to my room closing my door and going straight for my desk I'm sure I can finish everything in twenty something minutes and that will give me more time to get ready.

I glanced at the clock it was 4:51 pm.

Math done. At lunch.

History done. 5:04 pm.

Science done. 5:13 pm.

English done. 5:18 pm.

I guess I have thirty-one minutes to get ready, less time than I thought I would get but it shouldn't take me that long either so I was good.

I walked to my closet. Is this a fancy dinner or just a normal one?

"MOM! IS IT FANCY OR NO?" I yelled. I'm sure she heard me considering these walls aren't that thick but they weren't paper thin either.

She opened my door. "It's not really that fancy but please wear something nice!" She said in a pleading tone.

"Okay." Was all I said and she left my room shutting the door behind her.

I gathered my clothes and got dressed. It took me ten minutes to get completely dressed, ten to fix my hair and add a bit of eyeshadow while touching up my makeup from this morning. I gave myself a once-over and left my room. 5:48 pm. Ready.

"Mom?" I shouted wondering where she was.

"The kitchen mija." She shouted back at me. I started walking towards the kitchen. "Are you ready?" She continued walking out in to the hallway meeting me at the entrance of the kitchen.

"Yeh all done." I said while I used my hands to gesture what I was wearing. "Are you ready to go?" I questioned noticing she hadn't changed since I arrived. "Because I recall you were wearing that when I got here."

"Oh yeh I changed before you got here." She got her purse and put it over her shoulder. "Lets go!"

I followed her out the door and to the car. "Is it just us or..?" I asked.

She glanced at me as she started the car and headed to our destination. "Oh yeah a co-worker invited me" she paused. "She was actually hoping that I could bring you because she wanted to get to know you."

"But she doesn't even know who I am." I stated.

"Yeah but I talk about you a lot at work on break and at lunch." She said proudly.

"Okay." was all I could reply.

After that the car ride was silent minus the music coming from the radio. It took about 20 minutes to get to the restaurant. My mom parked the car and we got out.

This place looked really fancy, at least just from the outside. The inside was mellowed down it was still fancy just not as much as the outside.

Walking up to the Maitre D my mom spoke up. "Reservations for Lopez party of seven."

"Okay let me see, yes right here you are at table eleven and I see that the rest of your party is already seated." The lady who's name displayed on her name tag as Ashley said as she looked at the chart placed in front of her. "Right this way." She motioned for us to follow her. "Here you are." She said point to the empty seats at the table.

There was an older woman that I assumed to be my mothers co-worker, and three kids which I guess were her children. There was an empty seat I'm guessing her husband must have gone to the restroom.

"Hello! You must be Esmeralda!" The woman exclaimed with a huge smile on her face. "Your mother talks about you all the time I'm so glad to finally meet you!" She got up from her seat to come and give me a hug. Umm this was pretty awkward but I gave her a hug back.

"Hello. Nice to meet you." I said not as enthusiastic as she was but also not in a rude tone.

"Come sit sit." She said patting the seat. "I'm Maria, these are my children Joe Felix, Ava Grace, and Jaylyn." She said pointing to each of them. "Justin should be back any moment he went to use the restroom"

We were sat down and the waiter brought out drinks. "Are you all ready to order or would you like more time?" He questioned.

"I'm not ready yet." I said still looking at the menu. He slightly nodded and left us to decide.

There was a sight bit of conversation going on between my mom and Maria. The kids were all talking amongst themselves. I was quite bored to say the least. Everyone was just in there own bubble.

I took a sip of my drink and I noticed that someone was moving the chair to get in the seat I looked up and almost choked on my lemonade. IT'S FUCKING JC! Seconds later his eyes were on me. Which made me smile.

"Hey Esmi!" He said.

"You two know each other?" My mom and Maria asked in unison.

"Uhm yeah we're in the same classes." I spoke up. "And hi Jc."

I go back on what I said earlier today I am a lucky girl!

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Hello everyone! I know that not all three of the kids live in the same household but for the sake of the story they all live together. And his moms name is Maria idk what her actual name is but ehh lets go with it. Also please let me know what you think. Comment please! I need feed back!

Much love, Yesenia 💚