Jaki

Daddy Dearest

I awoke to my cell phone ringing, I sat up and looked around. Jaki was gone, so was Robin, where'd they go it's Sunday.
I groggily answered the phone, my body aching and throat dry. "Hello?"
"Son," My father said. "I was just calling to check up on you. How've you been, how's school?" I put the phone on speaker and collapsed on Jaki's pillow, inhaling the scent of her, which was flowers and vanilla.
I sighed. Should I even answer? "Everything is fine," I said. "I'm fine. School is fine."
Jaki bursted in the door with a huge smile on her face. Why does she barge in everytime I'm on the phone?!
"Guess what?!" She smiled, I sat up.
"Good, good. Hey, what are you doing today, Tobias?" My father asked, over speaker phone.
Jaki's eyes lit up, "He isn't doing anything today, Mr. Rollar! And he'd be more than happy to spend time with you!"
My body heated with anger, shy would she say that?! Who the hell did she think she was just telling someone that I hate that I'd be glad to spend time with them!
"Jaki!" I hissed.
"Really? That's great, I'll pick you up in about an hour. Talk to you then, son." And the phone beeped as he hung up.
"What the fuck, Jaki!" I hissed louder than I intended to.
Her smile disappeared, now she looked confused. Even though I know she knows exactly what the hell she did wrong!
"Why are you yelling at me?" Jaki asked. "I was just helping out!"
"Jaki!" I said as calmly as I could. "You can't just barge into any conversation that I'm having, okay?! Damn, how the fuck am I going to get out of this shit?!"
"Don't be such a pussy! Just hang out with him for like an hour or two." Jaki smirked.
"If I go, you come too!" I said.
Jaki froze, then a wide smile crept across her face. "You want me to meet your father?"
That is what I said at all!
Jaki tackled me on the bed and hugged me tight. Why was she so excited to meet my father? It really wasn't that big a deal.
Jaki's warm, soft breasts pressed up against my face and slapping me over and over again.
"I've never met my boyfriend's parents before!" She giggled.
Wait...
"You've had other boyfriends?!" I gasped so hard that I almost choked on my tongue.
"Yeah, haven't you had other girlfriends?" She asked.
No, I only ever dated you and Edith Anne. "Yeah, I've dated many other girls before," I said, giving a fake chuckle. Why do I lie to her? Quick change the subject before she questions me again. "You...uh... wanted me to guess something?"
"Yeah! I wanted you to meet my family, but since we're meeting yours today, it can wait." She told me.
"He is not my family." I hissed.
"Don't say that, Tobias, of course he's family." She giggled softly.
"No, he isn't. Family doesn't leave, Jaki, he left me with mom! He left! Real family doesn't leave!" I spat.
Jaki looked hurt and annoyed, "you are so selfish to say that."
Me? Selfish?! "If anyone is selfish it's you!" No! Why the hell did I just say that?
"Me? How am I selfish? You are upset about your father leaving you with mother, when my entire family left me!" She shouted, tears spilling from her eyes, and her voice cracking. "You think everything is about you, but it isn't! You are selfish, not me! Everyone likes me, everyone fucking hates you! Why do you think Robyn is barely ever in here? My friends hate me with you and they hate you!" She was stalking towards me now, her eyes filled with hate.
"That isn't true!" I said, "Audrey hates you! He called you a bitch!"
"Because I wouldn't have sex with him at the party that I threw for you. God, Tobias, what the hell is wrong with you?"
"Me ? What the hell is wrong you?! You walk around like you are so pretty and perfect and shit!" I shouted at the top of my lungs.
"No, Tobias, that's you. You think you are perfect, I know I'm not perfect. All I want is to help people before my time is up!" She wiped away her tears and threw her papers on the ground, grabbing her keys and leaving.
While I just stood there like an idiot, how the fuck am I selfish? If anything I'm selfless! I mean I took care of my mother for months, when she should have been taking care of me!
I picked up the papers that Jaki threw and looked at them, it was her assignment for Mr. Stumph's class. I didn't even know she was taking that class. I sighed, Ben's words surrounded me. "If anything you don't know what Jaki needs! You don't even know her!" He was right, I didn't know her and I don't know what she needs. I fell to my knees, too exhausted to stand, running fingers in my tangled dark hair.
She was a walking, talking mystery and the only way to solve a mystery is by searching for clues.
I stood and began to search through Jaki's drawers, paint brushes, crayons, change, buttons, rings, broken necklaces and other useless things. I pulled out the pictures of her family, wondering where they were.
Her mother looked a lot like Jaki, only older and more curvy. But her sister looked more like Jaki's father, dark eyes and thinner lips.
Then I found the drawer of pills and drugs, I picked up an orange bottle of pills, the label was ripped and scratched off. I stuffed the bottle into my pocket, maybe I can look up what type of pills those are later.
I lifted her mattress, in between were strange dollar bills, notes and letters, and more bottles of pills. I grabbed a note.
It read:
Tobias.
Tobias.
Tobias.
Meeting him was an accident, but I'm glad it happened, I caught him on the stairs on his first day of school. I saw him as soon as Robyn and I got out of my car, actually he was riding in the car in front of me, arguing with the man in the car with him, probably his dad. I like him, I like him a lot. He's cute, what's not to like? His eyes are perfect gray and his skin is like caramel or chocolate or something. He is an airhead, but that's fine. Because I think fell in love with him and every lie that he spoke to me. He lies a lot and I know it, but I never call him out on it. Maybe I should grow a pair and tell him about himself.