"Can you cover me on Thursday night?" Cara asked as I drove home from school. "Yea I'll cover for you, but only till nine, I promised Tom I would hang with him" I said pulling into my drive way and parking behind James, my moms boyfriend car. "Okay, I'll ask Veronica to finish the shift till ten" she muttered. "Ugh you know she won't do it she hates you" I said getting out of the car. "Yea I know but I'll get her like a tube of lip gloss or something " she said. I laughed. "Okay I gotta go I have to study for the last final" I said getting my key out of my pocket. "Okay I'll go talk to Dylan or something, bye" she replied sighing. "Bye, do me a favor ask Dylan if he finished the science essay and if he did give it to me so I can add it to the folder" I said. "Okay I will by bestie" she said. "Bye bestie" I laughed and hung up.
"James?" I asked stepping into the house. He was sitting on the couch watching TV. "Can I ask you something?" He said muting the TV. I set my stuff down on the kitchen counter. "Yea sure is everything okay?" I asked nervous. "Is your mom...I don't know, pregnant?" He asked. "What why?" I asked sitting down. "I found a pregnancy test in the bathroom trash" he said. "I don't think so she's not exactly young enough to have a kid anymore, I mean it is possible" I said. "Did you ask her yet?" I asked. "No, I was going to see if she would tell me face to face when she got home" he answered.
"I'm sure everything is fine maybe she just had a little scare and just wanted to make sure" I said. "I hope so, I need a doughnut right now " he said getting up and grabbing his keys. "Can you get me a blueberry doughnut?" I asked. "Sure " he replied. "Hey by the way Toms coming over later" I said getting my books out. "Okay, is he staying over?" He asked. "It depends" I answered shrugging my shoulders. "Okay, if he does, no frickle frackle" he warned walking out the front door. "You sound like Mom!" I yelled.
Later that night Tom came over and we were hanging out in my room. "How's work?" I asked him as he traced a circle into my thigh. "It's okay, getting a few more customers because of that new YA book" he said. "That's good" I yawned. "You're tired huh?" He said covering me with a blanket. I nodded. "I think I'm gonna spend the night here" he said wrapping an arm around my waist. "Yay" I cheered quietly and kissed his cheek. "Can you put on some music?" He asked taking his shirt off. I pulled up Spotify and searched through my artists. "What do you want to listen to?" I asked. "I don't care" he sighed putting his arm around my shoulders. "Okay, TØP?" I asked. "Sure" he replied. House of Gold came on and I hummed along to the song. "So how's finals?" He asked. "I have my last one next Monday" I answered."Ew on a Monday? That's sucks" he replied. "I know" I mumbled. "Babe?" He said after it grew quiet. "Yes?" I asked. "I love you" he said. "I love you more" I replied. "You know I love you more" he said kissing my lips. We made out for little bit until we were interrupted by a knock on the door. I pulled away from him and got off his lap. I opened the door as Tom went to cover his upper body because he hasn't been wearing a shirt. "Lights out guys, and put a shirt on Thomas" My mom said closing the door. "Yes mam" he laughed. "She knows everything" I said walking over to my desk to brush my hair. "Tell me about it" he replied. "You're gorgeous" he said as I sat down at the edge of my bed. I smiled at him. "You're too fucking cute" I said setting my brush down on the dresser. "Come here baby" I said siting on my desk. He came between my legs and I had my head all the way back so he could kiss me. He lifted me up by my legs and carried me over to the bed. "Do you work tomorrow?" I asked as we got under the covers. "Yea but I get off at two" he said pulling me on him so I was laying on his chest. "Do you work?" He asked. "No I'm off" I replied. "You should come over to my place" he yawned. "Okay I will" I said before closing my eyes. "Good night Tom I love you" I whispered. "Good night Lea, I love you too" he said. My eyes closed for good and I drifted off to sleep.
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The next morning I woke up frantically because I had slept in about thirty minutes and was bout to miss the bus. Even though I had a car I still took the bus to save on gas. "Babe I love you I'll see you later on today" I said kissing him "love you too" he muttered rolling over into the pillows and blankets. I smiled at him before running out to my bus stop. I as I stood on the side of the road waiting for the bus I heard loud punk music in the distance. It's Vic I thought to myself. Sure enough he pulled up in front of me with a smile. "Hola Señorita" he said rolling down the window and turning his music down. "Hola Señor" I replied laughing. "Need a ride?" He asked. "Fuck yes" I sighed opening the passenger door. "Oh hey Jo" I greeted turning to the back seat. Jo was laid out asleep it seemed. "Hey" he yawned. "He's tired man, stayed up till three working on his history reports" Vic said as he drove. "What? Jo you had a month to do them" I scolded. I guess you could say I was the mom ,or what Cara likes to call me the Grandma of the group. It was times like these when I actually believed her.'I'm a procrastinator you know that" he said sittin up. "Did you at least finish them?" I asked. "Yea but the highest I'll get is like a C- it wasn't exactly my best work" he shrugged. I sighed. "At least you have something to turn in" I replied. "Thanks mom" Vic teased. "Shut up you guys in not the Mom, I just make sure you guys have everything you need to have done" I simply said. "Aka:Mom" Jo teased. "Whatever" I laughed.
