The New Life

Chapter Three

   

"Jackson! Max! Kali! Ramona! Come say goodbye, Joey's here!" I run down.

"Mom, why are you dressed like that." I demand. "I'm just having some fun." She sighs.

"Mom," I lower my voice to a whisper. "Is this about dad?"

"Kalina!" She yells. I give her a disappointing look. "So it is true."

She shakes her head. "That is none of your concern."

By now I'm aware of the rest of the kids on the top of the stairs hearing our conversation.

I storm upstairs as they start to lecture the kids on what to do while they're gone.

"Are you ok?" Asks Jackson worriedly.

""I'm fine." I state, jumping onto his bed.

He sighs and I scoot over so he has some room.

"You'd tell me if something big was happening in your life, right? If something was wrong?" I nod and snuggle into him, enjoying the moment.

I text on a group chat, that Jackson is in too.

     Bobby named the group #Friends
Me: What a creative name, Bobby😝

Bobby: thanks!

Jackson:🙄😂

Bobby: Do y'all wanna come over another day?

Jackson: Sure. Any time. The most exciting thing happening in our lives is Joey's weird science impressions😂

Me: What has life come too.

"Ramona, get in here!"

"Uh, that's not a good idea..." Says Jackson.

"It's really not." I agreed.

"What is it? I'm busy watching the sharknado trilogy."

"Come in..."

"I can't. I'm banned from this room."

"Jackson, that's not very nice. You let Kali here and not Ramona?"

"Actually, I banned myself." She explains.

"And Kali's a different story." He says protectively, making me blush and Ramona roll her eyes.

"Well, tonight we're going to have some fun together. Our first game is try to get your devices back."

"Hey!" Jackson and I screech.

"Joey get back here!"

We all started screaming at him.

"And the winner of our first game is me, because tonight we're going device free." He proclaims.

"How are we supposed to have any fun without our stuff?"

"Ladies and gentlemen, I give to you, the Gladstone Gallery of wacky weapons!"

Oh no...

"Holy chalupas!"

I widen my smile as he shows us all the weapons.

"Well, these are for little kids, so, you little kids have fun."

"She just called you a little kid, are you going let her say that!"

"No, I am not!" Jackson sprayed her with the silly string.

I take it from him only to spray her myself.

"We're the same age by the way, do your math." I smirk.

The beginning of a beautiful friendship.

"Oh you think that's funny, huh?" We get more silly string.

"Don't I get any silly string?" We all spray him at once.

"Not what I meant." He mutters.

"Ha!" We all start running and chasing each other like crazy through the house.

Soon enough, the house was trashed.

Jackson shot Ramona after she popped out from behind the couch. I stayed under the one Jackson and I were sharing.

"That for eating all the raisins out of the Raisin Bran!"

She sprayed him.

"That's for having terrible aim in the bathroom!"

I popped up and spayed her.

"That's for being gross!"

"That might've been me." Interrupts Max. "You try to pee on your tippy-toes."

"Ok, ew." I say.

The doorbell rings.

"Who's there?"

"Pizza delivery dude."

"Pizza! Awesome!"

"I call a pizza truce." We all nod and make a beeline towards to door.

I realize to soon.

"Guys wait-"

It was that moment that we go sprayed with water because of Joey.

"It's a trap." I finish once we're all wet.

"The old pizza delivery trick." Joey says in a voice. I roll my eyes in annoyance.

"Wait. There's no pizza?"

"Oh. Lemme help you with that mess."

I duck as we're covered in toilet paper and quickly grab the closest thing I have and shoot Joey with it.

"Considered yourself wiped." He says.

"Consider yourself wet." I reply back and shoot him with a water gun.

"I call a three against one!" I scream, tossing everyone weapons as Joey runs.

"This isn't right. We're a mess and Joey's spotless." Says Jackson. I nod. "I think its time to change that.'' I declare, flashing him a wicked smile.

"Jackson, Kalina. Joey's sneaking around the house. He's headed to the front door."

"Ok, everybody, in your positions."

I help Jackson take the ladder over.

"This is gonna be epic." I said to him.

"Yeah, it is." He says with a smile.

"I hear footsteps!" Says Ramona, interrupting my thoughts.

''This is it guys!" I cry in victory as the door opens.

Jackson tugs on the rope and I gasp as paint covers DJ, Kimmy, Stephanie, and unfortunately my mom.

I grimace at the sight.

"Beautiful plan gone horribly wrong. " Comments Joey as he walks in.

I glare at him.

"How rude."

"In our defense, we never thought it would work this well." I laugh and high five him.

"You got lucky this time. You better sleep with one eye open tonight, Joey." I warn angrily.

Ramona clears her throat.

''Well enough about us.. How was you night?''