Idaho

meeting the boyfriend

I sighed as I rolled my eyes waiting for Leo to get out of the school, before he stumbled down them while running as we got on the bus.
"Where were you?" I hissed quietly just as the bus started driving.
"Talking to Janelle. I've got a date!" Leo grinned excitedly as I looked at two kids who were giving me looks that said.
'I'm gonna beat you to a pulp.' As I asked Leo.
"Who are they?"
"Lexi and Marcus. Luckily, you aren't alone. Marcus hates me too." Leo said as I chuckled.
"Are you making assumptions again?"
"No!...maybe...yes."
"Leo, you gotta quit doing that."
"I know. He's just...freaky." He told me as he shuddered while I sighed.
Since mom worked long hours and we never knew our dad, not to mention I was adopted when I was 4 months old, due to mom thinking she was unable to have children before Leo came along, I have acted as Leo's "parent" for a few years. While I've never been allowed to punish him with the exception of time out when we were younger, I have tried to keep him out of trouble, become a good person and make sure he had a good life while he was younger, even if it meant I had to go without food at times and this thing where he judged people immediately was something he's been working on for a few years.
"Leo, tomorrow I want you to talk to Marcus, and see if he really is "freaky" or you are imagining things. Ok?"
"Yes, dad." He mockingly told me as I face palmed before pulling out my homework only to realize Reese was sitting in front of us.
I smiled as we both looked up and I waved as she did before glancing at her friend and immediately ducked her head down as I sighed as the bus stopped and she got off.
"Ohh, someone's got a crush." Leo chuckled, nudging me as I blushed with embarrassment.
"Leo, stop!"
"Fine..." Leo pouted as he moved his tiny spider fingers to my ribcage as I almost busted into laughter before pushing him off before continuing on my homework.
After finishing my math and science on the bus, it stopped outside our grandma's house as I put the homework in my backpack before Leo and I got off and went in the house as our grandma hugged us.
"How was school?" She asked as soon as we got in the door.
"It was good." We smiled.
"You two must be starved! There are chocolate chip cookies on the counter, two each and you can take them up while you work on your homework."
Leo and I grabbed two cookies before going upstairs.
"And Chase, your mom said that you need to get unpacked before her boyfriend comes over." Grandma added as I groaned internally before going upstairs and put both my homework and iPad on the bed.
After spending a hour on homework, I finally put it back in my backpack and started unpacking. But, due to me being clumsy, I immediately dropped a ton of boxes on the floor which alerted Leo.
"Chase? You ok?"
"Yeah. Just dropped a bunch of boxes." I admitted as Leo walked in.
"Need help?"
"Yeah. I've literally unpacked my blankets, school stuff, iPhone and clothes. Everything else is boxed up." I laughed as Leo started helping me unpack.
Soon enough, my room was decorated and tidy.
"Thanks Leo." I smiled.
"No problem. Thank goodness I finished homework already." He told me as I nodded before we heard the door open as we knew it was mom and her boyfriend.
We immediately came down to see mom, Adam, Bree and a thin man on the shorter side with black hair and pale skin.
"Boys, this is Donald Davenport, and his kids, Adam and Bree. Donald, these are my children, Leo and Chase."
"Oh, we met Leo and Chase at school, daddy!" Bree told him as she popped her gum loudly, making me flinch before mom started giving Donald a tour of the house while Leo, Bree, Adam and I sat on the couch, before immediately feeling tension between us.
"So, what happened to your mom?" Leo asked as I smacked his shoulder, hissing his name.
"It's fine, Chase. As for what happened...she left us. Adam and I were ten and eleven." Bree told us.
"Wow. Our dad left too. I was three months old, and Chase was two and a half." Leo told them just as Donald and mom came back downstairs as grandma called dinner.
This'll be fun...