Pretty Darn Close to Perfect

Chapter 11

"What is wrong Cali number one and mean lady number seventeen?"

Wow, Alexander was being... nice?

"I just saw something, uh, rather disturbing this weekend."

"Was it your favorite fifty dollar pencil being broken right in front of your face?!" He bit his finger and started sobbing "IT WAS TERRIBLE!!"

He sat there sobbing, forever. I didn't really know how to comfort him, so I awkwardly shuffled my feet closer to him and patted his back. "There, there. You can get another one, can't you?"

He stopped sobbing instantly and menacingly, very slowly turned towards me. "I just can't talk to you right this second!" He stomped his foot on the ground all dramatically and such and started to walk away. I thought that I needed to tell someone, obviously not Axl, about this. I think Alexander would at least listen to me. I grabbed his shoulder and turned him towards me.

"No, wait, I'm sorry. But... do you know Axl?"

"Axl number one and mean boy number eleven?"

"Uh, yeah sure. Well, on Friday when I..."

"By the way, why were you not at school on Friday young lady?"

"I slept in, anyway I walked in on..."

"Ditching school! Well that is not a good way to learn now is it? Haha, silly!"

"Okay could you just listen!"

"Sorry Cali number one."

"I saw..." I thought to backout, but I decided to just blurt it out, "I saw my mom and Axl's dad..." this part made me sick to my stomach, "making out on the stairs."

Alexander just stared at me and started busting up laughing. How rude! "How did you not know that silly! Ahaha, you must not be friends with all of the parents! Well," Alexander leaned in and whispered into my ear "Mackie's mom said she heard that Dani's mom heard from Hunter's mom who heard from Val's mom who heard from..."

"Get to the point Alexander!"

"IM TRYING TO BUT DON'T INTERRUPT ME YOUNG LADY!"

That right there is the kind of PMS moment that I'm talking about.

"Sorry Alexander, go on."

"Well, basically people have been seeing them everywhere together, I mean, it's the hottest news with the moms right now."

"Wait so, you've known about this fooor..."

"Three months!"

"And you didn't think to tell Axl or me because..."

"You would get upset." Alexander just stould there with a blank expression on his face and I just gave him the 'are you frickin kidding me' look.

"And, I'm not upset now?"

"No,no,no... you are mortified. This is all part of my plan to bring aliens to the Earth! BAHAHAHAHA!" Alexander evilly laughed as I very slowly backed away and right into someone. "Hey watch where you're goooiiiing." The person I run into is the guy seriously EVERY girl has had a crush on since kindergarten... Aaden Blanche. Baseball star player, nice quiet guy, tall, black hair and piercing blue eyes. I couldn't feel my legs. This guy was, how Val describes him anyway... 'walkin porn'... NOT MY WORDS!

Aaden looked at me for a split 3 seconds and said "Hey Cali." Then he just walked away awkwardly, like usual, with his head down.

Alexander came up behind me and said "Now that boy has some serious issues. He can't even keep up a conversation! Stupid boy!" I could barely contain how stupidly ironic what Alexander said just was.

Why would Aaden know what my name is? I've only talked to him two other times. One was in third grade, he asked me what time it was and I told him 11:37. I will NEVER forget that time of day. The other time was in seventh grade, he asked me where room 501 was and I told him you go up straight that way till you hit a tree then turn left it should then be somewhere on your right. Good times, good times.

"So Alexander, do you think they are... dating?"

"Oh yes definitely. Your mom has come to me for help with her 'date' hair. She always gets a fishtail! It just works with her hair!"

"Thanks for the info Alex. OH WAIT I MEAN..." It was too late. Alexander was FURIOUS. He started to shake and his face started to get red then eventually to purple. His hands were clenched into fists, I could tell he was peed off at me. Here comes the PMS...

"IT'S ALEXANDER!! SAY IT WITH ME! AL-EX-AND-ER! YOU GET UGH YOU PEOPLE AND YOUR THICK HAIR!!" And with that, uh, "dreadful" comment, he stormed away to go french braid some random girls' hair.

I knew that I had to go tell Axl before rumors were starting to be spread. "Axl, I have to tell you something."

"I have to tell you something too Cali."

"You go first Axl"

"Okay, um..." I stared at him anxiously until he finally said "I SAW OUR PARENTS A WEEK AGO AT A PARTY PLAYING BEER PONG AND I JOINED THEM AND THEY BOTH TOGETHER HAD 12 BEERS AND I LET YOUR MOM DRIVE MY DAD AND I HOME AND I DIDN'T EVEN CHECK TO MAKE SURE YOUR MOM GOT HOME OKAY AND THE PARTY WAS AT YOUR HOUSE" he but his lower lip and stared at me nervously. Well, my piece of news will be nothing compared to that.

"I just wanted to tell you that I came home one day last week and saw our parents making out on the staircase so, for your thing, it's cool no worries." I gave him a genuine smile and he did also then we just couldn't contain it anymore it was so ridiculous that our parents were doing all of this stuff that we just had to laugh about it.

"OH goodness that is just... wow... Axl when did that happen?"

"About two weeks ago... when did the thing at your house happen?" I'm guessing he means them making out but you know me got to make a joke.

"Well I heard it happened two weeks ago." We both went into hysterics as the first period bell rang. Oh great, even more Alex...ander. Whoopeee.

'AFTER SCHOOL'

Axl was giving me a ride home from school today with of course, his dad, because his mom died three years ago to lung cancer so she's kinda not an option... at least I hope not.

"Hi Mr. Matthews!"

"Hey Cali... how was school today? Lunch? Before school?"

Axl and I started giggling like little * first graders when he said before school. Axl stopped giggling for a second and said, "I found out some preetty iiinteeeresting stuff, that's for sure" and back to giggling for us. Axl's dad just shrug and was probably thinking to himself 'stupid kids'. Axl's dad dropped us both off at my house because he didn't need to see the "old hag" today. If only he knew that we knew what him and the "old hag" were doing. We both got out and raced immediately to the backyard treehouse.

A/N: Hey everyone! (INCLUDING MOLLY MILLAR) I finally got to updating this story again!! Woohoo! My other story is still in progress but this story I'm going to try and update at least twice a week from now on❤