30 days challenge

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11 - your family

"I'm nervous, Jay." I exclaimed, my hand on my laps as I twirl the rings on my fingers around.

We were currently parked in front of my house, and today was the day my friends were going to find out who I really am, and who my family is, and how I'm living.

It's been exactly a year since I first met Jay, meaning a year with his friends too. Through out those twelve months, I've refrained from mentioning anything about my family, even when they asked I would just change the subject, or sometimes, even lie.

Jay knew this.

Jay...

What is he for me?

I don't know yet.

But I hope there's something more to friends.

Jay introduced me to his friends when I befriended him in Calculus AP. I was alone most of the times because my best friend moved away and my ex boyfriend was a dick and decided to just dump me in front of the whole cafeteria. Immediately Jay took me in to his friend group who were all so welcoming and nice. It was so unnatural for me, considering I've been hanging around the jocks and the populates for quite a while.

Jays little group of friends might not be the most popular group at school, but one thing they were known for, was their parents wealth. All of them were super rich, had huge houses, small family's, lots of zeros on their bank accounts, fancy cars and all that Shazam, that I didn't have.

I was embarrassed to talk about my family. I never mentioned them, not even to my ex boyfriend or anyone at school. I lived on the other side of town so no one really saw me, plus, I lived in one of the biggest neighborhoods with the smallest houses.

It wasn't that my family was bad or anything. I lived with my dad and my mom, who had been inseparable since the day they met. I had two brothers and one little sister that sometimes annoy the shit out of me, but they still had a special place in my heart.

My family was wealthy enough. They had enough money to provide the things we needed, but it was nothing compared to Jay and all of his friends.

The three girls in their friend group was the ones coming to my house today, and it's safe to say that I'm more nervous than the day after the breakup in front of the cafeteria.

Even if they felt like sisters to me, people that I could talk about everything with, I was still really nervous. All this time, they had thought that I was rich, and lived like them, when in reality, I was just a normal average teenager that could barely afford the fancy food that they eat at restaurant, and I didn't have five different credit cards, like they did.

I wasn't scared of how they would react. I was scared of what would happen after.

Would they still want to hang with me?

"You'll be fine, Ally." Jay voiced. His tone could calm the oceans down, usually it could calm me too, but today was an exception because the amount of nerves storming through me were too much.

"While I go get them, try not to do anything stupid, okay?" He voices as I walk out of the car. I chuckle and shake my head.