Fourth of July

Chapter 12

There's a really bad storm coming so they finally called off classes so I'm gonna update again

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"My sister explained everything to me," Evan said. "Sorry for punching you, dude."

"It's okay," I said.

"But why don't you wanna date my sister?" He asked. "Is there something wrong with her?"

"No, she's amazing but I'm just not into her like that," I said. "She's my best friend, nothing more."

Evan nodded, sitting down on the couch.

"How's she doing?" I asked.

"A little better but she's still broken hearted," Evan said.

"I hate that I did that to her, I love her," I said. "She's been my best friend since junior year."

Gee came in, sitting down on my lap.

"Is Mia coming over?" Gee asked hopefully.

"No, Princess, she isn't," I said.

Gee nodded, resting his head on my shoulder.

"I can play you with you, Gee," Evan offered.

"You're not as fun," Gee mumbled.

"Hey, that's not very nice, Gee," I said and he looked up at me with watery eyes. "Tell him you're sorry."

"S-sorry, Evan," he whimpered.

"It's okay, Gee," Evan said.

Gee sniffled, snuggling up close to me.

"I should get going," Evan said. "Am I still allowed back in the band?"

"Of course, I love playing with you," I said.

Evan smiled before he got up to leave.

"You know what, I think we should take you to the store," I said. "You're gonna need some winter boots and a winter jacket, it's starting to get cold."

I went to the bedroom and got him dressed into a big pink sweater and a black skirt. I kneeled in front of him while he sat on the foot of the bed and I put his socks on him, they were white with ruffles around the ankles. Next I grabbed his shoes and velcroed them on, little jelly shoes that were clear and sparkly.

"Come on, do you wanna bring a toy?" I asked.

Gee nodded, picking up both Sebastian and Squilly.

"You can only bring one, I don't want you losing both of them," I said.

Gee picked Sebastian and I smiled, getting him into my car. I buckled him into the passenger seat and smiled. I drove to the thrift store down the street and looked around. Gee held onto my hand nervously as I went back to the shoe section. He sat on the bench while I grabbed a pair of brown snow boots. He kicked my hand when I tried to put them on him and I scowled.

"Don't kick me," I said. "Wh-why are you trying to kick me?"

"No uglies," Gee said.

I looked at the boots and sighed. He wouldn't even let me try them on him because he thought they weren't pretty enough.

"I just need to try them on you to see what shoe size you are," I Said.

Gee shook his head, turning away from me. I sighed, picking out a pair of nicer looking white boots. After a bit of guess and check I found his size and looked around for a pair that he might like. I grabbed some pastel pink winter boots before I brought him back to the coats.