It's Complicated

5

"What made you change your mind?" Jared's sleepy voice boomed through my phone.

"I don't have to tell you all you need to know is I'm in."

"Great so I'll pick you up from your house tomorrow morning and drop you off at school."

"Wait a minute mr. When are you going to do the interview?"

"After you complete your part of the deal."

"But you said a couple of months and I need the story by at least next Friday but I need it by this Friday. How am I supposed to get the reads up without the best story?!"

"Calm down Babe I can handle getting your reads up just focus on completing your part of the deal."

"Don't call me babe and no I want to have the interview tomorrow or there is no deal!"

"Okay okay calm down come by my house around 6."

Happy with my victory I sit back on my bed, "Great I'll see you tomorrow morning. But I still have one question."

"And what is that sweet Rachael?"

I roll my eyes at his response, "Why do you want to 'date anyway?"

"I broke up with Ava and she had the nerve to move on so I am too."

My eye buldge out of my head at his answer,he was petty enough to go through all of this trouble because his ex moved on? "Are you serious right now?"

"Listen there is more but you're just going to have to wait for the interview for that."

I roll my eyes one last time. "Yea whatever. Listen I gotta go to sleep so I'll text you in the morning."

"All right babe."

"Stop calling me that."

"Sorry no can do after all you are my girlfriend and I'm your boyfriend so I get to call you whatever I want babe."

"Whatever goodnight Jared."

"What is that all I get?"

"Goodnight Jared."

Jared let's out a laugh, "Goodnight."

I hang up the phone and close my eyes and fall alseep.

**************

"Honey wake up." I feel my dad shaking me awake out of dreamless slumber. I open my eyes to see my dad holding  box of tissue and a robe on.

"Dad? Why aren't you dress for work already?"

"I called in sick last night I woke up and could barely breath this cold is horrible but get up or your going to miss the bus."

"I'm not riding the bus to school."

"Honey I don't know if you forgot but Layla is out of town and I'm not healthy enough to drive without drifting every time I sneeze."

"No dad my..." I stop for a second to think if I should tell him Jared is my boyfriend or just a friend. After a lot of thought I decided to tell him he was my boyfriend just in case Layla came over and started talking about him. "My boyfriend is picking me up."

"Boyfriend?!"

"Yes dad I'm old enough to have a boyfriend."

"I know that honey it's just you never had a boyfriend that or you never told me about them."

"Dad come on get out you've said enough."

"Oh honey come on let me meet him."

"No can do dad you're sick and I don't want to have more germs around you now would we." I get out of my bed and start pushing my dad towards the door, something I find myself doing a lot.