Does he really care?

It's official

After practice was over Luke and I went back to the hotel room to take a nap because I was exhausted. 

"Alright Dakota you better not wake me up I need sleep," Luke said.

"Trust me I will not be the one to wake you, I'm going to sleep," I tell him face planting on my bed.

-4 hours pass- 

I wake up and it's 5:30 pm, I roll over and see Luke passed out on his bed. I silently get up and grab my phone from the nightstand. I check my text messages and see one from my mother.

'Hey Dakota, I haven't seen you for a while. How are you? How's your father has he bought you all the school supplies I told him to?'

'hey, mom! Yea he's fine, I actually just bought my own school stuff this year, dad was too busy with work so I just went and bought them. I'm actually on vacation right now with a friend so I'm doing fine.' I lied to my mom she doesn't know he beats me, and I wasn't going to tell her because she doesn't need more stress.

'Oh, how responsible you have gotten, and you're making new friends I can't wait to meet them! I almost didn't believe your father when he said that he would be able to take care of everything when I took this job,' She responds.

I was in the middle of responding when I got a phone call, I picked it up and it was my mom.

-Dakota & her mom's conversation-

"Oh, Dakota I've missed your voice so much!" My mother exclaimed. 

"Hi mom, I've missed you too," I responded.

"So what have you been up to? Has school started? How are your friends? When will I meet them? Any new boys?" She bombarded me with multiple questions. 

"Oh geez, uh I've just been chilling like usual. Auntie suggested I try homeschooling instead of regular school. My friends are g-" My mom cut me off. 

"HOMESCHOOL, WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU BE DOING THAT!!" She exclaimed.

"Well I tested out of all my classes and I got moved up but the school wouldn't let me move to higher grades, and I talked to her about it and she suggested homeschooling, so I'm trying it," I explain to her.

"Oh honey I always knew you were too smart, but what about dances and homecoming? And all the cute boys? Don't you want to experience all of that?" She asks looking worried.

I smiled through the phone. "Do you even know me? That's the last thing I want to be doing, I'd rather be at home watching SpongeBob. And now that I'm in homeschool I can finish school early if I really wanted to work ahead." 

"You are so your father, he hated partying and dancing, he would always rather be on the couch watching movies or reading a book," She tells me.

"That's hard to believe," I mutter.

"What was that sweetie?" She asked

"Oh um, I said where are you now?" I said.

"Oh! I am in Paris right now, this city is beautiful. Hopefully, we can all come here one day as a family." 

"Oh sounds nice, and expensive," I say.

"It's not as expensive as it sounds, it's definitely affordable."

"Now where are you is the real question?" She asks 

"Oh I'm in Oakland, not too far from home," I reply.

"And who are you with is this a new friend?" She questions.

"Oh um no it's not a new friend, I'm wi-" Before I could finish Luke woke up.