"You in or not?" He asks me. I look up into his eyes and think. Should I say yes or no? I think long and hard then decide what to say.
"And what's in it for me?" I ask him putting my hands on my hips. He smirks at me and takes a step closer to me a...
Geez 12 chapters? I remember writing the first chapter smh. Enjoy!
Zoeys POV
When Monday came around I dreaded school. I didn't go to school all last week, which means I have to do it all and the work for this week. Which will probably end up with me not finishing it all and have to take it home for extra homework.
How lovely.
I go into my bathroom and turn on the light. My hair looks like a mess. Last night I took a shower and it was so oily that I only used shampoo. But now I regret that because it's super puffy.
After dragging the brush through my painful knots, I plugged in the straightening iron. I never really straighten my hair but it feels necessary here.
While I wait for that to heat up I brush my teeth. After a couple minutes it still isn't hot enough so I get dressed.
I put on some jeans with a maroon top. I never really wear this type of stuff but I thought it would look good with my straightened hair.
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After I straighten my hair I head downstairs. My mom has been sleeping in the couch since it's really hard for her to get up the stairs.
I frown as she tried to get a bowl out of the cabinet. I did that to her. And as much as I'd like to blame it on Tyler, it was me who did it. It was my fault.
"Mom. Stop let me help you." I say and step in front of her. I grab and bowl and set it on the counter and turn to face her.
"Posh posh, I can do things in my own Zoey." She says, but there's a smile on her face. I hope it's not fake, not forced.
"Yeah whatever." I say and grab a cereal box from on top of the fridge. I make my mom a bowl of cereal and hand it to her. She pushes it away.
"I was going to make it for you," she said. I furrowed my eyebrows at her. Why? I don't want cereal. Okay maybe that's a lie but I don't want her making it for me!
"Mom, you need to eat." I said. She rolled her eyes at me and buttered something along the lines of 'stubborn'.
"I'll get a hard boiled egg or two at work like I always do." She said smiling. I know her, she never does. She only gets those like once or twice a week. My mom works at a casino and gets a lot of stuff for free. Which is why we go eat a lot there. Well, we used to. We haven't gone to eat there in a few months.
Wait, at work? My mom can't go to work!
"You can't go to work mom! How are you going to get there? You can't drive!!!" I yell. She raised her eyebrows and wheeled towards the dining table.
"I called an Uber, and I said I was in a wheel chair. Everything will be fine sweetly. I can't afford to miss anymore work," she said and picked up her purse. I starred at her as she looked for something in her purse.
This is all my fault. All of it. I did this to her, I did this to my mom. I can't believe I betrayed her like that. It's all my fault and now she has to suffer. How come she has to suffer the consequences of my actions? Why wasn't I the one with the wheel chair and damaged spine?
"I'm sorry mom," I whisper. She turns to me and gives me a pity look.
"I'm fine sweetheart," she says. I started to cry and ran towards her. I hugged her once again and started crying more. We stayed there for a few minutes until the doorbell rang.
I pulled away from my mother and she smiled at me. I gave her a sad smile and wiped away my eyes. I walk towards the door and open it to come face-to-face with Tyler. Tyler Evans, the one and only.
"What- What are you doing here?" I ask. We haven't seen each other- or even talked for that matter, since the lake. He just walked into the house like he owned the place. Jerk.
"I'm picking you up for school, cmon we don't want to be late." He said. He walked into the kitchen and stopped when he say my mother. He looked like he was loss of words. He turned to glance at me for a second before looking back at my mom.
"Hi..." he said awkwardly. He just stood frozen in spot. My mom wheeled over to him with a smile and stuck out her hand.
"Hi, I'm Angie. Zoeys mom," my mom said. Tyler snapped out of his trance, putting a heart swooning smile. He put his hands in my mother's, and shook it.
"Hi Angie. I'm Tyler" He says. My mom smiled wider. When she pulled her hand away she looked past his shoulder to me. He's cute. She mouthed. I widened my eyes. There's no way Tyler didn't see that.
"Nice to meet you, Tyler. Have fun at school, guys." She then wheels away into the kitchen. Tyler turns to look at me with wide eyes.
"Holy shit, Zoey!"
"Shh!" I yell at him. I really hope my mom didn't hear me. "C'mon lets go," I said grabbing his hand and dragging him outside.
"Zoey! Why didn't you tell your mom was... you know," he asked me. I tired to ignore him. I let go of his hand and kept walking to his car. He grabbed my wrist and pulled me back.
We won't he just leave me alone? Can't he tell I don't want to talk about it?
"Because it's all recent okay! Can we drop it?" I asked him looking into his eyes. His eyes are so beautiful, but right now I wasn't paying attention to that. He looked at me confused, like he was just know looking at me. "What?" I ask him.
He just keeps looking at me, then he drags his hand up. It looks like it's about to touch my face, but he quickly moves it away.
"I'm sorry," he said. I just gave him a weak smile. He's sorry.
"It's alright," we just stood there for a second. But then he pulled me in.
Oh my god Tyler is about to kiss me.
But he didn't, of course. He pulled me into a hug. His arms on my back. I was stiff at first but then melted into the hug.
"What are you doing?" I asked him. He pulled away and looked at me.
"You've been gone from school forever," he said. I slowly nodded at him.
So? I've been gone before, haven't I?
"I missed you."
Jeheuehejeuehheyw Ik Ik um sorry. It's been like months lol
