Under pressure

7: Back home

Betty's POV 

"Hey mom!" we shout.

She comes to us, "Hi," she smiles and hugs the three of us in unison, "I'm so happy you're home," she says.

"Yeah," I say. Usually I say me too, but this time I'm not happy.

"Hi. I haven't seen you two for a while," mom says and hugs Jason and Cheryl.

"Hi," they both chuckle.

"Mom, can I go upstairs?" I ask.

"Yeah, sure, just leave me your dirty clothes, okay?" she asks. I nod and take Cheryl's hand and pull her upstairs with all of our stuff.

"What?" she chuckles as we're in my room and the door is closed.

"You took some of Toni's clothes?" I ask.

She nods. "I don't know what to do with them. I mean my mom's crazy, if she'll know.."

"Yeah, I have the same problem," I say as we pull all of our clothes out of our bags. Our style is so different. I'm just wearing like casual surfer clothes or something, but Cheryl has like fancy clothes. Well, her family is rich, so..

"I don't want the smell out. I need to hide them somewhere. And I need for you to find me a good place," I say.

She chuckles, "Ookay." She's the best in hiding things. I mean, she hid the fact that she's a lesbian for her whole life until now. Well, I knew, but none of our friends or siblings did.

"But wouldn't it just be better if you said you bought these things?" she asks.

"Then she'll want to wash them. I can't let his smell out," I say.

She chuckles and walks to the drawer what has a fake bottom. She lifts it up, "Here," she says and points next to my diary.

I smile, "Thanks, Cher. You're the best. And I can start wearing them in a few days when she's done with laundry," I say.

She smiles ans I kiss her cheek. I take out all of my clothes and stuff while we're talking. Sometimes I even forgot about the camp and our lovers.

*Time pass, 1h*

"Mom, we're going skateboarding," Jordan says.

"All of you?" she asks.

"That's why we keep them here," Jason smiles and he and Cher show their skateboards.

Mom chuckles, "Okay. But you three... I need to talk to you for a minute," she says.

We sigh and look at Cher and Jason. "Sure, we'll just practise some skills," Jason says and he and Cher go outside.

The three of us sigh. "What is it?" Chic asks.

"I... Found someone," she says.

"You mean like a puppy or like you're dating someone?" I ask.

They all chuckle at me. "Yes. I'm dating someone. And he'd lke to meet you," she says to all of us.

"Cool. When?" Jordan asks.

"At 7," mom says.

"Wait.. As in today?" Chic asks.

"Yes. And he'll be here with his kids. So I want all of you to dress into something polite, okay?" she asks.

"Sure," the boys say.

"Yeah, you're not the problem," she says and looks at me, "When I tell you to wear shoes, I son't mean this kind of shoes," she says and points on my broken sneakers.