Kendall's POV
When orchestra rehearsal is over, Caribbean and I walk to our dorm.
"Why do these cases," She pushes the strap up on her shoulder. "Have to be so damn heavy? Ow..."
I giggle a little. "I dunno." I say, hitching my own strap up farther.
"Seriously, why?" Caribbean never gives up.
"Why don't you ask the manufacturers?" I say sarcastically. She rolls her eyes.
"Ha ha ha. Funny."
I unlock the door to our room, and Caribbean runs in, dropping her long case to the ground almost immediately.
"FREEEEEEE!!!!! FREE FROM THE CASE!!!" She runs in a circle, screaming her little song. This earns a laugh from me.
"Hey! We should go get some drinks." Caribbean suggests.
"I like your thinking." I say, only to be stopped by a knock on the door. Caribbean opens it to reveal Brett.
"Hey. What's up?" I ask him.
"Can you guys help me with something?" He asks.
"Sure." Caribbean replies.
"Thanks. So you know how my Twitch name is GameQber, right?" We nod.
"BlueXedew and Your_Uncle_Earl want to know which name I respond faster to: Qber or Brett. Help me, please?"
"Um... what?" Caribbean says, clueless. I smack her arm.
"Kay. Come to Starbucks with us. We'll time you." I say.
"Thanks a lot." He says, sounding grateful.
"No prob."
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After ordering our drinks, we sit down. I open my phone under the table and open my stopwatch. I hover my fingers over the 'Start' and 'Stop' buttons.
"Hey Brett."
"Yeah?" I press the 'Start' and 'Stop' and get the results.
".74 seconds."
"Kay."
We get in a deep conversation about the annoyance of two-part movies (A/N: *cough cough* Mockingjay Parts 1&2 *cough cough*), when I ready the stopwatch again.
"Qber."
"Yes?"
".63 seconds." I report. He grins.
"Yeah!"
"Since when is it an accomplishment to respond faster to your nickname than your real name?" Caribbean asks, laughing.
"Since now." Brett says, matter-of-factly.
"Uh-huh." I nod slowly, sipping at my drink. I look at the time on my phone and say, "Shit. I gotta go. Bye guys. I'll text you later."
"Wha- Where are you going?" Caribbean asks.
"Delilah's nephew's birthday party. I have to go."
"Lemme guess... Ian's gonna be there?" Brett says.
"Yep."
"Good luck." They say at the same time.
"Thanks guys."
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"Thank God you're here! I thought you weren't gonna show." Delilah says, thankful. I'm glad she never stays mad at me long.
"Of course I was! Brett needed Caribbean's and my help, so I was kinda late." I explain.
"Daz fine." She says. I pause, giving her a confused look.
"'Daz'?"
"Yeah! It's a fun way to say 'that's'."
"Okay...." I say, dragging out the last part.
Now Ian comes walking up. "Hey Lilah." He says, kissing Delilah's head. He shoots me a poisonous look. I return it and walk off.
"Kendall!!!" I hear a child's voice say. I turn around to see Michael, Delilah's nephew.
"Hey Michael! Happy birthday!" I say. He hops in my arms.
"Ya know, you're getting too big for this." I tell a giggling Michael. "I'm only four!"
I love this kid. He's the cutest little boy, and he hates Ian too.
He turns around towards Ian, and sticks his tongue out at him. I laugh a little and walk off with him. He hops down and grabs my hand.
"C'mon Kendall!" He drags me over to where the other kids are playing, including Colton, Ian's son.
Ian is divorced. He had a kid with his earlier wife, and won the custody. I like Colton, but he's sorta cold to me. He'll say hi, but that's about it.
"Hey, Colton." I say.
"Hi." He replies, not looking up.
I spend the rest of the party entertaining the younger kids, until it's 7:45, and all of them are fighting to keep their eyes open.
"I think I should go." I whisper to Delilah, passing her a sleeping Michael.
"Can you hold on a second, I'll go back to campus with you." She replies, walking towards her older brother.
I like her brother, Daniel, too. He's married to Christina, who actually used to babysit me when I was younger. They're expecting a baby girl in a few months.
I see Delilah hand Michael over to Daniel, exchange a few words, and give him a hug. Then she goes to Ian and kisses him.
This triggers my gag reflex.
I turn away and go towards the door, sliding on my black Converses on.
"Sorry." Delilah apologizes.
"That's fine. We gotta hurry back before 9 though." I say.
"Okay."
I start up the car and head back.
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Yay! Extra long chapter today, cuz you're special!
And you're welcome, BlueXedew!
Anyway, see you in the next chapter, mah Skellys!
-Skelly💀
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