"Hey Mom, Tracy (A/N: Tracy is Mrs. Lane's first name) said we could have dinner at their house tonight. Can I stay home?"I informed my mom. "Why would you stay home?" My mom asked. Why wouldn't I stay home? Whenever our families eat together, the grownups are the only people talking. Unless they ask a question about school or something. It's pretty awkward, also the whole Josh thing that happened earlier. "Reasons..." I answered. My mom looked at me, annoyed. "Reasons? Is that the best you've got?" I shrugged my shoulders."Can I, please?" I begged. My mom paused then looked at me, "No, you're coming with."I let out an exasperated sigh and groaned, "Fine."So here we are, the Lane's house. Oh joy. We stepped out of the car and walked to the front door. My dad knocked on it once and the door flew open. Derek, Mr. Lane, pulled him into a hug, "Hey bud." Then Tracy came out and hugged my mom, "It's so nice to see you!" They saw each other yesterday! Come on people. So I just stood there silently, waiting for them to move. "Hi Tracy, hi Derek." I gave a polite wave and walked inside. I didn't see Josh any where. Where is he? "Where's Josh?" My mother asked. "He went to the gym, he's supposed to be here." Derek answered. He pulled his phone out and called Josh, telling him to come home. We all sat down at the dinner table. There is a bunch of food set out in front of us. I didn't know what half of the stuff was, but it smelled delicious. We passed all the food around, I took a bit of everything. "Dig in," Tracy clapped her hands together and smiled. I took my fork and shoved the food into my mouth. Holy gold spankies, this stuff is amazing! I took another bite and began to chew. I heard the front door and guessed it Josh. What I didn't guess, was he would be sweaty and shirtless. That's right, shirtless. He walked into the room and as soon as I saw his abs I choked on whatever it was I was eating. "Oh my god!" I choked out "Are you okay?" My dad asked. He rubbed my back and looked at me, concerned. "I-I"m fine." I looked up and Josh smirked at me. My face turned as red as a tomato! I looked down and covered my face with my hair. "Josh, go clean up and come back. Hurry." Tracy commanded. As soon as I knew he was gone I looked up from my feet and ate. Josh walked back in 5 minutes later. He sat in the empty chair next to me and smiled. I gave him a sideways glance and a crooked smile. He piled his plate high with food and ate like a pig. I cringed at the sight before me. I don't understand why boys eat like this, honestly. "Thank you for the food." I told Mrs. Lane."Oh, you're welcome sweety." She replied. I felt something hit my leg. Josh leaned over and whispered, "Sorry." I turned to face him. That really hurt, he just kicked me! Well then, I'll just have to kick back. I kicked him in the shin and he let out a little yelp. Everyone turned to stare at him. I had to cover my mouth to keep myself from bursting out laughing.He jerked his head towards me, "I said I was sorry!" He hissed. I shrugged my shoulders and turned back to my parents. Josh then began to tickle me. Really, tickle me, on my side. I am a very ticklish person, I didn't last very long before I started to laugh. "Are you okay Jessica?" Derek asked. "Yeah Jessica, are you alright?" Josh asked. He pulled his hand away and I stopped laughing. "Um yeah, I'm fine. I just remembered something that happened, uh, yesterday." I lied. Okay, so you wanna play? I'll play. I reached over and began to caress his knee, and slowly I moved to his thigh. I looked over at Josh with innocent eyes. His face was completely blank so I moved to his crotch. Now I know it's weird but he's gonna pay for tickling me no matter what! That's when his mouth dropped open and his eyes went wide. I let out a little laugh, "Are you okay Josh? You don't look so good." Josh bit his lip and nodded his head. I pulled my hand away and rested it on my knee. Josh freaking reached over and poked me chest! The adults didn't notice, they were to deep in conversation. I smacked his hand away, but he continued to do it. "Stop." I hissed. He smiled and continued. I reached over and punched him in his crotch. The adults turned to look at us. We immediately stopped we were doing and our expressions went blank. "Jessica, we have something to say." My dad stated. "Okay." I replied. "The summer is here and our anniversary coming up, so we're going on vacation."Oh, great where our we going?" I asked. Vacation? We haven't done that in ages. Last time we went on a cruise, it was beautiful, seeing everything. My mom coughed, "We're going on vacation, your father and I." I looked back and fourth between my parents."I'm staying here? By myself?" I asked."Yes, but it'll be fine. You'll be staying here with the Lanes of course." I can handle being alone at my house for awhile, but staying with the Lanes? With Josh? No way in freaking hell. "How long are you guys going to be gone? Why can't I go with?" I questioned. "We'll be gone for 3 weeks, and because, we need time to ourselves." My mom answered. "Okay," I sighed. I can't argue with them. I won't win. I guess I'm going to be staying with Josh for 3 weeks. I'm going to prepare myself for torture starting now. We cleaned off the table and washed the dishes, then when we were finished, we sat in the living room watching TV. It can't be too bad staying here, right? I'll just avoid him in any way possible? Wait, how could I avoid him? By staying in my room all day? What room will I be staying in? They don't have any guest bedrooms.... Oh well, I'll just have to wait and see.
