lungs

part 81

{2 weeks later}

life has been okay here in florida. i met stevens kids: abby, sky, and taylor. he has three girls and they're all 1 year apart. abby the oldest, she's six.

maybe i should stay here, i have my own room and i have a few friends that i like. over at new york i only had anna and that was it. i'm happy here, maybe i should change some stuff up a bit.

i've haven't been thinking of anna as much, it's been three weeks since our breakup nd i think i'm doing better at getting over her. plus, i met zoe.

zoe and i have been talking, i think i really like her. she's super funny, nice, pretty. i'm thinking about moving on.

speaking of zoe, she's calling me. i pick up my phone and swipe over to answer.

"hello?" i said, putting my head up to the speaker.

"hi jojo." says zoe, making my heart skip a beat as i hear her voice.

"do you wanna go to the movies with me today" she asked me.

"is that even a question?" i asked, "i'm going with you dimp."

"i know silly." she chuckled. "i'll see you at 8 jojo. bye"

"bye dimples." i said, calling her by her nick name i gave her. she has the biggest dimples ever that's just so cute. i love it when she smiles.

she hung up the phone and i put my phone down. since my car is in new york, she has to drive me places. but i don't let her though, i drive her car instead.

"joey! time for dinner." vanessa called from downstairs, which is stevens wife.

i don't really like her, she seems fake in a way. her teeth are fake so every time she smiles it's weird.

steven said she ate a lot of candy when she was younger and her adult teeth got rotten so now she has dentures.

we all sat down at the table. we're having steak tonight. usually i eat fast food when i was at new york so this is a upgrade than what i have.

the more i realize it, the more i realize that my life in new york is kinda crappy. the neighborhood i lived in was ghetto, all of my friends were toxic, and my lifestyle wasn't the best. maybe i should stay here and just start over.

"i can believe you're leaving next week, joey." said abby from the table. "i'm gonna miss you."

i softly smiled at her. "i'm gonna miss you more." i said.

"can you pass me the corn joey?" asked steven. i nodded and picked up the corn and handed it him. "thanks." he says.

"i'm going out with zoe tonight." i told them.

"don't you think you're spending too much time with her?" asked vanessa. "i mean this is like the fourth time this week."

"so?" i said. she's just trying to act like my mom and it's not working.

"he's just trying to get over anna." sophia says, playing with her food.

"no i'm not. i'm just moving on." i told her.

"sure." sophia says, "i know you're still in love with her joey."

"joey doesn't know what love is." steven says, getting in my conversation.

"how do you know?" i asked him. how can he tell me about love when he's the one who left his first wife?

"i can tell." steven says, still making me hate him even more. i mostly just want to stay because of my lifestyle, vanessa and steven are annoying as shit.

i rolled my eyes and got up from the table.

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"joey you're so cute." zoe says as we walked out of the movie theater.

"not as much as you." i said, lacing my fingers with hers.

we swung our hands back and fourth like dorks as we walked to her car. as we got to the car, she leaned me against the trunk and kissed me.

soon, the kissing began to become rough. i grabbed on her waist and pulled her even closer to me, deepening the kiss.

she pulls away and smiles at me, "i can't believe you're leaving me next week."

i ran my hands through my hair and sigh, " i know."

"can i tell you something?" she asked.

"yeah sure."  i say, wondering what she had to say.

"i don't really know how to say this." she looked down and played with her fingers.

"what is it?"

"i like you. i like you a lot and i don't wanna be your friend." she looks up at me in the eyes, "i- i want to be your girlfriend, joey."

i was caught off guard but also happy, "for real?" i asked and she nodded.

"well i wanna be your boyfriend." i asked, smiling like a dork.

"okay then you're my boyfriend." she says hugging me.

"then you're my girlfriend." i said.

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do you like zoe?