Can you keep a secret? (Justin Fanfic)

Chapter Twenty-three Freed from the house

Well the next morning I did feel a lot better. I woke up at about 10am and sat up without much pain. I was shocked and went downstairs to tell mum but when I asked mum to go out she said no without hesitation.

"Pleeease! I need to go out! I have been trapped in this house for days! I need a life!" I argued with her.

She just shook her head. "You have a life and if you don't rest you wont!"

I rolled my eyes. "What's that supposed to mean? I'm heaps better now and I can prove it... somehow."

Mum sighed and crossed her arms. "You're not going anywhere and that is final." She turned around and left the kitchen. I heard her storm up the stairs and then a door slam shut, I have no idea what I did to make such a fuss.

I shrugged and poured myself a glass of water and Noah came in. "Daddy? Are you and grandma fighting again?" He hugged my leg.

I sighed, "No we were just talking loudly about something. It's okay though because I'm going out later so we wont have to talk like that again today." I picked him up and hugged him. Through everything that has happened I havent had much time to be with him and do things together.

Noah sighed and and sat down on the chair before looking back up at me. "Sit down and tell me what's wrong." He said as grown up as he could.

I couldn't help but laugh. He had just copied what mum does to me and it's kind of cute so I decided to play along. "Okay then Dr Noah."

He giggled a little. "Are you alright?"

I nodded. "I'm fine Noah. Nothing you need to be worried about okay?"

He shook his head.  "I'm a grown up and I can help."

I laughed. "Okay Noah I have to get ready to go out. We will finish this later."

He smiled. "No silly I'm not a doctor. I was only being silly."

I smiled back. "I would h ave never guessed." I kissed his forehead and quickly made my way upstairs.

If mum wasn't going to let me out I would have to sneak out. I really didn't want to do it but I am fed up with not getting answers and today I will.

I opened my door and stood in the door way staring around my room. I had never noticed how messy it was until now and decided that maybe if I cleaned it and then snuck out mum wouldn't be so mad? Worth a shot right?

I sighed and began by making my bed. I was surprised by how much that made my room look neater and it looked good so I kept going. I then picked up all the dirty laundry and put it in the washing basket in the corner of my room and I couldn't believe it... I have carpet? I thought it was floorboards.

I shrugged and looked around for something else to put away and I only found a few bits and pieces such as my video games lying around so I shoved them into a cupboard and there I have it... a clean room.

I hadn't noticed that I was sweating until now so I stood back and looked around at my clean room not believing I had just done that and wiped the sweat off my forehead with the back of my hand.

I looked at the clock next to my bed and couldn't believe my eyes. I had just spent one and a half hours cleaning my room. It's funny because I never do anything... that's why mum and I fight a lot.

There was a knock on my door and I walked over to open it. Mum was standing there with a glass of water which she handed to me with my antibiotic. As she was about to walk out she looked up at my room and her eyes widened.

 "Your room is clean?" She kind of laughed  but was too shocked to do anything else. Even I'm shocked.

I nodded. "Yeah I cleaned it... can I go out now?"

She rolled her eyes and laughed. "Now I see why your rooms clean. No."

That's it. I am 18 years old and can do what I want! "Yes. I am going out and you can't stop me!"

She crossed her arms. "Is that so? You will be well enough tomorrow to go out, what's the rush?"

I shrugged. "None of your business. I just really need to go out."

Mum sighed. "Fine, suit yourself." She gave up arguing with me which mean I won!

I smiled to myself and had to restrain myself from  doing a little happy dance but I never win an argument against mum! I'm almost as shocked as when I cleaned my room.

I didn't have much time before meeting Jacinta but I really needed a shower after all the hard work I just did so I had the quickest shower in history! Well probably not in history but you catch my drift.

I threw on some jeans and a shirt before slipping my shoes on, putting my phone in my pocket and running downstairs. I wanted to get out the house before mum changed her mind so I said a quick goodbye to Noah and left the house, slamming the door shut behind me.

I cringed as the door slammed as I didn't mean to slam it and ran over to my car. I had no doubts that Jacinta would be there on time so I had half an hour to drive to a place 10 minutes away.

Once I got there, Jacinta was about 10 minutes later than me and the first few minutes of the conversation were very quiet... almost awkwardly quietly.

I just sat there picking at my chips and she sat there silently sipping her frozen coke until I spoke up.

"I want answers. I know you told me  that you were not going to tell me anymore but you can't expect me to leave it at that." I put another chip in my mouth wondering if I had approached this the right way.

She sighed. "What do you want to know?" She looked up at me through her long hair that was covering her face.

I shrugged. "Well why did you need me to do all this crazy stuff for you anyway?"

She laughed. "You're never gonna find that out."

I gave her my best puppy dog eyes. "Pleease?"

She just shook her head and took another sip of her coke. "I told you everything last night Justin. Why do you want to know all this extra stuff?"

I shrugged. "Why wouldn't I want to know?"

She laughed again. "Why wouldn't you? I'll tell you why. Because it's annoying and pointless. The reason I did it is none of your business."

I was about to answer but my phone started ringing in my pocket. I pulled it out and saw it was Chaz. I sighed and answered it. "What do you want?"

He sounded crazy. "Three things. One, why are you still hanging around with Jacinta!? Two, we need to hang out more often man and three, I've got a surprise for you so get to my house ASAP!"

I was shocked. All those words were really just a blur to me but I heard the last bit. "Okay i'll be at your place in an hour!" I hang up and smiled at Jacinta.

"Who was that?"

"Chaz. He said he really wants to tell me something. But he's always weird so i've got time to get you to talk." I gave her a smug smile.

She sighed. "I was trying to impress my step dad so he would appreciate me and treat me like a normal person..." She looked away from me and took another sip from coke.

I was still confused. "Okay now we are getting somewhere. I'm still confused. Why did you pick me?"

She half laughed. "When I heard your secret you seemed like an easy target and I needed someone quickly. I was lucky to have you... well besides the part when you were sick. My parents actually believed that I had some potential."

I nodded. "I'm understanding  now. Anything you haven't told me?"

She shook her head. "Nothing that I want you to know. I'm completely serious now about not telling you anymore."

I sighed. "It's okay. I don't need any more  explanations. I got what I was looking for so..." I pulled out my phone and noticed I had to leave... "I have to go. I guess i'll see you around school next week."

She watched as I left her sitting at the table by herself. I felt bad for her but I was now off to Chaz's house to see what he was so crazy about.