nova's pov :
"gosh, i can't thank you enough sweetie!" ms. richard hugs me and i laugh, hugging her back
"it's really no problem. i love kids."
she smiles and grabs her keys off of the counter.
"i'm going to be back maybe around twelve am. can you put them to bed by nine-thirty, please?"
"of course." i smile
she grabs her jacket and hugs me and her kids goodbye. once i see her out of view, i turn around and all eyes are on me.
"what's your guys' favorite movie?" i grab their tiny little hands and bring them over to the couch
"oh! oh! i know. toy story." stephanie says
"no. i wanna watch transformers." aiden pouts
"here, how about this? i'll set up your chosen movie in your seperate rooms, and i'll come to check up on you from time to time."
they nod excitedly and run upstairs. i grab the movies from the cabinet under the living room tv and put a bag of popcorn into the microwave. i then skip upstairs and go into stephanie's room first, sliding in toy story and then aiden's room with transformers.
15 minutes go by and i finally get them settled down with popcorn and the movies on. i run downstairs and grab my backpack, my laptop, and my winter break homework assigned from my english honors class.
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*ring ring*
"hey perla-"
"he knows."
"... who knows what."
"ethan knows you're not shopping with lisa and your mom. what the hell do i tell him?"
my eyes widen and i tell stephanie to give me a minute.
"where are you?" i ask, running downstairs and sitting on the couch
"i'm at lisa's house. she picked me up after your mom and her finished shopping."
"wait, why did you get picked up?"
"i was bored."
"of course you were."
"ok then tell him-"
"nova! where are you and why did you lie to me?"
my eyes widen and i hang up immediately.
"fuck." i whisper to myself
"nov."
i turn around and aiden and stephanie are holding their empty bowls. i chuckle, taking it back from them, and they run back upstairs.
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"again, thank you so much for staying nova."
ms. richards hands me the last hundred dollars i need and i can't help but hug her.
"thank you so much."
"are you using this money on something important?" she chuckles
"very, very important."
i pull back and say goodbye to the richards family, walking over to my house.
i hear the crickets chirping and the cold wind makes me cuddle into my jacket even tighter.
i approach my house and unlock it, seeing the house is completely dark. my eyebrows furrow in confusion and i turn on the lights seeing ethan, grayson, and perla on the couch.
"what the fuck?!" i yell
perla and grayson start laughing uncontrollably but ethan keeps a stern look on his face.
he looks angry.
"this was all ethan's plan." grayson points at his brother
"grayson shut the fuck up and go upstairs with perla. i need to talk to nova."
perla sends me a thumbs up and i smile at her. they run upstairs and ethan gets up, walking over to me.
"why'd you lie?" he asks
"ethan, i can't tell you." i tug my jacket off and avoid eye contact
"the hell you can. we tell each other everything." his voice becomes softer
"not lately we haven't." i whisper
"what did you say?" he steps closer
i turn around and stomp my foot down, finally making eye contact with him.
"i said, we haven't been telling each other everything lately. look, whatever i'm doing it's for a good cause." i sigh
"i have been telling you everything."
"really? really? have you really ethan?" i put my hands onto my hips
"yes i h-"
"no! no you haven't! you always go to fucking alison when you have problems now. look. i get that she's your girlfriend and you guys are serious. but i'm your best friend. you used to come to me when you weren't ok. you used to tell me everything. you used to not ditch me. now all you do is hang out with alison. honestly, i don't even know if you're hanging out with me tomorrow because you say sundays are for us but for the past few weeks it's for you and alison." my voice breaks
he stays quiet and opens his mouth but nothing comes out.
"wow. so you were about to cancel." i chuckle and step back
"you know what? it's christmas eve tomorrow. we're going to be together for christmas anyway. it's fucking fine. goodnight ethan." i walk away from him and run upstairs into my room, slamming the door
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Fanfiction"just tell him how you feel." "i can't." "why not?" "because. he's my 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝."
