When we all three get our tubes tied up together and on our way down the river Tosh looks at me. "Did you know rumor has it that Gavin is going to ask you to homecoming on a banner in front of everyone during lunch on Monday." He says with a huge smile. Everyone has lost their minds, making these huge to-do's about a dance. Like how can a girl so no to a banner in a cafeteria amongst peers? Talk about rejection!
"Jonas told me and I'm shaving my head and getting a tattoo on my head that just says no." I roll my eyes. "Would work for everything.....Jax will you watch the littles.....Jax can you give me a ride....Jax will you go to homecoming...." I say sardonically. "Jax will you share your food?"
The twins both just smile at me. "What are you going to say?" Tosh asks and I tilt my head to silently ask the question "What do you think I will say?"
"But how are you going to say it." Jonas asks annoyed with me.
"I don't have to explain my "NO" to anybody. No still means no." I say.
"You are so deeply strange." Tosh quips with a peculiar look on his face that makes us all laugh.
"You gonna ask Cheryl?" I dead pan Jonas and Tosh laughs.
"No." Jonas screams amused. "I think I'm gonna go stag." He looks so full of himself. I guess for a popular single senior going stag is very cool.
"I'm still gonna ask Hannah." Tosh says pleased with himself and I look away from his face. How can I tell him without sounding like a insensitive jerk that asking Hannah is a terrible idea?
"Please don't." Jonas begs with a even tone in his voice.
"Why?" Tosh asks. He really doesn't know why by the look on his face.
"I think what Jonas means to say.....you should go with me. Save me from the cafeteria humiliation on Monday and make Hannah jealous. She will be sad to know you don't care that she dumped you." I say."Plus she would hate it knowing how much fun you'd have with me."
"Great idea." Jonas beams. Tosh looks devastated which should offend me but on the contrary it makes me smile that he feels so comfortable that he can let his true feelings come out without apologies. He doesn't agree to going with me and Jonas looks pissed off at his naive brother. I really don't want to go to Homecoming period but I feel this strong urge to force him to go with me so he doesn't humiliate himself by asking that treacherous skank Hannah.
When we get in the car to go home Tosh gets his phone to check Hannah on snap chat and Instagram. He is shattered when he sees her on a date with the foreign exchange student Paolo. He has been this years heart throb at West Chandler High. Jonas checks Paolo on social media and it is more of the same.Making such a spectacle so close to a break up is heartless and despite her being decent to me for the last few weeks I hate her more than ever. I want to kill her. Tosh is quiet in the back seat,looking like he is going to start sobbing again. I'm tense on the ride home wondering if I'm going to have to put a hazmat suit on to protect me from the avalanche of snot to come.
By the time we get home Hannah has posted a picture of her and Paolo's first kiss all over the place which seems like a direct jab to poor Tosh. Also, who selfies their first kiss? Tosh locks himself in the bathroom as soon as we get home.....and there was snot.
"Is that typical to take a selfie o fa first kiss and blast it on social media?" I ask dumbfounded.
"I don't know....seems not." Jonas says and looks worried.
"Call Cheryl and one of her slutty friends and take him out. Maybe a rebound will do him good?" I ask Jonas.
He shrugs. "I don't know that it will. I've never had my heart broken....." He trails off and looks away.
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Jackie Jones and the Boys Next Door(COMPLETE)
Teen FictionCOMPLETED--Jackie Jones is a troubled teen with a haunted past. Her low self worth makes her withdrawn from her peers and she hides behind her best friend Tosh Holbrook. Tosh has been accused by his twin brother, Jonas Holbrook, of enabling Jackie...
