S1 E3.2: Glow Girl

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Cyrus's POV

I watch from the kitchen as TJ and Wyatt sit at the dining room table, schoolbooks spread out before them. Wyatt asked for help with his math homework, and TJ insisted that he provide that, saying that grade five math can't be that difficult, so I let him, figuring I could chime in if he starts to struggle. But TJ's been trying to help Wyatt understand question for the past ten minutes, and it's just too cute watching them work together like this, so I remain quiet and just observe.

"So division is like subtraction but upside down," Wyatt concludes.

TJ hesitates and responds, "Um...yes..."

The sound of the front door pulls my attention away, landing it on the entrance of my daughter holding the hand of some teenage boy in a hoodie and Adidas joggers. She's about to go straight for the stairs when I stop her.

"Uh, Jayda, who's your guest?"

She reroutes her path, pulling the boy with her into the kitchen for the whole family to see. A wide smile is on her face as she introduces him.

"This is Jeremy Hudson."

Immediately, a siren goes off in my head. This is the boy who broke her heart and caused me to have to buy three extra jugs of orange juice.

"Hi, Jayda's dads," Jeremy says with a wave. "I love your house. Also, I noticed that the buttons on your alarm system keypad are worn. You should really get those replaced. Makes it real easy for someone to guess the passcode. I would know."

He chuckles lightly, and TJ and I just stare at him, not sure how to respond.

Jayda doesn't even wait a second before explaining, "Anyway, we made up, and we're together now, so we're just gonna go hang out upstairs."

She pulls him toward the stairway in a rush, but I'm still trying to process what's going on.

Then TJ looks to me, asking, "How do we feel about this?"

"I don't know."

"I don't know either," Wyatt says, dropping his pencil and bringing his hands up to run through his hair in distress. "Why does Billy even need to split 42 watermelons?"

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Walker's POV

When I come out to the living room, I see Jonah lying in the couch, reading through a magazine with a focused face.

"What'chu reading?" I ask knowingly.

He flips the page, not looking up, as he answers, "Glow Girl Magaine."

It takes all my effort to hold in my laugh as I nod. "Hmm. Is it good?"

"Yes," Jonah attests. "I'm so glad I bought it. So far, I've already learnt how to stand up to bullies, and fun things to do with my BFF."

A bit of my laugh seeps out at that, but he ignores me, continuing his quest to prove that he's right, but he can't possibly win. There are too many random items. One of them has to be the breaking point.

Then I notice that one of his feet is bare.

"What happened to your sock?"

"I don't want to talk about it."

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Andi's POV

Buffy greets us with a smile, and my family steps in, leaving our shoes at the door, then she gestures for us to follow her.

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