The Good Hair Family Sitcom

S3 E2.2: Cy-chologist

Jayda's POV

When I get back to where Hazel is still sitting outside the principal's office, my daddy is nowhere in sight.

"You see where my dad went?" I ask her.

"No idea," she replies.

"Cool," I breathe.

I plop down in the seat beside her right as her moms come out of the office, having talked to the principal for way longer than my dads.

"Awesome," Hazel mutters. "My turn."

"Hazel," Auntie Amber starts, "I don't know why they brought you to the office. You're fine. Jayda, you're a fantastic cousin."

"I know," I say with a grin. "I wasted a Pepsi for her."

Hazel gives me a smile, then Auntie Andi waves for her to get up.

"Come," Auntie Andi says. "Let's go."

Hazel pushes herself onto her feet, and the three of them begin to walk away, but then Auntie Amber turns around again to talk to me.

"Jayda, where's Cyrus?"

"Don't know," I respond, "but I'm sure he's around here somewhere."

Auntie Amber nods. "You don't need a ride home?"

"I'm good. He'll be out here soon."

He's not typically one to be late, so I figure he can't be much longer with whatever it is he's doing. Auntie Andi and Auntie Amber let me stay in my chair as their family heads out, and soon it's just me and the sound of staplers stapling and mouses clicking from the offices. After a few silent minutes on my phone, a body drops into the chair beside me, and I look up to see Andreas. Right away, I feel a bit embarrassed. He's probably wondering why I was sent to the principal's office. Yet he's smiling, which only confuses me.

"What?" I question.

Andreas grins wider and leans down to pull out a can of Pepsi from his backpack then holds it out for me. I feel my face flushing in humiliation even more.

"Oh my God. You saw?" I say.

"It was kind of the most entertaining thing happening in the cafeteria," he responds.

He moves the drink closer to me, and I accept it, trying not to let my awkward butterflies get too strong.

"I'm apparently good at making scenes in cafeterias," I say.

I believe two years ago I made a scene after Jeremy douche-canoe Hudson started rumours about me. What's ironic about that day is that it wasn't a bad day. Like, yeah, it was bad for most of it, but that was the day Andreas found me crying in the washroom and offered me a tissue. I don't think he carries tissues around to random places anymore. But it definitely was handy.

Andreas laughs, and I crack open the can, hearing the fizzing rise up to the rim. Then I take a sip.

"Hey, wanna go outside instead?" Andreas asks. "I like to limit my time in the office to Tuesdays only."

I smile and answer, "Sure."

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Cyrus's POV

I didn't intend to keep going with this whole substitute counsellor thing, but after the first boy, there was a girl waiting for an appointment, and she didn't care that I wasn't the actually counsellor either. Actually, she said she was glad, because the actual counsellor just tells her she should get enough sleep before tests rather than talking to her about why she can't sleep.