After the semester is over me and Jaiden go back to see Ms. Tina. She makes me do the dishes just like every other member of the family. I found my true home. My mom tries to call me every other day. I only answer on Sundays. She still hasn't figured out the whole only Sundays thing, so I talk to her every other week. I can hear her trying to control her anger through the phone. At one point I asked her to stop calling and she lost control. She started calling me a piece of shit and saying that I was nothing without her money. I cried in Jaiden's arms for three hours. No matter how hard I try, my mom still has control over me. Again, me and Jaiden had another talk about him taking me away from her as soon as I turn twenty-two. We have a lot of time though. With the money scandal out of the way, we only have to pay fifty bucks each to pay for water, electricity, and food. I've officially been in college for two years and I already have two master's degrees. I choose to study many different things extra in case I don't like my job, I can just change careers. This year, I'm gonna study computer programing and electrical engineering. I get a couple more tattoos of butterflies on my back and my chest. Except for the skin color on the face, everything on my front side is tattooed. Jaiden still thinks it's hilarious that I got a tattoo of him on my stomach. He gets a small tattoo of me with my name on his arm. On a dare, I get a little star tattooed next to my eye. Jaiden says that he has to kiss it every morning. I'm fine with it but other people keep asking me if he touches me in other ways. They just want him to be in trouble. We get into my third year, Jaiden's last year, and things start off rocky with the new guys. I walk up to Soomin and pull him aside, "What do you think of the newbies?"
He takes a deep breath, "Quintin and Quade seem like the secret, suspicious brothers but Quintin is funny and Quade already started making us food. Fray scares me because it looks like his hair is on fire. Pero is from France and obviously speaks English fluently but chooses to speak French plus he's racist. He insulted Muhammad's ring on his arm. From what I know that is for his religion. I like Whendal. He looks like a forest sprite with his pale skin and green hair. Charlie is goth and kinda creeps me out but he's cool. Kevin is rich and stuck up. I've had to do classes with Ansel. He has magic powers, but I like him." Didn't expect him to say all of that.
"None of them have moved in yet so we can still kick them out if needed." He just got excited.
"I'm on it!" He grabs the back of Pero and Kevin's shirts. Kicking them out of the house, he comes back to me, "Done." That was fast.
"I guess that works. Explain to the newbies the payment and initiation stuff. Today is the only day we can go get tattoos and stuff." I walk upstairs to get Jaiden, "Hey, we are leaving soon... What are you doing?" It looks like he's making a collage.
Jaiden looks up at me, "It's the start of my senior year in college so I want to make a scrap book to remember our time here. I found a lot of pictures with us in it. Look, I'm making one for you too." They actually look really pretty.
"Oh okay, well we are leaving now so lets go..." He stands up and pulls me tight. He's getting clingy.
"I'm ready." Where did he get those feathers? We get downstairs to the group and walk in on the conversation.
Muhammad starts shaking, "I can't do any of that! It's against my religion." Why does this have to come up?
John crosses his arms, "I'm sorry but there are no exceptions. If you can't do it then you can't live here... And for the record, we are trying to respect your religion." Always good to add that on the end.
"Fine then, I'll leave. You racist bastards! I'm coming back with the cops." Seriously? He's the one who is refusing to do it.
Steven points to the corner of the room, "There's a camera that recorded the whole conversation. You were told no exceptions. You call the cops? Nothing is gonna happen. Get out." Whoa, he snapped. Flipping us off, Muhammad leaves the house. This is the smallest group this house has ever had.
