This Can't Be Good

Chapter 51

Charlie got suspended for a week and a half. Apparently they paged her from the office during third period a little while after I left. Miranda said that she pranced up there thinking she was going home early, she had no idea.

Parker and I never went back to school that day. He took me to get food and then we headed home. Cassadee wasn’t too happy to see the two of us both ditching school but Parker convinced her that it was necessary and that he had got it covered. Needless to stay she let us stay home.

Things at Mass High had really calmed down since Charlie’s suspension. It appeared that everyone was taking her absence well, even her minion of cheerleaders. No one felt like they had to walk around on tip toes. Parker and I were surly enjoying the peace. For the first time in the history of us we didn’t have anything to fear.

That’s not to say that everything was calm in our lives. That was never going to happen while at Mass High. Since the end of spring break Coach had started holding weekly practices. He wanted to keep them all in shape for next season, including the senior boys. The practices were mainly just conditioning and throwing drills. The boys didn’t mind too much since they were basically just playing flag football like they would be doing anyway. They did however mind the conditioning days. Normally I wasn’t present during those practices but since I was now, technically, captain, Coach wanted me there. As if that wasn’t bad enough the boys had suckered me into training with them. It was a nightmare. I was never a runner and nothing had changed. Let’s just say that I got sick at least weekly now from running around the track. Since I was conditioning with them I also go to run drills with them, now that was fun. It reminded me of how the boys, Mir and I use to play at home during the summer.

Things were also crazy at home. We were two weeks away from Cassadee and Trevor’s wedding. Trevor seemed rather calm about the whole thing. All the groomsmen had their tuxes and so did he. All that was left for him was to make sure all his family made it down here. Since they lived a couple hours away they were renting rooms at the hotel twenty minutes away from the venue. Cassadee on the other hand was a mess. She had one final dress fitting this week and then all the major details were done which only made her more anxious. Cass had been dreaming about this day since the day she met Trevor, she needed everything to be perfect.

I had been watching Lexis for her a lot lately. Not that I minded, Lexis was a piece of cake when I had her. Plus, babysitting her meant sitting around watching Disney movies and occasionally having a tea party. I wasn’t complaining. Lexis didn’t mind too much either, she just wanted someone to play with her.

I figured it was good practice for Lexis to be away from Cass since she wasn’t going on the honeymoon with them. I figured Cass was just gonna leave her with us and we’d take her to the day care she went to sometimes when we had class. Cass hadn’t mentioned anything to me so I decided to confront her one day while Lex was napping.

“So are we watching Lex when you guys are gone?” I asked. Cassadee was running around the house trying to pick up some of Lexis’s toys since one of her friends was coming over to help her finish the center pieces. I would have helped her but unfortunately I do not hold the craft gene her and my mom do.

“Mom’s gonna stay back and watch her while we’re gone,” Cass answered.

“Are you kidding?” Don’t get me wrong I loved my parents but lately they were annoying me. They never seemed to be around unless it was something they could brag about. We hadn’t seen them since the boys birthday and I was still a bit bitter about how they didn’t show up for my birthday. Not to mention Mom had only seen Lexis a hand full of times, which usually pissed Cass off.

“She really wanted to do it. At least it leaves you guys off the hook.”

“Cass this is Mom we’re talking about. She barely raised us! You think she’s honestly going to watch Lex? She’s better off watching her self!” I yelled.