And so yet another story begins! Characters are the same, so uh yeah, refer to cast list below...um no cc for this one bc we're running out of newsies to pair them with and explain how they got there...if the cc reopens at a later date, uh...just read the story! There will be time jumps in this one...so yeah... And thanks to Ducky who helps me write! On to the story!
Cast List (as of December 15, 2006)
Angelica "Angel/ Acorn" Faith Conlon
Age: 21
Boyfriend: Jack "Cowboy" Kelly
Riley "Dodger" Conlon
Age 21 (twin to Angelica)
Boyfriend: Blink
Sean Patrick Oscar Thomas "Spot" Conlon
Age: 19
Girlfriend: Jessica "Ace" Blackburn
Brittany "Spades" Conlon
Age: 17
Boyfriend: Skittery
Christina "Mouse" Lawson
Age: 17
Boyfriend: Bumlets
Aleisha "Media" Burman
Age: 20
Boyfriend: Mush
Michael "Skittery" Goorjian
Age: 17
Girlfriend: Spades
Trey "Kid Blink or Blink " Parker
Age: 21
Girlfriend: Dodger
Dominic "Bumlets" Lucero
Age: 16
Girlfriend: Mouse
Aaron "Mush" Lohr
Age: 21
Girlfriend: Media
Jack "Cowboy" Kelly
Age: 22
Girlfriend: Angelica "Angel/Acorn" Conlon
Jessica "Ace" Blackburn
Age: 18
Boyfriend: Spot Conlon
Sara "Dreamer" Fairview
Age: 16
Boyfriend: Les Jacobs
Les Jacobs
Age: 16
Girlfriend: Sara "Dreamer" Fairview
David "Mouth" Jacobs
Age: 22
Girlfriend: unknown
Ellie CalahanAge: 22
Boyfriend: David Jacobs…though he doesn't know that yet
It was the two-month anniversary of Media and I moving into our apartment, and I decided to mark the occasion by letting her dye my hair.
"Ah ya shoah ya want hah ta do it?" Jack asked as Media was mixing the dye.
"She's done it before."
"Yeah and your hair turned out great when I trimmed it." Media told him.
"I didn't have a choice." He protested.
"When did she cut ya haih?" Skittery asked.
"When we was in Michigan…dey decided ta 'play' wid me haih while I was sleepin."
"Hehe, if you hadn't fallen asleep outside the door we wouldn't have." I smiled. "Now please don't break anything, we'll be back."
"Can we come?" Mouse asked.
"Sorry Mouse, it's going to be a surprise." I said my eyes flashing.
"Dat's scahy." Spot said.
"Not nearly half as scary as the time you bleached yours." I said turning around.
"You did what?" David asked.
"I was experamentin!"
"No, you thought it was shampoo." Spades said.
"Hehe." I laughed.
"How do you confuse shampoo with hair dye?" Mouse asked.
"He's blind without his contacts in." I said.
"Go dye ya haih, maybe da chemicals'll help stimulate ya brain!"
"Nice one." Mush laughed.
"Ha Ha." I said dryly.
"Acorn, go." Media said behind me.
"I'm goin I'm goin."
Media and I went off into the bathroom and she began to section my hair off. During the process she would hand me the dye bottle while she separated my hair thus causing my hand to be stained with dye. She dyed the bottom half red and the top half black. After letting it sit for the required time we rinsed it out and I began to dry and straighten it.
"Well," I asked her, "What do you think?"
"I likie." She replied.
"Good. Now let's see what everyone else thinks." I said stuffing my hair into a hat and walking out into the living room.
"I tought ya was gonna dye it." Jack said as soon as we walked out.
"Well, in a freak accident…" I started to say as I pulled the hat off and shook out my hair.
"Wow." Echoed throughout the room.
"Ya like it?"
"If it was on anyone else, no, but it works for you." Ellie said.
"Yay."
"It's gonna take me awhile to get used ta it." Jack said.
"You'd better."
"Not like he has a choice." Ace said.
"Hehe. I'm thinking of piercing my lip next." I said to see the reaction.
"Better lip than nose." Mush said.
"I'm not really going to."
"Heya Mush." Spot said looking at him mischievously.
"Not yet Spot, not yet."
"What are you two talking about?" I asked.
"Nothing." Mush answered.
"Yeah right."
"Oh are you talking about the thing?" Bumlets asked excitedly.
"Bumlets, shut up!" Spot said.
"Yeah nothing Mush." I said rolling my eyes.
"It's nothing bad."
"Uh huh, says you."
"Me and others."
"Whatever just don't get blood on the carpet."
"We'se ain't doin it tanight." Skittery said.
"Still no blood on the carpet."
"Oh and whoever it was that sneezed on the bathroom mirror, that is gross!" Media said.
"Eww." Ace said.
"Yeah." I added. "At least wipe it off after you sneeze!"
"Where's Blink?" Les asked.
"He went to visit Dodger, again." I said.
"How often does he visit her?" David asked.
"Ev'ry two weeks." Jack said.
"So if not now, when?" Skittery asked.
"I dunno." Spot said.
"If it'll get him to shut up about it, do it now." Mush said.
"Which one of us is doing it?" Bumlets asked.
"Not you." Mush said.
"Why not?"
"You get the second one."
"Ok, cool."
"Yeah it seemed bettah dat way." Spot said.
"So we doin it now?" Skittery asked sitting on the edge of his seat.
"For those of which this may concern…it's out of love." Mush said.
"DON'T GET BLOOD ON THE CARPET!!!!" I called from the kitchen.
"We won't!" Spot yelled back.
"GOOD!"
"I gotta see this." Media said running out.
"Suit yourself."
Skittery smiled stood up and walker over to David stood a moment looking at him, and stomped down on his foot.
"OW!" David yelped in pain hopping up and down on one foot. Skittery grabbed him by his shoulders and swung him around so he was no longer leaning against the wall.
"What is with you guys?" David asked bewildered.
"Ya gotta do it ta be a paht of da group." Skittery said raising his hands and signaling David to attack him like Mush did during his fight in Michigan.
"That's' my move." Mush said.
"Ya got if from Swing Kids." Skittery replied.
"Shhh!"
"Da great Mush got his moves from a movie!" Spot laughed. Seeing that he had to fight David said,
"Bring it." Skittery swiftly pushed his shoulder back, put his leg behind David's leg and tripped him. Once down Skittery dropped on the floor next to him and pinned his arms down. David brought his knee up into Skittery's side causing his grip to loosen and David rolled Skittery over his hip. David then straddled Skittery and pinned him for a moment before Skittery brought his leg up and turned so the two were on their sides allowing Skittery to get out from under David and pin him again.
"I aint stoppin till ya pin me." Skittery smiled.
"How long do I have to?" David asked.
"Mush?"
"Um, Spot?"
"10 second count." Spot answered.
"Da 1 apple 2 apple speed oh fastah?" Skittery asked before David pushed him off and pinned his biceps down.
"Da slow vehsoin." Spot said. Skittery began to squirm and lunge but couldn't get free. Mush counted down and Skittery was out.
"Ha." David sighed with relief letting Skittery up.
"Welcome to da coical (circle)." Skittery said hitting David aside the head.
"Hey!" David said.
"Get used ta it." Skittery said.
"Yeah Davie, dis group likes ta get inta fights a lot." Jack chuckled.
"Half the time you start them love." I said walking in.
"Haha." Media laughed.
"Half the time we fight among ourselves, and an occasional outsider." Mush commented.
"Hehe, yeah." I said giggling.
"Do we get initiated to?" Dreamer asked.
"Uh, Media, Ace, Mouse, Spades, help me plot!" I said running into the kitchen.
"I shouldn't have asked." Dreamer said.
"What should we do?" I asked the others huddled in the kitchen with me.
"Not that." Mouse said.
"Yeah, definitely not."
"We can make them wear funny clothes and walk around in the mall." Spades offered.
"You mean like dress them like Goths or something?"
"No, like tacky, mismatched goofy clothes."
"Hm,"
"Or we could make them eat something nasty." And then added after she saw our expressions, "Not like gross nasty, just unpleasant nasty."
"I like that one better, it's not as mean."
"What would we make them eat?" Mouse asked.
"Too bad Dodger's not here." Media said.
"That's true." Spades laughed.
"Um, I'm sure there's something in our fridge that would fall into that category." I said digging through it. After rummaging for a while I came up with Mayonnaise, olives, peanut butter, and cold scrambled egg. We put them all in the blender and made two drinks, one for Dreamer and the other for Ellie. We walked back out into the living room and presented the glasses to the girls.
"Your challenge to be initiated is to drink these, all of it." I said.
"And afterwards try to guess all of what was in there." Media said grinning.
"It looks like vomit." Ellie said.
"It smells like it too." Dreamer said sniffing her glass.
"It's not."
"Either drink that, or we will fight." Media said smiling.
"You'll want to be drinking that." Mush said.
Both girls gulped as they looked at the glasses and then poured them down their throats. It looked like Dreamer was going to throw up a couple of times and Ellie did choke once but they managed to swallow all of it.
"THAT WAS DISGUSTING." Ellie said.
"What do you think was in it?" Ace asked.
"It tasted like Mayo, egg chunks, something salty." Dreamer said.
"Yeah like olives and maybe peanut butter or something." Ellie finished.
"Creamy or Crunchy?" Media laughed.
"Both!"
"Welcome to our sick circle of insanity." Media said hugging them.
"Excuse me, where is the bathroom." Dreamer asked looking a little green.
"Right through there." I said.
"Thank you." She said dashing in. Soon we heard the sounds of her puking her guts up.
"IS she gonna be okay?" I asked.
"I hope so." Spades said.
"She'll be fine, she just has a weak stomach." Les said.
"Oh, good gravy…" I said.
"So what's gonna happen to me?" Les asked.
"See that guy over there?" Mush asked pointing to Bumlets.
"Yeah."
"That is what is going to happen to you."
"Hi." Bumlets said waving.
"When?"
"Ya don't get ta know." Spot said.
"Okay."
"It wadn't dat bad was it Davie?" Skittery asked.
"Except the part where he stepped on me."
"Well ya got me back when ya kneed me in da ribs, so we'se even."
"All right, babe, I've got work tomorrow so I've got to be going." Mush said getting ready to leave.
"I'll walk you to your car." Media said.
"Aw, my little bodyguard."
"Yeah even though you're the one who could throw me across the room." She laughed.
"Bye everyone!" Mush said walking out the door.
"BYE MUSH!" We all shouted.
"We should go too, Skittery. We have school tomorrow." Spades said.
"Yeah us too." Mouse said indicating to her and Bumlets.
"Almost done!" Ace cheered.
"Come on, I'll walk ya out ta ya cah." Spot said.
"Are you going to run off on me too?" I asked Jack.
"No not yet."
"Good."
"I however, do have to go. And Jack, remember we have that 'thing' tomorrow." David said leaving with Ellie.
"And he's our ride, so bye Angel, bye Jack." Les said as he and Dreamer followed the rest of the crowd.
"Yeah about dat ting." Jack said looking at me.
"Yesh?"
"Well hopefully Dave and I will be able ta agree on it, so I can give ya a sahprise."
"What?"
"Ya'll find out tamarrah."
"Okay, cool." I said smiling.
Jack, Media and I started to play phase 10, and amazingly Jack was the one left behind, not me. We had all made it to Phase 10, which was a first for me. I would have been out the next round had Media laid down all of her cards, winning the game.
"I was one turn from being out!" I said throwing my two cards at her.
"Well when you do win, it'll be a great victory!" She said.
"1 turn!"
"That's happened to me a thousand times, stop whining."
"This is the first time I made it to phase 10!"
"Well you couldn't do it all in one night."
"Yeah yeah."
"Da two a ya ah goofy." Jack said chuckling.
"But you love it."
"Yep."
"If not, you would have gone crazy, or crazier." Media said.
"Being crazy is almost a prerequisite for hanging out with us." I said smiling.
"That's true, take tonight for example, David getting attacked, that was funny."
"Yeah it was."
"I'se just glad dey waited ta do it. Cause I don't tink he woulda gone foh it when dey foist stahted talking bout it."
"When was that?"
"Remembah at da restaurant when you was 'pregnant' and da guys was whisperin in da cohnah?"
"Yeah, is that what they were sniggering about?"
"Clearly."
"Sorry, it's been a long day, my brain is shutting down."
"Yeah, I think I'm gonna go crash. Nighty Night." She said walking into her bedroom.
"That doesn't sound like a bad idea." I said.
"Yeah I should be goin, I gotta meet Davie at da theatah eahly tamarrah."
"You're going to let me know about this mysterious surprise right?" I asked.
"When da time is right."
"Okay. Night baby."
"Night Angel."
I went to bed and endured yet another day of boring classes. I was very happy when I got out at 3 and finally got to head home. I arrived home to an empty apartment so I decided to take a nap. I awoke to Hyperbole playing from Media's room, which she never listened to unless she was in a good mood. Not being able to drown out the music, I decided to go talk to her.
"Guess what?" She asked.
"The president called and he wants you to be his advisor."
"Lame, no."
"Then what?"
"My car is fixed!!!"
"After 2 months it should be."
"Yeah I didn't know some of those parts were imported, and I kinda put it on the backburner anyway."
"Yeah, so how's the wedding planning coming?"
"Fairly good we're gonna have it in the second to last week of August, not sure of which day though."
"It's gonna be inside right?"
"No it's gonna be outside so the frosting can melt off the cake and I can sweat and get stinky."
"Just makin sure. Do you know what your colors are yet?"
"No, we keep disagreeing."
"Between?"
"Between baby blue and silver and champagne and red."
"Hm…let me guess you want the champagne and red."
"No,"
"Like I said it was a guess."
"See the blue would be relaxing, which I may need. But Mush's idea is really pretty."
"Hm…how about a compromise…baby blue and champagne?"
"I'll run it past him."
"Cool. I do know that I want lavender and pastel yellow."
"Sounds like you."
"Yeah, plus it was in another cousin's wedding and I caught the bouquet and I would like to kinda re-use it…that whole something old something new thing."
"Yeah, I haven't even thought of that concept yet."
"So do you have any of the other bridesmaids?"
"My friend Meg from Michigan, Dodger, one of Mush's cousins, and my little niece as flower girl."
"Cool."
"My sisters and I made a truce that we wouldn't be bridesmaids in each others weddings."
"Oh, interesting."
"It's a Burman thing."
"See, I'm definitely going to have Spades and Dodger in there somewhere."
"And me."
"No…yes duckbutt!"
"Just making sure nutt butt."
"Silly Media. You'll probably end up being my matron of honor."
"Probably?"
"Definitely?"
"There ya go."
"Wow, I wonder if I can work Spot in there somewhere?"
"I'm sure Jack would let him be up there, they are going to be brothers."
"Creepy. And him and Mush are going to be related…"
"We're all going to be connected somehow!"
"Weird."
"Yeah."
"I kinda wish he would hurry up and propose already."
"You are so impatient."
"Well, we've been talking about it a lot lately…and it's like would you just hurry it up already!"
"Oh crap! We have to agree on a wedding song too!"
"Hehe. Do you have one that is special to both of you?"
"Something from Michael Buble."
"Nice."
"Yeah we listened to the whole album in his apartment one time, but don't tell anyone because he'll get embarrassed."
"Hehe, yeah me and Jack listened the High School Musical soundtrack on a trip to ORU once while Blink was conked out."
"I had to bribe Mush to watch it with me."
"It's kinda funny though, because since he's a theater kid like me, we like a lot of the same music."
"That's a good thing."
"You have no idea."
"Hehe, you two are theater people and me and Mush are outdoorsy people."
"Yeah."
"He's still pushing to take a trip to California."
"Really? Why does he want to go so bad?"
"He misses the ocean and surfing."
"Oh, kinda like I'd miss Texas if I ever left."
"Yeah, I think it's the homestate thing."
"Yeah Jack misses New York."
"You know it'd be lame, if I went to Cali for a while and left you or if you went to New York and left me. So, we should plan our trips so we'll both be gone in the same week."
"What trips?"
"Jack is going to want to go back and visit New York, and he'll want you to go with him. And Mush wants me to go with him to California."
"Since when have you been planning this?"
"I haven't the thought just came, I've been planning a wedding woman!"
"Oh, that's your excuse then?"
"It's true, I just thought of it."
"I know, I'm just messin with ya!"
"So Medda, will kinda be like your mom."
"Not another one!"
"Three's the lucky number."
"Three?"
"She doesn't do it around you, but my mom has taken you in."
"Probably a good thing."
"Why?"
"Because mine is more than enough!"
"Yeah yours definitely has that nurturing nature about her."
"You're telling me."
"OH that would work!"
"What would?"
"The baby blue and the champagne, because I can have the bridesmaids in the baby blue."
"Wow that was random."
"You will see how stressful this is, I dream about wedding planning now."
"Yeikes…you wanna help me when the time comes?"
"What you don't want your mom to?"
"Hell no, she'd take over and it'd be like her wedding not mine."
"My mom is the opposite."
"Good for you."
"Yep."
"My mom had mine planned out when I turned 14."
"My mom wants nothing to do with her kids weddings, because she used to be a cake decorator for weddings."
"I didn't know that."
"Yeah."
"My mom wanted this whole Jewish wedding thing going on…and it would be fine…IF I WERE JEWISH!!!! But no, I'm Irish…"
"Your mom is funny."
"And a little bit annoying at times. I had a bat mitzvah for cryin out loud."
"I think it runs in a mother's veins to be weird."
"Does that mean when we actually have kids we're going to get even more weird?"
"I think our weirdness will shift into different forms, but it will increase."
"Oy Vey!"
"Yeah and I heard that after you have a kid the texture of your hair changes."
"I heard that your shoe size goes up."
"I'm already a 7, I don't want to get any bigger."
"Same here…7 ½ is good enough for me."
"Oh and then having to buy maternity clothes, ugh."
"At least they're making them cuter now."
"That's true."
"Do you think I'll make a good mom?"
"No I think you're going to drown your kids in a bathtub."
"Mm"
"I think what happened to Josh is not going to happen to you again."
"You really think so?"
"Hon, I know so."
"I don't know if I could deal with that again. I mean it's different when it's your baby brother, and your own child."
"Yes there is a difference and there is also a resounding truth that it was not your fault."
"Okay…"
"No it's not okay, because you don't believe that it's not your fault."
"No reverse psychology, please!"
"It's not, if it was I'd be saying that it was your fault."
"I know, I'm saying don't go there."
"I wasn't going to."
"Okay, good."
"Why haven't you forgiven yourself?"
"Uh, I don't know."
"IS it because you think you don't deserve forgiveness?"
"Maybe."
"Or that in asking for forgiveness you would have to admit that you didn't prevent it."
"I think it's more that."
"Do you know why you didn't prevent it?"
"I wanted to play."
"Because you couldn't have."
"No, it was one of those, I didn't see the point of cleaning up then because I was just going to drag it back out anyway."
"You were a child, you're not one now."
"How good of you to notice."
"Have you noticed?"
"No, I just thought I was tall for being 6, yes I noticed."
"Then you know, that your way of thinking from then to now has changed and it wasn't your fault."
"Yes I know that in my head…it's just getting the rest of me to believe it."
"You can't let the guilt and pain stay in your heart, you have to give it away."
"Yeah. You know what's funny, I never said goodbye to him."
"Maybe it's time you do that."
"Yeah. Okay, I'm going to the cemetery…uh if Jack calls, tell him to call my cell."
"I'll be praying for you, and drive safely."
"Don't I always…don't answer that."
"Yeah."
"Bye Med." I said grabbing my keys and going to the cemetery. I drove through the myriads of tombstones until I found the one for my baby brother. I parked the car, was I really going to do this? Well, it was now or never. I got out and walked to the tiny little grave.
Joshua Ryan Conlon
1986-1989
"Gone but not forgotten"
"Hey Joshie," I said sitting in the grass. "I know you're not really here, but it'll do. I've kept you with me all these years, but not in the way you would have wanted. I've remembered you with guilt, pain and you would have wanted to be remembered with joy, and peace and good things that I haven't let myself feel. I guess I didn't want to let you go, I still don't, but I need to. I'm sorry I've failed you, I tried to make up for it by protecting the others, but sometimes it hurts them more than it helps. Sometimes I wonder what kind of person you would be. But then I already know that you would have been strong, positive, and my baby brother." I said as tears started to flow freely, to where I could barely choke out the words. "I love you and I'm letting you go, along with my pain. And I promise that when I think of you it'll be of your life, and the example you set for me. Bye Joshie." As I said those final words, sobs started racking my chest to the point that I could barely breathe. I don't know how long I sat there, sobbing. I looked around and noticed that it was getting dark. I said goodbye one last time and drove away. I was half way home when Jack called my cell.
"Hello?" I answered trying to wipe away the tears, not that he could see them.
"Ya okay Angel."
"I will be."
"Is it affectin ya too much ta drive?"
"Close, but no."
"Well uh I was wonderin, if ya let me see ya tanight?"
"Yeah, why wouldn't I?"
"I dunno, if ya wanted ta be alone or sumptin."
"No if there's anyone I need right now it's you."
"Aight, where ah ya?"
"Uh, about 10 minutes away."
"Aight, I'll wait heah den."
"You're already there?"
"Yeah, me battahy (battery) was getting low so I stopped in ta see if I could use Media's chahgah."
"Oh, well I'll be there in a minute."
"I'll be heah."
"Bye."
"Bye Angel." He said hanging up. I frantically tried to stop crying to no avail, the harder I tried to stop, the harder I cried. About 10 minutes later I pulled up to the apartment and attempted to make myself look half alive at least before going in.
"I'm back!" I called opening the door.
"Hey, Media took off cause ona hah bruddahs is visitin."
"Oh. Okay."
"She said ya can talk latah if ya want, and told me if I said anyting stupid she'd kill me latah."
"Sounds like something she'd say."
"Yeah, she didn't wanna go, but I told hah I could help, or try to anyway."
"Thanks."
"So ah, did ya do what ya needed ta do?"
"Yeah." I nodded as fresh tears started spilling.
"Come heah My Angel." He said hugging me.
"I feel like I just pulled the plug." I sobbed.
"Ya did da opposite."
"Care to elaborate?"
"Ya let him go and in fohgivin yaself, ya stahtin ya life anew."
"Oh."
"So, it's da opposite of pullin da plug."
"MM."
"Yeah."
"Let me go get comfy, I'll be right back." I said retreating to my room. I came back out a short time later wearing pj pants and big t-shirt with my hair in a messy bun, wearing my glasses and slippers.
"I kinda like da look." Jack said as I plopped down next to him.
"You'd better get used to it…" I said.
"I can."
"Good."
"So uh da theatah's comin along good."
"Yay."
"Davie, Ellie, and I decided on what we'se gonna do foist."
"Oh really what?"
"Guys and Dolls."
"When you see a guy
Reach for stars in the sky
You can bet that he's doin it for some doll." I started singing.
"Dat would be da one."
"There's more than one?"
"No."
"Okay."
"And uh, me sahprise foh ya and da play kinda walk hand in hand."
"What?"
"Well I promised ya an audition, and we need new faces foh da stage."
"Y-you want me to audition?"
"I was tinkin eiddah Adelaide or Sarah."
"Really?"
"Yeah really."
"THANK YOU!" I squealed hugging him.
"I'se just glad ta see ya smile."
"You're so good to me."
"I'se gonna be ya husband, I bettah be."
"Good point."
"But ya gotta bring it when ya audition, which I'm shoh ya will."
"Of course. Do you know who you want to play the other leads?"
"Ah, we'se checkin inta some leads."
"Care to elaborate?"
"Nah I can't tell ya evryting."
"Pwease" I said batting my eyelashes.
"I'd be in it."
"That's all I wanted to know."
"But ya don't know what charactah."
"Which one?"
"I ain't gonna tell ya!"
"You my dear are impossible, but I love you anyway."
"Oh, why tank ya."
"So when is it?"
"Ya got time."
"How much time?"
"A month."
"Okay. I'll have to start dancing again."
"Aight."
"Yep yep."
"So will I."
"Hehe. If ya ever wanna practice together, you're more than welcome to."
"I'll probably take ya up on dat offah."
"In the meantime, you wanna watch a movie?"
"Why coitainly."
"Um, what do you want to watch?" I asked as I moved over to the vastly smaller DVD collection.
"How about da Equilibrium?"
"I love how you support my baleheadishness."
"I wanna watch it cause it's a cool movie, I don't cah who da actah is."
"Fine then be that way!"
"Smaht mouth."
"I was a smart mouth when you met me."
"And ya was a good tahget." He said tossing a pillow at me.
"Still am apparently." I said rubbing my head.
"It would appeah so."
"You're a dork."
"So ah ya."
"Yeah yeah." I said plopping down on the couch. Jack and I cuddled up next to each other and watched the movie. He started tickling me so I grabbed his hands so he couldn't and for some reason I didn't let go. He started to lean in and we started kissing when Media bursts through the door with her brother.
"Oh um this Jack, Jack take a break from your make out session-" Media was saying.
"Media!" I scolded.
"And meet my brother Caleb."
"Sup." Jack said.
"Hey." Caleb nodded.
"Hi Caleb." I said moving away from Jack.
"How's it goin?" Caleb asked smirking.
"Good."
"I can see that." I cleared my throat after he said that.
"Okay, I'm going to show Caleb around Texas and I'll be home tonight so if you're going to be all makey-outy do it in your room." Media said grabbing a snack out of the cupboard and heading toward the door. Caleb chuckled at her comment and I understood where she got her sense of humor.
"That was embarrassing." I told Jack.
"It wasn't dat bad." Jack smiled.
"No it wasn't that bad but it was still pretty bad."
"So."
"So what?"
"Shall we continue?"
"We shall, where we again?"
"Heah." He said kissing me.
"Oh that's right." Jack and I had a make out session similar to which I use to make fun of Media for having. I had made us dinner and we were finishing eating when Dodger called me.
"Hello." I greeted cheerfully.
"Hey sis." She responded.
"Hi."
"So, how are you?"
"Good, how are you?"
"Oh, I guess that depends on one's interpretation."
"What did you do?"
"I didn't do anything, well okay that's a lie."
"Yeah."
"Okay before you can yell, I'm going to tell you how it happened and then give you the news
"Wha- oaky."
"So Blink and I had gone out last weekend and I came back to campus late earning me an early curfew. And I ."
"You didn't obey it did you?"
"I tried and did pretty good, but then Blink came back to visit and we stayed out all night."
'Dodger!"
'We didn't do anything. This isn't the end you can't yell yet!"
"Then hurry it up."
"So after disobeying the early curfew rule I got campused which means I could go to classes and the cafeteria. And that was it."
"And?"
"It's an impossible rule."
"Uh huh."
"So I was being good."
'When?"
"Shush up. Anyway, Blink came to visit and we really wanted to see each other but I couldn't leave so he came to me…"
"You didn't."
"Didn't what?"
"You didn't let him in your room."
"No I didn't I let him the window."
"Dodger."
"It would have been fine but then someone walked in and saw him and I got in trouble."
"How much trouble?"
"At this point, it wouldn't be worth the trouble of trying to appeal to the deans to get back in, so dad told me I need to shape up and until I fully understand what I did I'm not allowed in the house."
"Fine come over."
'Thank you Angel."
"But I'm warning you one word about me and Jack and you're sleeping at Blink's actually you'll stay here you'd just be on the floor."
"You won't regret this Angel!"
"Yeah I'm sure I will." Just then I heard a knock at the door." Is that you?"
"Yes and my bag is heavy, will you please open the door? "
"Open it yourself it's unlocked." I said.
"Fine." She said hanging up and coming in. "Hey Jack."
"Hey Dodgah." Jack welcomed her. I got some extra blankets out for her and she made her bed on the couch. Jack and I took a walk around the block before kissing goodbye. I returned to the apartment to find Dodger clonked out on the couch so I went to bed
