Chapter 3: The braces thing
May 2003 part 2
"So it's all agreed then?!" asked TJ, ignoring his dad who was in his car outside the school, honking his horn "We're all heading around to Mikey's tomorrow for our finishing Elementary school celebration?"
"How exciting!" said Gretchen practically bouncing up and down, as the rest of the gang muttered their agreements "I can't believe after tomorrow we'll no longer be pupils of Third Street. The final day in our Elementary School career"
"IN A SECOND!" shouted TJ over his shoulder, as his Dad honked the car horn again, trying to hurry him along for his orthodontist appointment "Man, I can't believe I've gotta get braces, it whomps!"
"I feel for you Teej" nodded Vince "I hear they kiss in Middle School, but who's going to want to kiss a kid with a mouthful of metal?"
"Gee, thanks Vince"
"Don't listen to him TJ" cried Mikey "teenage lust and romance will extend beyond such trivial matter as trivial as braces. I'm sure there's a lovely girl who will be more than willing to look past the braces for a kiss"
"Yeah, I don't think it's so bad" said Spinelli, blushing as her friends all turned toward her. A smile spread across TJ's face, the tough kid quickly regained her composure under the curious gazes of her friends, with a quick lie "What I mean is a lot of kids in Middle School with probably have braces, I was talking about having braces, n-not the kissing thing"
"TJ!" shouted Mr Detweiler, who had got out of his car in his impatience, and was now stood at his Son's shoulder "We're going to be late!"
TJ let Mr Detweiler drag him away from the gang, looking back for Spinelli, who had vanished in to thin air. He sat himself in the front seat of the car, for a while they drove in silence. TJ's mind racing as he considered Spinelli's comment, he was sure she was talking about kissing him with braces, but was she? Did they nearly kiss at recess, or would his puckered lips have been met with a heavy blow from Madam Fist?
"Dad?"
"Yes TJ, for the hundredth time, yes you DO have to have the braces" replied Mr Detweiler in an exasperated tone.
"No it's not that" said TJ cringing slightly at what he was about to ask "I was just wondering, how did you know that Mum wanted you to kiss her? You know, before you were married, or before she was your girlfriend or whatever"
"There is no easy way to know Son. You've just got to read the situation, usually, when the time is right, you'll know it. Sometimes you read the situation correctly, and you kiss, and sometimes you don't, and you wind up rather embarrassed"
"But how do you read the situation correctly?" asked TJ feeling bemused.
"You hope for the best Son, you learn how to read people" Mr Detweiler continued knowingly "we wouldn't be talking about a certain boot wearing friend of yours, would we?"
"What? No! I'm talking hypothetically" lied TJ "This is the sort of thing a kid in Middle School needs to know!"
"Hypothetically? That's a rather big word for you to use! Who are you, and what have you done with my son?"
"Gretchen taught it to me"
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Sorry for the delay in updating! I hope you enjoyed chapter 3! Thank you to everyone who is supporting the story! If you're reading, please leave a review, it would be great to hear from you
Rose-Aki: I'm glad you liked chapter 2, I really loved writing the bit between TJ and Spinelli Stick with me to see if there are more sweet moments between TJ and Spinelli, and to see if anything happens while they're at summer camp!
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