19: When, when will that ever happen!
Destiny's point of view: it had been a few weeks since that Sunday. I was slowly wondering when he was going to ask me out, kiss me, say he really likes me instead of wrapping an arm around my shoulders and his arms around my waist each night when he was asleep. I was taking off my work clothes and putting on a tee shirt and jeans on Friday night. When I went to open the door I heard Annabelle scolding Tenison again about not asking me out and I will lose confidence in a relationship with him. "I'm going to ask her out soon Annabelle really soon." Tenison said frightened by her. I ripped open my door with tears streaming down my face and I stomped up to Tenison. "When, when will that ever happen!" I cried out. I ran to the front door and walked out slamming it shut. "Destiny wait!" I could hear him say. I walked angrily towards the elevator and when it opened I stepped inside. I could hear Tenison's voice calling out my name from down the hall. I pushed the button just as he turned the corner. The doors closed before he could reach me. I was down in the lobby after a minute and Tenison was waiting for me at the bottom of the steps outside of the apartment building. I went to turn back but he already grabbed my wrist. "Just let me go and get out of here if you don't even bother asking me a simple question." I said tearing away from him. "Destiny I…" I could hear his heartbroken voice say. "What do you want!" I said furiously. He was quiet when I turned towards him when I didn't hear his answer. He walked up to me and I tried not to melt when I saw his eyes. His crystal blue eyes were tearing up as if they were trying to make me give in. He didn't say anything but I knew what he wanted to say. I gently took his hand and he did the next step. He kissed me then pulled back to ask "will you be my girlfriend?" I sniffled and said quietly "why did you wait all this time?" "I…I didn't want to…I wanted the right moment but I couldn't find one…I didn't want to be like one of your ex's and I wanted it to be special like if this was your last time having a boyfriend I wanted you to know that the last time you were asked out it was better than any other person that asked you out." He said bashfully. "Yes only if you promise me one thing." I said. "What is it?" He asked. I smiled and said "you promise to never leave my apartment for good?" "Act as if I live with you?" He asked. "You have lived with me for a few weeks now so yeah." I said. He smiled and said "anything else?" "No now let's get back up stairs." I said. He pulled me up the stairs and Adam popped out from behind the counter saying "be careful you two kids." "Shut up Adam because I can sick Annabelle on you." I said. He pulled me into the elevator and when the doors closed I wrapped my arms around his neck and said "if another problem comes up you promise that you won't be afraid to go near me?" "Yes I promise" He said wrapping his arms around me. The elevator doors opened and we let go but kept our hands connected. I opened the apartment door and found Annabelle sitting next to Jack both almost to the point at biting their nails. "You're both back!" Jack said looking up at us. I smiled and said "yeah we are." "Are you two a thing or friend zone?" Annabelle asked uncertainly. "What does it look like Annabelle?" I asked. She smiled and Jack looked up at his brother and said "what did I tell you?" Tenison let go of my hand and went over to Jack to hug him. "Thanks for the support Jack." I heard Tenison say. "Thanks for be such a great big brother Tenison." Jack said. Jack looked up at me and smiled then motioned me over. He let go of Tenison and hugged me tightly then whispered in my ear "thank you Destiny for taking care of us and being Tenison's best girlfriend ever." I was surprised but I hugged back and whispered in his ear "Tenison is so lucky to have you so thanks for being his little brother, the one that gave him a reason for everything he does he couldn't have found me without you." I pulled away from Jack and smiled at Annabelle again. "Let's all just get some sleep." Annabelle said in an exhausted tone. She took Jack to her bed while I pulled Tenison along into my bed. The next morning when I woke up I realized I had the freedom to kiss Tenison. But he beat me to it. When I leaned in he did to which scared me but I didn't have the time to say it. He had already kissed me then said "I won."
20: Enrolling Jack
Destiny's point of view: It had been a surprise to Tenison when Jack, Tenison and I made our way to the middle school on the other block. "Will I really be going to middle school?" Jack asked when we signed in. I smiled when Tenison asked "will he really have to go?" "Come on Tenison he has to we can't keep him signed under home schooled if he's not learning anything." I whispered in Tenison's ear. "But He has dyslexia and so do I! He has adhd and so do I! How could I help him in school." Tenison said. "We'll just have to work together because so do I and I am getting better every day at reading in the office working on the magazine." I said walking along the crowded halls. "Lockers first because I hate carrying these text books." Jack said cringing under the weight. Tenison then picked half of the books off his stack and Jack said "thanks Tenison." I led them to the locker after a couple of minutes of looking at the number on the piece of paper. It felt like hours before I finally got to the right locker. Jack put in the combination and after he closed the door he caught a glimpse of a green eyed, blonde haired girl. "Whoa." He said awestruck. "Oh please don't make him go to school he's starting to crush on a girl." Tenison said pouting at me. "Jack go talk to her while Tenison and I figure out what the heck this name is." I said squinting at the paper. I watched quietly as Jack made his way over to the girl who was looking at her paper squinting also. "My little brother is talking to a girl oh this is a dark day in my life." "It's going to be a really dark day if you don't be quiet I can't hear what they're saying." I heard Annabelle say. "What are you doing here Annabelle?" I asked. "Adam and I just couldn't miss today! Jack is going to middle school this is huge! That and he's talking to that girl over there it's so cute!" Annabelle gushed. "Wait he is I can't believe you didn't tell me sooner!" I said looking back over at them. The girl smiled and waved at us after Jack confessed that we were the crazy people he was living with. When she said something Jack's face darkened and quietly said a few words. Her face went in a sorry mode and she quickly hugged Jack who almost stumbled backwards. She whispered something into his ear and I could hear him say "it's ok." She said a few more things and she waved bye then took off. Jack came back over to us and smiled saying "which class?" I smiled and we left him alone about what they talked about. The rest of the day we popped through classes and about half the classes the girl was in them too. We were walking home when Jack said "I so can't wait for school in three days." "Because of the girl and her name is?" Adam asked. "Holly." He said quietly. "Who." Adam asked teasingly. "Holly Keten." Jack said. Annabelle cooed and said "my little Jack is growing up." "Who says he's your Jack? He's my little brother." Tenison said pulling Jack away from Annabelle. I laughed and said "promise me not to go totally crazy for Holly ok?" "I promise not to go crazy for Holly." Jack said rolling his eyes. When we got back to the apartment building I saw Holly step out of a taxi cab with a suit case and box in her hands. Jack froze and motioned me down so he could whisper in my ear. "She told me she was moving into the apartment building today into the apartment across from ours." "How convenient Jack" I said smiling. "Go help her out she needs it." I added. He looked up at me and said "thanks Destiny." Jack appeared next to the girl and took the box from her hands offering her help. I pulled the whimpering Tenison up stairs while he blubbered about never seeing Jack on the weekends with all of the friends he's going to make and probably going on a date with Holly. "Be happy for Jack Tenison he's going to make a girl very happy one day and he might as well be a wizard at love with all of those romantic comedies he watches." Annabelle said. "Ok fine I will be happy for Jack but I have to see him everyday at least." Tenison said unhappily. The next time we saw Jack I was looking out the peep hole in the door and saw Holly kiss Jack. I pulled Tenison over to see and he nearly fainted. Annabelle looked through and smiled wide. When Jack opened the door we froze. His smile faded and a blush took its spot. He walked in and closed the door. "I'm so proud of you!" Annabelle said instantly picking him up and cradling him. "Annabelle please put me down." Jack said. She put him down and Tenison grabbed him by the shoulders. "Jack forget about girls and middle school while you still can and stay here with me!" Tenison said. Jack rolled his eyes and hugged Tenison saying I'll be back each day when you get off work and I'll see you on the weekends." "Promise?" Tenison asked raising his eyebrow questionably. "I promise I'll see you everyday Tenison." "Fine." Tenison said smiling.