Day 23: A Star
(This takes place about two years before the Homecoming series. Zander 22yo, Zenia 24 yo, Zed/Addison 47/46yo)
Zed and Zander stood in the kitchen, drinking and watching the scene in the living room with narrowed eyes. Addison was decorating the living room with the help of Zenia and her boyfriend of three years, Jack Martinez, a light-skinned, Puerto Rican-Dominican, tall and athletic. He was a kind man, an ideal student who was working towards a doctorate in psychology, and always treated Zenia with respect.
"I hate him," Zander whispered.
"He's too perfect," Zed agreed.
Zenia showed her boyfriend an ornament that made them both giggle and Zed and Zander both shook their heads disapprovingly. The one thing they didn't like about Jack was that they had nothing to hate about him.
"What is wrong with you two?" Addison said from behind them. They both turned around to face her.
"Just observing," Zander said.
Addison raised an eyebrow at them. "You two are creepy. How would you feel if someone just watched you?"
Zed tilted his beer toward her and said, "I'm pretty sure your dad still watches us."
Addison rolled her eyes. "Stop being weird and help us decorate the tree. Otherwise I might replace both of you with Jack. I like him better anyway."
She left the kitchen and went back to the tree. "Jack do you want to put the star on top of the tree?" Addison called as she went.
"I would love to, Mrs. Necrodopolous."
Zed and Zander shared a look and groaned. "Who does he think he is? That's my job, as the youngest!" Zander complained.
"Come on, let's go join the fray," Zed said.