HappY New Year!!!! um...yeah I really don't feel like typing everything out right now...so yeah um...enjoy still got 2-3 chapters left! woot
Eventually we all made it to our houses and I got a call from Jack saying that David, Les, Dreamer, and some girl named Ellie were back in town and it would be fun to get everyone together before classes started. So Dodger called up the group and we decided to go to Magic Time Machine. This forced me to put on normal clothes as opposed to my pjs I had been wearing. Not feeling like dressing up too much, I threw on my green "elf" shirt which was a peasant style shirt only it was gathered into an empire waist and sometimes gave me the look like I was pregnant with some jeans and drove Spot, and Ace to the restaurant to meet the others. After arriving I noticed a girl flirting with David but at the sane time she was trying to be discreet about it, like she didn't want him to know she was interested. She had bright eyes, dirty blonde hair, and fairly tall.
"Heya Angel." Jack welcomed me as I sat down at the long table everyone was sitting at.
"Hey Jack." I smiled before noticing Spades being unusually cuddly with Skittery.
"So what's da occahsion?" Spot asked Jack referring to the get together.
"Well, Medda sent dese ones heah ta help me look foh a spot foh da thaetah and figuhed it was a good reason ta eat since Blink an I don't got anymoh food at home." Jack explained glaring at Dodger, Media and Spot.
"Oh, hehe." Dodger giggled.
"I was hungry!" Spot said.
"You're always hungry!" I said.
"I'se a growin boy, I need food!"
"Spot, you're 19, I would hardly count that as growing."
"I'm still growing." Media said.
"Me too actually." I said smiling.
"Oh really how much have ya grown?" Jack asked.
"Half an inch."
"Oh dat's such a big diffahance."
"It adds up."
"Whatevah!"
"When you're short every little millimeter counts."
"She's right." Dreamer said.
"Exactly us short ones have to stick together." I said grinning.
"You two seem closer since the last time we were here." Dreamer said nodding to Jack and I.
"You could say that."
"Hehe." Les laughed.
"What is so funny?" I asked.
"Everybody's hookin up."
"What makes you say that?"
"Well you and Jack, and Dave an-"
"Quiet Les!" David interrupted.
"And well, the rest of ya'll were dating the last time we were here."
"What about you?"
"What about me?"
"You said everyone…" I smiled at Les.
"Yeah, me and Dreamer."
"Couldn't tell." I said sarcastically.
"Spades, would ya get off?!" Skittery said loudly.
"Are you two okay over there?" I asked.
"We're good." Spades answered.
"Okay."
"Hi, I'm Dodger, what's your name?" Dodger said extending her hand to the new girl.
"Uh I'm Ellie." She said shaking Dodger's hand.
"Oh, I'm sorry, everyone this is Ellie." David said.
"Hi, I'm Angelica, Angel for short." I said waving.
"Ya already know me." Jack said.
"I'm Aleisha but you can call me Media."
"I'm Aaron, aka Mush."
"I'm Jessica, or Ace."
"Sean, or Spot."
"Michael, I go by Skittery dough."
"I'm Brittany, I go by Spades."
"I'm Trey, or Blink."
"I'm Christina, I go by Mouse."
"Uh, I'm Dominic, aka Bumlets."
"Okay, may take me a while to get all of your names down." Ellie said.
"It's okay, until you do, you can just call us, hey you!" Media said.
"I'll remember that."
"When did that happen?" Dreamer asked looking at Media.
"What?"
"Oh I don't know the giant diamond on your finger!"
"Oh this?" Media said waving her fingers.
"Yeah that."
"Three days ago."
"You're keeping count now?" I asked.
"Yeah,"
"And next you'll be counting down the days to your wedding."
"First we have to set the date."
"Wow, hey we need to go apartment hunting."
"Do not go on the East side." Mush said.
"Wasn't planning on it." I answered.
"Um we may not want to be too close to campus." Media said.
"Yeah, partying people are bad."
"And loud."
"Yeah, and I've got major studying to do next semester." I said.
"What's your major?" Ellie asked.
"Uh Acting." I said blushing slightly.
"That's cool."
"Yeah, I like it…everyone says I'm a drama queen anyway."
"You say you're a drama queen." Spades reiterated.
"Only when someone else says it first."
"It's gotten to the point where no one even NEEDS to say it now." Mouse said speaking up.
"When she wants to be heard, she's heard." Bumlets said laughing.
"Ok, can we please change the subject?" I asked trying to hide under the table.
"Oh come on Angel remember up in the cabin?" Ace asked. I was turning beet red when Jack suddenly cleared his throat conspicuously and Ace quickly dropped the subject.
"Thank you." I whispered.
"You're welcome My Angel."
"Dat was cheesy." Blink said eavesdropping.
"Ya wasn't supposed ta heah dat." Jack glared at him.
"Ain't my fault ya talk loud."
"We wasn't' talkin dat loud."
"Um the whole table is looking at you now just so you know." Media said.
"You might wanna save the pet names for when we're not around everyone else." I said sadly.
"Pet names are cute." Ellie said elbowing David.
"Yeah." He replied rubbing his ribs.
"If we was ta welcome Davie inta da group, how long do ya tink he'd last?" Spot said to Mush.
"In a fight?"
"Depends on who."
"Yeah."
"Against me or you, hell no."
"We should match 'im against one a da youngah ones." Skittery added leaning in.
"You ARE one of the younger ones." Mush said.
"Only by a yeah!"
"Still."
"What are you whispering about?" Mouse asked leaning over Media trying to listen in.
"Are you ticklish Mouse?" Media asked.
"Yeah why?"
"You shouldn't have told her that." Mush said as Media began to tickle her sides.
"Eeeh, stop it!" She squealed kicking Les in the shin under the table.
"OW!" Les yelped rubbing his shin.
"What happened?" Dreamer asked snapping back to reality.
"Someone kicked me!"
"It maybe the one laughing hysterically." Dodger pointed out.
"Why'd she kick me though?"
"Because Media tickled her." I said dryly.
"She was leaning over me." Media said.
"They were whispering." Mouse said pointing to the three boys in the corner.
"How did those three get by each other anyway?" Ace asked.
"What we'se got seatin chahts now?" Spot said.
"No, it's just not a good thing when you guys start whispering." I said.
"Yes ma." He said in that really annoying I think I'm better than you tone.
"Sean Patrick Oscar Thomas Conlon, don't you dare talk to me like that…wow I do sound like my mom."
"That was scary, even for you!" Dodger said.
"Yeah, I feel like I need to go wash my mouth out with soap now."
"Don't you usually do that after you swear?" David asked.
"For Angel, that was like swearing." Mouse said.
"Because if she had to wash her mouth out everytime she swore, she'd be blowing bubbles." Spades said.
"Spades, you make me sound like a sailor!"
"What it's the truth!"
"It's funny cause it's true!" Media laughed.
"No it's not, I only swear under extreme provocation." I said trying to defend myself.
"I'se wid dem on dat one." Jack said.
"Ugh," I gasped.
"I'm glad we came back." Les said.
"I am too." I said trying to change the subject.
"Why?" Ellie asked.
"Oh, just new faces."
"COUGHBULLSHITCOUGH" said Mush.
"Pipe down Lohr." I glared at him.
"I'll sit on you again."
"I'll punch your knee!"
"Oh no you won't!" Media said cutting in.
"GRR!" I growled.
"Angel stop scahin da oddah people." Jack said pointing to the people sitting next to us.
"Fine." I said leaning back and refusing to get into anything.
"Are you still tired?" Ace asked me.
"Honestly I don't know what's wrong with me."
"Name it Cobra!" Media shouted rather loudly.
"MEDIA!" I said through clenched teeth.
"Oh when is it due?" Ellie asked. My eyes grew wide when I heard that.
"Uh June 32nd." I said.
"What?" Jack asked.
"You said you didn't have the sex talk!" Media hissed at Mush.
"I didn't! Maybe I should have." Mush answered.
"What da heck happened up dere?!" Skittery asked.
"Yah bastahed, I'll soak ya!" Spot roared at Jack.
"HOLD IT!!!!!!" I yelled. "I don't know if any of you realize this or not, but June 32nd doesn't exist! It was a joke!"
"I got it!" Bumlets said raising his hand.
"I'm glad someone did." I said banging my head on the table, "OW!"
"Acorn, stop hurting yourself, Spot you can sit down now." Media said calmly.
"Do you guys think I would really do something that dumb?" I asked.
"Awkward." Les said.
"Yeah." Dreamer agreed.
"They're usually not this psychotic." Mush said.
"We just got back from Vacation." I added.
"Yeah so we'se still adjustin." Blink said.
"Of course." David said nodding.
"I'll be right back." I said going off to the bathroom, where I locked myself in.
"So you guys aren't always like this?" Ellie asked.
"Well," Dodger said trying to find the words.
"Cause I think it's awesome."
"Oh." Media sent me a text message asking how long I was going to need.
"I'm nvr coming out."
"There will then be chaos bc the girls will have 2 use the guys room." She answered.
"Fine, give me a minute."
"Take your time."
"Aight. Hey thanks btw."
"4 wat?"
"4 helpin out the way u do."
"If not 4 me u wuld kill some1."
"true, lol, I'll b out in a min"
"don't fall n. lol"
'"haha"
"C u soon."
"K"
After I composed myself I came back out to the table and took my seat.
"It wadn't dat funny!" Blink exclaimed.
"Actually it was." David laughed.
"What was funny?" I asked.
"Blink blew milk out of his nose." Dodger explained.
"Aw man I missed it!" I said.
"Kinda like when you spit water out that one night after youth group?" Spades added.
"Oh the 'spouty' incident." I said.
"Spouty incident?" Jack asked.
"Yeah, well there was this guy that I had a huge crush on and he actually stopped and talked to me and I started hyperventilating and my friends drug me out side to calm me down. So when I had they gave me a drink of water and then their dad came up and asked what was going on and I spewed water everywhere!" I explained.
"Ah I see Spouty." He sniggered.
"Stop that." I said hitting his arm.
"What? It makes sense!"
"So?" I said leaning against him playfully.
"PDA." Dodger smirked.
"PDA this!" Media said bombing her with a napkin.
"Hey!" Dodger protested.
"Hehehhe."
"Go Media." I smiled.
"So has Jack gotten you any auditions?" Ellie asked me.
"Um, well kinda." I said shyly.
"Spades what is with you?" I heard Skittery ask.
"What, I just want to be with you."
"You ah, I was referin ta why ya keep grabbin on me in public."
"I have before."
"Not in public."
"What's wrong with it?'
"I don't like ta, and ya stahted afta da kidnapping incident."
"Angel, ya okay?" Jack asked me since I was concentrating on eavesdropping and looked like I was zoning out.
"Wha- yeah I'm good."I answered trying to hear what was going on with Spades but they had stopped talking by then. "Darn it!" I thought wanting to kick myself. It was not like Spades to be that clingy in public and that fact that she started after the kidnapping was not a good sign, but maybe her and Skittery would be able to work it out without outside help.
"Dat was me leg!" Spot scoffed.
"Oh, sorry." Bumlets said.
'What is going on over there?" I asked.
"He kicked me." Spot said.
"I caught that much, Bumlets what's up?"
"I was teasing Mouse and she tickled me and I accidentally kicked Spot." He answered while chewing a straw.
"Ya, I noticed." Spot said crossly.
"Gheez, ya'll are violent tonight." Media said looking around at the boys around her.
"OH HAH!" Dodger said triumphantly.
"What?" Jack asked after jumping from Dodger's sudden outburst.
"Media said 'ya'll', that's a southern thing."
"Um, no cause one of my friends back home says it all the time." Media stated.
"Is it really relevant?" Mush asked rubbing his shoulder.
"I think my roll is too hard." Les said thumping his stale biscuit on the table.
"Oh! Can you make it dance like Johnny Depp?" Ace asked.
"What?'
"Haven't you seen Benny and Joon?"
"Um, no."
'"Too bad."
"No, you haven't lived until you've seen it." Dodger smiled.
"We should watch it later." Media said blowing bubbles in her milk shake causing giant bubbly blobs to form.
"What are you 5?" I asked her. She stuck her tongue out at me. "That answered my question."
"You just need to have fun." She smirked.
"I do."
"Uh huh."
"No really I do."
"One should not bash something they have not tried." I looked at her and smiled wondering what in the world she was on.
"You dork."
"Eeew!" Skittery hollered.
"Whoops!" Media said dabbing the milk shake off his arm.
"Eww." I echoed.
"And that's why you don't get a milk shake." Mush said taking it from her.
"Hehe." I snickered.
"Whatever penible."
"French?" Spot asked.
"Yep yep."
"I don't want to know." I said.
"It's nothing bad." She said.
"I don't trust you."
"Acorn, you can talk to me, I'm here to help you." She said in a therapist voice.
"Remind why I'm wanting to move in with you again?" I laughed.
"Python…." She said cracking up.
"Oy vey."
"Should we be worried?" Ellie asked looking back from Media to me. I then noticed David's eyes were wide open.
"What?' I asked.
"Do you know what you just said?'" he asked.
"Oy vey."
"And you are aware of it's meaning?" by this point Les was laughing.
"No…"
"It means oh shit!" Les laughed earning him a smack on the arm from David.
"Oh."
"Hehehhe." Spades cackled pointing at me.
"Oh shut up."
"So wehe we gonna watch dat movie?" Jack asked.
"We can go to my house."
"Aight, we ready?" Spot asked followed by a chorus of yes's. We headed to the parking lot and loaded into the cars and raced to my house. I would have won but Media cut me off.
"Ya going down girl." I warned her as we walked inside.
"Someone's a sore la la loser" she teased me.
"Oh hush!"
"Oh look at these new faces!" my mom exclaimed greeting the newbies. Jack introduced them and mom fawned over them. After prying them away from her we gathered in the den to watch the movie.
'I'se hungry." Spot said.
"You just ate!" I scolded him
"I still hungry."
"Oh it's okay Sean come in the kitchen and I'll fix you a snack." My mom called.
"You're gonna make him fat!"
"Angelica! Anyone else want something?"
"WE JUST ATE!"
"Don't raise your voice at me young lady!"
"Hehhe." Les chuckled. I then threw a pillow at him and actually hit him.
"Heheh, Media do you wanna go talk to my Dad now?"
"Um, is he in a good mood?" she asked.
"You can hide behind me."
'I'm just sayin if he's mad it would be redundant to ask at the moment."
"Well we never know unless we try."
"I know, does his vein pop when he's mad so we know when to run away?"
"No but his face gets really red."
"Yeah it does." Blink mumbled.
"I hear you." Mush smirked.
"What happened?" Ellie asked to which neither boy answered.
"Ok let's go." Media said poking me.
"To face our fate!" I said dramatically.
"Wow," Jack said.
"You love it." I smiled.
"So?"
"MM" I stuck my tongue out at him.
"And you called me a 5-year-old?" Media said.
"I wasn't the one blowing bubbles in my milkshake." I laughed as we walked to my dad's office. I knocked on the door praying he was in a good mood.
"Come in," he said. I opened the door as Media and I walked in.
"Hi Daddy." I said as innocently as possible.
"Hi Uncle Nate." Media said.
"Hello girls how may I help you?"
"Uh…well, I've been doing some thinking and praying, and found that it's time I take on more responsibilities."
"You wanna work more?"
"Well, that would probably be a good idea, but not quite what I meant."
"Then what did you mean?"
"Well, um, Media, explain!"
"Well, Uncle Nate, Ac-er Angelica, and I were talking and praying and decided it'd be best if we got an apartment together."
"Is that a fact."
"Yes sir, because it would teach us how to plan a budget and um…"
"How to act and live on our own once we get married." I finished, knowing my dad would love that.
"Hmm, and what apartments have you found?"
"We haven't looked yet. We were going to go tomorrow."
"All right."
"Really, y-you're okay with it?" I asked.
"Well it'll have to fit certain qualifications, but if you girls are ready to branch out, then I approve."
"Wait, what qualifications?" I asked suspiciously.
"I'll let you two look and bring it to me, and I'll let you know."
"Okay, that's fair. Oh how are we going to tell my mom?!"
"I'll talk to your mother, Aleisha, have you talked to your parents about this?"
"Not yet, but I don't think they'll mind me moving out."
"Very well, and what are you doing?" he asked referring to Media playing with her engagement ring.
"Oh, I told my parents, but I haven't told you yet, I'm engaged!" she said smiling.
"To Aaron right?"
"Yes."
"Good, I was wondering when he would propose."
"You aren't the only one." I mumbled.
"And where is your ring Angelica?"
"I'VE ONLY BEEN DATING HIM FOR A WEEK!!!!!!" I yelled. "WHAT PART OF A WEEK IS NO ONE COMPREHENDING?!"
"Again you are stereotyping, I haven't pestered you." Media said. I glared at her.
"Perhaps you should."
"What?" I asked.
"Just go back to your movie, and try to keep it down, I'm working."
"And see there's a plus for you, we won't invade the house anymore." I said as Media and I left.
"Why did you glare at me?"
"Sorry, that wasn't the time to bring up the stereotype thing."
"You're the one who did it though."
"Yeah, to get my dad off my back."
"Oh."
"Well that went rather well."
"Indeed it did."
"What a cute doggie!" we heard Dreamer say.
"She ain't cute when she pees." Spot said.
"She hasn't peed in the house all week!" Spades defended her.
"Oh, what am I going to do, I have to leave Hershey." I told Media.
"Who's dog is she exactly?" Media asked.
"Good question."
"If she's the family dog, then you can come visit. If she's yours, we can try to find an apartment that takes pets."
"Okay, that makes sense."
"Of course it does."
"Wow, a bit prideful are we?" I asked joking.
"You do the same thing."
"Yeah well, what can I say?"
"Dat ya love me." Jack said walking up behind us.
"Heya Cowboy." I said grinning.
"I'm glad Dodger isn't here." Media said.
"Me too!"
"So how'd it go?" Jack asked referring to our conversation with my dad.
"Very well, he said yes."
"I said yes too."
"What?"
"Proposal! Duh."
"You d-duck butt."
"Whatever nutter butter."
"What?"
"Never mind Jack love."
"I can do dat."
"I know you can."
"And now I shall depart to protect David."
"From what?" I asked.
"Not what, from whom."
"Okay from whom?"
"Mush, Skittery and Spot were plotting a welcoming committee, for lack of a better word."
"Yes, please don't let him get scared."
"It maybe too late foh dat."
"What happened?"
"Just ouh craziness in general, but his goilfriend seems ta be helpin him."
"That's good."
"Ellie's not his girlfriend, Dodger asked her about it and she, kinda went off."
"Oh, then what is she?"
"I think it's the pre dating awkward phase."
"Oh that friends with benefits phase?"
"Nah Dave wouldn't do dat."
"Oh."
"Ohh chocOlate!" we heard Ace saying.
"IT'S MINE!!!!!!" Spades said as we heard her running to the kitchen.
"WOW." We all echoed.
"Girls get out of the kitchen!!!!" my mom scolded.
"Dat's not faih!" Spot yelled as Ace and Spades raided the chocolaty goodies my mom was baking.
"What did ya make?" Blink asked rushing into the kitchen as well.
"I'm trying to make brownies but you kids keep eating the batter raw which is not healthy!" she said.
"Welcome to my world." I said as we headed into the den. The movie was playing and Dreamer was glued to it.
"I think she's been converted." Dodger said as I looked at her.
"To what?"
"The movie."
"Just don't let her watch Batman Begins." Les said rolling his eyes.
"YES!" Media smiled realizing there was another fanatic of Batman
"Why?" Mush asked looking up.
"Not another Batman fanatic!" I said.
"Don't be hatin!" Media said.
"We need more Equilibrium fans in this world." I said.
"Oh I'm with you!" Mush smiled.
"As long as it has Christian Bale in it she loves it." Les said pointing to Dreamer.
"Huh?" she asked not turning away from the TV.
"You're a Balehead too?"
"Oh yes…"
"Cool."
"HMMM." Ace said chewing on the brownie, Spot snatched it from her and finished it off.
"SPOT!" She yelled.
"What?" he asked innocently.
"You ate my brownie!"
"Ya was done!"
"Has anyone seen Skits and Spades?" I asked looking around the room.
"They went outside." Bumlets said.
"Do you know why?"
"No, but Spades was being clingy again."
"Oh. Should I go see if her and Skits are still in one piece?"
"Give them five more minutes." Said Mush.
"Ok…that's cool. I'm gonna go get something to drink." I said walking into the kitchen.
"Hi sweetie!" My mom greeted me.
"Hi mom." I said getting a glass.
"How was the trip?"
"Well, it was interesting…"
"How so dear?"
"We'd be here forever if I told you."
"Well did you learn something from it?"
"Hehe, yeah." I said grinning like an idiot.
"Oh along the lines of Jack."
"Yeah." I said bashfully.
"There's nothing wrong with that."
"Mom, how long did it take Dad to propose to you?"
"He kept wanting to jump the gun, but I decided if he was the one he could wait."
"How long did you make him wait?"
"We dated for a year, and then he proposed and I made him wait longer and we got engaged a couple months later."
"Oh."
"But that was just me and your Dad, it's different for everyone."
"I know."
"What's going on?"
"Well…"
"Are you wondering if Jack's going to propose?"
"Not if, when."
"Oh honey be patient."
"It's just kind of frustrating, because I know he's the one…"
"And because you know this, you'll have the strength to wait."
"Yeah, I guess."
"There's no need to guess hon."
"I'm just tired of waiting ya know?"
"I went through a similar struggle, but over children, your Dad didn't want them when I did."
"Good to know. It's just I see all of my friends, well ok just Media, and she's engaged and she's YOUNGER than me!"
"Age has nothing to do with it. Her and Aaron have been dating for years, you just met Jack."
"Yeah. It makes me feel like an old maid though."
"Honey you're not old, believe me!"
"Thanks mom."
"Anytime sugar." I grabbed my glass of orange juice and went back out into the living room to find that Skittery and Spades had returned.
"Hey you two what's up?" I asked plopping down next to Spades. She shook her head.
"Are you okay?" Again, she shook her head. "Spades sweetie, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing."
"Are you sure? Do you need to talk?"
"Not in here."
"Come on." I said grabbing her hand and dragging her up to my room.
"What's wrong?" I asked as soon as I shut the door.
"Skittery yelled at me!"
"Why did he do that?"
"He said I was crowding him."
"Were you?"
"Not that I was aware of."
"I hate to say this but at the restaurant earlier you were being kinda clingy, is something wrong?"
"No I just wanted him to know that I cared for him."
"He knows love, trust me, he knows."
"I don't see what the big deal is."
"You two are generally reserved in front of groups."
"Uh huh."
"And you haven't been."
"I just don't want to lose him again."
"Again? Wait hold up, did you two break up while we were in Michigan?"
"We did for a second, but then we got back together."
"A second?"
"Okay a night and then we made up the next day."
"Why'd you break up?"
"He said I was being overbearing and he needed space."
"Did he say how?"
"He said I was calling him too much."
"Why?"
"Why what?"
"Why were you calling him too much?"
"I was just calling him throughout the day to make sure that…"
"That what?"
"That he was safe."
"How long have you felt like this?"
"Since he went missing."
"Sweetie are you scared that he's gonna get kidnapped again?"
"It happened once, it can happen again."
"Sweetie, come here." I said giving her a hug.
"What if they had killed him?" she asked crying.
"Don't think about that, they didn't."
"I know which is why I'm so happy that he's back and I wanna be around him."
"Does he know this?"
"I don't know."
"So you haven't told him?"
"I said I wanted to be with him."
"Sweetie, with boys, you have to just straight up tell them."
"Oh."
"You stay here, I'll be right back." I said walking downstairs.
"SKITTERY."
"I DIDN'T DO IT!"
"Come here."
"Why ah ya yellin at me?"
"March yourself up those stairs, now!"
"What?"
"You'll find out!"
"Keep it down, da whole room is gonna try ta eavesdrop."
"GO!"
"I'se goin ya spaz! Where'm I goin?"
"My room."
"Okay." I followed Skits upstairs to my room where Spades was waiting.
"Okay, now Spades tell Skittery exactly what you told me."
"Which part?"
"The whole thing."
"Okay, could you not watch?"
"I'll be outside." I said walking out the door and closing it behind me. Once I was outside, I knelt in front of the keyhole to make sure they were going to talk.
"Didn't ya muddah evah teach ya dat it was bad mannahs ta spy on people?" Jack asked walking up behind me.
"SHHH!"
"Why ah ya spyin on em?"
"Because they're having issues."
"So ya moniterin dem?"
"No, just making sure that they're talking."
"Angel, I tink dey'll be okay."
"You'd better be right."
"Ya like ta threaten people."
"So?"
"It's cute."
"Is there anything about me that you don't think is cute?"
"Um, during a fight yeah, aftahwoids no."
"You dork." I said punching his arm.
"Ya punch like a goil."
"Is that supposed to offend me? Because in case you haven't noticed I am a girl."
"I know ya a goil."
"That's good."
"Ah ya gonna stay up heah til dey'se done?"
"Mm hm."
"Ya know since I'se been talkin, ya haven't hoid a woid dey'se said."
"I also told them I'd be out here."
"So?"
"I'm a woman of my word."
"Aight, I'll keep ya company."
"I'd like that." I said sitting on the floor.
"I figgahed ya would."
"You know me so well."
"I loin fast."
"Haha."
"What I'se gotta."
"And why is that love?"
"One ta keep up wid ya, and two so ya family don't kill me."
"Oh don't pay any attention to them."
"Easy foh ya ta say."
"Are you talking about Spot, Spades, Dodger or my parents?"
"I was referring ta Spot and Media, but dey wasn't as scahy as dey was befoh."
"Media pretty much has my back in anything, and Spot, he's just over protective."
"Sounds like you."
"It runs in the family."
"Dats a good ting."
"Not always."
"Maybe not, but family's good."
"You say that like you miss yours."
"Wouldn't you?"
"You know I've told you about my life and family but I have yet to hear about yours."
"Oh dat was Mush I talked to."
"Mush knows about your family before your girlfriend?"
"WE was kinda trapped taggeddah, so I didn't really have a choice."
"Oh. Well while we're sitting here, you could tell me."
"Aight. When I was lil, nah let me staht ovah."
"Okay."
"Aight, I was at me friends house and I was lil, and it bein New Yawk, dere was a lot a snow and ice."
"Yeah."
"Well uh, me parents was on dere way ta pick me up and dey hit some black ice and dey uh dere cah went ovah da side of a bridge and dey was killed."
"That's horrible."
"Yeah, me family kinda blamed me foh it, so Medda took me in."
"Oh Jack, I'm so sorry. If I had known I wouldn't have asked."
"Ya woulda found out soonah or latah."
"Yeah, I guess. Well since you've been so open with me, I'll let you in on something."
"What?"
"Well there weren't always just 4 of us kids. Before Spades was born there was another one, a boy. Josh, he was well he was kinda energetic and had a fascination with putting stuff in his mouth not to mention, he liked to come into my room and play with my stuff. I used to get so mad at him when he did that too. Well one-day mom told me to clean my room and I didn't, I started playing Barbies instead. So I went downstairs to get a snack and I guess while I was downstairs he went in and started playing with my toys, and I guess he tried to chew on one of my Barbie's shoes and he started choking as I was coming up the steps and I couldn't get to him fast enough before he choked to death. He seriously died in my arms." I said feeling tears begin to pool.
"Angel I'se sahy, it wadn't ya fault."
"Everyone says that, but if I had cleaned my room when mom told me to he'd still be here."
"Ya don't know dat, and dat's da same ting I had ta deal wid wid me parents."
"Now you know why I'm so overprotective of Spot and Spades."
"I can undahstand dat."
"Yeah, when me and Media move out, I swear they'll be over all the time." I laughed.
"A coise, ya dere big sistah."
"So is Dodger."
"Yeah but she'll be in a different state."
"True, but only for a few more years. With me who knows how long I'll be there."
"Whaddaya mean?"
"Well, I've only got Media as a roommate until her and Mush get married."
"Ya still got me."
"I don't think having you as a roommate would go over too well with my family unless we were ma-" I stopped abruptly blushing.
"Unless we was married?"
"Yeah." I said the blush growing deeper.
"What's wrong wid dat idea?"
"Nothing,"
"Den why ah ya wohin so much?"
"I, uh, well technically…" I stammered.
"Cleahly I'se upset ya, so we can change da subject."
"No it's not that, I just wasn't expecting it."
"Expecting what?"
"I didn't think you wanted to discuss the idea."
"Why wouldn't I?"
"I wasn't sure if…okay look, I'm just going to lay it all out here on the line, you can yell or whatever but I have to say it."
"Den SAY it!"
"Okay, well, in all honesty, I'm tired of waiting, I want to get married, in my opinion the sooner the better…however, I know that a lot of guys don't like to be rushed and marriage isn't something you should rush into."
"Wow."
"What?"
"Da only reason I haven't asked ya yet is because I ain't got a peace about it when ta do it."
"Is that all?"
"Ya expectin sumptin else?"
"No I was just wondering if that was the only reason."
"Whad else would dere be?"
"I dunno."
"Aight den."
"Okay, so yeah."
"Aight, I was waiting ta give dis to ya, but aftah dat, I don't tink it's safe ta wait."
"What?"
"Dis a ah glimpse of what I promise ya but, it'll soiv it's poipose." Jack said as he dug in his pocket. "Hold on."
"What are you doing?"
"I'se…ah dere it is, okay." He then turned to me while one leg was on the floor and he brought the other up so it was like he was kneeling while sitting on the floor. "Dis me promise ta you dat I will mahhy ya My Angel." He said as he held out a Chladdagh ring.
"Jack, I-it's so beautiful." I said slipping the sliver ring with an emerald heart in the center on my finger.
"I was tryin ta find sumpin dat represented ya."
"I love it! It actually looks like the one I lost in my backseat." I said with a laugh.
"Was dat one special or suptin?"
"It came from Ireland."
"Ah,"
"Yeah, my grandma gave it to me."
"Whoa did you two?" Spades asked as she opened the door.
"Did we what Spades?"
"Get engaged!" Skittery said.
"Sorta, it's a promise ring."
"Oh okay."
"That's it, just oh okay?" I smiled while staring at the ring.
"We all figured he was gonna propose anyway so why get excited til it's the real deal."
"Wow."
"I'se just sayin."
"Skits you are a dork…did you two get everything worked out?"
"Yes we did."
"Good. Go on downstairs, we'll be there in a minute."
"Okay."
"Stop that."
"Stop what Angel?" Spades asked innocently.
"You know nothing that happened, got it?"
"Yes ma'am."
"Just let me tell everyone!"
"Okay, take all the fun out of it."
"That's me ole fun sucker."
"Ya weahed."
"Duh."
"See you downstairs." They said heading down the stairs.
"Thanks Jack."
"Ya welcome. But promise me ya won't look at it while ya drivin?"
"Why not?"
"Ya drivin's bad enough as it is."
"Uh, snot!"
"Ya know it's true."
"Then why don't you ever drive huh?"
"Because ya obsessed wid ya cah and ya nevah let me."
"What if I let you drive my car?"
"How bout I just drive mine."
"Then don't complain about my driving."
"What's wrong wid my cah?"
"I like mine more."
"When we'se mahhied we ain't gonna drive yohs all da time."
"No, I never said we would."
"Den why ah ya implyin dat now?"
"I dunno."
"Uh huh." I grinned.
"Come on Sh-Angel."
"Hehe. Yeah I wanna go tell Media."
"Aight."