"Wake up, it's time for school," Alex said gently shaking Joey.
Joey's eyes fluttered opened. "Ugh, I don't wanna go," she said pulling the blanket over her head.
"You have too," Alex said pulling the blanket off of Joey.
"Why do you always do that to get me out of bed?" She asked, sitting up and crossing her arms.
"Because it always works." He smirked. "How are you feeling today?"
Joey got out of bed and stretched. "I'm feeling alright, better than I was yesterday." She walked over to her bag and grabbed an outfit out.
"That's good," Alex smiled.
Both of them started getting ready for school. Alex got ready in his room and Joey got ready in the bathroom. Once she was finished she walked back into the room and stuffed her dirty clothes into her bag.
"Can we not go to school today?"
Alex laughed. "Joey, I don't want to go either, but we have to. The more education you hae, the better the job you can get."
She sighed, "I know, but I still don't want to go."
Kids, I am about to leave. You want a ride to school?" Alex's dad shouted from the bottom of the stairs.
"Yeah, we will be down in a sec. We will meet you in the car," Alex replied.
"Okay, don't be long."
"Ugh. Ted, can you not be so embarrassing." Brett said pushing his brother.
Brett and Ted just got out of football practice and now they were chilling near the bleachers.
"Bro, you are just jealous that you don't have these great dance moves." Ted started doing the cabbage patch.
"Jealous of those dance moves, right." Brett chuckled a bit. "How does Emma stand you?"
"Well, when you look this damn good, it doesn't matter how annoying you are, people still love you." Ted smirked.
"Are you sure about that?"
"Yeah, I am."
Brett shook his head and scanned the area, but then stopped. He noticed Ashley from a distance. He has known Ashley for quite some time now and had some really strong feelings for her, but he was so scared to tell her. Ted noticed that Brett was staring at something, so he followed Brett's gaze and finally realized what he was looking at. Ted smiled.
"Why don't you go over there and ask her out?"
"No, I can't."
Ted sighed. "Brett, you always do this when you like a girl. Walk your fat ass over there and ask her out or I will go over there and ask for you."
"Fine, I will go over there and ask her out." Brett began to walk, but then stopped. "And by the way, you have a bigger ass than I do." After he said that, he continued to walk.
"You are just jealous my friend." Ted shouted.
"Asshole." Brett mumbled under his breath. Once Brett got closer to Ashley, he took a deep breath and tapped her shoulder. "Hey Ash, can I talk to you for a minute?"
She turned around and smiled. "Sure, what is it?"
"I wanted to tell you..." Brett began and scratched his head. "I wanted to tell you that for the last few years that I have gotten to know, my feelings have sky rocketed. And I wanted to ask you if you would like to go on a date with me sometime."
Ashley eyes beamed of joy. "Of course, I would love to go on a date with you. And I have to admit that I have feelings for you too."
Brett was excited to hear that. "This is great. Are you free tomorrow, let's say around 7?"
Ashley thought for a second. "Yeah, I'm free."
"Okay, see you tomorrow." Brett gave Ashley a hug and left.
"I can't believe my dad said that." Alex felt so embarrassed.
Once Alex and Joey got out of the car, Alex's dad said that they were growing up so fast and it seemed just like yesterday that Alex was running around the house singing songs with a diaper and a hat on. And he said it loud enough for the group of people near the car to hear the conversation.
"Come on, that was pretty funny." Joey still laughing from the incident.
"No it wasn't."
"Well, it was to me. I will always remember this day." She laughed. "Hey, I am gonna go to my locker to drop off my clothes and get my books for first hour. See you at lunch."
"Okay." Alex watched her leave. Man he really wished that he had to courage to ask her out.
"I take it that you haven't ask her out yet." Wade said walking up to Alex with, his girlfriend of two years, Patricia.
Alex sighed. "You are correct sir."
"It is obvious that you have feelings for her, so why don't you make your move."
"It's just not the right time. She is having problems with her mom again."
"What happened now?" Tricia asked with concern.
"Her and her mom got in a huge arguement, her mom slapped her and she left."
"Wow, crazy."
"I know, I wish I could do something about it."
"Alex, just being there for her is doing something." Patricia said. "But you know what you could do to make things even better for her."
"What is it?" Alex raised his eyebrow.
"Asking her out." She smiled.
"No, I mean I will, but not now. I will wait for the right moment."
"Whatever you say bro, but don't wait too long because if you do, you might be too late." Wade patted Alex's back. "See you in gym."
Alex nodded. "Alright." He smiled.
A/N
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