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Please Leah. Can you at least answer my texts? That other girl didn't mean a thing and I'm regretting so much that I would ever hurt you like that. We need to talk and if you can give me one more chance I'll never do anything like that again.
-Jack
"Ugh." I moaned to Lex while we were gathering the things in our lockers by Friday afternoon. "Jack won't stop sending me texts about that he wants me to give him another chance. I just wish he'd stop bugging me like yesterday. Just look at this…" I held my phone to Lex and too quick for her to read the messages I scrolled through them for her to see how many he had sent.
"Geez." Lex nodded that she got the point and turned back to her locker. "Some people just need to let things go." I nodded and then started laughing. "What? What's so funny?" Without telling her I started singing.
Hit the road Jack, and don't you come back. No more, no more, no more, no more.
I couldn't help but to stop singing and laugh. It was weird. But after those hours just after I found Jack with whoever that other girl was I just felt so relieved. As if a part of me (well, most of me actually) had discovered something was wrong with Jack and now could let it go.
"We should ask Mr. Schue if we could have a week with singing to somebody else like that. It would be great." Lex said and laughed at my stupid singing. "Come on, he's here today. Let's go ask him if we can do it next week."
"Ask who what?" Lex and I both jumped when we heard a voice behind us and there was Mr. Schue. "I didn't mean to eavesdrop but Lex- that idea does sound great and Leah… Oh whatever. I now know what we'll be doing for next week. I'll write it in the Facebook group on Monday morning. You guys get the whole weekend on you to come up with something." He smirked at us. "I expect something good from the both of you." Mr. Schue smirked at us- he wouldn't mind if we so sang twinkle twinkle little star on the top of our lungs- falsely. "Have a good weekend."
"You too Mr. Schue." Lex greeted him and I nodded towards the both of them. Mr. Schue walked away and I and Lex continued towards the entrances in the other end of the school building. "Well. Who would you sing to then?"
"I don't know." I answered. "Maybe Jonah. But I have already done that a million times since we were little so that doesn't feel as much fun. I would sing something to Jack since there are so many songs about someone being unfaithful but he's not here. If he was here I'd sing a song to him"
"Oh. I do hope he gets here." None of us could help but laugh. "Changing the subject. Well. The thing was last weekend we were going to have that sleepover. But we never got around to it when you had to go to Ashe. Mum and dad are going away from tomorrow until Sunday afternoon so if you want we could have it this weekend. We could eat junk food, watch a movie or something, trash talk about Jack and I'll be as happy as always that I've got the best boyfriend ever. Who is studying this weekend so we'll trash talk about that he's a senior and have got tests… That does sound awesome right?"
"It does." I agreed and we stopped as we came to the crosswalk where we went in two different directions. "Deal. I'll go home and ask my parents right away. I'm sure they won't mind neither. But I maybe shouldn't tell them that your parents aren't home… We're such teenagers!"
Not telling my parents about Carole and Burt being away I forgot on purpose. But there was something else I accidentally forgot about…
"Didn't we make up we'd have a nice family weekend?" Mum's words stopped me in my tracks towards my room. "After everything that's been going on these past few weeks then we could have a bit of family time. Watch a movie, play some game… Do you work on Sunday Abram?" Dad nodded. "Well, it will be a nice trip for us all… I thought we…"
"Well then…" I interrupted before mum was all over the place. Then I sighed not really knowing what to do. I had suddenly been so happy about having that sleepover at Lex's. "…Why don't we have dinner and watch a movie or something tonight? And then from tomorrow to Sunday you'll get your weekend alone with Jonah."
"Oh YAY." Jonah seemed to be a part of the plan just as I said it. "That will be so awesome. I got two years in this world without you…." He pretended to be angry with me. "…I never get to have these two on my own." Dad sighed and shook his head at us two. "That's a nice idea isn't it?"
Mum didn't seem so sure. She liked things working out the way they were planned . And after all, it wasn't that often when we just spent some family time together without fighting.
"Oh please mum. We have tonight. And we can do that next weekend instead." Mum still didn't seem too sure. "Pretty please." She gave a sigh. "Please."
"Well then. What movie should we watch tonight?"
"Miracles from heaven." I and Jonah almost shouted at once. Then started laughing. "It's our favorite one."
"We've already watched it a million times." Dad pretended to moan when he turned the TV on and got up the movie. "It is alright though. I don't mind watching it again and again and again and again and again…"
"Don't even try it Abram." Mum interrupted before dad had gone on forever. "It's your favorite one. And you cry at it every single time."
"I do not…" Dad pouted like a little kid. "I got something in my eye. And I had a cold so my voice sounded weird…"I and Jonah snorted with laughter- we all knew where the truth laid here. "…Do you want to watch the movie or not?"
"Maybe next weekend or something we can watch the fault in our stars." I smirked at Jonah, I was still the only one in the family who had watched the movie even though both Jonah and mum had read the book. "Then I know who will cry."
"All of us?" Jonah tried and I nodded.
"Yep."
"Should we watch that one next weekend?"
"Yep."
"Let's just watch this now." Mum said- we all knew she didn't want anything with Jonah that could make his heart act up, like strong feelings (which didn't matter anyway). "And here we go."
"We'll watch the fault in our stars next weekend." I whispered to Jonah next weekend. "You want it and you know you have got her totally wrapped around your finger. Although, maybe I should watch it with Lex tomorrow. I don't think she watched it yet and I gave her the book you know."
"Let's just watch the movie you two."
Nothing more was said right then. But Jonah smirked at me in his own mischievous way- he had this as in a box! The fault in our stars next weekend.
Ever since I was old enough to understand how ill my brother was. I had somehow cherished the moment when I and Jonah just seemed to… click. It wasn't as if we did much that Friday night. We just sat next to each other. Teary eyed by the beauty of the movie. And laughing at dad crying while he kept on stating he didn't. Such moments just all seemed to fill me up with such pride and joy- a million times more than any kind of theme parks or zoo's (especially not zoo's) or celebrities ever could.
Just that darn smile, well- those smiles. The chuckles of laughing and teasing mum and dad together in a way we could only do together. And then at last, falling asleep side by side in his big bed. Not because of nightmares or we needed to feel each other close for whatever reason. Just because we liked doing that, despite what mum nagged about about the chords Jonah needed to be attached to at night.
"I had a really great time last night." I told the others of my family while I grabbed my bag and was on my way out the door the next forenoon. "Thank you all for that. But I'm going to Lex's now. So see you all tomorrow."
"Don't you dare come back before tomorrow afternoon." Jonah shouted at me when I was on my way into the hallway "This is my weekend- alone with mum and dad. Not yours."
"You won't have to worry about that happening." I smirked. "Come here Ari. See you tomorrow." Without turning back I walked out the door with Ariel skipping around my feet, as if she knew she was going to meet Carole who might or might not be her favorite person in the whole world. "Calm down Ari." (she might just feel the smell of dogs' candy in my pockets.)
"Hey Ariel." Just as Carole always seemed to be Ari's favorite, it seemed it was the other way around. The Hudmel's must have seen me coming because Carole came outside to greet us in the driveway. "Oh hello. Hello girl… Oh, when will I learn to push you away myself? You're getting bigger by every time I see you." I tugged the leash. "Oh. Thank you Leah." Carole gave me a quick hug and we walked inside where Burt and Carole seemed to just be leaving. "How old will she be? Is she done growing yet."
"Nope." I said and loosened the leash from Ari's collar. "She's a Pyrenean. I think they're one of the biggest breeds. And smartest so you might not ever be able to push her away if you keep on greeting her like that." Carole grimaced jokingly back. "Well. You guys are just about to leave I can see."
"Did you tell your parents that you'll be alone?" I jokingly looked away and whistled. "Well. We trust you girls. And if something happens your parents are close and we're not even an hour away. Be careful with the heat, don't light any candles and if you cook something make sure you put the stove off and…"
"Yes mum, no mum, yes mum." Lex pretended to be annoyed but smirked jokingly. "Don't you worry. We will be careful. You can trust us."
"And no scary movies." Burt was the next one to state his whatever rules and on the look on his face it was clear that he knew about the time I had stayed over at Lex's. "And especially not…"
"I don't think we'll be making that mistake again any time soon." Lex interrupted reassured her dad. "And if anything happens then Leah's parents are within walking distance from here. We'll be fine. Don't you worry. Have a good weekend." She more or less pushed them out the door and I saw Burt smirking. "Get lost." She threw the door closed and then locked it, turned to me and laughed. "And that is how you do it. Now, what do we do? Dad left me… us some money. So I guess the first thing we should do is to go and grocery shop for today and tomorrow. What should we eat? Well, except for candy and ice cream." Lex smirked at me. And I didn't have to wait, we said it together.
"Pizza."
Ariel barked at us while we laughed and pulled our shoes and jackets on. But we couldn't bring her into a store so she'd just have to stay and wait here. And right then, even though I of course didn't want to leave Ari behind. Everything just seemed so perfect. It wasn't anything big happening, just a one-night-sleepover with my best friend without parents in the house. But if only it hadn't been for one getting my mood down.
When we were just on our way out the door my phone buzzed with another text message and I gave a deep sigh already when I was on my way to pull up my phone. It didn't exactly take a rocket scientist to figure who it was- it had been the same like the last seventy messages I got.
Leah. If you don't answer me before the weekend's over then I'm coming to Lima during the week. There are some renovations at my school so I'll have time. We need to talk eye to eye. I guess I'll be coming either way.
-Jack
Well. At least if he came during the 'sing to somebody' week in Glee. I would know what song I could sing.
Playlist
Leah- Hit the road Jack- Ray Charles
I watched the movie the Carmichael's are watching- miracles from heaven on Netflix a while ago. I mostly want to shout out to the whole world that everybody needs to watch it. It was so good
I was going to continue with the sleepover. But I'm suffering from quite a case of writer's block. So I'm ending that in being a short filler and hope I will be better with writing once I start the next chapter.
Random fact
I'm not sure since it was so long ago I planned it. But I think I might have chosen Jack's name (even though his name is actually Jackie) so that Leah could do that song.
