wonder how long it had been since he went to school.
Yeah. I’ve been done for like two hours. Why? I replied.
Good. Ready to hang out? He hadn’t really answered my question, but hey, what’s new?
Yeah. Sure. What did you have in mind? I messaged him.
I’ll pick you up in 15.
And that was that. My clothes from school were fine (I’d gone with jeans, a long shirt, and a cute little black vest), but most of my make up had worn off, so I rushed to the bathroom to reapply and run a brush through my hair. I started heading towards the front door, but decided against it. Exhaling nervously, I knocked on Milo’s door.
“Milo?” I said cautiously. He didn’t respond, but I continued anyway. “I know you’re mad at me, and I don’t blame you. I did a stupid, stupid thing. But um…” I sighed, and tried to figure out what I wanted to say. “You can talk to me if you want to. But I just thought I’d let you know that I’m going to go hang out with Jack. But you can call me if you want to. Okay?” He still didn’t answer, but I waited a minute just to be sure. Then since I’d already spent too much time getting ready, I hurried out to meet Jack.
I stepped outside, feeling like the worst sister in the world, just in time to see Jack pull up. I trudged over to the red Lamborghini and fell into the seat heavily. The Ramones were blaring out the speakers, and he turned them down quickly, looking at me with an excited, mischievous grin. Even though my sour mood had to be obvious, he was oblivious to it, so it soon faded away. “What?” I asked curiously. He bit his lip, as if he couldn’t decide whether to tell me or not. “What’s going on?”
“I think that its time you met my family.” He sounded wildly excited by the idea, but also a tad nervous. Whatever made him nervous tended to terrify me, so I gulped. “No, it’s a good thing. Yeah.” Then he nodded, more to himself than me. “Yeah. It’s good.”
“Why?”
He had already thrown the car into gear and we were flying down the street and turning on the highway before I could even really protest, not that I would’ve anyway. Meeting families was usually my least favorite thing in the world, but a family that spawned Jack intrigued me. Especially considering how happy it made Jack.
“After what happened last night, I think its time,” Jack explained, but I had no idea what his family could possibly have to do with a rabid dog. Unless his family were dog breeders or something.
Then I remembered what happened and looked over at Jack’s arm, which was bare thanks to his return to his tee shit uniform. (He wore one today that read “Frankie Says Relax.”) I leaned in closer to inspect both his arms, thinking I must’ve looked at the wrong one. But neither one of them had a scratch or a mark or even a scar. He noticed me looking and immediately chastised me. “No. Don’t even think about it.”
“What?” I leaned back in my seat, still staring at his arms. “You mean asking how you magically got rid any trace of the dog bite so quickly?"
“Precisely,” Jack warned. “Don’t ask any questions about anything like that, not about me, not about anyone else.”
“They’re like you, aren’t they?” By now, nothing should come as a shock, but I still looked at him in disbelief. Every time I thought things couldn’t get any weirder, they did.
“I want you to meet them, but you can’t be like this. You have to act completely oblivious.” His tone was light, but he was being firm. If I said anything wrong, he’d probably drag me out of the house and forbid me from ever talking to him again. My heart ached just at the thought of it, so I groaned compliance. “I mean it, Alice. My family. My rules.”
“Yeah, yeah, I get it.” I rolled my eyes, and turned my attention to the world speeding past us out the window. “Where do you live anyway?"
“In St. Louis Park, by a lake,” Jack said casually. I didn’t know tons about
Yeah. I’ve been done for like two hours. Why? I replied.
Good. Ready to hang out? He hadn’t really answered my question, but hey, what’s new?
Yeah. Sure. What did you have in mind? I messaged him.
I’ll pick you up in 15.
And that was that. My clothes from school were fine (I’d gone with jeans, a long shirt, and a cute little black vest), but most of my make up had worn off, so I rushed to the bathroom to reapply and run a brush through my hair. I started heading towards the front door, but decided against it. Exhaling nervously, I knocked on Milo’s door.
“Milo?” I said cautiously. He didn’t respond, but I continued anyway. “I know you’re mad at me, and I don’t blame you. I did a stupid, stupid thing. But um…” I sighed, and tried to figure out what I wanted to say. “You can talk to me if you want to. But I just thought I’d let you know that I’m going to go hang out with Jack. But you can call me if you want to. Okay?” He still didn’t answer, but I waited a minute just to be sure. Then since I’d already spent too much time getting ready, I hurried out to meet Jack.
I stepped outside, feeling like the worst sister in the world, just in time to see Jack pull up. I trudged over to the red Lamborghini and fell into the seat heavily. The Ramones were blaring out the speakers, and he turned them down quickly, looking at me with an excited, mischievous grin. Even though my sour mood had to be obvious, he was oblivious to it, so it soon faded away. “What?” I asked curiously. He bit his lip, as if he couldn’t decide whether to tell me or not. “What’s going on?”
“I think that its time you met my family.” He sounded wildly excited by the idea, but also a tad nervous. Whatever made him nervous tended to terrify me, so I gulped. “No, it’s a good thing. Yeah.” Then he nodded, more to himself than me. “Yeah. It’s good.”
“Why?”
He had already thrown the car into gear and we were flying down the street and turning on the highway before I could even really protest, not that I would’ve anyway. Meeting families was usually my least favorite thing in the world, but a family that spawned Jack intrigued me. Especially considering how happy it made Jack.
“After what happened last night, I think its time,” Jack explained, but I had no idea what his family could possibly have to do with a rabid dog. Unless his family were dog breeders or something.
Then I remembered what happened and looked over at Jack’s arm, which was bare thanks to his return to his tee shit uniform. (He wore one today that read “Frankie Says Relax.”) I leaned in closer to inspect both his arms, thinking I must’ve looked at the wrong one. But neither one of them had a scratch or a mark or even a scar. He noticed me looking and immediately chastised me. “No. Don’t even think about it.”
“What?” I leaned back in my seat, still staring at his arms. “You mean asking how you magically got rid any trace of the dog bite so quickly?"
“Precisely,” Jack warned. “Don’t ask any questions about anything like that, not about me, not about anyone else.”
“They’re like you, aren’t they?” By now, nothing should come as a shock, but I still looked at him in disbelief. Every time I thought things couldn’t get any weirder, they did.
“I want you to meet them, but you can’t be like this. You have to act completely oblivious.” His tone was light, but he was being firm. If I said anything wrong, he’d probably drag me out of the house and forbid me from ever talking to him again. My heart ached just at the thought of it, so I groaned compliance. “I mean it, Alice. My family. My rules.”
“Yeah, yeah, I get it.” I rolled my eyes, and turned my attention to the world speeding past us out the window. “Where do you live anyway?"
“In St. Louis Park, by a lake,” Jack said casually. I didn’t know tons about
Similar Books
