"Can you stop that?"
I turn around and find my brother staring at me with an annoyed expression on his face.
Just moments ago I was tapping my fingers on my desk repeatedly. I was in deep thought, thinking of the one and only; Aaron Reeves.
"No," is all I say before turning back around and continuing to tap my fingers on the desk.
Suddenly I feel something hit my head. I look down and find a crumpled piece of paper on the floor. My eyes go up and land on Sage, a smug smile on his face.
My eyes narrow and I groan with annoyance. This was the only class we had together, seeing as which it was a language elective and Sage was a senior.
"You're annoying," I tell him.
He raises and eyebrow daringly at me whilst smiling before sticking his tongue out at me. Very mature.
I ignore him and turn back around.
The Spanish teacher Mr. Gutierrez is sitting at his desk while starring at his computer. The assignment is on the board, not like many of us are doing it.
I grab a pen and open my notebook and begin doodling random things. My thoughts go back to Aaron and suddenly I'm more annoyed than I was before.
When the bell rings everyone immidiately grab their things and go. I linger behind, not wanting to get stuck with the crowd.
"Do you work today?" wonders Sage as he walks beside me.
"No," I reply, "I'm actually going straight to dad's today."
"Okay," Sage says, "Well I have a date with Ethan but I think I might stop by and grab some things before staying at moms."
"Sounds good," I say.
We depart our separate ways and I go to the parking lot. My heart beat quickens, hoping not to find Aaron with one of his newest schemes.
Thankfully I'm not and I get to my car in no time. When I'm done throwing my bag to the back seat and plugging in the aux cord to my phone I begin driving.
I sing along to the playlist I made on my spotify that I called Lit Hits. The entire playlist consists of classic Disney songs, from High school Musical to Camp Rock. Songs from Hannah Montana and Jonas Brothers and other shows and movies.
Sage often makes fun of me because of this playlist but I often ignore him and sing my heart out.
I get to my dad's house within twenty minutes, not enough time to listen to all the great songs I was hoping would come on. I grab my things and go to my house, opening the door.
The first thing I hear is running. Within seconds I am being jumped on by Benji. My dad's dog.
"Hey puppy," I say and bend down to pet him. He isn't a puppy, but to me he will always be.
"Dad?" I call out, wondering where he could be, knowing I saw his car in the driveway.
I walk towards the kitchen, Benji following behind as I look for my dad. He's not there, but I notice the back door is open so I walk over to it.
The grill is on. I can smell it. I see my dad standing in front of it, hearing the sound of the meat he is cooking sizzle with the fire.
"Hi dad," I say.
"Lux, you're here. You're home just in time, the food is about to be ready. Mind bringing two plates?"
I shake my head and go back to the kitchen and grab two plates. I hand them to my dad and he fills the plate with the meat he made. We go back to the kitchen and my dad serves me vegetables and mashed potatoes. We go to the table and eat.
"So Corbin came by the other day," says my dad.
"Oh," I say and roll my eyes.
"He mowed the lawn, although I don't think it really needed mowing. He was looking for you but found Sage instead."
"Good," I say.
"Why don't you give the kid a chance? He's not that bad."
"I'd rather not. He's kind of annoying if you ask me."
"He's basically liked you since you've met."
"That was only a year ago," I point out.
"A year and he still hasn't given up? Geez that kid won't stop until he gets what he wants."
"Well if he wants my virginity, it's too late."
My dad stops, nearly choking on his food.
"What?" He questions.
"Nothing," I say, "it was a joke."
"Lux, maybe I should've had this talk with you earlier. I mean you're almost seventeen. It's just it's a little weird for me to do it instead of your mom. But you know you can tell me anything. I'm your dad. A cool dad. And all that shiz you kids want in a parent. But listen if a boy ever pressures you--"
"It was a joke dad, I swear."
"Even if it was a joke. You should never feel pressured to have sex--"
"Oh god, I'm not hearing this from you. I already know what happens."
"So you know that you'll get pregnant if--"
"Okay I'm leaving," I stand up and walk to my room immidiately.
"Lux-" I hear him call behind me but I don't stop. There's no way in hell I was going to let my dad give me the talk.
I lay down on my bed, knowing very well I should grab my school bag to get started on my physics homework, but as a loyal procrastinator I don't. Instead I open my laptop and go on Youtube. Within the span of 13 videos watched, hours have passed and I sigh, closing my computer and grab my phoe.
I stare at the time, knowing I've just wasted the past few hours watching dumb tutorials and vlogs. Like a reflex I open up Instagram and am relieved when I don't see a new post from Gianna.
Without realizing I go to the post that started it all. The bad boys aren't romantic post. I roll my eyes, the dumb catchphrase had caught on all throughout school.
I click on the search tool and type: Aaron Reeves.
I'm not sure why I did it, but I did, and within seconds his profile pops up. I click on it, and chew on my lip.
He doesn't have many pictures. Eight to be exact. He has a lot of followers but only follows four people. Most of his pictures are of a dog and one that I recognized as Omar, his friend.
Oh Aaron Reeves, I can't help but think, your plan better work so that you can stop bothering me.
i know i made this chapter kind of boring. but i just want to keep this sort of realistic. like something excited isn't going to happen from one day to another. Sometimes in life we have boring days & this is what those days look like for lux. (Also I'm aware some parents may react totally different if their child joked about their virginity like that, but some may react like this... so yeah)
Sorry for the late update, I suck, I know.
Fear not though, bc the next chapter is homecoming & we all know shit is about to go down.
Stay tuned.