"Hey mom."
I heard a plate crash.
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My mom stood cemented to the floor, her eyes wide ; her mouth hanging open.
"Oh. My. Dear. Lord. Francis?!" She asked. Whispering. Crying.
"I guess..?" She didn't even wait for him to finish talking, she went and hugged him. Crying on his shoulder.
"My boy!!! Oh my Lord thank you!!" She was crying hysterically and hugging him so hard, trying to make up for lost time or something.
CJ had his arms around her, crying for dear life as well. My heart literally broke just watching this scene in front of me.
They stayed like that for a good 3 minutes before my mom got a grip on the faucet that controls her tears and just stared at CJ.
"If I tell you that my heart feels the way it felt when I first held you, would you believe me?" She asked, smiling brightly.
"But what if the DNA test says I'm not your son?" He asked, signs of fear overpowering his eyes.
"I don't care what these stupid things say. My bones and my heart tell me that you're my Francis. Or, sorry, CJ. Come with me honey, I want you to tell me everything that I missed in your life, then we'll go to meet your father, okay?" She says, dragging him away towards the living room, not even sparing me a second glance.
Well ok.
Now we know who her favourite child is. I decided that I needed to tell someone about this. So I called Jaycee back to see what he wants to tell me, so I can get this little feud out of the way and to tell him.
Calling Jay(cee me rolling)ð©ð½âð:
J: Lexa!!
A: Hi. What'd you want to tell me?
J: I wanted to say that I'm really really sorry about what I said. To be honest I don't know what hit me. I just didn't want to see you hurt again Lex; you mean more to me than the whole world combined. I promise you that I'll give Jace a chance.
A: You really will?
J: For you? Anything. Does that mean we're good??
A: It definitely does Jay Jay.
J: GOD I missed that name! And I missed you
A: Awwww I missed you too. By the way, there's something I need to tell you tomorrow so remind me ok??
J: Definitely will do. YEAH?! OK I'M COMING!! Sorry Lex gotta go. I'll see you tomorrow!
A: See ya!
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If I said that dad took the news lighter than mom did, I would say that that would be the understatement of the century. My dad literally froze with his eyes wide open for like 5 minutes. He then hugged CJ for so long I thought he was frozen in place. It was such an emotional day, but tomorrow would be even better. Why, you ask? The DNA test will take place tomorrow, which means CJ won't be able to go to school.
"So honey, do you want to keep the name CJ?" Asked my mom as she fed him. Yup. With a spoon.
"I think so, ya. Mom." He said, clearly ecstatic. "But what if the DNA test turned out to not be a match? What then?"
"It won't. The picture you showed me of you as a kid proves that you're the same person CJ." Dad chimed in, patting his back and pouring him a glass of lemonade.
Oh no I'm good thanks for asking dad.
"Oh, mom, I got something for you." He said, taking off his necklace.
"Oh my God!!! My necklace!! Where did you find it?!" She screamed.
"It was on me when I was taken in by the orphanage. The only thing i had on me actually." He bowed his head down, bad memories invading his thoughts.
"Here you go dear." Mom said, putting it back on him. "I want you to keep it ok? It looks better on you anyways." She said, hugging him so tight again.
"So, CJ. Will you be staying with us?" Asked dad, getting straight down to business.
"I really have no other place to be. I hope that I'm not a burden or anything."
"Burden? Pfft dude this house is literally empty and with mom and dad gone, it's basically always me. Having my twin brother will make life awesome again. Everyone deserves happiness CJ, and I'm glad we found ours at the same time."
"So your mom and I will leave you to prepare your room the way you like it, tomorrow morning you'll come with me to get a credit card, a new car, and everything you want ok?" Asked dad, excited to have another guy in the family. "I'll let Lexwith bring your stuff to whichever room you choose."
"Sure dad. Whatever makes you happy. I just want to say one thing. Thank you very much. I love you guys already; although living here would take a lot of getting used to." He said, wiping his tears away.
"Take all the time you need honey. We're all here for you." Said mom as she hugged him yet again.
"Thank you." Was all he said.
He chosen the room closes to mine, which didn't really have much. So I begged him, dragged him basically, to go shopping for room accessories. I got him a lava lamp, alarm clock, plasma tv, x-box, new clothes, and new bed set. He swore that he'd pay me back as soon as he got his money tomorrow, regardless of the amount of times I said that he will do no such thing.
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Lying on my bed, trying to sleep, I decide to check my messages since I haven't done it since I came home. As per usual, my friends had almost 600 messages. Half were of Brenda and Ashton arguing like an old married couple, the other half was basically spam of weird memes. But. I saw Brenda saying something about her and Sabrina singing for next week's talent show, Ashton and Aaron will dance, and surprisingly Jaycee will sing as well. Wow. I really can't wait for that day. I felt my eyes slowly closing, as if they had a mind of their own. With that, I slipped into a long dreamless sleep.
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When I woke up in the morning, I got a text from Jaycee saying that he'll pick me up today.
I got ready very quietly, so as not to wake up CJ. Man, it feels weird even thinking that. I put on some white pants, a black t shirt, a black and white varsity jacket and finally, my Jordan's. I left my room and went over to CJ's. I opened his room to check up on him. He's sleeping even calmer than a baby. I closed the door then went downstairs to eat my breakfast.
Annabelle made us hash browns, sausages, and sautéed mushrooms. I don't think I ever ate so much! Looking at my watch I still had about 10 minutes before Jaycee came, so I went outside to sit on the swing. A few minutes later, I saw the adorable car that I loved roll up the driveway, so I hoped on.
"Good morning princess." Said Jaycee, driving us both to school.
"Morning there buddy. What's cooking?"
"I want to show you the song I'm performing at the talent show." He said, beaming with pride.
"Ohhh ya show me quickly!" I said, almost hoping off my seat.
He chuckled, playing the karaoke version. (Cover in Media)
"Cold as ice, and more bitter than a December.
Winter night, that's how I treated you.
And I know that I, I sometimes tend to lose my temper
And I cross the line, yeah that's the truth.
I know it gets hard sometimes,
But I could never, leave your side
No matter what I say...
He sang with such a beautiful voice that my whole body got goosebumps.
"Wow!!!! Jaycee that was so frickin amazing!! I wonder who the song is meant for." I asked, wiggling my eyebrows. Yup, I love teasing him.
He looked at me for about 10 seconds before saying, "It's actually for someone special."
"Awww that's so cute!!" I said, very excited for the talent show even more!
18 minutes later, we were pulling up at our school parking lot. We got off and went inside to the waves after endless waves of overly excited teens.
As we were making our way to our lockers, I saw something that made me freeze in place. Brad Frickin Jacobs bullying a younger girl. If he thinks that I'll let him do to anyone what he did to me, he's mistaken.
Before Jayce could even register, I charged with full speed at him, tackling him to the ground.
"You're a real coward do you know that Jacobs?!" I screamed, unable to hold my temper. I could clearly see people gathering all around us.
"Look at the little princess standing up for other people." He said, still lying down.
"Don't you dare call me princess you understand?? Looks like your sister's concealer is working wonders, covering up your ugly bruise, which by the way did your face a little favour." I said, mocking his hideous face.
"Why you little..." he started charging at me, but was stopped with one deadly look from Jaycee.
"Don't you even look in her general direction, understand you jerk? Jaycee said, sounding scary as heck.
But does Brad listen? Of course not. He had 3 of his minions hold Jaycee in place, while he got up to attack me. Me being on high alert, evaded his punch, while giving him a punch of my own; square in the jaw. He landed on the floor, lying on his face.
Everyone went crazy cheering my name. He looked up at his friend who was struggling to keep Jaycee in place and said, "Why didn't you help me?!"
"She punched you, clearly not caring about your face. What makes you think she'll give a damn about mine?! And besides, she's a girl. You literally just got schooled by a girl.
Everyone was cheering even louder. That is, until we were interrupted with the presence of a very pissed off teacher. Dear ol' Mr. Lucas.
"Both of you," he said pointing at me and Brad, "to the principle's office. Now." I gathered my things, told Jaycee to get to class because I'll be fine, and was on my way. The idiot right behind me.
Arriving there, the principal was waiting for us. He lead us into his office, and we sat down before he started lecturing us. He was addressing Brad.
"A video has come to our attention Mr. Jacobs that this isn't your first altercation with Ms. Pierce."
"I never did anything to her before." He said, lying right through his teeth, while holding his jaw in pain.
"This video proves otherwise." He said, showing him the video where I was dragged to the basement .
"We do not tolerate bullying at this school, and what you did caused Ms. Pierce, our star student and valedictorian, almost 2 weeks of school. Making sure that no such thing EVER happens again, you will be suspended from school for 5 days, and will be suspended from the football team until further notice."
The look on Brad's face was all that I needed. As I said before, revenge is a dish best served cold.