"Heads or tales."
"Or"
"C'mon pick one"
"No, I'm busy."
"Fine, but I'm gonna come back later you butt."
"Okay bye now Triston."
I hate it when the family who have the temporary adoption(which is so they can get a test run and see if they like me. Some only foster kids, which is like long-term babysitting. You give em back eventually)also have small children. They always seen to have the need to bother me.
i continue to call Liam, like I was trying to do before It came in. I have called twice now. Once yesterday after work and now before school. I think he is still mad from yesterday morning. Whatever, I'll just apologize tomorrow.
"Kids! Breakfast!" Oh great, and now mother dearest call for me.
"Coming" I say, more to myself then to her.
As I walk down the hall that leads to the stairs I smell the bacon immediately. This makes me speed up the pace a little. I wasn't expecting to be able to eat anything because of how bad I felt for hurting Liam. But as soon As I actually saw the food, I knew right then and there I was going to eat as much as I could shove into my mouth. I even put some in a bag for lunch or maybe even work.
I thanked everyone and said I needed to get going a little earlier today to meet up with a couple friends. This seemed to please them. The fact that I had friends. But before I could walk out of the kitchen door I was stopped by my name being called.
"Oh, Jake wait a sec. After school today, you are going to go with our driver to get your brother because your father and I have a press conference, and it would mean a lot to us if you were there."
She turns to go back to the table before I even say a word, so I just walk out. Guess I can't go to work today, oh well.
As soon as I walk on the school grounds I see him. Wearing dark blue ripped jeans and a navy blue dress shirt. He has his puffy coat on that makes him look more cute, instead of more like a child. For a moment I can't move. I can only stare. One of his friends notices me and points me out to him and he turns to look at me.
We make eye contact and we just stand like that for what seems like forever, as I take a step toward him, he turns back to his friends and they walk inside. Liam leading the way.
Okay, so he is still pissed at me I can see that as clear as day. Don't know how I am going to talk to him now. He is always with those guys. I never really thought about how to get him to talk to me. Alone. He might just tell me no, or make me say what I need to say in front of his friends. Which would suck. Two can play at this game.
For the whole rest of the day I ignore Liam completely. In every way I can think of. I don't look at him while I walk n the halls. I pretend he doesn't even exist. At one point I go into the bathroom that e=we kissed in tho just take a break from acting like I no longer care about him at all.
Once I'm done peeing, I go to wash my hands and look at myself in the mirror. I look like shit. I haven't' had a full night's rest in over a week. What I need is to actually just get him off my mind. And there is only one person I can think of who can take my mind off him completely.
"Thank goodness you are here. You didn't get into Monroe's car. I didn't think you were going to show up."
I forgot about it. But as soon as I remembered I came straight her from my friends Mile's house." I only said hi, then I realized had 'family' stuff to do and left, then he picked me up and drove me the rest of the way to my house.
"Oh, yes that must be the person who dropped you off then. Okay everyone to the car, we must leave at once. Rob is already there."
We all made our way to the car and the whole I time I was thinking, his name is rob? I didn't bother to learn their names so I had no clue that was his name. Probably short for Robert. The car ride is so silent I almost think I can hear her watch ticking. I just put headphones in for the rest of the way.
When we get there I understand why I ended up getting forced to change into a suit. This place is huge, and everyone looks like they are late for something and the people are talking on the phone. I even feel like putting my phone to my ear as we walk in, but we don't walk in through the front. We end up walking through these large double doors that are on the side of the building. As soon as I walk in cameras start clicking and I am temporarily blinded. I can't walk without someone to push me through all the people.
I hear people all talking at once. "Is this your new son?" "Where was he adopted?" "Is he actually your long lost son that you found recently?" "Are you planning on keeping him?" "Is he just a business plot to get the sympathy of the people?"
So much is happening that I don't even realize I am on the platform behind Rob until he asks me if I'm alright.
"Yes, fine, just surprised. Please go ahead and start. So we can leave" I whisper the last part to him thinking he will be mad, he just laughs instead.
"Funny, I was thinking something very similar myself. Great minds really do think alike, don't they..."
"Hello, everyone..." Rob starts and that is where I stop listening.
All I learned from that is Rob is short for Robert and he is the CEO of some company. They do something that largely involves technology. I was so bored up there. When the questions about me stated to pop up I just smiled and let them answer for me and said yes or no if I needed to.
Once we were all in the car I loosened my tie and let out a breath I didn't know I was holding and relax in my seat.
"That was intense. Do I have to go to anymore of those." I say thinking I might actually have to when no one says anything.
"Well you see, Triston is very bright and I love him. He has dyslexia and autism, and I want to keep the company n the family. Because it would be too difficult for Your brother, we plan to give the company to you. So yes, hopefully you will be going to more."
So many thoughts rush to my head as I hear this new information, but the only one I can get out is, "Pull over I'm gonna hurl!"