Jackson tailed me the whole drive home; sometimes I wonder how he was given a license.
Mom's car was in the driveway but Dad's wasn't.
We walked in the door together, "Mom we're home!" We said in perfect unison. We looked at each other shrugged and laughed. Our twin telepathy is insane.
"Hey sweeties, how was school?" Mom asked both of us but I couldn't help but feel it was mainly directed to me.
"Really good actually, met a gay guy who I'm sure will be my gay bestie." I said
"Mine was good too, met a couple guys on the football team and I'm gonna try out." Jackson spoke.
"That's great guys I'm so glad," she smiled and looked at me, "Honey, you look great! Your outfit is very nice."
"Thanks Ma. Going for something different this time. Fresh start I guess."
"That's wonderful sweetie. Ok so do you guys have homework today?" She asked.
"Yeah but only one page per class." Jackson told her.
"Well you two should get started on that while I start dinner. Your father should be here in about an hour, hour and a half." She stood and turned to the kitchen.
"Ok Ma."
I went into my room and turned on my TV and synced it to my phone so I could play music. I listened to my rock playlist as I started working on my math homework.
Five minutes in and I'm already done; my old school back in Jersey already covered this unit like two months ago. I finished all my homework in about thirty minutes and once I was done I plopped down on my phone and scrolled through my insta My music stopped when I got a FaceTime call from Evan.
"Hey guuurl!"
"Hey Evan, what's up?" I giggled.
"I wanted to get to know you more so I figured we could FaceTime."
"Ok, what do you want to know?"
"Full name, birthday, hometown, siblings, pets, hobby, favorite color.. I've got more I think." Evan smiled.
"Nicole Desyrae McCoy; December 12th; Hoboken, New Jersey; One brother, twin; Pets, none; Hobby, singing; Favorite color, red. More?! What more could you possibly ask? My blood type??" I laughed.
"Oh my god, you're so funny. Ok my turn. Evan Jacob O'Conner; February 9th; Modesto here in Cali; 5-year-old little brother; Pets, a Rottweiler; Hobby, baking; Red also."
"Anymore for me?" I asked
"No, not now." He responded
"Nicole! Jackson! Your father is home and its dinner time!" My mom shouted, interrupting.
"Ok well I gotta go, I'll talk to you later. Do you have lunch third period?" I asked
"Yeah."
"Ok I'll see you then and we can sit together?" I asked wearily
"Oh Guurl, you don't even have to ask. I like you. You're my friend now."
"Aww thanks, anyway bye."
"Byyyyyye!"
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I walked downstairs for dinner and sat next to Jackson.
Dinner was quiet as usual due to us eating; we don't really talk at the table until we've finished our food.
Once we finished, dad spoke up. "You two have a good day?"
"Yeah it was really great" Jackson replied.
"It was, I liked it." I said.
"Good." Dad smiled.
Dinner was done, mom and dad were in the den watching a movie and Jackson was up in his room.
It was my turn to rinse the dishes and load them into the dishwasher, so I did. I was thinking about the events of today. Today was great. I'm glad I don't have to deal with much like I used to.
The old me would've never stood up for myself in the Tracy situation. I guess the new me is better. I finish the dishes and head up to my room to change into pjs.
I chose to wear an oversized shirt that I bought and wore shorts underneath. It was only 6pm and I was already really tired due to the time change and I couldn't go to sleep or else I'll never get used to this time. So I played upbeat music and started singing along and dancing for like 20 minutes before I saw Jackson in my room obviously recording me. I don't know how long he's been standing there so that's even more embarrassing. I tried my hardest to hold in my laughter because it was actually pretty funny but it was no use since I burst into a fit of laughter. "You betternot put that on TikTok!" I yelled and grabbed a pillow and threw it at him hitting him in his face. He laughed as the pillow fell on the floor with a thud.
"You wanna watch a movie in my room? Your pick." He asked through laughter.
I nodded and headed into his room.
Fast and Furious a classic… we sat on his bed and watched. I was so close to falling asleep because I was so tired.
It was about 8:30 and I had to stay awake until at least 9:00.
Jackson noticed and stood up and put some music on… Obsessed by Mariah Carey. He started dancing and telling me how much he loved this song. Apparently the song is a subtle diss directed towards Eminem. Whereas Eminem's was more of an actual diss track.
I was laughing so hard at the moment Jackson started to attempt a twerk.... like I said, ATTEMPT. No matter what he did he always made me laugh.
He could give me a straight, serious face and stare at me for minutes, I'd look away and look back and he would still do it. I only ever last like 15 seconds. Our relationship is awesome.
I Like It by Cardi B came on and I immediately sprung out of my seated position. I rapped along and started dancing and moving my hips.
By the time we were finished being crackheads, it was already 9:30. I said goodnight to Jackson and headed to my room, brushed my teeth, and fell into a deep sleep.