Forever Us

I woke up to my phone ringing.

“Hello?” I answered the phone sleepily, not looking at the caller ID.

“Hey, I’m free all day. If I could come over today and meet him…” Andrew said.

“Fine. Bye.” I hung up.

I laid back down and was almost asleep until I realized what I had just said. I sat up quickly.

“What the hell?!” I yelled.

“Mom, don’t curse!” Aaron yelled back through the house.

I picked up my phone and dialed the last phone number that had called me.

“I didn’t mean to say that, I’m tired, Andrew.” I said with panic.

“Well hello and good morning to you too, sunshine.” I could hear his smirk through the phone.

“You ass.” I mumbled.

“I was planning on coming over in an hour, Rene told me where you live.” He said.

“Andrew,” I started to say.

“I go by Andy. I’ve been going by that for a while.” He stated.

“Andy,” I corrected myself. “I don’t know if today is the best day…” I dragged out.

“Please, Sky… please.” He begged.

“…” I gave a long pause. “Fine. I’ll see you in an hour.” I hung up the phone.

I put my phone on my bedside and got out of bed. I walked into the closet and pulled out my dark blue, faded, torn jeans, my huge black long sleeved shirt and my grey socks, with my grey beanie that said “Kiss” on it. I closed my bedroom door, got changed then opened my door to see Arron standing there, he scared the living shit out of me.

“Shit, Aaron! What are you doing over here?” I asked.

“I’m sorry… who’s coming over?” He said and as soon as those small words escaped his mouth I shuttered, I had no idea how to respond to that without lying to him.

“Uhm… An old friend, Aaron… An old friend.” I said and tried to shake away the past memories out of my head.

“What’s his name?” Aaron continued to question.

“Andrew.” I stated “Fuck. No. Andy. It’s Andy. He’s Andy. Yeah… Andy.” My mind was rushing with thoughts.

“Mom, no cursi-“ He started.

“Not the time. Fuck. Now please, are you ready for Andy to come over?” I said quickly.

“Yes.” He said, obviously a bit shocked I had cursed towards him.

“Okay, good. Now, can you please go watch cartoons? Eat breakfast while you’re at it too, please.” I smiled.

“Okay.” He said and scurried off with his blonde locks puffing in the air with every bounce in his step.

He was a quiet kid. I have no idea why, he obviously didn’t get it from either one of his parents. And I never raised him to be the quiet, shy, bashful kid he’s been known to be. Actually, I’ve tried my best to raise him in quite the opposite manner. I thought I would possibly help him later in life to be outgoing and springy like Andy. I shook that away and walked into the bathroom, brushing my teeth and brushing out my hair, then straightening it. I looked into my own eyes in the mirror.

“This is it,” I whispered. “Come on, you can do this, Sky. You can do this. Grab your fucking balls and face him. He cares… Maybe. I don’t know. Nevermind, go back into your shell, hide. Don’t let them know you’re actually just scared and frightened and… Fuck, I don’t know what I’m doing with my life… what if he knows that? What if he’s just here to make fun of me, to mock me? God, let’s just fucking do this. Here goes nothing.” I breathed out and bit my lip.
I broke my gaze from myself in the mirror and walked downstairs to see Aaron watching Wizards Of Waverly Place quietly on the couch.

“What time is it, love?” I asked and grabbed a poptart from the other room.

“10:00.” He stated after looking at the clock on the wall.

“Fuck.” I mumbled. How could an hour go by so quickly?

Soon I heard a loud song playing outside of the house. I looked out of the window and saw a black car pulling onto my driveway. As soon as the car stopped Andy opened the drivers door and stepped out. He had on black glasses, black skinny jeans with just the knees cut out of them, and a ripped up black jacket with a Kiss shirt under it, he had a smile bigger and wider than I’ve ever seen. Typical Andrew. He bit his lip, just like I do, then walked up to the front door. He rang the bell once and stood silently, but with his smile still smeared across his face.
I walked up to the door and I put my hand on the door and my forehead against it.

“Grab your balls, Sky.” I whispered quickly to myself then opened the door. Damn, I didn’t think that smile could get any bigger, but obviously I was wrong, dead wrong.

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