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He grabs my hand.
I smile slightly before continuing. “I lost both of my sisters to cancer. And now, I have it, too. I don’t have long.”
His eyes widen. “Vach…”
I pull him into a hug, kissing his head. “I love you, kid.”
“I love you, too, Vaeh.” He sniffles, burying his head in
-Noah-
my shoulder.
“You really love her, don’t you.” Mum asks as we get in the kitchen, but it’s more of a statement than a question.
“Is it that obvious?” I question, sitting down at the island.
She sits down next to me. “Honey, you’ve been making heart eyes for her since the first time you brought her to our house.”
I scoff. “No I haven’t.”
She gives me a pointed look. “I came in to check on the two of you that night and saw her sleeping on
the right side of the bed. You always sleep on the right side of the bed.”
Dammit.
I shrug. “So?”
She gives me a knowing look. “I know for a fact you let her take the right side of the bed.”
Busted.
Shut up, Pablo.
I give mum a sheepish look. “Well, I told her she was sleeping on the floor but she slept in the bed
anyway.”
She looks at me skeptically. “You were going to make her sleep on the floor? I raised you better than
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that.”
“Me? Why would you make her sleep in my room?” I counter. “What kind of responsible parenting is
that?”
“It’s not like we had a spare room.” She says. “And I don’t think she would’ve wanted to sleep in Danny’s bed, which barely had any space for him and that ridiculous huge stuffed penguin you won him at a carnival four years ago.”
I point a finger at her. “Mr. Waddles is iconic.”
She gives me a weird look. “Since when do you stay stuff like that?”
“Since you called Mr. Waddles ridiculous.”
She rolls her eyes. “I thought Max was the weird one.”
“He is.” I state. “And, yes, I do really love Carter.”
She smiles softly and pats my hand that was resting on the countertop.
“I know you do.” She gets up and walks behind me, wrapping her arms around my shoulders. “You make the most of it, okay?”
I hug her arms. “Okay.”
“MUM!” Danny’s scream comes from the living room. “NOAH!”
We both share a look before running into the living room to see Nevaeh lying on the floor with Danny kneeling next to her.
“Daniel, what happened?!” Mum questions hurriedly as she rushes over and kneels down next to Nevaeh, placing her head on her lap.
“I–I don’t know.” He stutters, panicking. “We were coming to the kitchen, but as soon as she stood up,
she fainted.”
I stand there, frozen.
“Noah, call the ambulance.” Mum orders as she brushes Nevaeh’s hair from her face. “Nevaeh? Nevaeh, honey, wake up. Sweetheart, please wake up! NOAH CALL THE AMBULANCE! NOAH!”
I scramble to get my phone from my pocket before dialling 911.
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God, please let her be okay.
-Nevaeh-
“So this bitchass asked you to be his girlfriend last night, and now he’s sucking faces with the K–Mart knock off version of Princess Leia?” Fifteen year–old me summarises everything Heaven just told me.
“Yup.” She glares at her cheating boyfriend who is making out in the school hallway with a girl who’s hair is done up in two buns.
“Are you sure I can’t punch him in the face?” I whine.
“Yes.”
“What if I break his nose a little?” I compromise.
“Vaeh.” She gives me a warning look.
“Shutting up.” I put my arms up in surrender. “Okay, I have a solution.”
“Thank goodness.”
“It involves fire.”
“Absolutely not.”
“Come on, I’ll just burn the tip of his peanut dick off.” I tell her.
“No.”
He stops kissing the Princess Leia knock off and starts walking down the hall towards us, not knowing we just saw everything.
“Heaven!” He calls. “Hey, babe!”
He throws his arm around me and I tense up.
“Boy, if you don’t get your damn arm off me, I’m going to pop you right in the mouth and drag your little fifteen year old, Gollum looking ass down to the fiery pits of hell.” I seethe.
He gives me a shocked look and removes his arm. “Damn, mami, are you on your period?”
My eye twitches before I turn to Heaven. “What do you see in this dumbass?”
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He gives me an offended look. “Heaven, wha-”
“That’s Nevach. I’m Heaven.” Heaven cuts him off, making him immediately step away from me and closer to her. “I saw you sucking faces with Princess Leia over there.”
He looks like a deer caught in headlights. “It’s not what it looked like.”
“It’s not what it looked like!” She mocks him in a high pitched voice. “Man, we’re done. Get your Gollum looking ass out of here before I let Nevaeh whoop your ass and set your dick on fire.”
He immediately scrambles away.
“Cinderella should’ve forgotten the prince and kept the shoes.” I roll my eyes. “Boys are rats.”
“Pubescent boys are rats.” Heaven corrects. “I’m sure we’ll find guys that aren’t absolutely trash when we’re older.”
