text: Chalen  D. Decisions 
   
   
     
   
  i live in proverty. My mom has a job, working her ass off while her curent husband lies around, while i try to help his and her's four new kids. i'm seveenteen. i graduated school early cause i knew mom was going to need help. owen is 13, darralynn is 8, blake is 4 and haylie is two.  we live in a three bedroom house. my mom's name is jace and she does everything that she can to help them. when i got the mail today i got a letter from my dad. i never knew my dad. when mom was sixteen she got pregnant and moved. I never had contact with him. the gist of the letter was him telling me he always tried to find me, and that he wants me to come live with him. he included pictures of his house, pool and husky, mia. he told me i could have whatever i wanted. of course when i told mom this she freaked. "no, your family needs you." she said. "yeah, i know, but maybe i can just go visit and get a job. if i get a good job then i can move you guys." i said. that sentence is how i landed myself in the air port. "listen to me. don't let them make you feel guilty. keep up with your grades, ok?" i told owen. he nodded and i hugged him. "i'm coming back for you," i said, hugging daralynn. "no more tears love." i told her holding back mine. it felt like a ball of guilt was stuck in my throat but i knew i had to do this. she nodded. "hey. remember stay strong. make me proud." i said. she smiled, and we hugged again. blake hugged my moms leg. i bent down to him. his face was tear shreaked. "don't leave me," he said. "i'm going to get money. i can take you to disneyland, and get you ice cream." i said. i brushed back his hair. "would you like that?" i asked. he nodded. "i'm going to call you every single night." i told him. he laughed, and hugged me. i kissed his forehead. i hugged haylie and then turned to my mom. "stay strong i'm coming back. i know this is the right thing." i said. "i know baby." she said, touching my cheek. she pulled me in for a hug. i waved goodbye, and walked to the terminal. "bye," joe said. "get a job." i said, not turning back. i met my dad in the luage claim. "you look like your aunt, i'm going to have some big problems." he said. he smiled, and pulled me into a hug. "is this all you have?" he asked. i nodded. "we'll have to change that." he said. i set my things on my bed and sat down. the sky was an agry gray and all i should think of is if this was the right thing. i grabed a phone and opened the baywindow, letting in the sent of rain, which always calmed me. i sat on the bench and called my mom. "no!" she said. "hello?" she asked. "hey." i said. "haylie, no. blake leave her alone." she said. "let me talk to blake." i said. "it's your sister." she said. i heard a shuffling noise and blake came on. "zoey?" he asked. "i'm here." i said. "when are you coming home?" he asked. i laughed. "it's been three hours." i said. "i miss you." he said. "i'm working on the money." i told him. "if you want ice cream you have to be a good boy for mommy. do you think you can do that, fo me?" i said. "yes zoey." he said. "good." i said. "owen's picking on me." he said. "put owen on the phone." i said. whatever he's told you it's a lie zoey." he said. "so you aren't picking on him?" i asked. "ok maybe a little." he said. "owen, come on i'm counting on you. if you help me out here, i'll get you something." i said. "a guitar?" he asked. "you got it." i said. "with an amp?" he asked. "yes. now be nice, and put daralynn on the phone." i said. "zoey?" he asked. "yeah?" i asked. "i love you." he said. "i love you owen." i said. "i miss you too." he said. the ball of guit came back. "i miss you to buddy, just stay strong i'm coming back." i said. "k. here she is." he said. "zoey! i miss you so much! how's hollywood? any cute boys? where's the hot spots? see any famous people yet? what's your dad like? are you having fun with out me?" she rambbled. "daralynn." i said. "sorry." she said. "it's okay. i miss you too, and iv'e been in town ten minuets, i don't know too much about my dad, and no i could never have fun with out you." i said. "i need to count on you to help out with haylie." i said. "sure thing." she said. "i'll get you a present." i said. "what?" she asked. "i don't know what do you want?" i asked. "um. what about an outfit?" she asked. "you got it doll. i love you." i said. " i love you too." she said. "zoey!" haylie said. " hi haylie, sissy's going to get you a dolly ok?" i said. "a dolly!?" she asked. "yep. and a storller." i said. "yay!" she said. "i love you." i said. "i love you!" she said. my mom came on. "how's hollywood?" she asked. "ok so far, and it's so not sunny here." i said. she laughed. "oh i miss you already." she said. "i love you mom." i said. "i love you too honey," she said. "oh joe has a job interview." she said. it started to sprinkel. "about time." i said. "i know right." she said. "well i'm glad to hear everythings going fine." i said. "it is." she said. "i'm going to look for a job tomorrow." i said. "oh, honey, you just got there have some fun!" she said. "fun? what happened to the mom six hours ago, when you didn't even want me going?" i asked. "i realize that i was being unfair.she said. 
   i looked up to see a man. "Mistress zoey, dinner will be ready in five minutes." he said. "thanks." i said. he left. "i'll let you go, gotta make dinner for the kids." she said. "haylie don't you touch that." she warned. "i love you mom." i said." i love you to sweety." she said. we hung up and i went down stairs. i found the dinning room and sat down. once i was served dad walked in. "sorry." he said. "it's fine." i said. "so how's your life?" he asked. "good." i said. "i'm going to give you analowance. all you have to do is try to have some kind of fun. i'm going to give you ten million a month." he said. i choked. "are you ok?" he asked. "i'm fine," i said.  he gave me a card. "i'm also giving you a 5 million clothes allowence. you wouldn't believe how expensive they are these days." he said. i looked at the card. after dinner i took a bath. it was a sunk in tub with jets heck yeah i was living the life. i pushed a boton and the jets turned on. i pushed another and a cd plyer opened. i pushed it again and it closed. i pushed another one, and purple bubbles, that smelt like mango and peaches filled the tub. the next day i ate breakfast, and got ready for the day.  i went on line and opened a bank accout for the kids and put a million in each one. next i found a five bedroom house and bought that. i bought furniture and had people put it in there. i went shopping for a whole new wardrobe. i bought a plum colored convertible, a doll for haylie, a guitar and amp for owen,  a new outfit for daralynn, a pair of shoes for my mom, a watch for joe to let him know time is ticking away, and i bought five tickets to disneyland. i loaded everything up, droped my things off and drove the two hours to my moms. i picked up the new keys and went to her house. i honked the horn and they all came runing out. "see what happens when you leave? you change!" my mom said. i caught blake and tossed him in the air. i hugged owen and daralynn and picked up haylie. i hugged my mom. "i told you i'd come back." i said. "oh presents!" i said, giving haylie to me mom. "owen." i said, giving him the guitar and amp. "thanks sis." he said, hugging me. "daralynn." i said. "what's channle?" she asked. "a store." i said. "haylie." i said, giving her the dolly. "thank you!"  she said. i laughed. "your welcome." i said. leaning in for a kiss. "here." i said, giving the watch to joe. "mom," i said, handing her the box. she put haylie down, and opened the box. "oh, these are lovely." she said. i gave a ticket to blake. "Paper?" he asked. "that's a ticket." i said. "disneyland?" he asked, perking up. "disneyland." i said. he jumped up and down and hugged me. "mom, i want to take the kids for the day." i said. "sure." she said. once we where all in the car we drove to Disney land. we ate first. "so how's everything with out me?" i asked. giving haylie a juice sippy cup. "mom and dad are fighting." daralynn said. "about what?" i asked. "something about dad getting off his lazy a- butt and getting a job." owen said. "did he?" i asked. "yeah, but i don't think he can hold it." he said. "see how important it is to graduate and go to college?" i asked. they all nodded. "you don't want to end up like them." i said. after eating we went on rides and then i drove them back home. i sat them all in the living room. and held up the key. "you didn't!" my mom said, coming to me and throughing her arms around me. "i did." i said. "pack your clothes and toys i got you a new house." i said. once all the things where packed in the van, i put the kids in my car and led the way to the new house. once there the kids jumped out and ran to the door. i got haylie out and opened the door. they all ran in and i put haylie down. i found mom in the litchen. "you really made me proud." she said. "i put some money in accounts for the kids." i said. she nodded. "thank you." she said. "everythings goning to be okay now." i said. she smiled, as a tear slid down her cheek. "don't cry." i said, hugging her. "come on let's go food  shopping." i said. after we went shopping and the kids put everything away, they went swimming. "bye guys i got to go, but i'll pick you up after school to go shopping, give me love." i said. they all swam to the side, giving me kisses. joe brang haylie to the side so i could kiss her. "could you watch haylie tomorrow? i want to have a day out with my mom." i said. "yeah. she needs that." he said. "thanks joe." i said. "alright mom i'm leaving!" i called. she came out of a bathroom. "i'm coming back tomorrow. we're going to have a girls day. joe's going to watch haylie. no buts either, you deserve this." i said. we hugged. i made it home in time for dinner. "there you are." dad said, as i came in the door. "busy girl are we?" he asked. i laughed. "how about we go catch a movie tomorow." he said. "can't i have plans." i said. 'one day in hollywood and you have plans. i'm proud of you kid, knock 'em dead. how about we go out for pizza?" he asked. "i'd like that." i said. "i'll get my keys." he said. a husky came in. "mia." i said, patting my chest. she jumped on me and kissed me. "ready?" he asked. "yep." i said.  after we ate i took a shower and went down stairs. i got a bottled rootbeer and took a drink. mia came in and stretched. "do you want a treat?" i asked. she trotted over to me, and rubbed on my leg. i grabbed a puparoni and ran to my room with her following me. i jumped on my bed. she pused. "come on." i said, hitting my bed. she backed up, and jumped on my bed. i gave her the treat. i grabed her in a hug. i scratched her head. "your a good girl." i said. she licked her lips, and colapsed on me. "aw." i said, rubbing her belly. i slept with mia. the next morning i got ready, skiped breakfast, walked mia, and drove to my mom's now 20 minuets away. i knoked on the door. "why aren't you ready?" i asked. she had on a robe and her hair was in a bun. "haylie is a little hyper." she said. "go get ready." i said. i walked down the hall. "haylie!" i sang. "i'm gonna get you!" i said. "No!" she yelled. i grabbed her and tossed her in the air. she laughed. "are you hungry?" i asked. "yeah." she said. "ok, what do you want?" i asked. "strawberry." she said. i sat her at the table and cut up some strawberries. i gave it to her. "i'm going to take you out tomorow, just us, how does that sound?" i asked. "yeah." she said, shoving in a strawberry slice. "alright." mom said. we got into my car. "okay i need food and coffee." she said. "good, that's the first stop on our list." i said. "there's a list?" she asked. "don't worry mom you need this. you don't have work the kids are in school, and joe has haylie." i said, pulling into a restrant. "this ommlett is 20 dollars." she said. "get what you want, i'm paying." i said. "alright." she said. we ordered food. "so, how you doing mom?" i asked. "i'm tiered." she said. "i'm going to take haylie tomorow, so you can rest ok?" i said. she nodded. "you'll feel better when you eat." i said. right on que the food came. "this is worth 20 dollars." she said. i laughed. after we ate we went to the spa. we got a massages, Faisals, pedi., mani., and a hair cut. after that we went shoping i bought her a whole new wardrobe, plus some things she could use while taking a bath. as we drove home she said. "thanks for spoiling me." she laughed. "your welcome." i said. we put her things away, then i went to pick up the kids. "whoa!" a girl said. "your sister is so cool." another said. "i know." daralynn said. she got in. "how was your day?" i asked. "good." she said. we picked up owen and then blake. i bought them a snak and then a whole new wardrobe. i droped them off and used 
  the bathroom. i went into owens room. he was playing the guitar. "zoey, listen to this." he said. i did. "wow, your like really good." i sad. "hey affter school, tomorrow want to hang out?" i asked. "sure, what'd you have in mind?" he asked. "i gave him the tickets. "No way, consert tickets!" he said. he jumped off his bed and hugged me. "thank's zoey." he said. he ran  out of the room. "mom check this out!" he said. i went to blake's room. he was reading a book. "hey kid." i said. "hey zoey." he said. "do you want to spend Thursday with me?" i asked. "we can watch a movie or something." i said. "yeah sure." he said. i kissed his forehead and went in search of daralynn. she was putting her clothes away. "hey doll." i said. "hey, zoe." she said. i sat on her bed. "so i was thinking that this Friday you could come over to my house, and we could have a sleepover." i said. "really?" she asked, hugging me. "course." i said. "i'd love to. i'm going to pick out my pjs." she said, going to her dresser. i went to the kitchen. "want to stay for dinner?" mom asked. "can't i've been away all day. the least i could do for dad, is eat dinner with him." i said. "alright. i love you." she said. "i love you too," i said, kissing her cheek. "bye haylie." i said. "bye." she said, finger painting in a high chair. i went home. "i don't care what you say tonight we are going to watch a scary movie." he said, when i came in. i laughed. "deal." i said, putting my bag on the hall table. "so what's for dinner?" i asked. "chicken." he said. we ate, and watched the movie. i gave mia a trea took a shower and went to bed. i woke up to creaking on the carpet. "dad?" i asked. "mia?" i asked. the door pushed open and in walked mia. i patted my bed and she jumped up. "you half scared me to death." i told her. as is she understood, her ears went back and she licked me. "aw. it's okay." i said. her ears came up and she closed her eyes. damn. i went back to sleep. i took a shower skiped breakfast, walked mia, hugged my dad, which suprized him, and picked up haylie. i got her dipar bag ready gave her a sipy cup and put her in my car. "here, i got you these." i said. i gave her sunglasses. "now you can be a big girl." i said. she smiled and put them on. "ready?" i asked. "yeah!" she said. i took her out to eat, bought her a new wardrobe, which was a blash. got a couple of nasty looks, when i said she was my little sister, the looks turned sorry for me. this is hollywood, shouldn't they be used to teen moms? i took her out to lunch, then to barns and noble then to toyrus. after that i picked up the kids and droped them off. i went into my moms room. i put a blanket over her, wrote a quick note and went back to the kids. "homework." i said. "yep, zoeys back." owen said, with a smile. he grabed my hand. "i'm glad." he said. i kissed his forehead. "ok so who needs help and who needs a snak?" i asked. i got them a juice box and a pudding, put haylie down for a nap, and helped owen with his algerbra. "where's mom?" joe said, coming in to the kitchen. "sleeping." i said. "what are you doing?" he asked. "helping your kids with homework," i said. "i'll do it." he said taking off his coat. "i got it. i've always had it." i said. "1+1 is?" i asked. "2!" blake said. "wonderful." i said, giving him a gummy bear. i have this thing that i do to motivate them, i give them a gummy bear for every thing they get right, so they'll do the homework. i used to do the same for owen and daralynn, but now they get the look and they jump in. "where's haylie?" he asked. "sleeping." i said. "well, you've really got it under controll then, i'm proud of you." he said. "yeah yeah." i said. "by the way, do you know any baby sitters? i got a job." he said. "no way!' i said, with a smile. i held my hand up and he carefully returned my highfive. "i watch her." i said. "alright. how much do you want?" he asked. "i want for nothing." i said. me nodded and left. "alright homeworks down. how about you change into bathing suits and get in that pool." i said. they all jumped down and ran to their rooms. i through away thier snakcs and put their homework in thier bags. "sunscreen!" i called, as they ran to the pool. i wiped down the table, and put their bags in their rooms, on the hooks. i made their beds cleaned their bathrooms and then sweeped the back patio as they played. "did you clean?" my mom asked. "yeah, no big deal." i said. "yes it is." she said. she hugged me. "stay for dinner." she siad. "i can't." i said. "owen let's go where going to be late for the consert." i siad. we got into the car and drove to the consert. "owen!" a kid yelled he was with three other kids. they all high fived. "i didn't know that you'd be here." another kid said. "yeah, well my sister got me tickets at the last minuet."he said. "your sister rocks." a kid said. "and she's hot." another said. "you better watch it." owen siad. "okay." i said, taking owen away. "no fighting, they'll kick us out." i said. "sorry, zoey." he said. "thanks for sticking up for me." i said. he smiled and hugged me. for thriteen he was tall for his age, one inch taller than me. "ready?" i asked. " heck yeah." he said. after the consert we went to pizza. "thanks zoey that was the best." he said, chomping into a slice. "you mean a lot to me." i said. "your idol, zoey." he said. "i want to be just like you wheni grow up." he siad. "thanks buddy. but you know who i want to be when i get grown?' i asked. "who?" he asked. "just like you." i said. he smiled. after the pizza i dropped him off. "see you tomorow i said. i didn't go in cause they where probably in bed. "yeah see yah zoey." he said, opening the door. i went home. "i feel like i don't even know you." dad said, as i sat on the couch. "want to play a game?" i asked. he smiled. "what?" he asked. "it's called the three's of me. you ask me a qeustion and i answer it with three answers." i said. "ok, what do you like about hollywood?" he asked. "it's big, i like that cause i don't like to be traped. there's so many things you can do and, your here." i said  he smiled. "what do you do for fun?" i asked. "paint, take pictures and my job." he said. "what's your job?" i asked. "i'm a director." he said. "cool." i said. he nodded. "what's your favorite color?" he asked. "orange, blue and green." i said. "what do you like to do for fun?' he asked. "that's a list." i laughed. "but, sing wright and act." i said. he nodded. "what else?" he asked. "i like to read. i think blake gets that from me." i said. "blake?" he asked. "oh thats my little brother." i said. "little brother? is that why your gone all the time?" he asked. "yeah, i take him places. and i also take owen, dadrlynn and haylie." i said. "a whole family huh?" he asked. "don't worry dad, the guy is so not cool." i said. "between you and me, mom blongs with you." i siad. "thanks kid." he laughed. "how'd i get my name?" i asked. "zoey was my favorit name, i don't know what i was thinking," he siad, we laughed. "Isabelle 
   was my second. your mom liked zoey better." he said. "it fit's you." he said. "thanks." i said. "what are you doing this sunday?" he asked. "nothing." i said. "why don't you come to the set with me then?" he asked. "yeah. i got to take a shower, i just got back from taking owen out." i said. he nodded. i took a shower and slipped into bed. thursday i slept in. i took a shower and got dressed. i grabed a bowl of fruit and went to check the mail. a lawn mower started, making me jump. a guy my age came out of the garage on the lawn mower. he waved and i waved back. he drove to me. "wiett." he said, offering his hand. "zoey." i said. "nice to meet you zoey. we should hand out sometime." he said. "absolutely." i said. "cool, i got to get back, dad's gonna have a fit." he said. "bye." i siad. "bye zoey." he said, with a smile. he turned on the mower and drove away. i put the mail on the side table. i paced my bathing suit, and extra clothes. i put it in my trunk. "going to your moms?" dad asked. "you mind?" i asked. "no have fun." he said. when i pulled up blake was on the edge of the lawn talking to a boy my age. i jumped out of my car, and went to them. " what do i tell you about talking to stragers?" i asked. "jonah isn't a stranger." blake said. "i'm sorry ma'ma." jonah said. "i'm seventeen." i said. "oh, i thought you where his mom." he said. "it feels like that." i said. "blake get in the car." i said. he ran to my car and got in. "look i'd like it if you could leave my siblings alone untill, i know you better." i isa.d "haylie, get in side." i said. she ran to me and hugged my leg. "i get it all the way." he said. "we should hang out." he said. "what?" i asked, picking haylie up. "so you can get to know me. you might find out i'm not all that bad." he said. he smiled and went into his house. "you see that boy?" i asked. haylie nodded. "stay away from him." i said. she nodded. i put her inside. "did you do your home work?" i asked. "all by myself." he said. "what?" i asked. "yep." he said. "good job bud!" i said. "are you hungry?' i asked. "yeah." he said. "so i was thinking about skiping the movies, and going to chuckecheese and then barns and noble. how does that sound?" i asked. "let's do it." he said. "zoey wait!" daralynn yelled. "what's up?" i asked. "you didn't forget about tomorrow did you?" she asked. "course not, we're going to have a blast. and pack your bathing suit." i said. i hugged her, waited till she was inside and then pulled away. after we did everything i droped him off. "you tired him out, good job." mom siad, taking his bag of books. i layed sleeping blake in his bed. i changed into my bathing suit and then went swimming with owen and daralynn. after that i changed and went home. dinner was set out. "i am so sorry." i said, coming into the dinning room. i kissed dad's cheek and sat down. " this looks grate." i said. taking a bite of steak. "how was your day?" he asked. "good. i never knew a six year old can run like that." i said. "only six?" he asked. "yeah. oh and can i have someone over for a sleepover tomorrow?" i asked. "yeah." i said. my phone rang. "hey mom." i said. " haylie has a dr's app. tomorrow and it's parent's day at school, can you go with daralynn?" she asked. "i'm on it." i said. 'thanks i love you." she said. "i love you too." i said, haning up. i took a long bath and went to bed. i woke up at 5 and mia was spralled all over me. "mia." i said she jumped off my bed. i got ready, ate walked mia and drove to my moms house. everyone was in the kitchen yelling at mom. "hold on please." she sai. "yo!" i said. everything went quiet. "what the heck is going on?" i asked. "i need lunch moey." blake said. "i need a ride to school." owen said. " i need help with my hair." daralynn said. "alright. owen get your bag and brush you hair, blake put on your shoes here's five bucks. daralynn, meet me in your bathroom. i want everyone in my car in ten minuets, do not forget anything. now move move move!" i said. they all scatered. "thanks." mom said "yeah." i said. i french braided daralynns hair, and grabed her sleep over bag. we went out to my car. owen and blake stood at my trunk. i beeped it open. they tossed there things in. "everyone in the car, i want to see smiles, and the start of a good day." i said, tossing daraylynn's sleepover bag in the trunk. "did we eat?" i asked, shuting the trunk. "no." they said. "of couse you didn't." i said. "you get 'em." jonah said, opening his door. "hey jonah." i called waving. "see you around, zoey. bye kids." he said. the kids said bye, and i drove to a mcdonalds. "here, daralynn make sure blake doesn't spill." i said. "okay, if anyone trys to get in honk the horn three times." i said. i got blake out of the car, gave him his bag and walked him to class. "ok, give me love." i said, beding down. he gave me a kiss and a hug, and ran to his line. the teacher waved and i waved back. i got into the car, and drove to blakes school. "here, buy a cokie or something." i siad, giving him a five. "cool thanks." he said. he reached over, gave me a kiss and hug and got out. daralynn crawled over the seat and sat in the front. "seat belt." i said. i parked in a parking space. we got out. i gave daralynn her bag. we walked to her friends. as we got closer daralynn grabed my hand, and smiled up at me. "no way, you brang your sister?" a girl asked. "that is so, cool, daralynn." another said. "you are so the most popular girl in school!" another said. "this is may gabby and hope." daralynn said. "this is zoey. MY, big sister!" she said, proudly. after school i picked up the boys and drove home. i heard a glass break. "stay here." i said. i grabbed my pocket knife from the glove box and went in. "your such a loser!" mom yelled. she tossed a plate at joe. "no!" haylie yelled. she ran to me. i took her to my car and gave her to daralynn. owen get the car seat out of the van i said. he did. "untill you can work out what ever your fighting about, i'm taking the kids." i said. "you don't have to." mom said. "clean this glass up." i told her. she nodded. "you are 32 years old start acting like it both of you. i'll be at the park. come get the kids when your coold off." i said. i slamed the front door. "hey everything ok?" jonah asked. "yeah, fine. we're going to the park want to come?" i asked. "meet you there." he said.he layed out a blanket. we sat on it while the kids played. "i heard the fighting." he said. "i don't know what's wrong with them." i said. i watched daralynn put haylie in a swing. "joe lost his job." he said. "shocker." i said. jonah picked at the grass. "you do a lot for her." he said. "i do it for the kids." i said. "they're lucky to have you." he said. he grabed my hand. i looked at him and he smiled. i smiled back. my mom showed up. "i'm calm," she siad. she took the kids but i kept daralynn. she got into my car. i stood at jonahs car. "see you around." he said. i nodded. he kissed my forhead. i drove to my house. "woha!" she said. "mistress zoey." jeff said, opening the gates. "this is so cool." she said. mia ran over and jumped on me. " you have a dog?" daralynn asked, petting mia, who licked her arm. " want to give her a treat?" i asked. she nodded. "mia treat." i said. mia ran to the kitchen i gave atreat to daralynn. she gave the treat to mia. we watched movies did make overs nails, and hair. we went swiming and talked. she told me about school, and how she was the most popular girl in school. "zoe?" dad called. "up here." i said. "he came to my door. "oh, i was going to invite you to dinner." he said. "this is daralynn my little sister. daralynn this is my dad. do you want to go to a fansy restrant?" i said. she nodded. we got ready. " this is so much fun, you are you living the life." she said. i laughed. "a limo!" she said. "yep." i said. she got in. we ate and then went home. i carried her to my room and put her in bed. i crawled in with her and held her. mia jumped on the bed and we all went to sleep. the next day i put daralynnin the bath. i pushed the jets, and purple bubbles. i told the butler to pring us breakfast on a silver tray, that way she could have the full deal. she got dressed. "mistress zoey. miss daralynn. breakfast is served." the butler said, putting is down. we ate, and then took mia on a walk. "hey, zoey wait up!" wiett called. "hey wiett." i said. we hugged. "who's this?" he asked, rubbing mia." that's mia, and this is daralynn. my little sister." i said. "lovely to meet you miss daralynn. what are you doing this after noon?" he asked. "nothing." i said. "want to catch a movie?" he asked. "yeah, sure." i said. "cool. bye miss daralynn." he said. he jogged back to his house. after mia's walk i dropped daralynn off at the house. jonah was outside mowing his lawn, so i brang him a glass of lemonade. "thanks." he said, taking a drink. "what are you doing tomorow?" he asked. "bring your daughter to work day." i said. "what about monday?" he asked. "nothing." i said. "want to go on a picnick?" he asked. "yeah." i smiled. "keep it." i said, when he tryed to give me the glass back. he smiled. i went back inside. i went swiming with the kids and then drove home. "hi dad!" i said, hugging him. he sat at the table with his lap top in front of him. "have a good day?" he asked. "yeah, this guy i like asked, me on a date." i said. "you mean weitt?" he asked. "huh?" i asked. "he sent you something, it's in the hall." he said. i went to the hall. a dosen of roses where in the hall. i went to them. i read the note. a rose for every time i wished you where mine in the last five seconds. can't wait for our date. weitt. 
  date? i thought that we where just going to the movies. Date. shit! i ran upstairs and got into the shower. i got ready, and the door bell rang. "hi." i said. "hey." he said. he gave me a hug. "ready?" he asked. "dad, i'm going out." i called. "be back at a desent hour, we leave early tomorow." he said. "k bye." i said, shutting the door. we got into his car and drove to the movies. after we saw the movie, he droped me off. "i had fun." he said. "me too." i said. he kissed my cheek. "see you around zoey." he said. i waved to him. i went to my room. what if wrong with me i can't like two people at the same time! "dinner." the butler said. "thanks." i said. i kicked off my high heels and went to the dinning room. "did you have a nice time?" he asked. "yeah," i said. "so we leave there at seven." he said. "okay." i said. "make sure to eat, sometimes they don't have food you'd like." he said. i gave mia a treat and went to bed. he next morning i showered dressed walked mia and ate. "ready?" he asked. "yep." i said. once we got there he should me the ropes. he was telling me about a shot when a guy walked by. i did a doubble take. "I'm going to get a water." i said. i went to the table. "hey, your jake's kid right?" he asked. "yep." i said. "i'm such a fan of his work, that's when i heard i'll be working with him, i got a little excited." he said. i laughed.  "i'm josh." he said. "zoey." i said. "can i take you to dinner tuesday night?" he asked. not three guys. but of course i said. "sure, looking forward to it." he smiled. "got to get back to work." he said. "right." i said. he smiled and turned. oh my god, is he cute. after the filming i went home. there was a pacage on the floor. i picked it up. i went to my room and opened it. it was a single rose. a rose for the girl that can make me feel only the way you do, weitt. i put it with the other roses.  "hello?" i asked. "honey, i'm having car trouble can you take the kids to school?" she asked. "on my way." i said. "perfect, i love you." she said. "i love you too mom." i said, hanging up. i looked at the clock 6. i did my morning rutine and drove to get the kids. i hopped to see jonah but he wasn't there. i dropped the kids off and went back to my moms. i slept in daralynn's bed and then ate lunch. after that i watched a movie with mom. after the movie i picked up the kids. while helping them, with their homework the bell rang. i opened the door. "hey." i said, to jonah. he took his arm from behind his back, and gave me a boque of large lolly pops. i laughed, and took them. he smiled and i hugged him. "ready?" he asked. "yes." i said. he opened his door, and i got in. the park we went to had a large oak tree, where we decided to eat.  after twenty minutes we where having a blast. "i really like you." he said, looking down. he grabed my hand. i looked up to say something, but joanah pressed his lips to mine. a deep firey feeling filled my core, and went through my body. i scooted closer and kised him back. a soccer ball, landed in the middle of us making us split. "ready to go?" he asked. "yeah." i said. we drove home. "that was fun." i said. he smiled and pulled me in for a kiss. "alright, break it up, the kids are gonna see." my mom said. we all laughed. he kissed me once, and then walked to his house. he truned back, and smiled. i waved and he went inside. "so, you like him huh." my mom said. " i think a little too much." i said. "you could never like someone too much." she said. she kissed my forehead. "see you next time." she said. i drove home. weitt was sitting on the porch. he came up to me and kissed me. i had the same feeling but it was more powerfull, with jonah. "welcome, home." he said. "wow." i said. he pulled me back to him. his hand went down my back, and rested on my butt. "ahem." my dad said, now standing at the door. "goodnigh, Mr. hendrics." weitt said. he left our yard and when home. "dinner's ready." he said. i ate a salad, and went to bed. the next morning i slept in. "hey you okay?" dad asked. "yeah why?" i asked. "your sleeping late." he said. "i'm fine." i said. i changed into some strech pants and a swetshirt, and walked mia. "zoey." wiett said. he jogged up to me, his breath a huff of white. "hey." he said, kissing me.  as we walked mia he sliped his hand into mine. it didn't feel right, like the way joanah's did. he kissed me again and i went inside. don't get me wrong i had a thing for him, but i like joanah. i took a shower and got ready. i know i'm comparing him to joanah, but when you have the perfect kiss, and perfect guy, it's hard not to. i got ready and went to dinner with josh. "what's going on here?" joanah asked. "who are you?" josh asked. "i'm her boyfriend." he said. my what now?   "where just eating dinner." i said. "then why are you dressed like that?" he asked. he turned and left. i followed him. he got into his car and drove away. "what's wrong?" josh asked. "i think i just went through my first heart break." i said. i got into my car. i drove home. i cryed myself to sleep. i didn't know he was my boyfriend if i did i would of never went on that date, and i would never talk to weitt. the next morning i walked mia. "zoey this is my girlfriend, jade." weitt said. "jade you can do so much better than him. trust me." i said. i went back home. now i know how joanah feels. i have to make this right. i got into my car and drove to joanahs house. "what?" he asked. "i came here to tell you i didn't know we where dating you never said. i went to dinner with josh, just to hang out with him, my dad's filming his movie." i said. "cute pjs." he said. i pulled my jaket closed. "i didn't know." i said. i got into my car. "zoey." he said. i drove away. i went back to sleep. an hour after crying someone knocked on my door. i looked up to see joanah. he smiled, and crawled into my bed. he held me close, and kissed my forehead. "i'm sorry." i said. "shh." she said. he kissed my forehead again. "get dressed i'm taking you out." he said. "i don't deserve you." i said. he cumped my face. "i deseve you." he said. "i know you. and i love you." he said. "you do?" i asked. "everytime i'm not with with you i feel sad, like you took part of me with you. i can get your laugh out of my head. is that wierd?" he said. i smiled. "no. i love you." i said. i got ready, and met him in the front hall. he smiled. he reached for me. he liffted up my face and kissed me. 
   
   
   Publication Date: January 7th 2018 https://www.bookrix.com/-chalen