I want food.

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"Okay. The Jury has come to a conclusion."

Oh gosh. Oh gosh. Oh gosh.
Nervous. Nervous!

"Jim you have been charged with 1st degree murder, child neglect, assault, and drug possession. You've been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole"

Oh my god.
Should I be happy or sad about this?
Life?
Like his entire life?
I don't know what to think.

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Joey

"At least that's over."
Daniel says as he crawls into the bed beside me.

"Yeah."
I mean I'm glad it's over, but Norabella seems sad. Well then again she had to re-live her mothers last day.

"How do you think she's holding up?"
I ask turning off the lamp beside me.
"I'm not sure. It seems like she only talking to Kyle."
Daniel says turning off his lamp to.

"Should we just ask Kyle what she's saying?" I ask
"I don't think so. If she wants to talk to us she will. I think she just needs time to process everything."
I nod.

"But I think everything will turn out how it's supposed to"
He says closing his eyes.

"How's it suppose to turn out?"
I question, whispering.

"Okay. It's suppose to turn out okay."

I hope so.

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Norabella

"Entire life?"
Kyle says shocked.

"I know. I'm still having trouble at that. Entire lives are super long"

"Yeah. But you could visit him if you wanted to?"
He says.
I dunno if I want to, but I also don't know if I NEVER ever wanna see him.

"I guess. But I'm not sure."

We sit down on the couch and turn on the TV.

"Are you talking to your dads?"
He asks then takes a sip of his apple juice.

"No. Do you think they regret adopting me?" I ask looking straight at Kyle.

"I don't think that at all."
He softly.

"But what if they do? They're stuck with me for at least 10 more years.
What if they don't even like me? When if they adopted me out of pity or something?"

"Don't say that. That's not fair to them. If they didn't like you, they wouldn't be this great to you. Just accept the fact that guys can care about you, to."

Why must he disagree with everything I say?

"Yeah yeah. Anyways, what have I missed in school the past few days?"

They have me sometime off cause if the entire court thingy.

"Nothing really different. I have your homework in my backpack that you missed. Oh and this girl Kessica and I hung-"
Hold up.
Kessica? What kinda name is that?
Who's Kessica? Did her parents mean to name her Jessica?

"Who's that?"
I ask.
Are they friends now?

"Oh she's that red head in the back. The girl who sits next to Tyrone. She's super nice. We had lunch together and then did hom-"

WHAT?
Excuse me!?

I give Kyle a look of annoyance but he's to busy talking and "Kessica" to notice! What the heck.

"How old is she?"
I ask interrupting his talk about his great day with 'Kessica'

"Uh ten like us. Why?"

I bet she's super immature and trashy.

"No reason just wondering...

Is she pretty?"
I ask. Once again he give me. "Uhhhhhhh" look but I'm going to find out with this Kessica girl is all about.
I bet her parents made a typo in her birth certificate.

"Uh... I guess, yeah. Why?"
He asks again.

"Just wondering..."

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Okay. He's literally been for the past 10 minutes talking about stupid Kessica.

Is he trying to make me angry?

"Oh my gosh! And then when mr. Thompson told is to get to class, we-"

Yadda yadda yadda.

Gosh! If I hear the name Kessica one more time...

"And Kessica ended up late, so-"

Okay that's it.

"Be right back."
I say with a smile.
He smiles back and nods.

The second I turn away my face turns angry.

I need help.

I run to my dads room and knock twice.

Hope they aren't asleep.

"Come in."
Joey says groggily.

Oops. But this is an emergency!

I open the door and close it fastly and run up on o to the bed.

"I need help!"
I say sorta whisper yelling.

Daniel turn on the light and they both sit up.

"Why? What's wrong?"
Joey asks.

"Kyle, for the past 10 minutes is talking some trashy girl he met named Kessica!"
Joey and Daniel look wet eachother confusedly. But then back at me.

"What's the issue with that?"
Joey asks.

"He totally has a crush on her!"
I say, sorta like I expect them to know this. Well whatever they should!

"So?"
Daniel says rubbing his eyes.
I feel my cheeks grow red.
That's new.

"Our secret bond of friendship is going to be torn apart into a million prices and burned at the stake because of Kessica!"
I say.
Joey presses his lips together to think... Hide a laugh?
This is a serious matter.

"Honey, don't jump to conclusions. They can be just friends. Did he say he likes her?"
Daniel says.

"No. But I know he does. He talks about her differently them me! He's replacing me with trashy Kessica!"
This time, Joey does let on a quiet chuckle.

"Joseph! This. Is. No. Laughing. Matter!"
I say glaring at him.

"Yea she's right.
How long has he known her?"
Daniel asks.

Huh. I don't even know.

"Dunno. 3 days?"
I think. Maybe.

"If you think he likes her, then ask him."
Joey says encouragingly

He's right. I'm gonna get to the bottom of this if it's the last thing I do!

"Okay. Let's go. Operation Kessica!"
I say then dash out of the room.

I run down the hall, and then meet Kyle back on the couch.

"Everything okay?"
He asks raising an eyebrow.

"Everything is just dandy. Anyways, about tras- I mean Kessica, I have a question."
I say. He looks at me oddly but nods.

"Do you have a crush on her?"
His eyes widen.

He better not.

"I- I mean uh..."

No.
You mean no, Kyle.

"You can tell me if you do. We're BFF's right?"
I say.

He gulps.

No.

"I mean yeah, I do sorta like her."
He says quietly.

Oh
Heck
No.

No! Kessica is stealing Kyle away from me!

"Oh well. That's nice."
I say. He smiles at me and I return it.

Okay.
Operation
TAKE DOWN KESSICA!

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Her name was legit Jessica, but I typed it 'Kessica' at first. I was gonna change it back, but I thought it was hilarious I dunno. It sounds like a rich snobby girl named. 😂

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