~Althia~

"You know you didn't have to do this" I told Justin as we were walking to my house

"Think of it as my way of thanking you" He shrugged

"Well at least you're ready for the test next Wednesday" I said

"We have a test?" Justin asked

I laughed and he flashed me a smile

We continued walking in comforting silence

"So what about you? What are you like?" I asked him, breaking the silence

"What do you want to know?" He questioned

I made it looked like I was thinking for a bit but I knew exactly what to ask him

"What's your favorite color, your go-to meal, do you have any siblings, what your family life is, cats or dogs, favorite animal, favorite sport and lastly what is your favorite smell?" I asked him all of the questions he had asked me

"I see what you did there" Justin looked at me and laughed a little "My favorite color would have to be blue or red. I love steak and pizza. I don't have any siblings. There's not much to say about my family, I don't know my dad and my mom and I aren't really that close. Dogs duh. My favorite animal would have to be either dogs or armadillos. Favorite sport to play is basketball and I like to watch football or basketball. I like the smell of rain and coffee" He answered

"Why armadillos?" I questioned, as we turned onto my street

"Because why the fuck not" Justin responded

"Well this is my house" I announced as we walked to it

"Alright well thank you for helping me out" Justin said

"Anytime" I told him "I'll check in with you once we start the next section to see if you'll need more help" I added

Before Justin could respond a car came driving by and quickly pulled over at the side of the curb. A very angry looking Jeff came out of the car as he slammed the door.

"Jeff, what are you doing here?" I asked him, confused

Jeff ignored me and angrily stumped towards Justin

"What the fuck are you doing here" He spat at Justin "With her" He added, pushing Justin

"Jeff!" I exclaimed at him

"Huh?! Answer the fucking question!" Jeff yelled in Justin's face

Justin just stood there letting Jeff do whatever he wanted, he didn't even reply.

Jeff grabbed Justin by the collar and lifted his fist in the air.

"What the hell is going on here?!" My dad stormed out of the house

At the sight of my dad, Jeff let go of Justin and shoved him to the ground before running to his car and speeding away.

Dad stood on the porch looking at Justin and I as he crossed his arms

I helped Justin up and gave him an apologetic look

"I'm sorry if I caused any disturbance, sir" Justin quickly said to my dad

I opened my mouth to say something but he shook his head

"Thanks again for the help" He mumbled before he turned to walk away

"Althia! What the hell just happened?" My dad asked me as I joined him on the porch

"I-I don't know" I answered him as I watched Justin walk down the street

"Who were those two boys?" He questioned

"That was Justin, the one who I helped with in mechanics and Jeff, my friend who suddenly started to ignore me" I answered

My dad closed his eyes and took a deep breath

"Please, don't tell mom about this" I pleaded him

Dad looked at me

"You know how she'll get" I told him "I have no clue what just happened. Justin was thanking me for helping him and the next thing I knew Jeff came and was all angry and ready to punch Justin" I said

"Okay, I won't tell your mother but please be careful and watch who the hell you hang around with" He said

I nodded and headed inside

I quickly texted Zach to make sure he wouldn't throw a fit about me not texting him when I got home and headed up to my room.

//

"I think at this point we need a little weekend getaway" Jess sighed as we were on Facetime with Hannah

"Agreed" Hannah nodded her head

They both looked at me

"I don't see why not" I said "But I'll need all of the details before I even ask my parents" I added

We talked and figured everything out

"Alright, so you'll come pick me up at around 8 and we're going to spend the day at the beach before going to Jess' parents' cabin?" I questioned the girls making sure I got everything

"Alright, let's go ask the parents" I smiled and we said our goodbyes

I walked down the hall where I knew I could find my dad in his office

"Hey dad" I sang as I walked in the room

"What do you want, Althia?" He took his glasses off and turned in his chair to look at me

"Would it be possible for me to have a small weekend getaway with some friends?" I asked, giving him a cheesy smile

"Which friends and where?" He asked

"Jess and Han and we'd be going to the beach all day tomorrow and then staying over in a cabin and then we'd leave Sunday morning to come back here" I told him

"It's a yes for me but for mom..." Dad trailed

"Could you maybe, take care of convincing her?" I asked him

He looked at me but sighed giving in

"I'll talk to her" He said as he got up to go find mom

"Yes, thank youuuuu" I hugged him tightly before I ran back in my room

Getaway or nah?

Althia:

I got a yes from my dad and he's convincing my mom right now

"Pack up your things kiddo, you can go" My dad suddenly appeared in my room

I smiled widely

"Thank you mom" I yelled so she could hear me "And thank you dad" I told him

My dad waved his hand at me and left my room

Althia:

Pack up your things, we're going away hoes

For the rest of the night, I packed everything I would be needing

It was only until I was getting ready for bed that I forgot to message Justin since I wanted to apologize

DMs between Justin and Althia

Hey, I just wanted to

say sorry about the way Jeff came

at you today

I have no clue why he

would do such a thing but it was so not

cool.

Hi, don't stress about it

You weren't the one who

was ready to beat me up so you have

nothing to be sorry about

I really appreciate you

helping me out too, thank you so

much again

There's nothing there...

I still feel so bad about

what Jeff did, I would talk to him but

he's been ignoring me sooo

It's totally fine

Okay

Well goodnight, Justin

Goodnight, Althia