"You broke up with Keanu?" My mom glares me down.

Oh this should be fun.

"Why would you do that? I don't think you thought this through Andrew. She's perfect for your future."

"I always liked being friends with her. Dating her made me want to put a bullet through my head," I groan from the couch.

"Andrew, enough dicking around with your sad humor. What happened?"

"I like someone else." I shrug.

I'm very good at acting calm when really my insides are ready to explode.

My father walks downstairs.

"George, Hannalore just told me Andrew broke up with Keanu. Please talk to your boy, this doesn't seem very thought through."

Five months thought through.

My dad walks into the living room and raises an eyebrow.

"When the heck did you two get so invested in my dating life?"

"We're super close with their family, Andrew. Everything was perfect and you're throwing that away for?"

Part of me is concerned if I say, I might give them a stroke.

"You know what? It doesn't matter who because tonight we're going to their house for dinner and you will fix things with Keanu."

I sigh to my mother as she gets up and returns to the kitchen for breakfast. 

I decide to skip out on the awkward breakfast with mom and head to the garage to see the others. 

"Ah there's our favourite preppy boy," Liv says as I walk in.

"Thought your favourite was Aleks," Gabe snorts from the couch. He doesn't bother to look up from his game.

"Ah yes. Okay so there's the second favourite."

"Personally, I'd say favourite," Leo smirks after he pulls down his mask to rest on his neck. I'm assuming he was painting outside. The other giveaway is he's covered in paint. Why is he so messy?

"Throw back to when you two couldn't stand each other," Mia jokes as she walks between us, she winks to me as she walks by. 

Everyone seems to be doing their own thing. Liv is on the bean bag chair on her phone, Gabe is playing games and Mia has her head in the fridge.

"Where's Elle?" I ask walking up to Leo and giving him a hug, his head rests under mine.

Mia shrugs before turning around, staring at us for a moment then shrugging it off and carrying on. 

"Did you know our families are having dinner tonight?" I whisper to him.

He shakes his head. 

"Warning, my mother is going to try to make me date Keanu, which won't happen but I'm sure it'll be entertaining."

"I'm just curious to see how Keanu will react. She's very unpredictable."

"Yeah. She's been surprisingly calm though."

"Which scares me," he laughs. "You never know whats happening in her head when shes quiet."

"Keanu quiet, what a concept."

"So did I miss something or is this normal?" Gabe says staring at us.

"You missed something," Mia replys.

"Hey Liv, you know what this means?" Gabe says. Liv just replies with an annoyed glare.

"What?" Leo lifts his head to look at Gabe.

"Nothing," Gabe shrugs turning back to his game. "I just won a bet."

"Where the hell did you find these people?" I laugh to Leo.

"I accidentally bribed Liv to kiss me in grade two, been friends since. She introduced me to Mia. Elle was in my class literally every grade and I don't know how the fuck Gabe got here. He just kinda showed up one day and I just accepted that."

"Okay I get you two are a thing or whatever but we literally just broke up, no need to be a cute couple in front of me," Keanu says. We're all sat in the garage and I'm just annoying Leo.

"I'm literally just poking him."

"Whatever. I still cannot believe this. Like of all people, Andrew."

"Why? Would you of rathered Mia?" I snort.

"Okay good point but like, I'm not letting either of you near my next boyfriend."

There's a knock on the door then Mr. Medero pops his head in to say dinner before leaving.

"This will be fun," Keanu groans.

We all go to the dining table. The three of us teenagers eat in dead silence as Mr. Medero and ym father talk about golf and the moms gossip about Angelina, Aleks' mom.

I sit in between Keanu and Leo. Mom keeps looking at me and winking.

"So..." Mrs. Medero says, facing us. "I heard you two broke up."

"Mom, we've been over this, it's not happening. Trust me."

"You guys are just young and making a dumb decision."

"Mom, drop it," Keanu says sternly.

"Did somebody cheat cause you guys can get past that surely."

"Please do not tell me you're encouraging me to date a cheater. I'm not like you mom."

It goes silent. "Dad cheated?" Leo questions.

"Long time ago but regardless, I don't date a cheater."

"Did Andrew cheat?" My mom glares at me.

"Stop meddling in our relationships because you're bored with your own," Keanu snaps. 

"Kea, it's fine," I whisper to her. "Mom, I already told you. I like someone else. Keanu and I will not date again. Period."

"Is it that girl you let stay at our house?"

Why the hell does everyone think I like Mia? Am I aloud a female friend?

"Just say it, we'll run outside and then go for a drive," Keanu whispers. "We're teenagers, we're still aloud to do immature things."

I'll take it. 

"Funny story, it's Leo."

I just get confused looks. 

"Okay time to skip the awkward dinner," I say to him, getting up. He, confused, follows. Keanu gets up too.

"What?" 

Yes, a concept no rich parent can understand. Guys can date. Mind blown.

"I don't understand? Are you kids all pulling a joke?"

"The word you're looking for is prank, mom," Keanu says. 

Mr. Medero and dad look up, confused on what their wives are saying and why we're standing up.

"Is what a joke?"

I roll my eyes and decide to speed up the process by turning Leo around and kissing him on the lips. "Not a joke. Anyway, see you around."

I walk away leaving them all shocked. "What did I say about couple shit in front of me!" Keanu whines and Leo laughs.

In the car we all just make fun of each other and blast music as if all the odd drama of this last year didn't happen.