Chapter 16
Casey had gone home pretty late the night
before, but to her it had been well worth it. They had played video games and
watched a movie, that Aaron only made it half way through before falling
asleep.
Her last class of the day had just ended, and
she pulled out her cell phone to give Nick a call, and see what he was up to.
Nick picked up his phone right before the
caller hung up.
“Hello,” he asked.
“Hey, Nick…It’s Casey. Ya, busy?”
“Oh, no not really, just shooting hoops with
Aaron, I just came home form my photo shoot the not too long ago and I promised
Aaron I’d play.”
“Oh, I see,” she said.
“You wanna come over, me and Airhead are
gonna go catch a movie somewhere, you can tag along if you’d like.”
“Oh, well, that’s ok ,you need some time
alone with him ,I’m always here, he‘s not. Besides I have some work I need to do, I just thought
I’d call and see how you were,” she said.
“Oh ,well ok then, give me a call later?,” He
asked more than stated.
“Yea, I’ll call you tomorrow morning, I don’t
have any classes tomorrow, thankfully.”
“Ok, well talk to ya then.”
“Alrighty, bye Nick.”
“Bye Case.”
Nick tossed his phone on the table and walked
back outside, where Aaron was trying to do a lay-up.
“Hey Air, ready to play?”
“Yep,” he answered, tossing the ball at Nick,
“Lets play.”
Two hours later
The boys walked inside dripping sweat, Aaron ran up stairs to take a shower, and
Nick picked up his cell phone checking for missed calls. He had 2.
The 1st message: Hey Nicky, it’s your mother. Tell Aaron to give me a call later and let me
know how he’s doing. Anyway how are you
doing? Thanksgiving’s coming up in a few
months… I want you to be there if you can, BJ’s spending it with your dad and
her family, but I wanted the rest of ya’l l to come up here with me and our
family. Give me a call. Love you both.
Nick deleted it, Aaron could call her, but he
probably wouldn’t even give it a second thought. Dads family was his family too, but oh
well he wasn’t doing anything for thanksgiving, especially going to L.A to see
her and the rest of his family. He
clicked on the second one and listened.
The 2nd message: Hey Nick, it’s Leslie, how’s it going? Mom wants us all to eat thanksgiving with
her, but I don’t want to! She makes a
big deal out of everything! And all she does is bad mouth dad, and dad does the same thing! They
drive me crazy, I wish I could come out there with you but mom says I cant! I
miss you Nick! Talk her into it, call me.
Nick deleted that message as well, he knew
there was practically nothing he could do about the situation ,still he felt
bad for his siblings.
Once again he tossed his cell phone onto the
counter, and headed to go take a shower, hearing the water stop in the bathroom
Aaron was in.
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