Noah wasn't satisfied with her response . He shook me a bit . "Jake? Jake, I'm sorry okay? We don't have to play baseball . We can play mini golf tomorrow instead!"
I grabbed a napkin and dabbed the tears from the corner of my eyes so they wouldn't fall . I looked at Mary and nodded my thanks .
Her gentle smile never wavered . "It's okay to get sad Jake . No matter what you're sad about, we'll face it together . If you're not ready to play baseball so soon, that's okay as well . It'll be waiting for you and not going anywhere . Wayne and I raise the boys to follow their dreams and to do what they like for hobbies . We don't force them one way or the other . "
Just . . . just nothing like my mom .
"Jake?" Noah still worried .
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I gave him a thumbs up and a weak smile to signify that I'm fine .
He sighed . "You had me scared for a second . I thought I broke you or something . "
"Oh?" Mary chuckled . "Who knew you could play big brother so well, Noah? It's a nice change for you . "
Noah rolled his eyes at her . "I'm not playing . I am his big brother . I checked his birthday, I've got three months on him . " He grinned at me . "If you have any problems, just come to me . I'll solve them all like a real big brother . Unlike mine, who bully the young and don't know how to treat others with respect . "
"Oh really?" Mary smirked . "How do you plan on helping him with his math homework if he's ahead of you?"
Noah's jaw dropped . "He's not in geometry with me? I thought you would place him in all of my classes so I can watch out for him?"
"Nope . " Her smirk was more pronounced . "Jake is actually very bright when it comes to math . He'll be taking pre-calculus with the twins . "
"You would put him with those troublemakers?" Noah looked at me with pity . "It's gong to be hard on you, Jakey . This is what you get for being so smart . "
Mary rolled her eyes like Noah usually does . "Don't be so dramatic . Dave and Kyle are well-behaved in class . " I noted how she had to add 'in class' at the end . Even she couldn't admit that they weren't as much trouble as Noah made them out to be .
"What about the five Saturday detentions they had to attend for being a disturbance in class just last semester alone?" Noah refuted .
Mary looked at me, embarrassed . "They aren't that bad . Just rowdy teenage boys . "
I shrugged to show that it didn't matter to me . As long as they didn't want to beat me up then I don't care .
We spent the rest of the day doing what Mary had planned out . I got a few sets of school clothes, some workout clothes, and my own set of school supplies . Afterwards, she took us to see an action film I've never heard of, but Noah claimed it was a remake of a classic and it'd be great . Then we ate dinner at a taco place on the way home .
Today was the first day in quite a long time, that I spent with a friend and I almost forgot how it felt before . Noah felt trustworthy and his outgoing personality made it easy on me .
"Tomorrow morning, Mom has her open house . Want to go to the arcade?" Noah asked as we finished putting away my new clothes . "It has mini-golf, arcade games, and the batting cages . It's only two miles by bike . "
I scrunched up my face at the thought of riding a bike .
Noah noticed . "What? You think that's too far or something?"
I shook my head and cleared my throat . "Can't . " I coughed up the one word and quickly looked away .
"Ohhhh . You can't ride? That's okay . We'll just have mom drop us off . No worries . " He patted my shoulder and smiled . "I'll teach you when we get back in the evening . " He got into his bed . "Go on up . It's time to sleep . "
I nodded, and scurried up onto the top bunk . It didn't take long to hear Noah snoring, yet I couldn't fall asleep the same way . Today was a whirlwind and I was still catching up, mentally .
Chapter end
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