Something New by Shaniel Watson

Author:Shaniel Watson [Watson, Shaniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-11-08T18:30:00+00:00

Twelve

NOAH

“Axel! I told you to stop jumping on the couch. If you break your leg I’m not taking you to the hospital. It’s my day off and for the first time in a long time, there is nothing I have to do. Sorry about that, Noah. You were saying something?”

I smile at the fourth interruption within a couple of minutes of our conversation since she answered her phone. “It’s—“

“If I have to say it again, you’re going to get it. You’re going to spend the rest of the day in your room and no ice cream when the ice cream truck comes by. Guys, I need one of you to take him to the park.”

I listen, amused by the chaos in their house through the phone. I hear muffled whining in the background from Ryan and Drew along with music and the sound of a video game. It’s a lot at ten in the morning. I’d need an entire pot of coffee to start the day. “I see your house is already full steam ahead and going for a Sunday morning.”

“You think? Between Axel bouncing off every surface he sees like he’s trying to break something on purpose to give me something to freak out about, and the slob brothers with the controllers glued to their hands, volume up way too high, and the washer acting up and leaking water—uhh, it’s been a hell of a morning already.”

“Seems like you’ve done more than a lot already. I’m stressed just listening to it in the background,” I sympathize with a chuckle.

“Geez, you don’t want to hear all this. You called to say good morning and you get this. Bet now you’re probably rethinking getting to know more about me.”

“Are you kidding, this is the morning I dream of, waking up next to you in a house that’s in full swing.”

She laughs. “Then you need your head checked, my friend.”

“Now it’s just friend, huh, I’ve been demoted from my boyfriend position?”

“Well, you know, you weren’t promoted in the first place. But I’d say you’re in for consideration. For being helpful.”

Consideration is better than nothing. “So what would cement me into a permanent position?”

“Well—hold on, Noah,” she says with a huff. “Axel, up to your room, right now. But nothing. When you don’t listen repeatedly, this is what happens. I don’t want to see you down here for two hours.” I hear the sound of petulant steps going upstairs. Then more talking. “Guys, I’m going to lose my shit if you don’t help me clean up some of this mess I didn’t make. Not later, now! I made breakfast for everyone and was forced to spend an hour washing select pieces of clothes by hand like an old-world wife. Do something!”

I hear more grumbling in the background but this time the sound of the video games stops. Her patience is amazing. She comes back to the phone with a sigh. “School only ended three weeks ago, and the idea of one more entire day with all of us in here is driving me batshit already.

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