The One That Got Away Again completed

Chapter 7

I started this chapter for Thanksgiving but end up stopping BC on the day if I got busy cooking a huge dinner for 4 ppl, than got back to work the next day then yesterday I spent time with my man. Well, while I'm laying in bed, I thought I should finish this chapter up. Sorry for the lateness of it, hope y'all will still love it.

I woke up to it being loud in the hall. I didn't want to get up, but I had to see what was going on. As I got up and walked to my door, I looked over at the calendar and saw it was the week of Thanksgiving. Which meant no school this whole week, which was awesome.

As I opened the door, I saw my loving step mother in the hall closets digging out stuff. When I walked over there, I saw some of the stuff was our good china that we usually used around the holidays. Its been awhile since we actually had a nice homemade dinner for Thanksgiving since my mother passing away and everyone being so busy all the time.

"Honey, I'm going to head off to the store to get what you need off the list I'll be back in a few hours." I heard my father say as he walked out of their room towards the stairs. "Rose, your awake?"

"Yea, I got woken up but its fine." I had said.

"Sorry Rosey, I didn't mean to wake you. I just can't find half of our shit." Cynthia had said, sitting on the floor, staring at me with sad sorry eyes.

"Its okay." I told her.

"What are we missing?" My father asked her.

He was being nice and helpful for once. I've never seen him like this. Unless someone is coming over and oh god. I wonder who that could be.

"Everything, half our dishes are gone. This is all we have." She told him.

"I'll get more, write what you need on this list and I'll go get more money out of the safe." He said as he handed her the little notebook and pen.

She nodded then started writing down everything she need, which was a lot. Especially for this family.

After a few months, my father came back out and Cynthia handed back the notebook and pen to him. After that he was gone and a few moments later, one of our seasonal helps came up the stairs.

"Mr. Jefferson said grab what you had put to use for now." The woman has said. I never caught her name, or just didn't want to remember it since we hardly use her.

"Yes, thank you. Just grab these and bring them into the kitchen." Cynthia told her.

The help grabbed everything she could and went downstairs. As Cynthia cleaned up the hall and put what she didn't need back into the closet.

As I stood there and leaned against the wall, I thought of who was coming. Then I just blurted out the question.

"So who's coming?" I asked.

"The usual. My family, your fathers family, your grandparents, and your fathers boss and wife." She said as she shut the door. "Oh and a few extra guest from his job."

"I knew it. We never go this all out unless its someone important. Nor do we have a huge dinner. Father's never really here."

"Yes, well that's true. Your father is usually out of town on business but this year he's home and well bringing business here instead. So please don't go into the den, He's holding his little business thing down there as his office." She told me.

"Yes, ma'am." I said as I walked away to go back into my room. "Can you make my favorite dish?" I asked before I closed my door.

"Homemade baked mac and cheese with all different cheeses?" She asked, smiling a little. I nodded. "Yes, I was gonna make it. I had to make a little everything of everyone's favorite dish." She said as she chuckled.

"Oh thank you." I said as I smiled at her then closed my door.

We had a few days til Thanksgiving and she was already getting the stuff. It was a last minute thing since we're having a lot more people then usually.

I sat at my desk, got onto computer to video call Joey. He went to his grandparents house for the week, since was a few states away. We were both hurt that he was leaving. And by the time difference, he was just a few hours away of me.

"Good morning beautiful, your up awful early. Is everything okay?" He asked.

"Yes, it okay. Cynthia woke me up going through the closet. Were having a huge dinner this year. Everyone is coming." I said.

"Let me guess your father is home and not away?" He asked.

That was one thing I loved about Joey, he listened to what I had to say. I've told him around the holidays my father is always gone out on business like usual. But since we've been hiding out about us, HE'S been better at the whole listening and caring.

I touched my nose and smiled. "You got that right. He's bringing the business here instead." I told him.

He shook his head. "Well this is gonna be good." He said.

As well talked on the computer, his phone started to ring. He looked at it and guessing by the look on his face it was his girlfriend.

"Go ahead and take it." I told him.

"It only be a few minutes, I won't even hang up."

"I'll mute myself." I said as I hit the mute button.

After I did he answered the phone.

"Hey babe, how's-" he said as he answered the phone.

After a few moments he was quiet. But I could tell he was a little pissed off. Something was bothering him. He looked at the computer and mouth I'm sorry to me. So I mouth back, its okay.

As they continue to talk, things started to change a little. He started to yell at her, which kinda scared me a little because it was quiet, he was soft speaking.

"What are you talking about? Cynthia is at home, I'm at my grandparents. We're not even together." He blurted out. "Who the hell told you we were together?" "Wait you got pictures of us hugging and kissing, where?"

When he said that, I could see he was freaking out and I was too in the inside. I truly didn't care she found out about us, to be honest. I couldn't stand her at all.

"Wow, well you know we're best of friends, you've seen her kiss my cheeks all the time. That's what best friends do. Yes she is a girl. I get it boys don't do that, what's that got to do with it." He said then looked at me. "You know what, I'm sick of this already. I'm supposed to be having a great time here and you already f****d it over. At least Cynthia calls and checks up on me asking how I'm doing. Least she cares." He has said.

That made my heart fluttered. It was sweet of him to stand up for me.

"Maybe I will f**k her and date her. Maybe I already have her. Maybe I'll come home early and see her and f**k her instead of coming home to see you." He said. "You know up, I'm done Jennifer. We're over." He said then hung up the phone and threw onto his bed.

My mouth was all open with shocked all over my face. I couldn't believe I heard him say what he said. But I sure did love it

"Sorry you had to hear that." He told me as he sat back down in his chair.

"What just happened?" I asked.

"One of her cousins saw us at the mall before I left I guess where you had kissed me before we took our leave. They took a picture of us but you can't tell with the angle how we were kissing. Then she went all crazy and I just had it." He said.

"I saw, so are you willing to come home early to see me and f**k me?" I asked.

"That was the plan in the beginning. I was gonna see her afterwards and not tell her when I came home yet." He said chuckling a little.

"Your sweet, I love you." I said out loud.

"Well I love you too. Always have, just glad you said it first." He said smiling. "Matter of fact, I've been waiting to ask and now that me and Jennifer are over. How about you become my girlfriend?" He said. "Cynthia Rose, my bestest friend ever, will you do me the favor of becoming my girlfriend?" He asked.

"Oh god, yes. I've been waiting for this day for you to ask me that." I said.

"JOEY,! I need you help!" Someone woman was yelling for him.

"That would be Nana yelling for me. I'll talk to you later. Love you, beautiful."

"Love you, handsome." I said the closed my computer.

I leaned back and started smiling at what just happened. I've waited for this moment since I first saw him.

The very next day, its like everyone knew what happened. I didn't say a word to anyone but guessing everyone heard it from my room. At least I thought.

"Rose, so guess what I had heard?" Carlie said.

"What?" I asked.

"So that Joey broke up with Jenny for you!" She said getting excited. "They got into a huge fight on the phone over you. She's telling everyone about it. Well at least her friends. Which I'm friends with a few of them."

"Yea, they did get into it I was on the computer with him when that happened. I was blown out of my mind."

"So, is it true that you and Joey are going out?" Chris had asked coming up the stairs.

"Maybe?" I said as we went into the play room. "He did asked me. He's been waiting to ask me but he was dating Jennifer." I said.

"So how are you gonna feel about all of this when we go back to school?" Carlie asked.

"Fine, I guess. I don't care if everyone knows. But let's keep it to ourselves for now." I said as I looked at Carlie.

"What? It ain't like I'ma gonna say anything."

This time Chris looked at her with his arms crossed. "Please, you can't even keep a secret."

"Yes I can. Now I got to head off towards the mall to get my outfit picked for dinner tomorrow." Carlie said then head out.

Chris and I stayed up and talked about me and Joey. That he's glad I finally got someone. And someone that's not willing to use me for me being rich or popular.

I just kept on smiling over the idea of me and Joey dating. Its been my dream for the past year or so to be with him. And it came true.

The morning of Thanksgiving, Cynthia woke everyone up to take their showers and make sure they were gonna be ready around 12 o'clock. Me, I wasn't like Carlie to all out and get the outfit, I had enough clothes to last me a lifetime. I just had to find the cutest outfit for today.

As I took my shower and done what I needed to do, I had got out and went through everything I had then found it. I put on my black skinny jeans with my nice gold glittery blouse. Once I put those on and done my make up, I was done and ready and it was only 10:30 am.

By the time 11:30 had hit, everyone was showing up. My grandparents, were the first and I was excited to see them. We hung out for awhile in my room to ourselves until it was time for lunch/dinner.

Father had came in last with his boss and a few people that was outer towners. They were from China, a man and a few women.

As my father was talking to everyone about the new deal that was about to happen over Christmas in China, Cynthia and my fathers family was excited. They were happy for him. I mean we all were but that meant more time gone, less time with family. I mean I was use to it. By now, at least. I just clapped my hands for my father then began eating my food. Chris saw right through me though. He just smirked a little to let me know that he knew how I was feeling.

As I was eating, I would look up a few times to look at my father and when I did, I would see him talking to one of the girls that was sitting next to him. They were talking. A lot. And when I say a lot, I just knew by the way he was smiling. They say they were so close, the way she moved, they say to showed herself, how she would touch him every few moments on the shoulder or even on his arm. There were a few times she would move her arm down under the table and him move his eyes a little.

I got up making everyone jump a little to leave the table to walk somewhere. I knew what was happening but I couldn't prove it. But I couldn't be in there anymore. I heard some of them call my name but I just ignore it and walked out to the back garden and chilled. As I watched as the birds, the bees, and the butterflies fly around, I had thought of the birds and the bees talk that my father had told me. "The s*x" talk, he called it.

As I was thinking of all that when someone had touched my shoulder. It was Chris.

"Hey, you good?"

"Yeah, I'll be okay."

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"I think you might be right? The woman that was sitting next to our father was being all touchy touchy with him. Just how they were moving and s**t. Its how I've always saw him and your mother move,"

"You think, he's doing it again as well and with her. In our home?"

I nodded and looked away. "Just to think it and see it, I feel wrong."

"I know how to catch them if it is happening. Remember that cam recorder I got you a few years back for your birthday?" I nodded. "Go get it, I can set it up in the den then once I do, I can go talk to our father to go in there and say one of the China people want to talk to him. And you can go to that woman and say the same. That our father wants to talk to them in the den."

"Oh, will it work?" I asked.

"It should, if you think you saw what you saw. And once they leave, we'll get the camera and watch it. And if its what we think it is, we'll show my mother. I don't want to see her hurt again." Chris had said.

I nodded at him and we done what we said we were doing. Once I found her and told the woman, her face literally lite up and walked towards the den. We waited around and it was about an hour or so until they had came back. I was sure they done something that they we're supposed to. Especially in the same home as his wife and kids and family.

Maybe that was the reason why he wanted everyone to stay away from the den. Maybe he was gonna f**k this woman anyways. After thinking that, I couldn't get it out of my head.

Later that night, we went in there and got the camera and watched it in my room. And of course I was right. It lasted for awhile and I was already sick to my stomach. I had called Joey and told him everything. He felt bad about it and said he'd be home tomorrow.

The following next day, Joey has showed up and we just cuddled and hung out and talked about yesterday. After awhile he distracted me about talking about us. It felt wrong how it all went but in the end, it has to be done.

Well that was a crazy twist. And to been done on Thanksgiving, in the same house where your wife and kids and family were in. Shaking my head, I've would have been hurt if this ever happened to me.

Well after this the story changes once again. But I think I'm gonna keep the huge ending plot the same just got back to normal. Or just change it all together. What do y'all think? Y'all have a few days til I write again. I might ruff draft two chapters on which one I want to do and if y'all ideas are close to what I was thinking I'll update that chapter.

Let's have some fun with this book.... ?