Chapter 6
394 Words
Savannah POV
"You're back. How was the trip?" I ask my brother Seth who walks in the kitchen and drops his
duffle bag carelessly.
"Lame," he admits going straight to the fridge.
He's eighteen and in the same grade as me. He was so embarrassed when I skipped a grade and
joined him senior year. Since he's in the science mechanics class, he got to go on a three-day
field trip and meet Elon Musk. I'm jealous because I'm a huge fan, but no non-nerds allowed
apparently.
My brother grabs a Danimals cup and opens it over the trash while I paint my nails a midnight
blue color.
"That's it? You didn't see anything cool?"
Seth shakes his head.
"It's all top secret apparently. Everything we saw is something I've seen before."
Except Elon Musk, I add silently.
"So... I have a proposition," I start in a sweet voice.
My light haired brother raises a brow and starts in on his snack while I wave my nails to air dry
them.
"Mom got this offer to work on a project overseas in Korea and she wanted to make it a family
trip, but I suggested she and dad take the time for themselves. Kind of like a second honeymoon
ya know? They said that if you agreed to stay behind with me and be responsible, we could live
home alone until mid summer."
Seth nearly chokes on his yogurt.
"That's months! Months without mom and dad? Hell yeah. You'll have to be the responsible one
though," he adds quickly.
I nod furiously and smile.
"That's a yes?!"
Seth nods and I jump up in excitement.
"I'll go give them the news!"
•••
After three hours of making plans for when my parents leave next week, I lay on my bed in
exhaustion.
Seth and I still have to check in with the neighbor every now and then and we'll have a set
budget for food each month. Blah. Blah.
My phone buzzes and I pick it up expecting Karrie to bring some news, but I see it's the new
kid.
G: Hey Snow White. Can you hang next Friday?
S: Y would we hang?
G: You can't expect me 2 study without getting 2 no u
S: what would we do?
G: just hang! My place?
S: fine. After school.
G: deal
Being blackmailed sucks.
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