Chapter 3 Girls just want to have fun

Trixie POV 

Morning came and since I was scheduled off today, I slept until almost noon. Mom and Dad gone at work I had no one to worry about being home. I made my way to the Kitchen downstairs and made myself some brunch, scramble cheesy eggs and bacon with some brown sugar toast and a glass of orange juice. It was wonderful. 

After breakfast I cleaned my room and did my laundry and took a long bubble bath shaving my legs and getting ready for a night out tonight, I packed up my make up and hair tools, clothes for tonight and pajamas and an outfit to come home tomorrow in. By the time I completed all of this is was about 3 pm and I decided a nap would be great considering I had no idea how late I was going to be out tonight. Set my alarm for 5 pm and sent out a text in our group chat. 

All my stuff is packed and ready for tonight in the city. Going take a nap until 5. See you guys soon!

They all reacted with smiley faces or heart emojis and with that I was out. 

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Hearing a slight knocking on my door, I Peak one eye open to see its just 430pm and My mom is at the opening my bedroom door. I slowly sit up and she begins talking to me. “Sleepy head Trixie. I just got home and wanted to check on you. I am about to make some sandwiches to hold us over until dinner; would you like one?” I nodded while rubbing the sleep from my eyes and stretching up. Heading down stairs with my mom, watching her as she finishes the sandwich and cuts it and gives half to me and poors us a glass of tea. 

“Are you looking forward to your senior year?” she asks. I nod “ I am but I am just nervous about what is next. I am not sure I want to go to college but going right to work doesn’t seem right with me either. I am not sure what I want to do just yet. Did you know when you were 17?” 

“ At 17 you’re not expected to know what you want to do forever. I think that the thought that you would is quite ridiculous, but I would like you to follow your dreams and do what make you happy, whatever that may be when you find it.” She said as she patted my arm and took another bite. 

“Do you think dad feels the same?” Not wanting to disappoint either of them. She nods and smiles at me. We finish our sandwiches in silences and lean my head against my mom. Its in moments like these I am curious to what my birth parents did, if it would give me any insight as what I was supposed to do with my life. Shaking that thought out of my head I know I am lucky to have gotten adopted when I was just a baby from the system. Most people grow up roughly growing through it with foster parents neglect and abuse. Luckily my parents had been fostering for about a year when I came alone, unable to have their own children once placed with me as an infant they were able to adopt me in about a year and quit fostering. I would figure it out over time what I was meant to do. 

In that moment dad came through the door looking stressed from his job at one of the towns factories. I knew dad didn’t have much passion for what he did, but it allowed him to be active with me growing up at t-ball games and then dance recitals and I played basketball in middle school when I decided I was done doing a lot of the extra curriculum activities. Plus, he got all the holidays off with pay and I had heard them talk about how he factory offer free health insurance which apparently was a huge thing. 

Looking up he saw mom had already made him a sandwich too. He smiled at us and came over standing behind my mom and giving her a kiss on the top of her head and whispered something in her ear. Barely overhearing him I heard “You are the most beautiful sandwich maker in all of the world.” I couldn’t help but grin at them, watching mom smile and look up and seeing them kiss each other and then turn their attention over to me. “I saw you made it in before curfew last night. Thank you.” Knowing he was talking to me. “Of course dad. How was work?” 

“Just another day, Couldn’t wait to get home to these beautiful young ladies here and share a moment with you before you go for your slumber party tonight at Abby’s house.” Rolling my eyes at the mention of a “slumber party” “Dad, they stop becoming slumber parties after middle school. Its just a sleep over” He just chuckled to himself and nodded. “I actually have Abby coming to get me at 6.” He looked down at his watch only to chew faster and to begin speaking “Well that is in about 10 mins. Do you need any money for pizza or whatever you girls are going get into tonight?” He asked already fishing out his wallet and getting out some cash to hand over to me.  “I am not going to turn down money, but I think I have saved enough.” I say giggling grabbing the fifty dollars he handed me. He just grunted at me causing me and mom both to laugh at him. “I am going to go mow and weed eat seeing the grass get to high doesn’t sit right with me.” Dad says peaking out the kitchen window. He walked over and gave me a hug while putting our dishes in the sink. “Love you; behave tonight. If you need anything me or mom are just a text or call away, ok?” He said. “Okay dad! Love you!” Ding!

Be there in 5 – Abby

Abbys message came through to confirm what dad said it was time to go. I walked over to my mom and gave her a big squeeze for our conversation earlier today, never pressuring me and just loving me and wanting me to be happy is all my parents wanted. She hugged me back before placing a peck on my forehead. Then I darted up stairs grab my things and met Abby just as she was pulled into my driveway. 

“Just throw your bags in the trunk!” Abby hollered out the window of her car. I walked around back and placed them in her trunk which was empty, so I had plenty of room. Then got in shot gun in her car. She turned up the radio as we pulled out and we started singing one of the popular songs on the radio right now we both knew and headed over to Jerica’s house and grabbed her and then last Janet. 

With the car packed full of us and the trunk full of our things we headed straight to Abby's house to unload and get ready. Abby’s parents knew we were all sleeping over there and sent us pizza about 7 pm so we junked out on that and soda for dinner. Then we cleaned up and it was time to get ready for our night in the city!