Sofia Mador 𓍢ִ໋🌷͙֒✧˚ ༘ ⋆｡˚♡
I was taking stuff from my locker when someone grabs me by the shoulder. I turn around to see who it was and to my surprise it was Trina.
Her long black hair was in a ponytail today, and James was right. She did have a haircut because now she had bangs—curtain bangs. And it suits her. She seemed happy- really happy. She's literally bouncing on her feet.
"Hi, Trina!" I say, smiling, too, because if anyone's happy, I am happy too. "What's the good news? Is it about-?" James told me yesterday that she was going to tell her parents.
She nods and grins "Everything went swimmingly! They were just mad at me for not telling them and they want to meet him today!"
She squeals and I gasp "Trina!" I pull her into a hug. I am so happy for both of them. When I hug her she smells of flowers and it's oddly comforting.
"Have you seen James? I just never got to tell him-" She asks but as if on cue James shows up. "Trina.. why were you ignoring my texts yesterday?" He walks up to her at the same time Trina runs to him attacking him with a hug. He grunts in response the hug coming to him out of the blue. I smile and take a step back for them to have a 'moment'. I'm just an amazing sister like that. "I couldn't reply because my parents took my phone away." Trina says without pulling back.
Then it occurred to me, that Trina is hugging James in the middle of the hallway in school. At first, James stood there frozen not knowing what to do. "So everything's okay?" James murmured into her hair as he slowly wrapped his arms around her too. "Everything's amazing, James" I hear her saying. I make my way out of the hallway giving them their time alone, even though they were in a freaking hallway where half the people are staring at them.
Once I was out of the hallway Kayla came running from behind "Uh.. Sof, why are James and Trina hugging in the middle of the hallway?" . I tell her about the news on how Trina's parents were okay with her dating James and Kayla gasps "Oh my god! I'm so happy for them."
James hated that they had to keep it a secret but he did it for Trina for a whole year. He couldn't call her, or post about her, they couldn't even take pictures of them together. It was driving him crazy. They only met each other in school and they have some secret spot and you know other secret love kind of stuff. They spend time there before school and a little bit after school.
"I was searching for you guys.." Kayla goes on "Where's Aria?" She looks around as if she might be close by "I have no idea." I search along with her as well. Then we spot her. With Cameron. I think Kayla spotted her too because we both just stare at them not sure what to do.
They were just talking and their new friend 'the guy who hit his chin on the pole'- he's stuck in my mind like that at this point I don't even know his name- I think it was Andrew. But eh, what do I know? He was standing next to them tense, as if he wanted to leave but not sure how as Cameron and Aria laughed about something.
"Do we just-" She gestures at them and looks at me "Y'know?" I knew exactly what she meant, this is all new to us. No one in our little trio had romance in our lives well no one except- Aria. Aria liked boys and those boys liked her back but me and Kayla on the other hand. We had our fair amount of crushes but nothing dramatic ever happened. Most of the time it's just celebrity crushes and sometimes just popular guys we'll never even have a chance with.
"Hey, guys!" I walk up to them and drag Kayla along with me. "What's good?" I try to not make this awkward as it already is. Kayla is not helping though she's grinning like an idiot. "You guys are not yourselves.." Aria comments as she looks at us from head to toe. "Way to make us feel insecure Aria." I shoot back with a smile on my face. "Hi Cam," I say to him so he knows I'm not ignoring him. "Hi, Cam's friend!" I look at 'the guy who hit his chin on the pole'
I never paid that much attention to his appearance or to him at all. He has dark brown hair and it seems to be straight but it sticks up in the ends. He was wearing black glasses which added to his smart looks. Everything about him screamed 'straight A student' from his chunky sweater and black sneakers. He had a crossbody bag that seemed full of books and papers. He also had headphones resting on his neck and extremely broad shoulders. Really really broad. "Woah." I place my hand on my mouth.
No. I did not say that out loud.
Thank god, Kayla saved me and he didn't seem to notice as well because he was looking at something across us. "Hey, dude, she just said hi." Kayla waves a hand fast so he would notice. "Oh uhm- sorry" He brings his brown eyes to us. He gives us a tight-lipped smile and says "Hi." And looks away again. Weird but okay. "Where's James?" Cameron asks.
"Hugging Trina in the hallway" I casually say and point to the hallway without looking. Cameron rolls his eyes at me "I know that but why is it taking so long?" I just give him a quick glare for rolling his eyes at me but he doesn't seem to notice as he begins walking to where we came from and almost bumps into James and Trina. "Oh hi, Cam!" Trina says and smiles.
"Hi, Trina.." Whatever they spoke of did not pique my interest so I turned to look at 'the guy who hit his chin on the pole' Why is he so quiet? "What's your name again?" I ask and tilt my head . He sighs and checks the time on his phone. "Sorry-uhm Anthony" He apologizes as he swallows a lump in his throat. Then he shoves himself off the lockers he was leaning against and says "Look, could you just tell James and Cam that I am heading for class it's getting late."Another thing I didn't notice about him was that he was tall and he had to lean down to speak to me. Who does that? The majority of people who are taller than me do not lean down to talk to me. Does he think I am a child? Who does he think he is?
Weirdo.
He clears his throat and then I realize I was staring. "Yeah, sure," I respond, and just like that he is walking away. "What's cooking?" Aria looks at me with a grin. "Don't ever say that again." I cross my arms and shake my head. "Where'd he go?" James asks me. "Oh uhm, he went to class said he was running late," I tell him.
"The bell didn't even ring," Kayla says more to herself than to us with a confused look on her face. "He likes to be early." Cameron shrugs. "We all better go too," James says and turns to Trina. "I love you. I'll see you after school." He had his hands on her shoulders as if he wasn't ready to let her go. "See you after school and love you too." She pats his arm and leaves.
That's when the bell rings and James gets all panicky. "We're cooked. We should have gone along with him" James says and Cameron just narrows his eyes at him "Dude, relax it's not the end of the world." He says and looks at us. "Bye, ladies." He waves a hand at us and runs after James.
"We better get to class too." Aria says and reminds me and Kayla as we say "Right.." in realization.
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"What?!" I yell in disbelief and excitement when James tells me he's sneaking me out to a party. "Shut up!" He throws a pillow at me from the little sofa in my room "Quit being so loud, it's next week, Friday and not a word about it to Mom and Dad or they'll kill me. I am supposed to be grounded" He goes on as I glare at him "I won't tell Mom and Dad. I'm not that stupid."
"You're pretty stupid." He says definitely and nods his head. He was all ready to go meet Trina's parents, he was wearing his best shirt and jeans, and he even wore his glasses which he hates putting on. He goes to the dresser in my room and begins fixing his hair as he looks at himself in the mirror. "You have a mirror in your room," I comment but he ignores me. I groan in frustration "When are you leaving? Your presence in my room is making me feel all depressed." I lay back on my bed.
"I'm leaving now." He rolls his eyes at me as if I did something wrong. He was the one in my room. Once he was gone I get lost in my thoughts, I was going to a high school party! Yes! This was a dream come true! The day I caught James sneaking out I knew it was the perfect time to seal my deal. I still can't believe James is helping me sneak out. I see James as my grumpy older brother who has a sweet girlfriend and is a nerd. He isn't the type of brother who'd help me sneak out but maybe I thought wrong. I didn't know if Kayla and Aria could come along because it's a senior party. Now I'm kind of anxious, I'll be alone at a party without my friends.
James will stick with me, right? Oh, and Cameron's there, and even that weirdo Anthony. Okay, I am having second thoughts about this.
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I was in the kitchen searching for a snack so I could watch a movie when James comes in from the front door pretending to cry. I can hear him from all the way over there. "What is it? How'd it go?" I ask him without looking as he enters the kitchen.
"I embarrassed myself, big time." He says and buries his face in his hands. "I choked on her mother's food and earned a glare from her father when I said I am planning on proposing to Trina." I raise my eyebrows in surprise. "You are?"
"It was a joke okay?" he yells "I was joking, for God's sake."
"Not a smart move," I say as I shove the popcorn in the microwave and turn it on.
"You're not helping." He says and glares at me.
"Wanna watch a movie?"
"What movie?"
"I was about to watch 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days' but considering your situation I'm up for changing it" I consider
"Harry Potter?" He says and I can sense it, he's challenging me. Me and James have this thing where we name movies, it's like a way of choosing since we both are indecisive people.
"Hunger Games?"
"Maze Runner?"
"Fine, Harry Potter which movie?" I give in.
"Half-Blood Prince?"
"Prisoner of Azkaban?"
"Fine, Prisoner of Azkaban." James surrenders and I grin. "You only want to watch it because Daniel Radcliffe looks hot in that movie." He goes on.
"I have only two things to say 1) I am watching it for the plot because I forgot. 2) Everyone looks hot in that movie." I hold up two fingers as I speak. James rolls his eyes.
"I know you have a crush on Emma Watson." I tease and he blushes. "I do not." he protests.
"Don't worry, I won't tell Trina." I chuckle. "I do not have a crush on Emma Watson, Sof." he repeats.
"Okay, it'll be our little secret." I nudge his arm with my elbow. We were making our way to the living room when I asked him "Can Aria and Kayla come along?" he furrowed his eyebrows.
"Where?"
"To the party." As those words leave my mouth his eyes go wide. "Stop talking about it, someone's going to hear." He murmurs loud enough for me to hear.
"Okay, but can I?" I say more quietly this time. "I don't know.." he shrugs "You can ask them if you want but I wouldn't advise it."
"Why?"
"Bringing you to a senior party is risky as it is, bringing two more?" he leaves the question hanging.
"What's life without a little risk?" I quote Sirius Black from the movie as I smile.
He sighs and puts his hand on his temples as if I'm giving him a headache "Look, you won't get it." I roll my eyes in annoyance as I say "You're a year older than me, I'm sure I can get it."
"Let's just watch the movie, bring them if you want but all I am saying is I am against it." He changes the topic as we reach the little movie theatre at our house. I agree with him and put on the movie. A few minutes into it and James asks "Should we order in pizza?"
"Yes!"
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A/N ❤️:
I wanted to show more of James and Trina in this chapter and I hope it's alright 😭. I also wanted to show how the sibling bond is with James and Sofia. (I still can't say their names together without bursting into the theme song from Sofia the First 🎀) anyways-
Tysm for reading! 🫶