As soon as they get on the bus, Alex starts asking questions.
"Why would you take my lunch? You knew I was hungry." He asks. He looks at Aaron and sits in the seat beside him.
"We will talk about it when we get home." Aaron says. It's pretty clear that he doesn't want to talk about it, at least not in this area.
"You're acting like your old self. You know you don't have to take care of me anymore." Alex persists on. He clearly doesn't know where to stop. Aaron ignores him and decides not to pick an argument. The ride on the bus is pretty quiet. Aaron get home and sets his book bag down. He then pulls out the lunches and looks at all the cards. They all say the same thing.
"What are those?" Alex asks.
"The thing that stopped you from eating lunch" Aaron responds. Alex looks at the notes carefully. He reads each one and tries to figure it out.
"It's obviously from Wendy's minions because they said the queen bee. Whoever wrote it was smart by cutting out the letter instead of writing. Now their hand writing can't be tracked." Aaron announces. They put the notes to the side until Lear comes home. Aaron makes the decision not to tell the twins or anyone else. Everything just started being peaceful and it's not worth messing that up. He sure Alex will end up telling someone anyway. He though he noticed a change in Alex. After they got shot he became more mature. Sides of his old self still peeled out though. Now he's back to his old self but not in a good way. He more childish . He doesn't take much serious and is quick to catch a temper. Aaron doesn't point it out because an argument is sure to start if he does. Alex is sensitive and temperamental. Those two don't mix well together. Until he's ready to say something, Aaron fixes him and Alex a snack until dinner time.
Roni and Nessa stay home after school. They would love to hangout with friends but they need a moment to themselves. The boys have discovered their family and had their family time and if course all of their friends are considered to be family but they want to spend time with each other. Their tickets to Missouri are long overdue. They missed that flight because of everything that happened but still got to see their family. They would love to visit them but school has started and that brings them a problem. They settle with spending time with each other and wind down. They have been in a pretty stagnant place in their life. It seems like everyone has. Life has been moving on but it seems like it's to slow yet to fast. A minute to relax would be nice so they take this week to themselves.
Lauren feels the same as the twins. She needs time to herself but she seems so different from Alex. He's gone back to his old ways and it's not looking good. She's growing out of the old her and also out of the relationship. It seems weird to say and she would have to leave him especially when everything is changing in his life. She has tried hard to push the feeling away. It lingers in her heart and it's just a reminder of the fact that she's growing and it's holding her back. The connection is just not there anymore and it's not healthy for her to stay. She just can't bring herself to leave him. Something makes her stay every time. The circumstances that they got back together because of was not the greatest. It was almost as though it was a familiar feeling that they were just running to. Their friend stage didn't last long and even when they got back into the relationship, they were thrown into a world wind of new things. Now that things are slowed down and returning to the new normal, it's just not feeling right to her. She makes her way over to to her dresser and looks at a picture with her and Alex in it. She bites her lip and thinks. She places it back down and backs up into her bed. She falls back entangled with her thoughts. This growth seems strange but right.
Dinner goes well Burris-Smith-Lawley family.........they don't really know what call themselves. Kian wants to keep his family name to at least give it a legacy and Aaron doesn't feel like changing his. Some bad stuff has happened with the last name but he wants to change the legacy of it. Mariah is not going to change her last name because it will get changed if she gets married so it doesn't really matter and Alex just wants whatever will lol the best on a jersey. Aaron cleans up the table after dinner. He's on dish duty tonight. Alex was supposed to take his spot because Aaron covered for him several times but Aaron took the job. He wants to talk to Lear about the notes. He changed his mind. He knows when you keep a secret and let it sit, it does nothing but trouble. Before Lear goes upstairs Aaron stops him. He makes sure Alex is out of earshot and goes for it.
"Dad, at lunch today we went by the front office. Alex, the twins and I got lunches delivered. For awhile I thought it was you who dropped them off but I saw this note." Aaron hands him all the notes. Leads eyes scan over them.
"Who do you think sent them?" Lear asks. Aaron gives him the rundown of who he thinks and why. He knows nothing of Wendy's followers but he thinks it was one of them.
"Should we be worried?" Aaron asks
"Nope. Keep living your life. I don't want you stressing over something as small is this. I'll let you know any updates on it though. Now yo better go get ready for bed, I know there's going to be a good day at school tomorrow and I wouldn't want you to be tired." He pats Aaron's back. Aaron goes upstairs and goes about his night. Lear made it seem like the note was nothing big but in his head Lear knew that something may be go down. He didn't want to worry Aaron. He took the responsibility of not worrying them anymore then they have to worry when he became a dad and he's going to stick to that.
