it was the next day and novah was once again getting ready to go to another dinner with her family, this time at her grandmother's house and her mom had been adamant on them going there a couple hours before to help make the food.
novah liked her grandma's house, it was probably her favorite place to be when she was in mexico, it was only 2 minutes away from her house so throughout her entire childhood she had spent more time at grandma's than her own house, she started walking there on her own when she was only 6 and would probably stay there all day and maybe even some nights if her mom allowed her.
after greeting both her grandma and grandpa, who she hadnt seen the night before because he wouldnt disturb his sleep schedule for a loud dinner, she went outside to the backyard and sat down on the swing under the shade of an old tree. She put on her earphones and played her taylor swift playlist, seven playing through as she closed her eyes and let herself swing slowly.
it had been 45 minutes when she felt something running towards her, it was her grandparent's dog yoyo coming to greet her, she bent down to pet him and then moved to a recliner pulling a book out of her tote bag she had dropped there when she arrived, yoyo jumping up on the recliner with her, ahe smiled petting him.
"NOVAH dont let him up there" her grandma shouted from the kitchen window, novah pretended not to hear
"novah put him down and go wash your hands" julia said after taking a picture of them "everyone should get here in a bit, help me bring the chairs out"
novah sighed getting up and putting her book back in her bag going to wash her hands, afterwards she helped with setting everything for the dinner
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"brandon is graduating in december" one of novah's aunts said talking about her son "novah are you studying still?"
"yes i am" novah replied
"thats good and once you graduate you're stopping the whole computer thing and focusing on an actual job right?" another aunt spoke
"i have a job" novah said noticing her mom staring at her "the whole computer thing you talk about, thats my job"
"ay please mi niña thats not actually a job" the first aunt said "its not going to last and its not going to be enough for you to live comfortably"
"im living pretty comfortably right now" she shrugged
"novah" her mom said trying to get her to stop speaking
"yes because you have the support from your parents but once you're done with school you have to earn your own bread"
"the only financial support i get from my parents is the one for college which is a pretty low rate because i work hard for a scholarship every single semester" novah was tired of her family and their comments "everything else i pay with my money that i make from streaming and youtube and it is something that i plan to do long term for as long as i can"
she stood up from her chair leaving her half eaten plate there on the table and walking into the house and up the stairs to the room she used to sleep in when she'd stay over. she opened the twitch app on her phone seeing that foolish was live and clicking on it laying down on the bed.
she was too tired of her family's constant negative comments about everything and anything she'd ever done in her life and didnt want to think about it so she let herself get lost in the american boy voice eventually falling asleep
