How Sweet It Is: Jonah Beck

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Cyrus and I sit down at the lunch table exhausted "You guys okay?" Andi asks but we shake our head no "Planning two Jewish coming of age celebrations at once is hard" I say "Speaking of which Andi Buffy I need your help finding me a tux" Cyrus says "Sure" Buffy says "Well since he took them Jonah will you help me find my dress I asked Tj to come as well but he has homework" I say "I'd be happy to help" he says "Thanks how about after school today?" I ask "Sounds good to me" he says "Same time for us?" Cyrus asks Buffy and Andi "Yup" Andi says "I'm there" Buffy says then the lunch bell rings so we all go to class

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It's the end of the day and I'm at my locker when Jonah walks up "Are you ready?" I ask "Yep" he says walking out of the schools with me "Hey how do you say docious magocious in Hebrew?" he asks "You don't but I appreciate your pretend interest" I say "I'm not pretend interested" he says with a frown "Sure" I say "You're so stubborn" he says as we get to the dress place going to the dressing room/show area

"Okay so I have a dress that my mom picked out, one my stepmom picked out, one my dad picked out, one my stepdad picked out, and then finally one I picked out" I say "Can I pick you one out?" he asks "Sure" I say as he goes and grabs a dress really quick then puts in on the dress rack "Try mine on last" he says "Okay" I say grabbing the dress my mom picked out and going into the dressing room, I come out of the dressing room in this dress

"So this is the one my mom picked out" I say doing a turn "I like it but it doesn't really scream Iris" he says "Okay so next is the one my step-mom picked out" I say going back into the room then changing into this dress

"This one is the one my step-mom picked" I say "I don't like it" he says "That's honest okay next" I say going back into the room changing into this dress

"My step-dad picked out this one" I say "I don't really like the lace" he says "Okay" I say going back into the changing room changing into this dress

"This is the one my dad picked out" I say "You look really nice in it but it's the day you become a woman and this is more of a young girls dress" he says so I nod going into the dressing room changing into this dress

"This is the dress I picked out" I say "You look wow" he says "Thanks" I say "I want you to put on the dress I picked out" he says so I go back into the dressing room trying on the final dress

"I think this one is my favorite" I say "You're perfect-I mean it's perfect well not that you don't look perfect I mean you look really really pretty but you know what I'm gonna shut up now" he says "I think this ones is the winner for me" I say "It really screams Iris" he says coming up next to me in the mirror then I turn his way looking into his eyes and he looks into mine and we stay like that for a while until he starts leaning in but I back away "I'm sorry" he says "It's fine let me just change then uh we can go" I say going into the changing room putting all the dresses on the rack minus the one I'm getting then I change back into my normal clothes coming back out of the normal room then going downstairs paying for this dress

"Again I just want to say that I'm sorry" he says "Save it I have to meet up with Cyrus" I say "Oh okay bye I guess" he says "Bye Thank you for helping me" I say parting ways with him heading home

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"Cyrus we have a problem" I say going into our room sitting next to him on his bed "Whats wrong?" he asks "Jonah Beck almost kissed me today" I say "How is that a problem?" he asks "Andi is my friend I can't do that to her!" I say "Hey hey everything's gonna be okay just calm down" he says "I can't calm down!" I say "Do you want to kiss Jonah?" he asks "Yes no I don't know Cyrus" I say "What do you mean?" he asks "Jonah is really nice and helpful and attractive but Andi likes him so I would feel bad" I say "Do you have a crush on him?" he asks "Maybe" I say "Well you're not alone" he says "What do you mean?" I ask "You're not the only one who feels bad for liking Jonah" he says shaking a little bit "Does Buffy like him too? I thought she had something going with Marty" I say "Not Buffy" he says quietly looking down then I start to understand so I stand him up and hug him "I am so proud of you" I say "So you accept me?" he asks so I grab his face and look at him "I will never not accept you you're my twin brother and I love you" I say "I love you too and hey don't feel too bad I don't really have that bad of a crush on Jonah anymore I'm leaning toward Tj now" he says "Aw that's so cute" I say "Yeah" he says then we lay back down on our beds "Who else knows?" I ask "Just Buffy" he says "Okay" I say "I don't know how I'm gonna face Jonah at school tomorrow" I say "Don't worry sis everything will work out" he says "Thanks bro" I say then we shut our light off and fall asleep