Stuck On You

At home, Lela was the first to pounce on me. "You're late," she said. I rolled my eyes and headed to the kitchen.

"We ran into traffic," I lied. Lela didn't believe me. Lela was my 11 year old sister. She had short, dark, curly hair and brown eyes. She looked more like our mom than I did. In fact, I didn't look like my mom or my dad. My mom was mixed with black and white while my dad was white and Spanish. I had slightly wavy light brown hair, fairish skin, and crystal blue eyes. No one in my family had blue eyes. My mom's were green and my dad's were brown.

"Why didn't Caleb come in to say hi," she whined. Lela was a brat, but Caleb just so happened to be her favorite person.

"Do you know when mom and dad are getting back?" I asked.

"They called earlier. They said that they were 30 minutes out," she answered. I jogged up the stairs to my room and plopped down on my bed just as my phone started ringing. I smiled after I saw the caller idea.

"Hey Viola," I smiled. Viola was my best friend. She was a perky blonde who I'd been friends with since kindergarten as well.

"Are you going to Caleb's party this weekend?" she asked. I sighed and rolled over on to my back as a frown plastered itself on my face.

phone a few more minutes before I heard

arms. Here we go again. We had this routine almost every weekend. If I didn't know any better, I would think that my dad

are you asking like you don't already know the answer? I was with Caleb," I

in a tired

you won't even let me spend the night at Caleb's house. You know Caleb; the one we've all known since I was in diapers! Why are you guys so strict when it comes to me. Anything Lela wants, Lela gets, but you won't even let me get a driver's license. I'm 17 years old, it's like a rite of passage, yet you guys barely let me even ride in a car. Why is that?" I ranted loudly. My parents

was sick and tired of them. I'd never said that out loud before, but I'd had a lifetime of pushing on their part. Mom looked at him in a way I'd never seen before. It was almost like she knew I was right. She averted her eyes as her eyes watered as well. I felt a pit in my

their room door closed. I sighed and covered my face with my hands.

most of the

did you do?" Lela squealed. I glared at her before I went to my parents room. I

do resent her!" my

and our

one... I have two," my mom said softly. "I know that you love me, Luca. I really do, but I can't help the way Hayden was born. You know that I...