Perspective

34- Something's fishy

"CHASE!" Mom shouts.

I groggily lift my head from my pillow and check the time.

It's fucking 3:30am on a school day.

"CHASE! HURRY!" She screams.

I tumble out of my bed and trudge downstairs.

"What?" I ask, squinting at her.

"Look who's here!" She says, pointing to the front door.

"Who?" I ask, my voice raspy.

She spins me around and I nearly go blind when I look at the door.

There are bright lights everywhere and something is standing in the middle.

My vision returns to normal and I see Asher in the middle holding a teddy bear and roses.

"What are you doing here?" I ask him.

He steps aside and I see that the fairy lights are strung to say "PROM?"

"Chase, will you go to prom with me?" Asher asks, shyly.

YES YES! YES PLEASE!

"Of course I will," I say, rushing over to hug him.

He hugs me back before pulling back to peck my lips.

"You should've waited until the morning tho," I say, yawning.

"I know but I wanted it to be spontaneous."

"You're cute and kind of an idiot. I think I like you even more," I say.

"I'm glad."

He hands me the teddy bear and flowers.

"I'll let you get some more sleep," He says. "I'll pick you up in the morning."

"You should just stay over," I tell him. "There's no point driving home and then driving right back."

"I have to take care of Harper though," He reminds me.

"Oh yeah."

"I'll be here at 8. We'll drop Harper off at daycare and then go to school."

"Sweet. I'll go back to sleep."

Asher chuckles. "Good night, beautiful."

He bends his head down and kisses me. He starts to poke his tongue against my lips, but I make him stop since I'm pretty sure my breath stinks from sleeping.

My mom's squealing with joy while this happens.

"Morning breath," I whisper.

"Gotcha," Asher says. "Bye, babe."

I wave as he leaves the house.

My mom starts screaming. "MY BABY HAS A BOYFRIEND! OH MY GOD!"

Daniel rushes out of the bedroom wearing a t-shirt and flannel pants. He grabs my mom and checks her face.

"Are you okay, baby? Please tell me you're okay." He says.

"I'm fine, honey. Chase has a boyfriend and it's Asher and he just asked her to prom!" Mom rambles.

"Not boyfriend." I correct her.

Daniel cracks a grin and opens his arm for a hug.

"My girls are so happy. That's all I need in life," He says, pulling me in for a hug. "I love you both so much."