#Chapter 31: A Real Date

Renee’s POV “C’mon mom, we’re going to be late!” Debbie says using one hand to pull my arm and another to tug on her jacket. “Hang on, Debbie I’m on the phone,” I tell her while Emily laughs on the other line. “We’re not even going to be late,” I reassure her as Debbie stomps her foot on the ground. I glance at the clock on my phone, in fact we’re going to be early even if we left in the next ten minutes. Debbie’s just excited to get to her soccer game because ever since Eric has been their couch, the team has really been improving. Debbie is convinced today will be the day her team wins, and I hope so. The poor kindergarten class has only one win this entire season and it was against the only other team in the entire district that’s worse than they are. The score was zero to one, not really much of a steal. “It’s just a little too much don’t you think?” I say to Emily. As far as Debbie knows, Emily and I are discussing cooking recipes which is our code for Eric meddling too