All his grades stayed the same, but he jumped up his B+ in science to an A.
“I told you I could do it.”
“You did. I’m very proud of you.”Eat that, Tucker!Archer did it on his own without a lecture from his father.
No, she wouldn’t say that out loud. Though it was on the tip of her tongue crawling to escape.
“I can’t wait to tell Jayce about it. When is he coming?”
“He’ll be over around six,” she said.
“Can we order pizza tonight to celebrate?”
“I think we can do that,” she said. Jayce’s stomach seemed to be in much better shape, but she’d get a white pizza with veggies just in case. It was her preference anyway.
“Sweet,” Archer said. “I can’t wait to see him. I wish we could hang out tomorrow.”
“You’re going to have a great time at Max’s,” she said. “Are you nervous about your first sleepover?”
“Nope. I can’t wait. It’s going to be so much fun. And it’s around the corner.”
“That’s right. Close by if you need anything or want to come home.”
“I sleep at Grandma and Grandpa’s with no problem. Even go to Dad’s and am fine. Don’t worry about me.”
As sad as it was, she knew Archer would be okay. Not a lot got to him. Or he brushed it off if it did.
That was why she decided to break the news to him herself before Jayce came over. She was positive her son would not only be fine with it, but be excited.
Maybe she wanted to be the one to give that to him first.
“I’ll always worry about you because that is a mother’s job.”
“Just like Jayce said you’ll always be in my corner,” Archer said.
It was exactly the opening she needed but didn’t want to have the conversation while she was driving.
They’d be home in five minutes.
“Do you have a lot of homework to get done this weekend?”
“I did it already and I’ll show you. I promise I got it done.”
The fact he was offering to show her was nice. The random spot checks had caught him not having things complete in the past and he learned there were things you just had to do as part of life and this was one of them.
It was better for him to do it in the after-school program when all the other kids were and then he could come home and play.
“You can show me quickly, then put your stuff away for the weekend and have fun.”
“That’s why I did it. I like to have fun on the weekends and not have to do homework on Sunday.”
They pulled in her garage a few minutes later, both of them getting out, Archer stopping in the kitchen to pull out his work and show her it was all completed. “Did you have any questions on it?”
“Nope. It was all easy.”
“Then put it away for now,” she said. “I’m going to take a quick shower and change.”
She went to her room while Archer ran up the stairs to his loft. He’d stay up there and play until Jayce came, but she’d go talk to him first.
