Blazing Academy: Semester One (Academy For All Things Scorching #1) - Avery Song Page 0,46
text all you want or make calls. I never really sustained any friendships, so there wasn't a need for me to have a plan or anything. Plus, we're not really financially secure since my grandparents’ income isn't enough that we can afford one-third of it going into a phone plan."
"The school thankfully provides us phones, but," he paused to pull out a red box with a gold bow on top, "it looks like your dad thinks ahead."
"What's this?" I had to turn around to face him, my eyes peering down on the lovely ruby red box and the sparkly gold ribbon bow on the top of the rectangular lid. "Did you just hint that it's from my dad?"
"Indeed, I did," he confirmed and offered it to me. "Open it while we still have time."
Accepting the box, I quickly opened it to see the brand new phone in its original wrapping. I immediately recognized the latest foldable phone from the brand Apple, the one that all the students begged their parents to get them and waited hours upon hours for.
This one had just come out. It was the talk of the school on the first day of school. Students had skipped class to wait in the longest lines ever, just so they could wrap their hands around the hottest phone.
The camera was superb, and there was some new technology people raved about. It was able to translate various things, and also had a hologram function.
I normally tried to tune the gossip out when it came to electronics because I knew we wouldn't be able to afford it, so why bother pestering my mind about something I couldn't obtain?
The box shook slightly in my hand, to the point where Keru put his hand beneath mine to keep it steady.
"Do you like it?"
"When...how did he get this? It's sold out everywhere. This color...I thought these types were limited." I couldn't comprehend that something of such value was in my grasp. "This had to be thousands of dollars. I’ve...never had a phone at such a luxurious value like this. My phone was one of those ancient bricks and again, only for emergencies."
I had to sniff to stop my nose from running, tears forming in my eyes unexpectedly as I whispered, "I haven't gotten a gift from my dad since I was four or five. When I had to stay with my grandparents due to his alcoholic tendencies, they wouldn't let him spend money on me. Any gifts he sent over, they would send back before I could open them. I never complained, seeing as they were kind enough to take me in instead of me having to be adopted by some other family while Dad dealt with his issues, but I always secretly wished to keep one present from him."
"Looks like it's the perfect moment to grant that very wish," Keru quietly suggested.
I nodded quickly, letting the droplets of tears run down my cheek as I let my thumb run along the front of the box.
"I don't know how to set this up, though," I confessed.
"Got you covered." He smirked. "We'll do it over breakfast. Once we explain the basics, I'll give you a brief tutorial and then we'll go into details when school is over. What do you say?"
"Perfect plan!" I declared. "Then we'll take a picture?"
"We can do that now," he announced and reached into the same pocket to take out his own sleek navy-blue phone.
"I can take the picture and send it over." He stepped back and angled his phone to capture me. "Give a nice big smile for me," he cheered.
Following his direction, I gave a big, wide smile as his flash went off, capturing the portrait image. He took a few more and then nodded.
"We'll review them downstairs and we can send one to him with whatever message you want to attach."
"Really?" I felt like I was intruding by using his phone. "We can wait so you don't waste your text messages or anything,"
Keru shook his head. "Unlimited plan. Don't need to worry about any limits, Blazing Sweetheart."
"Is that my new nickname?" I inquired.
"Do you like it?" he countered.
"Better than the long one Angelic Asshole gave me," I concluded.
He laughed and nodded his head. "I can agree with that one. C'mon, let's head down."
"Okay," I agreed and checked the mirror to make sure my teary moment didn't suddenly make me into some hideous monster. "Also, how did you fit that box and your phone in the small pockets?"