"Hurry up Lorra!" A tall blonde haired girl called to her friend as she jumped on the back trunk of the large truck.
"I'm coming!" Lorraine answered back with a laugh as she ran to the truck. She knew she shouldn't be skipping school, but it was too tempting. With one last look back at the high school she should be in at the moment, Lorra smiled deviously as she reached up for two guys in the truck who leaned over and pulled her up quickly as the engine started up.
"You could have gotten us caught Lorra". Dalton, one of the boys who pulled her up teased as he winked at her jokingly. Lorraine felt her heart flutter when his deep green eyes locked with hers.
He's so hot!
"Let's go!" A voice shouted as the truck took off with a sudden lurch and the five or so teens squealed and grabbed onto the truck excitedly. Carly, Lorra's friend "accidentally" fell onto Trevor's lap when the truck started off, and began flirting with him shamelessly. Lorra sat down quickly near the side of the truck and held on awkwardly, as she watched Trevor and Carly eventually started doing a little more than just flirting. Trevor was that type of boy that was popular because he was rich, hung out with the rich, and had a cool car. He was cocky but handsome in that commercial type of way, with spiky brown hair, and a total music junkie. She turned her gaze onto the road they were passing, and looked back at the school that was slowly becoming a little speck in the distance. It was one of their last days as seniors, and would not be taken for granted. Dalton, Lorra, Carly, Trevor and another boy Matt had all skipped school together to go hang out at the lake near by.
Lorra tucked her deep brown hair behind her eyes, trying to stop the wind from blowing it everywhere. The sun was hot, and bore down on them in the middle of the day's heat. Lorra could smell the trees, and the dirt of the round; summer was defiantly coming around. They drove down a dirt covered road that had trees covering both sides of it, branching out and shading the road from the rays of the sun.
"This beats school any day" Carly signed happily as she slide off Trevor's lap and sat next to Lorra.
Lorra leaned her head on Carly's shoulder contently as she let her gaze drift off to Dalton. He was leaning on the side of the truck in a relaxed sitting position. His dark blonde sandy hair was tousled and partly covered his eyes. His skin was always nice and tanned; he looked like the perfect boy, with a recklessly charming personality.
Dalton must have felt someone looking at him, for he turned his head directly in Lorra's direction. Lorra smiled slightly at him and turned her gaze to the scenery. She could still feel him looking at her, so she turned her head back to see. And he was. Dalton smiled this time, his green eyes twinkling.
"We're here!" Matt shouted him his position at the steering wheel as he glanced back at his friends. Lorra took the moment to hop out of the truck and help Carly down.
"We just have to be back before homeroom" Matt reminded everyone as he shut the door closed.
"Well, what are we waiting for!" Trevor asked in that annoying way of his as he grabbed Carly and Lorra's hands and dragged them to the edge of the lake. Lorra rolled her eyes at his excitement and took her hand away from his to take off her shoes.
"I don't want to get my hair wet!" Carly whined as she undid her long blonde hair and let it fall to her back.
"Then why did you come?" Lorra asked quirking an eyebrow as she took off her jeans and shirt.
"Suck it up Carly, its senior year!" Matt offered, pulling off his shirt and jumping in the lake so suddenly that it splashed everyone.
"C'mon!" Lorra pulled on Carly's hand as she tried to drag them both into the water.
"Not so fast ladies!" Dalton said as he picked up Lorra and threw her over his shoulder, making a run for the lake.
"WAAAAH!" Lorra screamed as she was thrown into the lake and landed in a sort of belly flop. The water pounded her in all directions as she went under. Lorra resurfaced spluttering and glared at everyone who seemed to be laughing at her. She slowly broke into a fit of laughs that was quickly ended when Matt did a cannon ball and landed right in front of her, splashing her with water, again.
The swimming lasted for about thirty minutes until everyone got tired of that and gathered around near the edge of the lake for a snack.
"Hey…won't everyone know we skipped homeroom when we come back, because we're all wet…?" Trevor asked obnoxiously as he bit into a sandwich.
"You boys don't have to hurry with your short hair, but me and Carly on the other hand……" Lorra shrugged it off as she took a sip of the beer they were passing around.
"Oh well, we can't just say we were sweating from P.E?" Everyone turned to look at Carly in an exasperated way as she shrugged about what she just said. "What? It could work".
"What time is it anyways?" Dalton asked suddenly.
Trevor looked at his watch and said causally "Only 1:30".
"Shit!" The other four teenagers shouted at once as they stood up and started packing. Trevor stood there like an idiot while his friends were all rushing to get their clothes back on.
"We're suppose to be back at 1:35 Trevor!" Lorra informed him as she quickly tied her wet hair back into a messy bun.
"So what if we're late-" Trevor was cut off by Matt, "If we get one more notice about us skipping school, we're not graduating".
Soon, all five were back in the truck, everyone seated inside. Dalton stuck the keys in quickly as he cursed under his breath. The engine started up as the car swerved wildly and kicked up dust from the ground as it headed back down the dirt path in a fast pace.
"I'm taking the highway this time," Dalton said distantly as he pulled into the freeway and drove at the fast speed all the other cars were going at.
Lorra glanced over at Carly who was sitting in the backseat between Matt and Trevor. Her eyes were worried and she kept swiping her hair back that was blowing in her face. Lorra turned back towards the front seat as they turned the left corner to exit, but saw another car coming their way.
"Dalton! Watch-" She was cut off when the car hit the side of the truck with an impact that sent it spinning and turning.
Lorra couldn't see as she tried to grab onto the side of the car for support. She could hear anything, except Carly screaming in the background as their car flipped. She couldn't breath, couldn't see, all she could do was hear the sound of glass shattering and metal crashing. A sharp pain hit her stomach and all the air was knocked from her lungs. Everything hurt, her whole body felt numb and cold.
Lorra blinked slowly but could make nothing out. Warm sticky liquid ran from her head and dripped onto the ground below her, she was upside down. Dark spots danced in her vision as she tried to hold onto consciousness. She could make out the faint sound of sirens in the background and people yelling and shouting. Images of her life passed in her mind like a blur as she struggled to make them out.
Her family, her first kiss, slumber parties, parties, laughing, crying, summer, school, Carly, swimming, Dalton…
This can't be happening…I'm only seventeen. I haven't been in love, I'm going to college……I don't want to die.
And everything went black.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything relating to King Arthur or his knights…boo.
This is going to be my first real full length King Arthur story! I hope this chapter wasn't too bad; I really wanted to capture Lorra's life before and everything.
Meanings
Lorraine: born or
from Lorraine
Carly: strong one
Dalton: the town
near the valley…lol
Trevor:
prudent…whatever that means.
Matt: God's
gift
I'll try to update weekly, I hope everyone gives this story a chance; I have some really good stuff planned. Thanks for reading, and please review!
