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I still don't know how it all got so out of control. It was like any ordinary day. Ryan was off with Marissa, Dad was with Jimmy Cooper, working on some ideas for the restaurant, and Mom was at Yoga with all of the other middle-aged women on Newport. I was at home enjoying the weekend with Captain Oats, of course. I had been pathetically deep into The Dark Knight Returns issue of Batman, when I faintly heard the doorbell ring over the sound of my own voice, reading aloud as Bruce Wayne. I almost wanted to just stay and continue reading, but I remembered that Summer was planning on stopping by for some... hanging...out...time. I rolled off the bed, tossing aside Batman, and walked out of my room. The doorbell rang frantically, Summer must really want it bad... the hanging out time, that is. I jogged down the stairs, approaching the door still thinking it was Summer. I then wondered why she still rang the doorbell at all. When I opened the door, and saw that it wasn't Summer, but Anna, I raised a brow.
"Uh...Hey, Anna." I said trying not to sound so disappointed.
"Hey..." She said softly, while her slender arms rapped tightly around herself, as if holding the small amount of composure she held onto together.
"Hey... you okay?" I said, genuine concern dripping from each word. I gave her a hard look, and she looked away from me uncomfortably.
I slightly shook my head, and opened the door wider for her to come in.
"Um...come in... come in..."
She walked in slowly, as if she had never seen the inside of my house before. I followed her into the living room, and took a seat on the couch beside her. I turned toward her, and immediately noticed her quivering bottom lip. I had never seen her like this before.
"Anna..." I began.
At that moment she buried her face into my shoulder. I almost didn't think that actually happened in real life. I hesitantly lowered my hand onto her shoulder and then the other on the small of her back. I had no idea what was going on and the longer I sat there holding her close the more I needed to know. Before I had the chance to ask, not that I would, she pulled away from my shoulder to look at me.
"My parents are getting a divorce." She said between sobs.
"Oh, Anna. I'm so sorry."
She covered her face, and she cried quietly into her hands, eventually after what seemed like forever, she uncovered her face to meet mine.
"I-I just didn't know where to go..." She paused, holding her breath, "I'm sorry..."
"No, no... I'm glad you know you can always come to me.... Always" I said, and moved a little closer.
I reached out to touch her elbow, and she sank into my arms. I ran my fingers through her soft hair, and whispered in her ear how everything would be okay, and she began to calm down within minutes. She raised her head from my body to look at me. She looked deep into me and she never looked so beautiful. Before I knew it, I leaned in close and kissed her passionately. She pulled away from me, and pushed me back.
"Seth! What are you doing?!" She stood up from the couch, and my arms fell limply onto the sofa where she sat.
"A-Anna... I-I..." I truly had no words. I didn't know why I did what I did. Maybe it was my way of making Anna "feel better", or maybe this was what I wanted all along. Whatever it was, was a mistake that reopened the doors to a life I thought I left behind.
"Seth, I came here for a friend... how could you use me like that?!" She said angrily, while she started gathering her things.
"An-"I started, and of course she interrupted me.
"You're with Summer now. How could you just cheat on her like that? Are you going to tell her?"
I hadn't thought about that, but apparently I wouldn't have to think about it for long.
"I think she already knows..." Summer said nonchalantly at the entrance of the living room.
Didn't see that coming...
I still don't know how it all got so out of control. It was like any ordinary day. Ryan was off with Marissa, Dad was with Jimmy Cooper, working on some ideas for the restaurant, and Mom was at Yoga with all of the other middle-aged women on Newport. I was at home enjoying the weekend with Captain Oats, of course. I had been pathetically deep into The Dark Knight Returns issue of Batman, when I faintly heard the doorbell ring over the sound of my own voice, reading aloud as Bruce Wayne. I almost wanted to just stay and continue reading, but I remembered that Summer was planning on stopping by for some... hanging...out...time. I rolled off the bed, tossing aside Batman, and walked out of my room. The doorbell rang frantically, Summer must really want it bad... the hanging out time, that is. I jogged down the stairs, approaching the door still thinking it was Summer. I then wondered why she still rang the doorbell at all. When I opened the door, and saw that it wasn't Summer, but Anna, I raised a brow.
"Uh...Hey, Anna." I said trying not to sound so disappointed.
"Hey..." She said softly, while her slender arms rapped tightly around herself, as if holding the small amount of composure she held onto together.
"Hey... you okay?" I said, genuine concern dripping from each word. I gave her a hard look, and she looked away from me uncomfortably.
I slightly shook my head, and opened the door wider for her to come in.
"Um...come in... come in..."
She walked in slowly, as if she had never seen the inside of my house before. I followed her into the living room, and took a seat on the couch beside her. I turned toward her, and immediately noticed her quivering bottom lip. I had never seen her like this before.
"Anna..." I began.
At that moment she buried her face into my shoulder. I almost didn't think that actually happened in real life. I hesitantly lowered my hand onto her shoulder and then the other on the small of her back. I had no idea what was going on and the longer I sat there holding her close the more I needed to know. Before I had the chance to ask, not that I would, she pulled away from my shoulder to look at me.
"My parents are getting a divorce." She said between sobs.
"Oh, Anna. I'm so sorry."
She covered her face, and she cried quietly into her hands, eventually after what seemed like forever, she uncovered her face to meet mine.
"I-I just didn't know where to go..." She paused, holding her breath, "I'm sorry..."
"No, no... I'm glad you know you can always come to me.... Always" I said, and moved a little closer.
I reached out to touch her elbow, and she sank into my arms. I ran my fingers through her soft hair, and whispered in her ear how everything would be okay, and she began to calm down within minutes. She raised her head from my body to look at me. She looked deep into me and she never looked so beautiful. Before I knew it, I leaned in close and kissed her passionately. She pulled away from me, and pushed me back.
"Seth! What are you doing?!" She stood up from the couch, and my arms fell limply onto the sofa where she sat.
"A-Anna... I-I..." I truly had no words. I didn't know why I did what I did. Maybe it was my way of making Anna "feel better", or maybe this was what I wanted all along. Whatever it was, was a mistake that reopened the doors to a life I thought I left behind.
"Seth, I came here for a friend... how could you use me like that?!" She said angrily, while she started gathering her things.
"An-"I started, and of course she interrupted me.
"You're with Summer now. How could you just cheat on her like that? Are you going to tell her?"
I hadn't thought about that, but apparently I wouldn't have to think about it for long.
"I think she already knows..." Summer said nonchalantly at the entrance of the living room.
Didn't see that coming...