"Any news from Candi?" I asked Casey hopefully.
He finger combed my hair and scrunched his mouth to the side, which was NOT a good sign. My shoulders sank.
He must have registered that his reaction was not the best thing to give, because he followed it up quickly with, "Sammy, we can make this work, though, right?" I looked away, but he took my face and dragged it within his vision range. "You know I don't give two craps about what my mom thinks right?"
I nodded, perhaps to vigorously but not with 100% sincerity.
"I just feel basically...guilty because I'm the reason...you know...you have to take the heat from your family."
He scoffed. "I don't know who those people are, but they're definitely not my family."
He smiled sheepishly, and I said, "You were SO switched at birth."
We laughed, but then stayed silent for a few awkward moments. Finally I stood up from the outdoor table and brushed off my dyed purple jeans. This conversation was going nowhere. Candi was never going to change her mind about me, and we both knew it.
I took a short breath. "Grams'll kill me if I'm late. See you." I gave him a peck on the cheek and grabbed my backpack.
Jaywalking Broadway and sullenly moping into the Highrise, if there happened to be an old lady cruising the hallways randomly, I would have been screwed because I sure wasn't making much of an effort to stay out of sight.
With force, I plopped down on the coach with the loudest sigh I could muster and jammed in my earbuds. Grams came into the living room when she heard me.
"Bad day, sweetie?"
"Tell me about it. The Firetruck is making my life miserable once again and she's ruining Casey's too."
"The firetruck?"
Shit. How do I explain to my grandma that that was my nickname for Candi? Ya know, big red hair the size of her ego...something tells me that Grams would not appreciate that.
"Never mind. CANDI feels as though it is her responsibility to ruin my life when my mom isn't available."
"Samantha please...don't make this about Lana. You're going to have to talk to Casey's mom. I can't imagine that woman's reaction when she finds about you and your relationship with her son."
I winced. All hell would break loose.
"You know, I'd rather spare myself the life of therapy I'd have to undergo and keep this a secret."
The rest of the night consisted of me lazying around, doing some homework here and there and regretting my situation. Why do I always feel sorry for myself?
Oh yeah. It's because my life SUCKS BALLS at the moment.
I filled the hole in me with snacks between snacks and ate everything in our cabinets without registering what I was doing. I swear, sometimes I'm positive I'm studying but when I look down, there's a now empty Pringles can sitting in my lap. Oops.
Locking myself out of the kitchen was the only solution to my problem. I gave up focusing so I brushed my teeth and wiggled into my pajamas. I was about to go to bed when I noticed I had a notification on my phone.
1 NEW TEXT - BLOCKED
I opened it but I immediately wish I hadn't. My jaw scraped the floor.
It was a zoomed in picture of me kissing Casey goodbye today. The caption underneath it had these words that made my blood run cold.
Wouldn't it be devastating if Candi got a sneak peek of this? Break up with Acosta or my thumb might slip over the send button. Game on, Sammy Keyes.
A/N: Well hello there. It's my birthday today, yayyyyyy whoop! Haha I got two cakes and my friends got me Starbucks and balloons and SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN THE CAFETERIA IN FRONT OF EVERYONE OH MY GARB SO EMBARRASSING. But yeah it was cute lol.
I'll probably find time to update on the weekends maybe and some weekday holidays. I'm trying you guys, I swear haha.
I am such a pig omg I have to swim for two hours every day ughh my appetite has skyrocketed. So don't blame me that I ate half a pan of brownies meant for my whole team OMG I STILL CANNOT BELIEVE I DID THAT SERIOUSLY I AM BEATING MYSELF UP OVER THAT LIKE HOW CAN ONE HUMAN BEING BE AS RIDICULOUS AS I AM TO STUFF EVERYTHING I SEE INTO MY GLUTTONOUS MOUTH HOLE. But I have high metabolism so hahahahahahahaahah nutrition is a foreign word to me.
Sorry *slaps self* focus. So, hope you enjoyed. I put a ton of effort into this, so review pleaseeeee? and I shall post more.