I'm not sure why I had agreed to do this. I don't know why I had agreed to travel across the country. I mean yeah I wanted to spend time with my dad, but a year in Virginia? I think it was half punishment for me getting kicked out of Harbor. I got caught smoking on school grounds. It turns that the school has a zero tolerance when it comes to drugs. I should have made a fake prescription. I hope there was somewhere that I would be able to find some. I guess I could quit since I seemed to be the only person on the planet who was unaffected by cannabis. I kept trying to get high, but I never could. I never have an increased appetite or lightheadedness or any of the other effects.
I took the taxi from the airport to my dad's house. He had taken a job as a bank manager. I hoped that he wasn't going to make some of the mistakes that he did in the past that caused us to lose all of our money. My family lost all our money a few times. I'm just glad that we continued to get it back.
"Hi Daddy." I greeted him.
"So are you feeling okay? We are three hours ahead of California, so it may take some getting used to." He stated.
"I know, Dad." I told him.
"Well you may want to go to bed early tonight because it might feel like you're waking up at 4:00 to go to school." He explained. "Do you think you want to go out for dinner tonight?"
So another thing about the move was that my mom agreed to pay child support for the year that I was staying with him. He had paid her when I was in Newport, so it was only fair.
"Sure." I agreed. My dad was not the best cook and I kind of felt like going out and meeting people. I needed to make my mark on this town. It seemed like it would be pretty dull where nothing ever happens. I just hope that the parties are nice. "Where are we going?"
"Well there's only one restaurant in town." He replied. I guess it was one of those towns. I guess it could have been worse. We could be in a middle of nowhere place with more cows than people.
We went to this place called Mystic Grill. That is not a very original name. I walked inside and it was a pretty standard restaurant. There didn't seem to be a host and we were supposed to seat ourselves apparently. It wasn't that busy I guess.
After we were seated, I noticed a woman in a sheriff's uniform walking over to us. I hope he wasn't in trouble again.
"Hi Liz." He greeted her.
"It's good to see you again, Jimmy." Liz responded. "Who's this?"
"This is my daughter Kaitlin." He introduced. "And this is Liz Forbes, the sheriff."
"It's nice to meet you." I declared. I figured it would be a good idea to get on her good side. It seemed like my dad was.
"It's nice to meet you too." She replied. I then noticed a group of girls around my age. I looked at my dad. He gave me a nod. I walked to the group consisting of a blonde, brunette, and African-American.
"Hi." I greeted them. "I'm Kaitlin Cooper. I'm new in town so I thought I would introduce myself."
"You must be Jimmy Cooper's daughter." The blonde said. "I heard you were coming here. I'm Caroline and this is Elena and Bonnie."
"Nice to meet you." I replied. "So is anything exciting going on?"
"Nope, not much right now." Elena, the brunette replied. "Nothing really ever happens except for a few parties. There's going to be one a few nights from now."
"Didn't your parents want to do some sort of family night on that night?" Bonnie asked her.
"You have to find a good way around that." Caroline declared.
"Well maybe I'll see you there." I replied before I returned to my dad. I guess it wouldn't hurt to make some friends. I wasn't going to be here for my most of my junior year at least.
"So did you make some friends?" He asked.
"It's a bit early to tell after one conversation." I pointed out.
A few days later, I went to school. I couldn't but wonder if there was anywhere that I could get some.
I looked in the courtyard and found a guy in a hoodie smoking a blunt. He noticed me and tried to get rid of it quickly.
"Don't stop on my account." I told him with a smile. "So what's your name? I'm Kaitlin."
"Jeremy." He replied. "So do you smoke?"
"Yeah, but I never seem to get high from it." I complained. "I've tried all kinds of stuff. Maybe it's just a sign I should stop doing it."
"You don't have to." He replied.
"Did you know that you're cute when you're stoned?" I asked him.
"You haven't seen me when I'm not." He pointed out.
"So have you ever kissed a girl before?" I asked him.
"No…" He answered before I cut him off with my lips. He was surprised, but at least he did kiss me back. "I guess I have now."
I went to the party and it was fine. I could get drunk. I definitely could get drunk, but I didn't because I had to drive home. A car was part of the deal I made with my dad. As I was driving home, I noticed that the bridge was out. That didn't look good. I then noticed on someone lying on the bank. It was Elena. She unconscious, but alive. I didn't know if I should call 911 or drive her to the hospital that I didn't know how to get to. Before anything could progress, I noticed Sheriff Forbes and she took it from there.
So the reason I don't have this marked as a crossover is because I think it would do better without it. I like the idea of Kaitlin and Jeremy and she might actually be the one who helps him quit drugs as ironic as it seems. Please don't forget to review.
