Tattoos on This Town
Tori and Beck are best friends. They spend every summer doing crazy stuff, just wanting to make memories. Tori finds out that Beck joined the army. She soon realizes that she has feelings for Beck. At the end of the summer Beck will be leaving for basic training. Will Tori come forward and tell him how she truly feels?
*Inspired by Jason Aldean's Tattoos on this Town (Love that song)
"Yo! Tori!" I looked over my shoulder to find my best friend standing by his car. I smiled and ran towards him, jumping into his arms. I was really looking forward to this summer.
"I didn't think you were going to come." I said, smiling at my best friend.
Beck rolled his eyes. "Yeah like I'd miss a chance to hang out with you." He said, messing up my hair. I pushed his hand away and shook my head. "I do have something to tell you though."
I ran a hand through my hair. "Kay." I said.
"André and I joined that army. We'll start basic training in a few months." Beck said. I knew that Beck and André have always talked about joining the army, but I didn't think that they'd go through with it.
I crossed my arms over my chest. "Your actually going through with it?" I asked, don't get me wrong I have a lot of respect for the army but a lot of soldiers get deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Some don't make it back. I know Beck won't be deployed right after finishing basic camp, I mean that would be pretty messed up if he was.
Beck nodded. "It's something we both want to do. We'll be serving our nation." He said, looking at me. I sighed and nodded, it's his decision not mine. I just wish that we had more time. We just graduated high school, and might be our last summer together before we leave for college. Well I'll be leaving for school, while Beck will be leaving for basic training. I won't be the only one leaving for college, most of our friends will be also. We had agreed to make this a summer that we won't forget.
"So when are the others getting here?" I asked, walking towards the barn.
Beck looked at his cell phone. "Soon." He said, falling into step with me. My parents own a small farm, nothing special. They own a couple of horses, but haven't done anything with their land, which is about 100 acres. I think, I know it's close to that.
I smiled a little. "So what is on the agenda today? Go to the pond? Maybe go mud running and get stuck, like we did last time?" I said, laughing. That was a fun day, Beck had gotten my dad's 2006 dodge ram stuck in a mud hole on accident. My dad was pissed, so we're only allowed to use the 1996 dodge, which needs work done on it. We have a lot of fun memories on this farm.
"Beck. Tori."
I glanced over my shoulder to find André, Jade, Cat and Robbie walking towards us. They must have just got here. "Heyyy!" I said, hugging each one of my friends.
"Glad to you all finally made it." Beck said, smirking.
I slapped him on the arm. "So what do you want to do today?" I asked.
Jade shrugged. "Don't matter to me..." She seemed to think about it for a bit, "Do you think your dad will let us go mud running?" She asked. I busted out laughing, I'm pretty sure she already knew that answer.
Beck shook his head. "He won't let us use his truck and the older one needs to be fixed up." He said.
Jade pouted. "You know Jade you can always go mud sledding." I said, trying to contain my laughing. We've done that before, which can be fun but painful at the same time.
"I think we should go to the pond." Cat said, playing with her red hair.
I looked at the others. "That's to far away." Robbie said. I rolled my eyes and looked at Beck. He usually has an idea or two. I wouldn't mind going to the pond. I love the rope swing, but it needs to be replaced. I should probably let my dad know since he's the one who put the rope there, like ten years ago. Maybe it was less, I honestly don't know.
"I think we should drag race." André said.
Jade smirked. "Remember what happen last time?" She asked. I think she's referring to the time when we got in trouble, well we got in trouble many times. So I don't think it'd matter. All I want to do is remember this summer, even if it means getting in trouble. As long as I'm with my friends, I don't really care.
Andre shrugged. "Country roads. Come one it'll be fun." He said, looking at Beck.
Beck smiled. "You just wanna test your new car against my '69 ford mustang." He said, crossing his arms over his chest.
André nodded. "Come on. I bet that I'll smoke you." He said. I looked at André's 2011 Dodge charger and then at Beck's '96 mustang. I highly doubt that Andre would win. But I wasn't going to say anything.
"No contest." Beck said.
Jade raised her eyebrows at him. "Are you afraid?" She asked, starting to make chicken noises. My dog Kasey came running run, thinking that there was a chicken nearby. I think she was disappointed when she saw that it was Jade. I stroked her on the head, smiling.
"I'm not afraid, I'm being smart." Beck said.
"I want to see this. A '11 dodge charger vs a '69 ford mustang." Robbie said.
"So...We're not going to the pond?" Cat asked.
I shook my head. "Doesn't look like it." I said, looking at Cat.
"Phooey." Cat said, crossing her arms over her chest. She loves going to the pond, not that I blame her. We've always had a good time there, though we have a good time no matter where we go, well expect when we're deciding what to do. I was kind of curious to see who would win the race, that's if Beck agrees to it.
Sooo What do you think? Continue or not?
I grew up on a small farm, I have a lot of memories.
If you have suggestions for some other things that Tori and her friends can do, please let me know and I'll add them.
I was actually listening to 'Tattoos on this town' to get inspired. Ha!