Normal?
Summery: It's been a year since the incident with Chase and everything has gone back to normal or has it? Caleb's POV
Caleb/OC Pogue/OC Reid/Amy Tyler/Jane
XX
"Damn man! You were completely fried last night at the party." I hear Pogue say coming up from behind me at the local store.
"Yeah, as I recall so were you." I reply facing him with a smile.
"Who wasn't?" He said laughing.
I walk over to the refrigerator and get me a cold bottle of water.
"Me and Kate are talking again." Pogue says as he pays for his groceries.
"Talking?" I asked, not sure if he was talking about "talking" as in dating or "talking" as in friends.
"Yeah. Talking, you know how friends talk?" He replies, raising his right eyebrow in question.
"Ah. Ok," I answered as I finish paying from my bag of chips and my bottle of water. "I didn't know which "talking" you were talking about."
"Shit! I wish we were talking like that." He says as he gives me a hard pat on the back.
"Yeah. Well hey I'll catch up with ya later I gotta go run a few errands for my mother. So I'll see ya around."
"Alright, meet ya at Nicky's tonight." He says as I get into my car and drive off.
XX
Later that night I'm driving to Nicky's, as usual. But this time I caught myself thinking about a certain girl. Sarah. We have been broken up for 5 months now and we haven't even said a single word to each other, not even a simple hey. I catch myself thinking of her more often as usual, wondering has she's doing and if she has a new boyfriend or not. It's a real kick in the ass to remember that "I" was the one that broke it off between us.
'Stupid!' I think to myself, griping the stirring wheel tighter. 'How could I have done that to a beautiful woman like Sarah?' But it was for the best, right? If we had of stayed together there was no telling how badly she could have gotten hurt. I was hardly able to save her from Chase let alone anyone else.
I finally make it to Nicky's. It looks packed from see so many cars parked out front. I grab my black coat and get out of the car. The cold September wind hit me with a blast in my face. I gather the opening of my coat into my hands and walk to the entrance. It was crowded as I thought. 'Everyone in Ipswich must be here'. I thought to myself as I look around for Pogue and the rest of the Sons.
"Caleb!" I manage to hear Reid yell at me from a table.
I walk over to where I see Reid and his girlfriend Amy and Pogue and Kate sitting. I sit down at the table and take my jacket off and put it on the back of my chair.
"Took ya long enough to get here, we've been waiting long enough." Reid says as he sets down beside Amy and puts his arm around her.
"Sorry I had some car trouble." I simply say putting my arms on the table.
"Car trouble?" Reid says sarcastically, raising an eyebrow.
I simply nod and look at the pool tables, where I see Tyler and his new girlfriend Jane playing pool with Sarah. 'Oh, how much I want her.'
"Caleb!"
"Yeah, what?" I say looking at Pogue.
"Jeez, quit day dreaming and talk!"
"Sorry, its kind of been a long day." I reply and I get up and walk over to the bar and order some fries and Pepsi.
"You alright, man?" Pogue says coming up from behind me with his hand on my shoulder.
"Yeah, why?"
"You seem like you have something bothering you. Your not…Caleb."
"Like I said it's been a long day for me." I sigh as I get my order and walk back over to the table and sit down.
I see Pogue out of the corner of my eye still staring at me. But I just continue to eat my fries and listen to Reid, Kate and Amy's conversation. About 5 minutes later Pogue comes back to the table with his usual order, burger, fries and a coke. He is still staring at me I can feel it. I look up and I give him a smile to try and reinsure him that I'm fine.
"So Caleb, we need to find you a nice looking young woman now." Reid says giving me one of his mysterious smiles.
"Hell no! I ain't letting you pick me a woman." I answer taking a sip of my Pepsi.
"Why not? I pick out good girls." He says looking at Amy then kissing her.
I shake my head and finish eating my fries. Looking over at the pool tables I see Sarah looking straight at me. She gives me a smile that always melted my heart, so I smile back.
"Oh!" Reid says aloud.
'Oh no here it comes.' I think to myself, preparing myself for whatever comes out of Reid's mouth next.
"Still have feelings for little miss Sarah, do we?"
"Drop it Reid!" I yell, furiously.
"Ok damn!" Reid says, holding his hands up in defeat. "I do believe me and Amy are going to leave and go have a little talk." Reid says as him and Amy gets up and Reid turns to face me and gives a wink.
'Talk. Yeah right! Try Fucking!' I thought to myself as I get up and take my tray and throw the content in the trash been.
I walk back to my seat and grab for my coat pocket, pulling out a pack of cigarettes, Marlboro Reds, my favorite.
"What the hell? When did you start smoking?" Kate says in shock.
"6 months ago." I reply lighting a cigarette.
"Goes to show how well you pay attention." Pogue says to Kate, receiving a punch in the arm.
"Oh by the way, Caleb I like your new look." Kate says smiling.
"Thanks"
I've been keeping a little mustache and I have cut my hair so it isn't as long and I can't really spike it up anymore. Ever since Sarah and me broke up I've wanting to change. I've changed the way I act, the way I look, just about everything. I'm even getting a new car. I have no idea what got me to want to change but its kind of scaring me. Everyone's got to change, right?
"Hey Sarah!" Kate says giving Sarah a friendly hug.
Sarah comes and sits down beside me and Tyler and Jane pull up a sit and Tyler sits down in it while Jane sits on his lap.
"I just whooped Tyler's ass at pool!" Sarah says laughing at the disgusted face Tyler made.
Pogue looks over at Tyler and puts his hand on his shoulder. "Damn, by a girl Tyler. What the hell?"
"I let her win!" Tyler says defending himself.
"Sure." Sarah says as we all start laughing.
"Well fellas, I think I'm going to head back to my apartment." I say getting up from my seat and putting my coat on.
"Come on, Caleb! Could you get anymore boring?" Tyler says throwing up his hands.
"I'm getting tired, long day." I reply flipping up the collar on my coat.
"Drive safe, man." Pogue says as we hit our knuckles together.
"See ya later." Kate says giving me a hug.
I walk out of the entrance of the bar and it's raining. "Great" I say to myself as I hunker down in my coat and run to my car, unlocking it and getting in. I set there for a minute just wanting to relax. I lay my head back on the seat and close my eyes, just wanting some peace and quiet. But the only thing I see is Sarah's beautiful face smiling at me. I'm knocked out of my thoughts when someone begins knocking on my window. I open my eyes quickly and look at the window to see Sarah staring at me.
"Sarah, what are you doing out here in the pouring rain?" I asked.
"I need a ride home!" she yells over the pounding rain.
I motion for her to get in and she gets in the passenger seat, soaking wet.
"Thanks, Reid and Amy were the ones that brought me up here and I wanted to come home early too. So I thought that I might catch a ride with you."
"No problem." I say as I back out of the parking space.
As I drive off I smell her beautiful scent with every breath. I look over at her a few times and smile as I remember the good times we had together. Then there was the saddening cause I knew that we would never have that happiness together ever again.