Chapter 3
I woke up near 1 in the afternoon. Benny was already awake watching TV with Jane downstairs. It was raining so not much could be done. Stretching, I got out of bed and got dressed, heading downstairs in time for the doorbell to ring. I walked over to the door and nearly had a heart attack, seeing it was Sarah. Instantly, I remembered the previous night, which ended with her kissing my cheek after dropping me off.
"Hey, Teethan. Can I come in?" Sarah asked with her usual heart-melting smile. Rolling my eyes and returning her smile, I move to the side, letting her in. Closing the door behind her, I follow her to the living room and sat next to her on the couch.
"Sarah, are you going to be babysitting on Friday?" Jane asked, looking up from the TV.
"Of course I am. I wouldn't miss it for the world." Sarah replied, "Especially I wouldn't give up the chance to hang out with my two best guy friends: Benny Rabbit and Teethan." She giggled. It was clear Benny wanted to say something but decided to keep his mouth shut after seeing the look I gave him.
The afternoon passed by uneventful and because I didn't fall asleep till late last night, though it was a school night and mom and dad would be back from visiting grandma and grandpa tomorrow morning, I had to lay awake in my room, listening to Benny talking in his sleep. Quietly groaning to myself, I get up, go downstairs put on my shoes and leave for a walk in hopes that would help me sleep, but when I get back home I'm still not tired. I wind up staying awake for the rest of the night.
The following morning, Benny and I split the morning choirs: Benny got Jane up for school while I made breakfast and Jane's lunch. Leaving the house, the three of us run into Sarah and Erica, offering to drive us to school since they both have their licenses and Benny and I only have our learners.
"Why, my golden beauty, won't you let me drive?" Benny half complained half flirted towards Erica.
"Because it's my car and I decide who gets to drive. Besides last time you drove my car, it ended up wrapped around a pole within five minutes." Erica replied as she pulled into a parking space and turned off the ignition. Sighing as though he didn't want to be at school, Benny said by to the girls while I stood there finally feeling the loss of sleep begin to affect my body.
It wasn't until lunch that I finally fell asleep. Luckily for me, Benny woke me up before the football team could start a food fight and make me target number one.
"Ethan, are you sure you don't want me to take you home? Your looking pretty exhausted." Sarah asked worriedly.
I shook my head 'no'.
"Thanks, Sarah, but I can make…." I begin to say but doze off once more.
The next thing I remember is waking up in my bed a couple of hours later and hearing Sarah's voice talking with mom and dad in the kitchen. Carefully, I got out of bed and went downstairs, hearing their conversation much clearer.
"Mr. and Mrs. Morgan, thank you for the offer, but I don't think I'm able to go to the school dance. I mean what with having to babysit Jane and everything." Sarah told mom and dad. They were chaperoning the upcoming school dance this weekend.
"Oh don't worry about babysitting. Benny's grandmother already agreed to look after her. So all you have to worry about is having fun." Mr. Morgan told Sarah with a friendly smile before giving me a smile as to say 'good morning sleeping beauty'. I quietly laugh as he and mom leave the room.
"So their making you go as well." I asked. Sarah nodded.
"Not as much as forcing me as begging me to keep you company that night." She quietly laughed, looking away to make sure I don't see her blush.
"Then I guess we'll have fun together avoiding my parents." I laughed.
The week passed by quickly and soon it was Friday. Benny was at my house getting ready, both of us complaining to each other about the dance being semi-formal which meant we had to wear ties, nice shirts and dress pants. At 7:30 the doorbell rang. Benny and I came downstairs in time for dad to open the door and let Sarah in. I immediately took hold of the railing to keep from falling over at the sight of her. That only made her giggle.
"Hey Teethan. Benny- rabbit." She giggled. Since we told her about a kid at school last year who kept calling us by those names, she had non-stop been calling us them, though I didn't mind. Of coarse, Benny hated it but kept quiet about it. Half-hour later, we left for the school. Arriving, we seen over half of the students dressed up and looking excited while the other half having been forced to go by their parents.
Sarah and I spent the first half of the night dancing and having fun so mom and dad wouldn't say anything while the second half we headed into the cafeteria where students are free to go when they want to talk and get away from the noise. We stayed there and talked until the dance ended. After getting home, I walked Sarah home, the two of us laughing, joking around eventually holding hands. At her front door, she turned towards me.
"I really did have fun tonight. Thanks for not ditching me like Erica." Sarah smiled and leaned forward, gently kissing my lips. I managed to get myself to kiss back, but only for a few seconds before she pulled away, told me 'goodnight' and went inside. I walked home without thinking of anything else but the last little while. Officially, this was turning out to be an awesome year.
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