On my way to Albuquerque right now. Thank God my parents can afford to use an airplane – I can't stand road trips.
A few hours later, my parent and I are in front of the Bolton house. I remember this place so well...
A large, dark brown house with a pick-up truck and minivan parked in the front. Little action figure things showing on the front window...I believe that they're figures of a rock band. Weird, I know, but my dad and Mr. Bolton like rock music. The old kind.
We arrived late at night, so the house's front lights were turned on. A very welcoming couple - Mr. and Mrs. Bolton – opened the door.
Gosh, I remember this place so well. When you first go in, it's a large room. That large room has the dining room and living room. A family portrait is hanging on the wall – a very old one, obviously, since Mrs. Bolton looks INCREDIBLY different, and their three sons are, like, teenagers. I'm pretty sure they're adults now. Or young adults, I should say.
Two visits ago, my parents forced me to say 'hi' to one of them. He said it back – awkwardly.
Okay, back to present time. We brought our entire luggage upstairs to one of the bedrooms. I told them all that I was tired, so I simply went upstairs and fell asleep in that bedroom. Clearly, it was one of their son's bedrooms, because on the dresser, there was cologne and such. Oh, and the door had a wooden letter on the front, 'T'. Obviously the guys were forced to sleep in the basement or something in order to accommodate us guests.
It was a short night. At least it felt like it. I fell asleep almost instantly after my head hit the pillow.
The next morning, Mama woke me up at around 8:30am. The sun shone brightly through the blue curtains. After showering and eating breakfast, Mr. and Mrs. Bolton announced we'd be leaving to go to some park.
A park with two adults couples. Yippee.
When we came back and ate dinner, it was getting dark outside. You have no idea how happy I was when Mrs. Bolton brought me downstairs to use the computer.
I was on Fanfiction reading a Harry Potter story when one of the Bolton sons came downstairs. Me being the shy girl I am, I said nothing and continued reading.
A few minutes later I became bored and turned around to see what the guy was doing. He was paying an adventure game on his Wii, and feeling braver than ever before, I asked if I could play video games with him.
He paused the game and looked at me. I noticed how blue his eyes were – blue like the ocean, and I know that sounds corny, but it's true. His hair was a sandy colour, very nice hair...
I shook away the thought when he smiled and said ''sure'' in a very enthusiastic manner.
God, how I love that smile.
Anyways, we played some tennis ad boxing, which I beat him at. He beat me at golf and baseball. His name is Troy – like the ancient city!
After playing sports for a while, he said, ''Wanna watch a movie now?''
I nodded my head in agreement, and searched through Troy's DVD's...horror movie, horror movie, adventure movie...
''This one?'' I held up The Incredibles.
He put it in the DV player and we sat on different sofas.
This is weird, I thought. Usually I get nervous around guys, but now that I've made a guy pal, I feel so...comfortable with him, I guess.
Just when we were about eleven minutes into the movie, I caught Troy staring at me at the corner of my eye. I tore my eyes from the screen and looked back. He instantly blushed and asked me what grade I'm in.
''Umm, seven,'' I answered. ''What about you?''
''Twelve.''
Wow. I'm friends with a twelfth grader? What happened to me? Not that it's bad, it's just... I can't believe I had the guts to even say 'hi' to this guy, let alone have a conversation with him.
And from then on, we actually began to talk about real stuff. Bullies, sluts, players...being the youngest of three kids. Peer pressure, rejections...I can go on and on, but I might bore you.
What had caused to me to even look at an older guy for once, I may never know. But that's where my story truly started...
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The chapter came a little late, I know. But I was a bit stuck for a while, lol. Oh, and reading Kate Brian's Private series!!! :D
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