*Beep*
'Hey! Your mom is home. Get rid of Will!'
"Shit…mom's home." I sighed.
"Yeah…I'd better go." Will began packing his things. I walked downstairs with Will, as my mom came through the door.
"What's this?" she asked disappointingly.
"Hey, mom. This is Will. He's friends with Alex, Gabe and I."
"Hello Mrs. Kilbourne. It's a pleasure to meet you." Will sure knew how to give adults a good impression.
"Alyssa! I told you not to have boys here while I was gone!" she yelled, glaring at Will.
"Oh now Mrs. Kilbourne, I assure you nothing happened. We were just working on a school project." Will tried his best to keep my mother calm.
"Mom! Ask Gabe! We were talking to him the whole time!" I yelled. My mother charged up the stairs to my room.
"TELL THAT BOY TO GET HIS ASS TO THIS WINDOW AT ONCE!" my mom yelled.
I stepped into the hall, followed by Will. I grabbed my cell out of my pocket.
"GABE! Come up to the window. PLEASE! My mom's throwing a fit about Will!" I said, hanging up.
"You know…Your mom must be insane…" Will looked down, shaking his head.
"What?"
"…She…she thinks that you and I were…were making out or some shit…Me! We just fucking met! Hasn't she ever realized that Gabe…Gabe Saporta…Your BEST FRIEND…lives behind you…and that maybe…just maybe…you could sneak out and sleep with him…or that he could come here?!" he yelled. I knew he was right. But then again, so was my mother. She could see that all these guys I was hanging with…were making me look like some kind of whore.
"It's just how she is…" I sighed. I couldn't stand it.
A few seconds later Gabe walked over to his window, glancing at me.
"Hey Mrs. Denise!" Gabe waved to my mother. She was used to him calling her by her first name. It was normal, everyone did.
"Why hello Gabriel, so sorry to bother you, but do you by chance know anything about this young man being here?" she asked. She had slapped on her sweet face.
"Oh, yes ma'am. Will here followed me and Alyssa home because they had a science project to work on." Gabe pretended to be all goody goody. He always did with my mother.
"Did they work on this project Gabriel, or were they fooling around?" she raised her eyebrow.
"Oh yes ma'am they were working on it…partially. You see they were drawing diagrams and all, and when they weren't working, they were talking to me." He smied his innocent smile.
"Oh thank you Gabriel, that will be all." She replied, closing my window.
"So, mom?" I shrugged.
"Just be warned…" she sighed.
"Well, I've gotta run. Nice meeting you…" Will started down the steps.
"Take care now." My mom waved. At that point only one thing crossed my mind. How the hell would I make it to the party?
The party! Damn. I didn't tell Alex.
*Beep*
'Be glad I saved your ass and stopped you two before anything happened. You owe me…BIG TIME.'
I put my computer on standby.
"Hey, mom? I'm going out to Alex's! Be back around eight okay?" I called down the stairs.
"No later than that!" she yelled.
I went over to the rack and got my mom's car keys.
I placed my Fall Out Boy CD into the player and turned it on full volume.
By the time the CD ended, I'd arrived back in town. It was getting dark and I was growing nervous. I decided to walk a block to Alex's.
"Hey little lady!" I heard a yell, and decided to ignore it.
"Did you hear me? I said HEY little lady!" a large man stepped out from under a street light. I was scared. I began to run. The man chased after me, as I continued to run. I managed to escape into a dark alleyway…at least for the time being. I grabbed my phone and called Will. I didn't know what else to do.
"Hey!" Will yelled.
"Will….help me…help me please…this guy…I was on my way to Alex's and…" I began to cry.
"HOLY SHIT! Just stay calm where are you?"
"I'm near the park down the street from Alex's…" I sniffled.
"I'll be there as quick as I can okay?" he said. I had no idea why I did this…why I left by myself...and why I called Will. Was I beginning to have feelings for him?