Ebony stood up when she heard the bell ring. She stood in front of her locker trying to think if she had any homework. But she couldn't remember, so she just shoved her books into the locker and walked quickly towards the big green exit sign. She reached it just in time to see Java and Siva talking about something. "Hey Siva you ready to go?" Ebony asked coming up to her.
"Umm…Ebony I can't go today. Java needs me to help her out with something." Siva said looking surprised to see Ebony.
"Okay. I guess I'll see you tomorrow then." Ebony said smiling with disappointment. "Bye Java."
"Yeah, bye." Java said in her normal tone.
Ebony looked at them both oddly. She knew that they would never help each other with anything so something was up. She just nodded her head and walked away from the school. She reached the road just in time to see Mac and Ved. But she didn't stop to wait for them because they where making out and that could take hours. Ebony reached the skate park just in time to see the other guy that held her heart. She walked over to him and smiled. "Hey Tommy."
Tommy Johnson stood just about a foot taller than Ebony and had blue eyes that could make you melt. He looked down at Ebony and smiled back. "What are you doing here beautiful? I didn't think I would see you until tonight."
"Well you know me I can't stay away." Ebony said when Tommy put his hand on her face. She felt shiver run down her spine when he touched her.
"What's the real reason?" Tommy asked. She loved the way he could read her eyes.
"The school took our half pipe down over the summer." Ebony said taking her rubber band out of her pocket and putting her hair up.
"Well then I guess I get you all to myself until tonight." He said as he wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her closer to him.
"Well that would work, if that's what I came here for. But sadly, the half pipe will always come first in my heart." Ebony said smiling. Tommy wasn't her boyfriend, but it was times likes that made her wonder why she couldn't just commit to him.
"You are one odd girl." He wondered pulling back to look down at her more.
"But isn't that why you love me?" Ebony asked smiling big.
"Yeah, I guess." Was his only response.
Mackenzie looked at the clock next to her bed. She had two more hours before dinner. She knew that she was suppose to be at the skate park with Ebony and everyone else but she couldn't find it in her to go and face her past head on right now. She looked up when she heard the doorknob twist. She smiled when she saw her dad walk in.
"What are you doing here? I thought you would be out with Ebony and Ved." Her father said.
"They went to the skate park." Mackenzie said quietly. She knew that it would upset her father.
"Oh." Her dad said looking over at her. "Mackenzie you should go. He's been gone two years, he would want you to be happy."
"That was his favorite place to go and you think that I can go there and enjoy myself knowing that he will never see it again!" Mackenzie yelled getting up off her bed. "I'm going to Ved's for dinner. I'll be home before 12."
Jay looked out over the football field. It looked so different than when he was on it. It seemed so boarding and dull but as soon as he put on the jersey and stepped out there everything changed. He wasn't just playing for himself but for everyone watching. It use to be for fun but then he found out how much everyone wanted them to win, wanted them to be the best.
"Hey man, are we going to go or just sit here?" Ram asked from the back seat of Jay's jeep.
Jay snapped out of his thoughts and turned to look at Ram. "Yeah, sorry."
"So dude what's up with you and Amber?" Mega asked with a smile. He knew that something was going but he didn't know how to get Jay to tell them what it was. "You gonna to tell us?"
"Look guys nothing is happening with me and Amber." Jay said rolling her eyes. He didn't want to tell them that he wanted something to happen with him and Ebony because they wouldn't understand. He just listened to Ram and Mega talk about Amber and him the rest of the time. He knew that if he tried to stop it that they would think something was going on. He's friends liked to talk about his love life, just like girls.
Ebony pulled out of her kiss with Tommy. "I really should go." She said looking up at him.
"Yeah I should get going." He said putting his hand on the back of her neck. "I'll see you later." He said before kissing her again.
She pulled away quickly. "I have to go." Ebony said getting out of the car. She was too tired to stay there with Tommy. She would have loved to stay with him, but she knew that tomorrow was going to require more energy than she was prepared to have.
As soon as she heard the front door of her house click behind her, she heard her step father's loud voice. He was angry, like always.
"WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN? DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?" he yelled. "ARE YOU TRYING TO WORRY ME AND YOUR MOTHER TO DEATH?"
"Oh pish!" Ebony said rolling her eyes at him. This wasn't anything new to her. Whenever her parents were home long enough to notice that she wasn't, this was always the reaction she got.
"DON'T TALK TO ME LIKE THAT! I'M YOUR FATHER!" He yelled.
Ebony stopped dead in her tracks. She whipped around and looked at him. "You are not my father!" Her voice was sharp, and her own words were filled with just as much anger. She turned and ran towards the stairs without another word.
"Go talk to your daughter." She heard him order to her mother.
Ebony heard her mother come up the stairs. She watched her walk into her room. "What?" she asked sharply.
"Change your attitude missy." Hazel said sitting down next to her. "You know he cares about you, Ebony."
"No he doesn't." Ebony said laying back on her bed. "There is nothing from the last nine years of your marriage that has proven that statement."
"Ebony, we have both been doing what we've thought would be best." Hazel placed her hand on her daughters back and drummed her fingers softly along her spine.
"I don't want to hear this from you. I don't want to hear it from anyone." Ebony said. "I've been raising myself since I was nine years old, so don't blame me if I'm finding it hard to follow rules."
"Honestly Ebony, sooner or later you're going to have to stop using that excuse. You've been home for over a year now. And we aren't trying to make you follow any rules you don't agree too, you know that."
"Ugh, I don't want to talk right now!" Ebony groaned.
"Good night dear." Hazel hated to push her daughter, she didn't like the reactions she got when she did, and didn't see the point in upsetting her.
Ebony was so angry that they thought she should follow rules like everyone else. She knew that it was a simple teenage, parent thing. But she had been on her own for so long, she didn't know why it should be any different now. Yes, it was had almost three years since she left boarding school, but even two years at home wasn't going to change seven years boarding school.