Chapter 6:Hate and Love
There stood Karen. Her bathing suit only half covered up by a pair of shorts and her skimpy top showing all her perfect tanned skin, no shirt. Her hair was messy like she had been tumbled by a couple of waves, and the surf board was back leaning against David garage which by pure dumb stupidity Bobby and I had stopped in front of. David stood in the back round in his swim trunks on his front wraparound porch. Unfortunately three house down from my house. Apparently Bobby and I had walked further than I had thought.
"Abby please listen to me" Karen started as she kept walking towards me. Bobby's arms fell back to his sides and stayed there.
"Oh! Why should I?" I asked fire burning in my eyes of pure discus.
"Abby! Please! I was going to tell you."
"Oh sure right as soon as pigs flied and the moon blew up right!"
"No look it wasn't that way!" Karen pleaded tears brimming on her eyes again. David started walking down the stair from the porch and down the driveway. Karen stood maybe three feet away motionless staring at me.
"Why would you do this Karen! Why in God's name would you do this!"
"You wouldn't understand!" Karen cried and ran and wrapped her arms around me. I shoved her off.
"Get off me you pot head."
"Abby!" Karen cried tears streaming down her face.
"Wow, wait" said Bobby butting in "You two are doing pot?"
"No we're not" said David now reaching us.
"Oh really then, then what are you smoking behind the dumpsters!?" I said sternly.
"Don't lie to her David" said Karen wiping her eyes dry.
"Where the hell did you guys get pot?" asked Bobby, obviously amused by the whole situation.
"No where" started Karen.
"In her mom's closet" said David at the same time.
"DAVID!" yelled Karen slapping her hand to her forehead.
"What! You told me not to lie!" yelled David. Karen just glared at him.
"Idiot" she whispered under her breath.
"So your mom was getting stoned!" laughed Bobby. "Oh let me guess she was so high and drunk that night that she was in that crash wasn't she!"
"Bobby stop" I whispered. Karen's eyes were filling with tears. Bobby didn't notice.
"Yeah that's what it was wasn't it?" Bobby asked looking at David. "You were telling me about it last month when you told me you were going to date Karen." I stared at Karen. She hadn't told me that she and David were going out. I knew they surfed, but together?
"Bobby stop" said David. His face was bright red with anger.
"Yeah I bet she was so high that she didn't even see that car!" laughed Bobby. "Hey Karen I bet you were glad she was gone then weren't you!" Then out of nowhere David lunged at Bobby and knocked him down onto the road, pinning him to the spot. Bobby stopped talking.
"Never talk about that to them again" David hissed into Bobby's face. Bobby didn't move, just laid there shocked.
"What, I was just…." Bobby started.
"Never" David hissed and climbed off Bobby. Bobby stood up slowly and looked at Karen. Tears were streaming down her face and then I just stared at him in shock.
"Obviously I don't know everything" whispered Bobby and turned to walk away and then turned back. "I'll see you tomorrow" he turned and walked away rubbing the back of his head.
I turned back to look at Karen after Bobby had walked a few houses down. David was sitting on the ground next to Karen. She was crying into his shoulder. David just looked up at me. His eyes were like they were try to figure me out or something.
"You shouldn't be hanging out with him" said David to me.
"What now you're going to be all old and wise on me and junk?"
"Abby you don't know about him!" said David sternly.
"What don't I know!" I yelled.
"I'm trying to look out for you Abby! He's not good news all the time. He has been through like twelve girls."
"Oh, well then why don't I let you go kill my friend with pot."
"Abby!" David hissed.
"What! Don't want the world to know?" I yelled.
His reply was better then words. He knew my one weakness, Karen. Karen sat there staring off into space, tears rolling down her face, shacking.
"Mom" Karen kept whispering over and over softly to herself.
I walked over to Karen and sat down next to her. Her whispering got louder and louder until she was almost screaming and then she just fell into my shoulder and started to cry.
"Hey" I whispered. "Hey it's ok" No harsh tone, no dagger words, just me and her. We rocked where we sat and she just cried. Then David stood and started to pick her up in his arms like a little girl. Karen didn't stop crying but wrapped her arms around his neck as he carried her inside and onto the white wicker chair on his porch. He stood there staring at her. Lost in her own world of hate and love.
