Sorry for not updating soon! Softball, school, exercising…I've been busy, but I'll promise to update as soon as possible! Well here you go! (Theirs to be a lot of surprises!)
Shelby P.O.V.
12:30? Ugh only an hour of sleep. Twisting and turning getting tangled in my comforter I finally came to the conclusion I would not be going to sleep any time soon. Knowing lying in bed would be useless I decided it would be good to go get a midnight snack. Quietly I walked down the hall hoping I wouldn't wake up Beth. I stopped at her door wanting to make sure she was O.K.; I mean I did leave her in the middle of dinner. Opening the door as quietly as possible, her queen size empty was deserted with her blankets falling on the side of her bed. Where the hell is she? My heart skipped a beat when my mind raced with the worse case scenarios that could have happened. Not caring anymore about being quiet…realizing now I was the only one in the house, I raced back to my room and grabbed my blackberry. Beth, like any other teenager, always had her phone and I knew she had it with her where ever she was.
New Text Message
To: Beth
Where the hell are you?
In the literally two seconds it took to type the message, I sat myself on my bed. I had to control myself to not call the police to file my daughter missing. I knew I wasn't the best mom in the world, but I cared about my daughter more than anyone, and do care what she does, even though it doesn't always seem like it. The silent blackberry gripped into my sweaty hand was making me more and more crazy. What if she doesn't answer? What if something happened? What if-?
The awaited vibrating sound came from my phone and I immediately clicked open the message.
From: Beth
So sorry mom! At Cory's. I totally forgot about an assignment that is due tomorrow assigned over summer. Spending the night at Cory's. Sorry for not telling you. I'll see you tomorrow after school. XOXO Beth.
A wave of relief came over me. Sure, I was glad the scenarios that went through my head weren't true. And Cory he was a nice kid, Beth and him have been going out for a while and I knew they weren't stupid enough to anything…stupid. I'm not going to get mad at her. I mean it wasn't like she snuck out of the house to do something dumb, it was a project and she usually doesn't forget something like this, but everyone makes mistakes. But, if Beth thinks she is ever sneaking out of the house again, she'll be in for it! Knowing that she was O.K. I wanted to get some sleep now.
To: Beth
O.K. honey. I love you.
And to that I let myself melt into my bed and my eyes instantly closed. I guess you don't need a snack to go to sleep, just your daughter to sneak out of the house and get a good scare.
Beth P.O.V.
"Beth! You O.K.?" Cory refocused my attention back on to him. All I could do was nod, but my eyes were glued onto the blond sitting on her darker man. The blond woman stared right back at me with as much shock as I did. Ms. Fabray? When the realization came to me that it was Ms. Fabray I was fed up. I didn't really care that I just met Ms. Fabray today or that it was only the first day of school, this was most definetly not a coincidence.
My phone vibrated. I quickly took it out of my purse annoyed by who would be texting me so late.
New Text Message: Mom
Shit! I totally forgot about Mom…wasn't she asleep though? She probably just got up in the middle of the night; sometimes I'll hear tiny footsteps in the early morning going down the hall.
Where the hell are you?
"You didn't tell Shelby you left?" Cory looked from over my shoulder down at my phone up to me. He was standing right next to me waiting for an answer.
I didn't know what to say. I never really did the whole 'sneaking out of the house' thing. I seemed tough and everything, but when it came to my mom I followed the rules. Instead of answering Cory, I started to send a reply to my mom because if I didn't reply soon there would probably be a search team out in the next five minutes looking for me.
To: Mom
So sorry mom! At Cory's. I totally forgot about an assignment that is due tomorrow assigned over summer. Spending the night at Cory's. Sorry for not telling you. I'll see you tomorrow after school. XOXO Beth.
Cory hovered me as he looked down at the message I was typing. I could sense that he was nervous about everything, why I asked him here, because he knew I never lied to my mom.
"Beth? What is wr-?" Before he finished I refocused my attention back onto Ms. Fabray. I wanted to know why she was here and for someone to explain everything else that I was wondering about Ms. Fabray.
Cory's tall body was suddenly hugging my petite one. I loved Cory, not like any other boy I have dated, he knew when I was sad or confused or down right pissed off. One of his arms was wrapping me into his embrace while the other one was rubbing my back. I didn't realize until then that tears were rushing out. I let my head lay against his chest while he started to stroke my hair. He knew just the way to calm me down.
"Do you wanna sit?" Cory's whisper made it's way into my ear.
All I could do was nod in disagreement into his chest because by now I was too worked up to make out any words. Without any questions we just stood there until he calmed me down. The rubbing of my back and the stroking of my hair made the tears slowly stop, but the warmth of his embrace made them stop completely. When I got my self together I looked up to his sweet face wanting to talk to him.
"Can…we…go?" I took a few breathes in between. "Back to your place?" I've spent the night at Cory's tons of times, but we weren't like all the whores in our school. We didn't do it when I stayed the night. Cory and I aren't against doing it in high school, but we just want to wait for the right time, unlike everyone else who does it every damn night. We talk and just cuddle when we're at each other's houses, and I'm pretty sure it's better than doing it a million times.
"Sure babe, anything."Cory was amazing, in that moment I was glad that he wasn't the type he always questioned things, and I'm sure glad he wasn't asking questions now. I promised myself that I would tell him what this was all about when I got home as I let myself out of his hug. As Cory grabbed my hand and squeezed it I started to wonder if he even noticed Ms. Fabray and her man were here. But as we were almost to the door I looked back at the couple to see Ms. Fabray looking sad and about to cry talking to the man she was with, but quickly she glanced up at me. And along with her blank and confused stare the man she was with stared back at me too.
Before I walked out of the Café I realized two things, the man Ms. Fabray was with was Mr. Puckerman the school's counselor. I never went to him or anything, but I know all the teachers at the school. The second thing I noticed was even scarier, Mr. Puckerman's eyes. His eyes were like a mirror image of mine.
At that moment, it clicked, sort of.
Cory P.O.V.
I could feel Beth's grip loosen as soon as we walked out of the café. Something made her stressed in there and I wanted to know what. I learned with Beth that you have to give her time to calm down before you start asking. When we made it out to my jeep parked in the empty parking, I turned to Beth before we got into the car.
I took a piece of stranded beautiful blond hair and carefully placed it back behind her ear. Her brown eyes we sparkling, I mean they always sparkled, and even though I hate seeing her cry, I always think her eyes look the prettiest when she does cry.
Although Beth had calmed down, I knew she asked me to come here for a reason. Of course I'm curious and concerned about what was happening, but I knew an explanation had to wait. Beth was still confused and I didn't want to push her, so all I did was gently place a kiss on her cheek. A smile had suddenly appeared on her face like a magic trick. I pulled open the passenger sides door and Beth quietly got in.
It was a quiet ride home, but not uncomfortable. Beth needed time to think, and I let her. Throughout the short car ride their would be small moment where a tear or two would fall onto her cheek, something was making her cry, and I wanted to crush it. I love Beth so much and hate seeing her like this. Quietly with Beth behind me I opened the front door to my house. Thankfully no noise was coming from the kitchen and that meant everyone was asleep. I grabbed Beth's hand and led her up the stairway.
"Cory!" Beth stopped in the middle of the staircase. Quietly she whispered, but loud enough to get my attention. Without any questions from me she continued. "Mom's car. It's still at the parking lot!" Beth's face quickly showed how nervous she was. She knew as well as I did that Shelby was going to kill her if she knew that her car was stranded in the middle of deserted parking lot.
Beth quickly made her was down the stairs back out the door, but I soon caught her before she went out the door. I turned her around to face me. Even though she was freaking out about the Mercedes, I could easily see through the cracks. Beth was tired and was trying to hide it. She let out a quiet but big yawn indicating that she never stayed up this late.
"Give me the keys" I placed out my hand in front of her to give me the keys to her mom's car. "Your staying here, get some sleep, your tired. The café is not that far, I'll walk to the café to get the car, drive it to your house and walk back here…it'll take at most twenty minutes." Finally there was a benefit about the small town of Lima; everything was basically within walking distance. Beth willingly grabbed into her purse and handed me the keys.
"Did I ever mention you're the best boyfriend in the world?" She showed me her special smile she always wore when she was sarcastic.
"Did I ever mention you're the best girlfriend in the world?" As always, I responded the same thing every time, it was sort of out thing. Before I could kiss her goodbye she was already upstairs. As I was about to open the front door I forgot Beth needed something to where. I know Beth has slept here a billion times, but she always planned it. I ran upstairs through the hallway when I noticed Rachel's door was half open. Remembering when I left that she was asleep, when I left, I was curious about the noise coming through the room. On the princess bed was Beth carefully covered with the fairytale blankets of Rachel. Next to my sleeping girlfriend was my little four year old sister rubbing her back.
"Rachel…why are you awake?" Rachel suddenly looked up at me like I was a ghost. She must've not have noticed I was in the room until I talked to her because she looked scared.
I knelt down so I was on her level with her lying on the bed. "I went to get a drink of water and when I came back Beth was sleeping here." I couldn't help but smile. I loved that Beth and Rachel were close. It made Beth and I just that much more right for each other.
"Well you better get some sleep, you can sleep in my room since Beth clearly loves your bed."
"No! I want to sleep with Beth!"
"O.K. you need to get your butt in bed and sleep! And don't wake up Beth got it?"
"Got it" To that she nodded, and slipped herself underneath the covers next to Beth. I gently kissed her forehead. In the next couple seconds she was out like a light. I'm not sure I completely get little kids. They're hyper one second then their out like that?
I made my way over to the other side of the fairy princess bed and Beth was peacefully sleeping. I knelt down and kissed Beth on the cheek. As quietly as possible I made my way out of the room where my two favorite girls were. Now it's time to get the car.
Shelby P.O.V.
Stupid alarm. The alarm read 6:00 a.m. Tirely I got out of bed and went to the bathroom to take a shower and get dressed. Same thing every day. 6:20 read when I walked out of my bedroom to go downstairs. As I was passing Beth's room I poked into the empty room forgetting that she was at Cory's. Then I realized how quiet it was without her in the house, and how much I missed her. It made me feel guilty for the years I've been obsessed with work, and when I try to have dinner with her I run off! Am I that bad of a mother?
As I made my way down the stairs I found my keys to the car sitting alone to the side on the staircase. Did I leave them there? In a way I was relieved to see them there. I walked over to the window next to the door to make sure my car was still there. Good. Seeing the expensive car was good to see, which meant Beth didn't take it to Cory's. Either she walked or Cory picked her up. I didn't get her a car for a reason.
Walking into the kitchen, I then knew I didn't really have a need for anything in there, so I just got my purse that laid on the counter and went back out the front door into the car. I started up the car and pulled out of the driveway. I passed by Cory's house and thought about stopping by to say hi to Beth, but I looked at the clock in the car, 6:30. I'm late already and she's probably not even up. I'll just text her. I grabbed my blackberry from my purse.
New Message
To: Beth
Honey, have a go-
Everything went black.
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