Chapter10: Tell Me EVERYTHING!
Thomas took my hands and looked into my eyes. "You haven't done this before, have you?"
I shook my head. "I haven't."
"It's easy. Put your arms around my neck and follow your heart." Ahh, he's so romantic.
He kissed me and I did what he told me. I felt his hands on my waist and I could've fainted.
"I'll be over tomorrow."
"I'll be at Tara's for a while. I'll call you when I'm home."
"Okay." He hugged me and then he left. I stood there for a minute then I ran inside.
"Tara, you'll never guess what happened." I said as soon as the door closed.
"What?"
"Thomas kissed me."
"Well? Tell me what happened."
I went through the details and her face lit up. She hugged me.
"Did you tell anyone else?"
"No, I didn't."
She grabbed the phone and started dialing.
"Who are you calling?"
"Laura, of course."
Laura, get your butt over here.
I don't care. We have good news that you need to here.
She sighed. Well, hurry up and get over here.
I don't need excuses!
She hung up.
"What?" I asked, laughing.
"Her parents are yelling at her because she snuck out last night with me. Apparently, a first kiss isn't important enough for her."
"Why'd you sneak out?"
"We went and TP-ed some guys' houses for fun. They weren't the nicest to us so we…got back at them."
"And you didn't get caught?"
She laughed. "No, I do that all the time. I haven't got caught once."
"How many times have you done it?"
"About 5."
There was a knock on the door downstairs.
"Laura's here." She ran out the door and came back up shortly after dragging Laura inside.
"Why are you so persistent?"
"Do you want to hear this or not?"
"Well, of course I do!"
"Thomas kissed me." I butted in.
She gasped and started squealing. Tara rolled her eyes. "He did?"
I nodded.
"Tell me everything!"
I told her everything that happened.
"You wanna go TP houses?" Tara asked.
"Tara, I can't. I'll get in trouble again."
She sighed. "'You wanna go then?" She asked me.
"Sure." This sounds like fun.
We walked to her neighbor's house while Laura followed; only wanting to watch.
"He's been the worst neighbor I've ever had and people move around her all the time."
I climbed up a tree and tossed a roll. I fell out of the tree, landing on my arm.
Laura ran over to me. "Leah, are you ok?"
I looked up at her but I couldn't see her right. "Ugh."
She already had her phone in her hand, dialing some number.
Tara ran over and put her hand up. "How many fingers?"
"Four."
"She hit her head. She's got a concussion, no doubt." She said to Laura.
I blacked out.
I woke up and my head hurt along with my arm. "Ugh." I groaned, putting my head on my forehead.
"She's awake!" Mom said, from behind me.
She hugged me and I could feel the brace on my arm. It went over my palm, past my wrist, and stopped an inch from my elbow.
"What were you thinking?"
"Huh?" I had no idea what she was talking about.
"Why did you go TP someone's house?"
I was still confused but I remembered some of what happened. "We wanted to have some fun last night. I never thought I'd end up here."
"Maybe next time, you'll think before you go and hurt yourself."
"Hurt myself…" I repeated.
A doctor walked in, looking at a clipboard. "You can go home now. I'd recommend that you don't climb another tree for a few days." He looked up. "You have to get some rest the next two days and you need to lay off your arm, as well."
I nodded.
"I'd ground you for TP-ing that house, but your arm is enough."
I sighed, looking out the window.
"You should be glad Mr. Maine wasn't home when you did that. He could have called the cops and you'd be in trouble right now."
"I know, mom."
She looked away from me and towards the road.
"I'm sorry that I did what I did earlier, mom. It won't happen again." Tears streamed down my face as I got out of the car, slamming the door. I ran into my room and closed the door. I laid down on my bed on my stomach. The door opened.
I jumped when mom sat on the side of the bed and started rubbing my hair.
I didn't look up at her.
"Get some rest and we can talk in the morning." She kissed my head then she left.
The next morning.
I walked into the kitchen, quietly, and sat down at the table. I put my bad arm on the table and mom turned around.
"'You wanna tell me what happened?"
I looked down and shook my head. "You'll yell at me."
"Leah, I won't yell at you." She put her hands on both sides of my hand and looked at me.
"Tara said that she never got caught and it sounded like fun. I figured we could do it and we wouldn't get into any trouble. I guess I was wrong."
Sam walked in and sat down. "I heard about what happened last night." He was smiling.
"Everyone did."
"I'm impressed though I wouldn't have got caught."
"I would have still found out."
He rolled his eyes.