"The Guest"
"Can you tell me where did you disappear yesterday?"
It was a lunch time, so I decided to go to my locker to take the books for the next class. Samantha decided to hold me up. I was not surprised she wanted some answers about yesterday.
"I had… a stomach ache, so I ran home" I lied.
The best excuse I could find.
"And that's all?" she sounded disappointed, "You were so paled that I was sure you saw a ghost. I thought there is a more interesting story that this one" she grinned.
"Well… Sorry that my story was not about me being in a situation of life and death" I said when we reached to my locker.
Samantha laughed and leaned on the locker beside me, while I was filling my locker with the books I didn't need.
"What is this?"
I immediately looked at her, trying to understand what she was asking about, when suddenly I noticed she was looking straight at my bag where the box I received yesterday was.
"This?" I asked and started to push it deeper, "Oh, it's nothing. Just a stupid necklace of mine" I smiled, trying it to seem real, but I don't think she bought it.
"If you say so", Samantha straightened and adjusted her bag on the shoulder, "What do you say about to meet after the school at the parking lot and we'll drive from here to the library".
I shrugged and closed the locker, "Sounds good to me" and after those words the bell rang and we started to walk towards the class direction.
After long hours at the library, or at least it felt like long hours, we gave up and decided to go and to walk at the park. It was still light outside and every day became much hotter than the previous.
We bought ice creams and walked, while Samantha was telling me things about herself. I have to admit, the more I learned about her than more she convinced me I was wrong about her at the first sight.
Samantha always seemed to me as one of these apathetic smart girls who doesn't really care about anything, but it was nice to find out how cool she is.
When she was trying to find out more about me, I always said that there's nothing interesting or special that I can tell. Once, before I dropped into Mystic Falls, I could talk about myself or everything else for hours.
I guess Mystic Falls changed me somehow.
"Did you ever have a boyfriend?" Samantha asked and looked at me while taking a lick of her chocolate ice cream.
"Honestly? No" I can't even describe how embarrassed I felt at that moment. Samantha was telling me about her boyfriends the past hour and I even didn't have one.
"Really?" she said, "Well, it's totally cool".
I looked at her with stare are you kidding me, but when she noticed it, she found right to explain herself.
"What? You're only sixteen years old, right?" I nodded, "I think it's absolutely fine" her reaction surprised me in a good way.
Samantha was already seventeen years old because she'd been sent to school later than she was supposed to be sent, but it didn't bother her.
Suddenly, she got a text and read it right away.
"Well, I need to go now. My mom needs my help" she said while she was texting back.
"It's okay. I'll see you tomorrow" I smiled.
"See ya, girl" she waved and hurried to get home.
I looked at her direction and didn't notice how I got lost in thought, when I suddenly heard very familiar male voice behind me that made be stand frozen.
"Did you receive my gift?"
First, I started to think that maybe I heard wrong because it was not possible, but when I turned to the person behind me I couldn't but notice the famous blue eyes that were staring right into mine.
