Chapter Six
"Wake up, Simon!" a whisper came in the middle of the night. Simon opened his eyes and saw Andrew grinning at him at his open window. Simon looked at Leah, making sure she was asleep before he got up and went to the window.
"What are you doing, Andrew?" Simon demanded. Andrew's grin grew wider, as he showed Simon marijuana, beer, cigarettes and vodka. Simon felt torn, he promised Leah he'd stop doing drugs, but he also needed to have it in his system. He hesitated for a few moments before deciding to climb out his window and follow Andrew towards the abandoned fishing docks.
"So, Simon." Jake said, smiling mischievously. "I heard about you and Leah.ya know?" Simon laughed and shook his head.
"You may as well ask what it was like, Jake, cuz you're never gonna experience it for yourself." Jake's smiled faded and Simon and Andrew laughed loudly.
"How are things between you two?" Andrew asked.
Simon shrugged. "I love her, man," he answered, simply. He blushed and looked away from his two best friends.
"So, is this going to affect you joining the zealots?" Andrew asked, taking a long swig from his beer bottle.
Simon looked puzzled. "I don't know."
Andrew and Jake mumbled and shrugged, too dazed to really care.
"Well, you better make up your mind, Simon. We're leaving in three days," Andrew told him.
"Three days?!" Simon demanded. He felt a lump in his throat. That wasn't much time.
"Hey, man, where ya goin?" Andrew yelled after him.
"Home," Simon yelled.
Leah awoke to someone climbing through Simon's bedroom window. She became alert immediately, but to her relief it was Simon standing in the middle of his bedroom.
"Hey," he mumbled. Leah sat up and stared at him. She turned and flicked on his lamp.
"Simon, what were you doing out there?" she demanded, feeling suspicious. "Were you doing drugs?"
"I wasn't doing anything," Simon groaned. "God, Leah! Stop asking me all these god damn questions!" he snarled angrily. Leah threw off the covers and stalked across the room to pull on her clothing, furious with Simon. She couldn't keep forgiving him, no matter how much she loved him.
"What are you doing?" he questioned. She turned and glared at him.
"I'm leaving!" she whispered loudly.
"Where are you gonna go?" Simon demanded, a smug expression on his face.
"Anywhere but here," Leah replied. Simon looked hurt for a moment, but then anger took over his features.
"Bitch," Simon mumbled under his breath. Leah walked over to him and smacked him across the mouth. He glared at her in shock, and shoved her against the wall, causing her head to snap back. She felt very dizzy. Simon regretted it the moment he did it. Leah looked shocked and heartbroken and terrified.
"You're becoming just like my father," she whispered. She gathered up her things and opened his bedroom door.
"It's over, Simon!" she yelled.
"Good!" he screamed. Leah slammed his door, walked out of his house and down to the river. She was only able to get this far before bursting into tears and sobbing uncontrollably. She sank to the ground, and pulled her knees up to her chest. Now she was definitely on her own, she needed to figure things out. She knew her father had hidden a lot of money in their house; all she needed to do was find it.
"Wake up, Simon!" a whisper came in the middle of the night. Simon opened his eyes and saw Andrew grinning at him at his open window. Simon looked at Leah, making sure she was asleep before he got up and went to the window.
"What are you doing, Andrew?" Simon demanded. Andrew's grin grew wider, as he showed Simon marijuana, beer, cigarettes and vodka. Simon felt torn, he promised Leah he'd stop doing drugs, but he also needed to have it in his system. He hesitated for a few moments before deciding to climb out his window and follow Andrew towards the abandoned fishing docks.
"So, Simon." Jake said, smiling mischievously. "I heard about you and Leah.ya know?" Simon laughed and shook his head.
"You may as well ask what it was like, Jake, cuz you're never gonna experience it for yourself." Jake's smiled faded and Simon and Andrew laughed loudly.
"How are things between you two?" Andrew asked.
Simon shrugged. "I love her, man," he answered, simply. He blushed and looked away from his two best friends.
"So, is this going to affect you joining the zealots?" Andrew asked, taking a long swig from his beer bottle.
Simon looked puzzled. "I don't know."
Andrew and Jake mumbled and shrugged, too dazed to really care.
"Well, you better make up your mind, Simon. We're leaving in three days," Andrew told him.
"Three days?!" Simon demanded. He felt a lump in his throat. That wasn't much time.
"Hey, man, where ya goin?" Andrew yelled after him.
"Home," Simon yelled.
Leah awoke to someone climbing through Simon's bedroom window. She became alert immediately, but to her relief it was Simon standing in the middle of his bedroom.
"Hey," he mumbled. Leah sat up and stared at him. She turned and flicked on his lamp.
"Simon, what were you doing out there?" she demanded, feeling suspicious. "Were you doing drugs?"
"I wasn't doing anything," Simon groaned. "God, Leah! Stop asking me all these god damn questions!" he snarled angrily. Leah threw off the covers and stalked across the room to pull on her clothing, furious with Simon. She couldn't keep forgiving him, no matter how much she loved him.
"What are you doing?" he questioned. She turned and glared at him.
"I'm leaving!" she whispered loudly.
"Where are you gonna go?" Simon demanded, a smug expression on his face.
"Anywhere but here," Leah replied. Simon looked hurt for a moment, but then anger took over his features.
"Bitch," Simon mumbled under his breath. Leah walked over to him and smacked him across the mouth. He glared at her in shock, and shoved her against the wall, causing her head to snap back. She felt very dizzy. Simon regretted it the moment he did it. Leah looked shocked and heartbroken and terrified.
"You're becoming just like my father," she whispered. She gathered up her things and opened his bedroom door.
"It's over, Simon!" she yelled.
"Good!" he screamed. Leah slammed his door, walked out of his house and down to the river. She was only able to get this far before bursting into tears and sobbing uncontrollably. She sank to the ground, and pulled her knees up to her chest. Now she was definitely on her own, she needed to figure things out. She knew her father had hidden a lot of money in their house; all she needed to do was find it.