Chapter Four
"OH MY GOD! I can't believe she would do that!" Michelle exclaimed.
"And on her first date with him too!" Patricia said.
"MY EYES! CANT . . . WATCH . . . " I said, "just go back to watching the movie . . . everything will be fine.just fine" we all straightened in our seats and went back to watching the movie. A few minutes went by and the two were still going at it in the car.
"Hey guys, I thought I saw you here," it was Jo-Anne and she was with Teddy, my eyes widened.
"How can you be standing here, if you're in there?" I pointed to the car.
"Look at those guys go at it" Teddy said and everyone started throwing popcorn at Vern.
"Verno you perv!" Gordie said.
"What? It wasn't ME who said it was Teddy and Jo-Anne! It was THEM!" Vern said in defense and pointed to Chris and I and we got popcorn thrown at us.
"The car does look a lot like Teddy's" Chris said.
I ate a piece of popcorn that had fallen on my lap, "this is still better than frozen peas," I said and got more thrown at me. Some one sitting near us must of complained, because we got thrown out and banned.
"Every night is exciting when you're out with me" I said with a smile. We were walking home by now.
"Every night we're out with you we get kicked out some place." Jo-Anne
"You know, we can't go to half of the stores in town because of her," Patricia said to Vern, I think she was taking a liking to him, all she did was talk to him at the movies, and Michelle and Gordie were hitting it off great.
"Where do you go then?" Gordie asked.
"The next town over, I have a cousin there." I said.
"Here's my house, see you guys tomorrow, " Vern said and left.
"Jess, you gonna go home?" Michelle asked.
"No, I don't have to be home until 11:00, and it's only 15 after ten, I think I'll go down to the lake, anyone wanna come?" I said.
"No, I got work tomorrow so I can't stay out, " Patricia said,
"Me too, " said Gordie.
"Me three!" Michelle said with a laugh.
"I'll go" Chris said, and a smile grew on my face.
"Jo-Anne? Teddy?"
"Sure," Jo-Anne and Teddy said at the same time. We walked Gordie, Michelle, and Patricia home, and started walking towards the lake. When we got there the moon was almost full, it was beautiful. Chris looked at me and grinned.
"What?" I said and he nodded in the direction of the water.
"Lets go swimming"
"Jessi, remember the last time we went swimming?" Jo-Anne asked.
"Sure, we rode our bikes up to the lake, and went swimming, it was fun," I said completely clueless.
"Ok maybe it was for you. . . . Remember, you said it would be better if we didn't get our clothes wet, so we went swimming in our underclothes, and when we came back they were gone. Don't you remember?" She asked.
"Yea I remember, my brother took them, ain't he a funny one . . . Well they're at my house if you want them," I said
"I guess any night's fun with you" Teddy said, standing at the edge of the water.
"LOADS!" I said and pushed him in, and then jumped in after him, Chris jumped in after me, and Jo-Anne stood there.
"Come on Jo-Anne, you know you want to" I said, trying to make it sound as tempting as possible. It must have worked, because she came in. We had a huge splash fest. It was the best. And it was just our luck when it started to rain.
"GREAT!" Jo-Anne said with sarcasm, she was mad now. "I have to get home, my Mom will be pissed . . . . It's not like she is already." She left and Teddy walked her home. I thought Teddy came to the movies with a car . . . . Wonder what happened to it.
"You gonna go too?" Chris asked.
"No, I love the rain!" I said. "Come here" I held out my hand.
"What?"
"Dance with me"
"In the rain?" he asked, I nodded. And we danced as if were in a dance-a- thon.
"Oh shit, what time is it?" I asked. It seemed like we just started dancing.
"12:15" he said.
"Fuck, I'm late. I'm gonna be in so much shit when I get home. . . . "I said, "Sorry I gotta go" I said and started to run home, and turned back, I gave Chris a hug and quick kiss, "thanks for the dance!" I said and started run home.
The light was on in the kitchen when I got there; I came home soaked. I walked into the kitchen to see who it was. It was my older brother Jeremy. Just the other week, his girlfriend broke up with him, they had been going together four eight years. He found out that she'd been cheating on his with his best friend, and now was pregnant with his baby. It killed me to see him like this. Ever since then he's gone down hill, he used to be captain of the football team, great student. I was the total opposite of him. It was obvious whom my parents loved more. I'll tell you, it sure wasn't me.
"Where the hell have you been?" he'd been drinking.
"I lost track of time. . . ." I said and began to walk to my room.
"Don't walk away form me!" he yelled and grabbed me by my arm. I couldn't get loose.
"Let go!" I knew no one could come to help, we have no neighbors or anything and my parents were out of town, but I kept trying to pull away.
"Fine! I'll let go!" he screamed, and slapped me across the face and threw me against the wall. As soon as I got up I ran out the door. He didn't chase after me. I was crying and thoughts raced in and out of my head. There was only one place I could go, where the one person I wanted to see was: the tree house. There was a dirt road that led to a tree house, and I knew Chris would be there. There was a light, and my body was filled with relief. I knocked on the door, and he opened it.
"Jessica? What are you doing here?"
"Can I come in?" I said and wiped away a tear.
"Yeah," he nodded, put out his hand and helped me up. "What happened?" he looked worried.
"He . . .he hit me, he wasn't like this before, never like this"
"Who?" you could see the anger in his eyes.
"My brother, Jeremy. It's all because that bitch Victoria! She was cheating on him! And now she's pregnant with his best friend's baby! Some friend huh?" my eyes started to get glossy; I couldn't cry in front him.
"You're wet," he said.
"At least I know you're not blind" I joked. "It's still raining outside."
"Take off your clothes"
"WHAT?" I thought 'he's kidding right?'
"You'll get sick"
"What am I supposed to wear?"
"Here" he handed me a sweater. At looked at him. "What?" he said.
"Could you um . . . not look?" I asked and he turned around. I stripped down in to nothing but my under clothes, and put on the sweater. "Ok, I'm done"
We talked into the night, or morning I should say, about things that seemed important at the time, school, family and friends.
Ok, I'm working on chapter 5! Once I get 20 or more reviews I'll put the next chapter up. If you have any ideas please tell me (especially what you think happened to Teddy's car!), and I'll try to put them in the story. Also if you want to be in it just tell me the name of your character, how old your character is, what grade they're in, and a little about their family life and personality. Hope you enjoyed reading this.
"OH MY GOD! I can't believe she would do that!" Michelle exclaimed.
"And on her first date with him too!" Patricia said.
"MY EYES! CANT . . . WATCH . . . " I said, "just go back to watching the movie . . . everything will be fine.just fine" we all straightened in our seats and went back to watching the movie. A few minutes went by and the two were still going at it in the car.
"Hey guys, I thought I saw you here," it was Jo-Anne and she was with Teddy, my eyes widened.
"How can you be standing here, if you're in there?" I pointed to the car.
"Look at those guys go at it" Teddy said and everyone started throwing popcorn at Vern.
"Verno you perv!" Gordie said.
"What? It wasn't ME who said it was Teddy and Jo-Anne! It was THEM!" Vern said in defense and pointed to Chris and I and we got popcorn thrown at us.
"The car does look a lot like Teddy's" Chris said.
I ate a piece of popcorn that had fallen on my lap, "this is still better than frozen peas," I said and got more thrown at me. Some one sitting near us must of complained, because we got thrown out and banned.
"Every night is exciting when you're out with me" I said with a smile. We were walking home by now.
"Every night we're out with you we get kicked out some place." Jo-Anne
"You know, we can't go to half of the stores in town because of her," Patricia said to Vern, I think she was taking a liking to him, all she did was talk to him at the movies, and Michelle and Gordie were hitting it off great.
"Where do you go then?" Gordie asked.
"The next town over, I have a cousin there." I said.
"Here's my house, see you guys tomorrow, " Vern said and left.
"Jess, you gonna go home?" Michelle asked.
"No, I don't have to be home until 11:00, and it's only 15 after ten, I think I'll go down to the lake, anyone wanna come?" I said.
"No, I got work tomorrow so I can't stay out, " Patricia said,
"Me too, " said Gordie.
"Me three!" Michelle said with a laugh.
"I'll go" Chris said, and a smile grew on my face.
"Jo-Anne? Teddy?"
"Sure," Jo-Anne and Teddy said at the same time. We walked Gordie, Michelle, and Patricia home, and started walking towards the lake. When we got there the moon was almost full, it was beautiful. Chris looked at me and grinned.
"What?" I said and he nodded in the direction of the water.
"Lets go swimming"
"Jessi, remember the last time we went swimming?" Jo-Anne asked.
"Sure, we rode our bikes up to the lake, and went swimming, it was fun," I said completely clueless.
"Ok maybe it was for you. . . . Remember, you said it would be better if we didn't get our clothes wet, so we went swimming in our underclothes, and when we came back they were gone. Don't you remember?" She asked.
"Yea I remember, my brother took them, ain't he a funny one . . . Well they're at my house if you want them," I said
"I guess any night's fun with you" Teddy said, standing at the edge of the water.
"LOADS!" I said and pushed him in, and then jumped in after him, Chris jumped in after me, and Jo-Anne stood there.
"Come on Jo-Anne, you know you want to" I said, trying to make it sound as tempting as possible. It must have worked, because she came in. We had a huge splash fest. It was the best. And it was just our luck when it started to rain.
"GREAT!" Jo-Anne said with sarcasm, she was mad now. "I have to get home, my Mom will be pissed . . . . It's not like she is already." She left and Teddy walked her home. I thought Teddy came to the movies with a car . . . . Wonder what happened to it.
"You gonna go too?" Chris asked.
"No, I love the rain!" I said. "Come here" I held out my hand.
"What?"
"Dance with me"
"In the rain?" he asked, I nodded. And we danced as if were in a dance-a- thon.
"Oh shit, what time is it?" I asked. It seemed like we just started dancing.
"12:15" he said.
"Fuck, I'm late. I'm gonna be in so much shit when I get home. . . . "I said, "Sorry I gotta go" I said and started to run home, and turned back, I gave Chris a hug and quick kiss, "thanks for the dance!" I said and started run home.
The light was on in the kitchen when I got there; I came home soaked. I walked into the kitchen to see who it was. It was my older brother Jeremy. Just the other week, his girlfriend broke up with him, they had been going together four eight years. He found out that she'd been cheating on his with his best friend, and now was pregnant with his baby. It killed me to see him like this. Ever since then he's gone down hill, he used to be captain of the football team, great student. I was the total opposite of him. It was obvious whom my parents loved more. I'll tell you, it sure wasn't me.
"Where the hell have you been?" he'd been drinking.
"I lost track of time. . . ." I said and began to walk to my room.
"Don't walk away form me!" he yelled and grabbed me by my arm. I couldn't get loose.
"Let go!" I knew no one could come to help, we have no neighbors or anything and my parents were out of town, but I kept trying to pull away.
"Fine! I'll let go!" he screamed, and slapped me across the face and threw me against the wall. As soon as I got up I ran out the door. He didn't chase after me. I was crying and thoughts raced in and out of my head. There was only one place I could go, where the one person I wanted to see was: the tree house. There was a dirt road that led to a tree house, and I knew Chris would be there. There was a light, and my body was filled with relief. I knocked on the door, and he opened it.
"Jessica? What are you doing here?"
"Can I come in?" I said and wiped away a tear.
"Yeah," he nodded, put out his hand and helped me up. "What happened?" he looked worried.
"He . . .he hit me, he wasn't like this before, never like this"
"Who?" you could see the anger in his eyes.
"My brother, Jeremy. It's all because that bitch Victoria! She was cheating on him! And now she's pregnant with his best friend's baby! Some friend huh?" my eyes started to get glossy; I couldn't cry in front him.
"You're wet," he said.
"At least I know you're not blind" I joked. "It's still raining outside."
"Take off your clothes"
"WHAT?" I thought 'he's kidding right?'
"You'll get sick"
"What am I supposed to wear?"
"Here" he handed me a sweater. At looked at him. "What?" he said.
"Could you um . . . not look?" I asked and he turned around. I stripped down in to nothing but my under clothes, and put on the sweater. "Ok, I'm done"
We talked into the night, or morning I should say, about things that seemed important at the time, school, family and friends.
Ok, I'm working on chapter 5! Once I get 20 or more reviews I'll put the next chapter up. If you have any ideas please tell me (especially what you think happened to Teddy's car!), and I'll try to put them in the story. Also if you want to be in it just tell me the name of your character, how old your character is, what grade they're in, and a little about their family life and personality. Hope you enjoyed reading this.
