Chapter Five
I woke up the next morning in Chris's arms. My clothes were dry now, but it was still raining, so I changed my clothes. I sat there and watched him sleep; he looked happier when he was sleeping. I must have woken him up when I was snooping around in the tree house.
"Oh hey! Good Morning!" I said.
"Hey," he yawned. "What time is it?"
"7:43"
"You gonna go back home?" he asked.
"I don't want to, not until my parents come home" I was opening a box.
"Hey don't open that!"
"What's in it?" I said with a sly smile.
"Guy stuff . . ."
"Like skin magazines?" I asked and he was silent. "Ok fine, don't tell me." then there was a silence so loud; you were able to hear your own heart. "Chris?"
"Yeah?"
"Come with me"
"Where?"
"To my house, I don't want to be alone if my parents aren't home yet"
"Ok" he nodded his head and we left the tree house. It was sprinkling rain, every puddle I saw I jumped it, getting both of us wet.
"You're like a kid, you know that?"
"I am aware of my kid-ishness" I said and jumped into the next puddle. "Guess I should change while I'm at home" I said looking down at my pants.
"This your house?"
"Yeah, come one let's go through my window, " we went to the back of the house, there was a tree that led to my window, and we crawled in.
"Nice room" Chris said picking up a picture. "Who's this?"
"That's me in the middle there, and that's my sister, Kathy, and my brother Jeremy" I said pointing to each of us, "Kathy's already graduated out of college, and started a family, and you know Jeremy"
"Yeah" he breathed out.
"Hungry?"
"I'm starving"
"Lets go and see what I've got" we went downstairs hoping that we didn't run into Jeremy. "Maybe he's out . . . " We didn't find him anywhere. So I opened the refrigerator and all I found was some chocolate cake and sodas.
"Chocolate cake, huh?" Chris said.
"Yep, the breakfast of champions!" I said and took out the cake. "I'll be right back"
"Where you going?"
"To change. What? Wanna come?" I said with a smile.
He shook his head and said, "No, I think I'll pass this time" he said grinning.
"Just make yourself at home, call a few friends over, eat some cake, just leave me some, what ever you want!" I said leaving the room.
I went up stairs took a quick shower, and changed my clothes to a pair of jean capris, and green tank top, with a pair of converse black Jack Purcells. I looked at my self in the mirror and 'Okayed' my look. I went back down stairs to the kitchen to find Chris with Gordie sitting there eating the cake, which was almost gone.
"Well hello there" I said
"You said I could invite a friend" Chris said smiling, "so I did."
"I hear you two spent the night together" Gordie said laughing.
"We did, in the tree house," I said. "So if you find a bra over there it's mine," I said with a smile, and Gordie's laughter stopped. "I'm just kidding!" I heard a familiar voice.
"Miss. Jessica Maxwell, won't your parents be pissed when they found out you had boys in the house" it was Patricia
"How and when did you get here?" I asked.
"Just now, and through your window, so what's this I hear about you a Chris spending the night together?" she asked looking through the refrigerator, the four of us (Michelle, Patricia and Jo-Anne I) are real close friends that we don't even knock on each other's door, or even ask to raid your refrigerator.
"Jeremy hit me . . .and there's no way in hell I was going to stay home, so I went to the tree house . . ." I said poking at a slice of chocolate cake.
"He . . . he hit you?" she said, "he never hit you before . . . never" the room was filled with silence.
"He was drinking . . . because Victoria broke up with him . . ." I said breaking the silence. "So what do you want to do today?" I tried to sound cheerful.
"I've got a full day of procrastinating to do" Gordie said, "damn you English project" he said and we laughed.
"Chris? Patricia?"
"I gotta do that English project too," Chris said.
"Can't do anything, my aunt and uncle are in town and my parents want me to stay home to have some 'family time'" Patricia said.
Soon they left to go off and do what they had to do. I spent the rest of the day in my room. Jo-Anne came over around 4:00 and told me all the details about her date with Teddy, and what happened to his car. They got a flat on their way there, so they walked. My parents came home that night, Jeremy and I avoided each other the whole day.
I woke up the next morning in Chris's arms. My clothes were dry now, but it was still raining, so I changed my clothes. I sat there and watched him sleep; he looked happier when he was sleeping. I must have woken him up when I was snooping around in the tree house.
"Oh hey! Good Morning!" I said.
"Hey," he yawned. "What time is it?"
"7:43"
"You gonna go back home?" he asked.
"I don't want to, not until my parents come home" I was opening a box.
"Hey don't open that!"
"What's in it?" I said with a sly smile.
"Guy stuff . . ."
"Like skin magazines?" I asked and he was silent. "Ok fine, don't tell me." then there was a silence so loud; you were able to hear your own heart. "Chris?"
"Yeah?"
"Come with me"
"Where?"
"To my house, I don't want to be alone if my parents aren't home yet"
"Ok" he nodded his head and we left the tree house. It was sprinkling rain, every puddle I saw I jumped it, getting both of us wet.
"You're like a kid, you know that?"
"I am aware of my kid-ishness" I said and jumped into the next puddle. "Guess I should change while I'm at home" I said looking down at my pants.
"This your house?"
"Yeah, come one let's go through my window, " we went to the back of the house, there was a tree that led to my window, and we crawled in.
"Nice room" Chris said picking up a picture. "Who's this?"
"That's me in the middle there, and that's my sister, Kathy, and my brother Jeremy" I said pointing to each of us, "Kathy's already graduated out of college, and started a family, and you know Jeremy"
"Yeah" he breathed out.
"Hungry?"
"I'm starving"
"Lets go and see what I've got" we went downstairs hoping that we didn't run into Jeremy. "Maybe he's out . . . " We didn't find him anywhere. So I opened the refrigerator and all I found was some chocolate cake and sodas.
"Chocolate cake, huh?" Chris said.
"Yep, the breakfast of champions!" I said and took out the cake. "I'll be right back"
"Where you going?"
"To change. What? Wanna come?" I said with a smile.
He shook his head and said, "No, I think I'll pass this time" he said grinning.
"Just make yourself at home, call a few friends over, eat some cake, just leave me some, what ever you want!" I said leaving the room.
I went up stairs took a quick shower, and changed my clothes to a pair of jean capris, and green tank top, with a pair of converse black Jack Purcells. I looked at my self in the mirror and 'Okayed' my look. I went back down stairs to the kitchen to find Chris with Gordie sitting there eating the cake, which was almost gone.
"Well hello there" I said
"You said I could invite a friend" Chris said smiling, "so I did."
"I hear you two spent the night together" Gordie said laughing.
"We did, in the tree house," I said. "So if you find a bra over there it's mine," I said with a smile, and Gordie's laughter stopped. "I'm just kidding!" I heard a familiar voice.
"Miss. Jessica Maxwell, won't your parents be pissed when they found out you had boys in the house" it was Patricia
"How and when did you get here?" I asked.
"Just now, and through your window, so what's this I hear about you a Chris spending the night together?" she asked looking through the refrigerator, the four of us (Michelle, Patricia and Jo-Anne I) are real close friends that we don't even knock on each other's door, or even ask to raid your refrigerator.
"Jeremy hit me . . .and there's no way in hell I was going to stay home, so I went to the tree house . . ." I said poking at a slice of chocolate cake.
"He . . . he hit you?" she said, "he never hit you before . . . never" the room was filled with silence.
"He was drinking . . . because Victoria broke up with him . . ." I said breaking the silence. "So what do you want to do today?" I tried to sound cheerful.
"I've got a full day of procrastinating to do" Gordie said, "damn you English project" he said and we laughed.
"Chris? Patricia?"
"I gotta do that English project too," Chris said.
"Can't do anything, my aunt and uncle are in town and my parents want me to stay home to have some 'family time'" Patricia said.
Soon they left to go off and do what they had to do. I spent the rest of the day in my room. Jo-Anne came over around 4:00 and told me all the details about her date with Teddy, and what happened to his car. They got a flat on their way there, so they walked. My parents came home that night, Jeremy and I avoided each other the whole day.
