Chapter 13: the car ride, John
After dropping Brian off we arrived at Claire's house. She looked out the window at her house. She shivered a bit. I sensed her hesitation in going inside, so suddenly I grabbed her and kissed her passionately. When I pulled away she was breathless, and her eyes were wide.
"Are you going to be alright Princess?" I asked holding her hand.
"Yes. I'll slip passed them and go to my room. I say I'm not feeling good. Hopefully they will leave me alone until tomorrow." Andrew had gotten out of the car and opened the passenger side door. Claire slipped out of the back seat. She wrapped her arms around Andrew and kissed him on the cheek. "Thank you." she whispered.
I looked away and tried not to show my obvious annoyance at seeing her touching him. I wondered again why I felt so posessivly about her. She wasn't my girlfriend. I wasn't sure if we even liked each other.
I climbed out of the car so I could sit up front. "Hey Claire, I called to her. Too bad you hopped out of the back seat so fast. We could have had some fun, hey cherry." I regretted the words as soon as they came out of my mouth, but I couldn't help the jealousy that I felt.
she gave me a dirty look. "John you are such a pig." She spat
"And you love it." I countered back
"You wish!" She stormed off toward the house without a backwards glance.
I turned to see Andrew looking at me with a shocked look on his face. "Why do you do that John? You are always purposely egging her on."
"Shut up!" I said getting in the car and shutting the door. A moment later Andrew got in the car. We drove in silence for awhile. I knew sporto was wanting to say something. He kept glancing over at me.
"What!" I finally asked annoyed.
"You know, Claire doesn't have a date for the Prom."
"I already told her there is no way I am going."
"Why not?" Andrew said
"It would ruin my reputation." I joked.
"I asked Allison, I am not worried what people will say." He dared.
"I don't care what people would say, I hate all school functions. It is simply a fact." I closed my eyes and wished I was home already. I could hardly believe I was wishing to be home. I started to think about Claire and all she had been threw in the last day. What if she went to another party. What if something like that would happen again. If she was my girlfriend then I could protect her from drunken ass holes.
"So sporto how about you help me out with something tonight?" I asked as we pulled up in front of my house.