Chapter 4- Lies

Craig was sitting at home lying on his bed. He kept on calling Manny but it directly went to the answering machine. He looked at the ceiling.

"What's going on with Manny?" He asked himself "She usually doesn't act like this."

Craig picked up his phone and called her once again. The phone rang twice and then.

"Hi this is Manny; I'm not here right now. Or I'm just too lazy to answer my phone. But if this is Craig then I love you baby try again." Manny's voice said

Craig hung up his phone and lay on his back.

"That's enough for me" He said "Just to hear her voice is enough for me."

Craig turned to his side and looked at a picture of him and Manny on his counter. They were at the beach. She was on his back and they were smiling. They looked so happy. Craig remembered how she made him shop for hours for a swimming suit the day before and then she found one and he had to pay 40 for it. But with that smile and those big eyelashes he couldn't resist. He smiled at himself while remembering those days. Before she moved, she had only been gone for 2 days and he was already miserable.

"I miss you already" He said

Craig was about to cry.

"But she's going to call me" Craig said "I know she will"

Depressing right?


Now Manny was having the time of her life. She was sitting at the dinner table with Ginger and Jake. Jake was telling a joke.

"…and then his friend said half the time you weren't even sucking on the hot dog" Jake said laughing

Manny accidentally squirted her juice out of her mouth. And Ginger was laughing really hard.

"That was funny Jake" Ginger said laughing

"So you mean he was sucking on his…the whole time" Manny said about to tear for laughter

"Yup" Jake said

They laughed a little more and then started to mellow down. Ginger sat back in her chair. And Manny tried to clean the stain off the table cloth she made with her juice. Jake just sat there. Manny looked at her watch.

"So when do your parents get home?" Manny asked

It was already 10:00.

"They are rarely ever home" Ginger said

"And if they do come home it's at like 2 or 3 in the morning" Jake added

They were quiet for a while. Manny coughed.

"So Manny do you have a boyfriend back home?" Jake asked

"No" Manny said

"Yeah you do his name is Craig." Ginger said

"No, he is just a crush I have. I wanted to tell you that earlier today but I wanted to be his girlfriend so why not pretend right?" Manny said

"Oh" Jake said

"I thought… but what about the ring?" Ginger asked

"It's fake. To tell the truth he doesn't even know I exist." Manny said shrugging. "So I am free and single."


It was 12 o'clock and Craig was trying to fall asleep. The phone rang and he tried to ignore it. Then Joey came into the room and opened the door.

"Craig, tell you girlfriend to stop calling at midnight." A tired Joey said

"Manny" he exclaimed

Craig jumped for the phone. He picked it up.

"Manny" he said breathing heavily

"Hi Craig" Manny said "How are you doing?"

"I'm great. I've just been waiting for your call." Craig said

"I'm sorry baby, but I made that special answering thing for you" she said

"I know, I loved that" Craig replied "So what did you do today?"

"I went to school. Made a new friend and ate dinner at her house" Manny said

"That sounds fun" Craig replied

"It was" Manny said "I'm sorry for calling you this late"

"It's ok"

"Well I'm really tired so I'm going to go to sleep" Manny said

"Ok" Craig said "I miss you and I love you."

"Yeah, bye?" Manny said and she hung up the phone

Craig looked at the phone. And then hung it up, she didn't even say I love you too, or I miss you back. What's happening with Manny? Craig shrugged at the question. Tried to fall back asleep. He and Manny were perfect for each other. Nothing or no one could change that. He fell asleep now waiting for the day he was going to see her again.