Chapter 2
Mandy sighed out in frustration as she called Brittany of her cell phone.
"Hello?" Brittany said on the other line.
"Hey Brit, it's Mandy. Bad news, I can't come with ya's over the summer break." Mandy said.
"Oh why not?" Brittany asked wondering.
"Cause I gotta go with my dad to visit Mark." Mandy explained.
"Ha! Really well have fun!" Brittany chuckled.
"Brittany, this is so not funny! Do you know how bad it'll be there over there?" Mandy said.
"Well at least it'll be warm there in Texas, unlike this lousy weather in New York." Brittany said.
"Hmmm I don't know, look just tell everyone that I couldn't make it ok?" Mandy asked.
"No problem, maybe we'll catch up later on. I'll talk to ya on the internet though ok?" Brittany said.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure Mark would have the internet." Mandy explained.
"Ok well mwah, love ya!" Brittany said.
"Mwah." Mandy replied and hung up.
"Sweetie, wake up." John said as he gently shook Mandy's shoulder in the morning.
She stirred and opened her eyes to see her dad leaning down next to her.
"What time is it?" She yawned, sitting up.
"About 9 o'clock." John replied.
"Dad, can't I sleep longer?" She asked.
"No hunny, cause our plane leaves in about an hour. It takes a while to get to Houston remember?" John said pulling her blankets off her.
"Hmmm ok." She grumbled and slowly hoped out of bed.
She walked back out to the lounge to see her dad.
"Ready?" John asked.
"Yep." She smiled looking down at herself. She was wearing hipster jeans and a white tank top, revealing her stomach.
"Mandy, please put a jacket on. We're going to the airport; ya can take it off when you get to Mark's ranch ok?" John explained grabbing his and Amanda's suitcases.
"Ok daddy." She sighed and grabbed a pink jacket and put it on.
After a seven and a half hour flight they arrived in Houston. John hired a car and the two of them drove down the highway towards Mark's ranch.
Mandy turned on the radio and started bopping her head up and down to the tunes.
"Mandy…." John said turning the radio down.
"Daddy, I'm listening to it!" Mandy snapped.
"Amanda, I know that you don't seem to like Mark much. But he is my best friend and I want you to be nice to him and at least say hello ok?" John explained.
"Yesss Dad! Gees! It's his entire fault anyway!" Mandy said.
"Mandy, don't go around and play the blaming game. Maybe you too can learn to get on better seeing that you're a little older now." John said.
"Yeah whatever." Mandy said and turned the radio back up. John just rolled his eyes.
They arrived at Mark's house and Mandy saw Mark waiting on the porch.
"Hey Mark." John said as he hopped out of the car.
"Hey." Mark replied slapping John on the back.
"Is she still stubborn?" Mark asked looking at Mandy who had her arms crossed, sitting in the car.
"Oh Gees." John sighed and walked over to her window. "Get out of the car."
Mandy groaned and hopped out, she looked at Mark.
"Amanda…" Mark said nodding his head.
"Hi." She said giving a fake smile.
John grabbed his suitcases from the boot and started to head up to the porch.
"You've changed a bit." Mandy said to Mark, noticing he had aged a little and his hair was black and cut shoulder length.
"Haven't you noticed? Don't you watch the wrestling?" Mark asked.
"Errr no." She spat.
"Even though you're father wrestles? That's a bit disrespectful." Mark said.
"So? I'm captain of the cheerleading squad at my school." Mandy replied.
Mark laughed and snorted. "Oh god Mandy, It looks like I don't need to know much more about what you are like now, if you're a cheerleader."
"Well excuse me; you must watch all those teen movies then; pretty sad." Mandy laughed back at him.
Mark greased at her.
"And what is with this weather, its freezing!" Mandy said.
"Even Texas, gets its cold days." Mark said.
"Errr….I bought all these bikinis hoping to sun bake!" Mandy explained.
"Looks like ya got enough of the fake tan on anyway Mandy." Mark chuckled, looking at her stomach.
Mandy sneered at him and stormed off into the house.
"Oh God." John groaned, witnessing what happened between the two.