Chapter Four
"Girl inform me all my senses warn me
your clever eyes could easily disguise
some backwards purpose
it's enough to make me nervous
do you harbor sighs, or spit in my eye."
"This is good," remarked Sawyer of the CD playing on the car stereo.
"Of course."
"It's crap," declared Jenny from the backseat.
"You have terrible taste. Where are you going?" I asked her. I was driving, Sawyer was in the passenger seat and Jenny was in the back.
"Rhys'. Could you drop me off?" she asked. I nodded and glanced sideways at Sawyer before pulling off into a residential street.
He watched as she hugged me with difficulty through the seat and hopped out of the car with her purse in her hand. She waved as the door opened, and I backed out of the driveway and drove off.
"Still in love with her?" I asked softly. He was staring out the window.
"Yeah. She's too good for me," he said.
"That's not the problem. The problem is that she has a boyfriend, she's older, and she has no idea you like her," I said.
"That's three problems," he said.
"Two and a half. Rhys and her break up monthly. I don't know how you can focus on one person for so long," I said, shaking my head. He laughed.
"It's easy. Just look at her," he said.
"You say that often enough to make me feel ugly," I argued.
"You're gorgeous, trust me. Otherwise you wouldn't be a hot topic of locker room conversation," he teased. I perked up.
"Oh, really? Who?" I asked eagerly.
"All the basketball guys," he said.
"Ooh, I'll flirt with Eli Hutchings tomorrow. Isn't there anyone else you like?" I asked. His thing for Jenny had been going on since we'd started middle school.
"No. They can't talk to me without flirting, and they aren't interesting enough. No one's like her. Except for you, you're like her. But not like that, you know?" he said.
"Wow, are you blushing. You're going home, right?" I said. He nodded, and I dropped him off at the Scott mansion before pulling into the long driveway of our own house, only a block away.
When I walked in, I was surprised to hear Mom and Daddy yelling in the next room. I stopped to listen.
"I don't care that he's back! I didn't even know!" said Mom angrily.
"How would you feel if Nikki came back?" he asked. Nikki?
"Different case entirely," she argued.
"How so? He seems to have Cal believing that it's pretty much the same," Daddy said. What did I think? I loudly dropped my book bag on the floor and they heard it and came from the next room, smiling falsely.
"Hey Callie, how was your day? Where's Jenny?" asked Mom.
"It was good, and I dunno. What were you guys talking about in there?" I asked curiously.
"Nothing. I heard you met Lucas?" said Daddy.
"Yeah, for about thirty seconds. We took him to see Karen," I explained. Daddy nodded, looking pensive.
"Who's Nikki?" I asked. They exchanged looks.
"One of Daddy's old girlfriends," said Mom.
"Oh. So you dated Lucas Scott?" I asked interestedly.
"Briefly. He was a very good friend of your father. They were on the basketball team together," said Mom shortly.
"I should be talented at basketball. I suck," I said.
"Cal, you're five foot two. It's a tiny bit understandable if you're not an all star," said Daddy.
"Yeah, maybe, but not fair," I said. I noticed Daddy glance at my outfit.
"Did you wear that today?" he asked, surprised. I glanced down at my outfit-a pair of white sweatpants with Duke on the rear, a tight white sweater and a green halter that vaguely matched my eyes. I rolled them.
"Daddy, you worry too much. Yes, I wore this. Yes, I'm not pregnant. By the way, why are you home?"
"The office closes early on Thursdays, Squirt, always has," said Daddy, laughing. Daddy worked as a pediatrician.
"Right, knew that. Hey, isn't it that wedding tonight?" I asked.
"Yes. Seven sharp. Be at the house or we'll track you down," said Mom with pseudo strictness.
"Okay. Hey, will Auntie Brooke be there?" I asked.
"Yes, of course. You'll get to see them tonight," promised Mom.
Author's note: the lyrics above are a clip from a song by 'The Shins,' called 'Girl Inform me'. I have no claim to it. You guys have a lot of questions that sadly I can't answer right now, but rest assured that they will be answered. So how do you like Callie and Sawyer and Jenny?
