Ch. 2: Expect The Obvious

Ginger woke up to the sound of a hose and the smell of pancakes. She looked at her purple clock. It read 11:03. She had slept in late and it felt great. She sat up in her bed stretched, and put on her slippers. She got up and looked out the window and saw Carl and Hoodsy with a blow up pool and a line of kids by it handing them money to swim in it. She laughed a little and followed the scent of the pancakes that led her to the kitchen.

Lois: Morning Ging, How'd you sleep?
Ginger: Great, I had a lot on my mind yesturday
Lois: Your probably just excited that its summer
Ginger: yea, mmm those pancakes smell great!
Lois: why thank you, they are apple cinnamon take a few, I have to go in to town today so it will be Dave, Carl and you
Ginger: I'll probably hang out with Dodie, Macie, and Laticia today
Lois: alrighty sounds good, eat up first though
Ginger: ok, mmm, they taste wonderful!

Lois smiles and walks towards her bedroom to get dressed. After Ginger finishes up, she heads upstairs to take a shower. She still thinks about Sasha and if he really did want to hang out with her. Well, he did give her his number, so it had to be insisting something. She picks out something to wear, nothing fancy, just khaki capris and a bright pink tank top, and then brings it in the bathroom to change in after her shower. After Ginger gets out the shower she walks on over to the computer just to see whos on aim.

Dodieeebish: Hey Ginger! What are you up to?
Ginger22: Nothing really, just got changed
Dodieeebish: yea, guess what? Laticia is leaving for a week, shes going to visit her Grandparents in Maine
Ginger22: really? she never told me anything about it
Dodieeebish: yea, she just found out this morning, shes upset a little but excited too
Ginger22: so when is she leaving?
Dodieeebish: shes leaving today, at 3
Ginger22: oh ok, we should hang out then
Dodieeebish: yea
Ginger22: so, um, yea, I have to tell you something, that happened yesturday
Dodieeebish: OH! Tell me!
Ginger22: Well I saw, Sasha...
Dodieeebish: really? where?
Ginger22: walking around, I saw him out the window in the hall while I was going to my locker, and then he Imed me last night
Dodieeebish: oh gosh! Really? Do you like him? Does he like you?
Ginger22: woah...slow down, he just wanted to say hi, and hes here visiting his aunt, and I dont think he likes me, he just likes me as a friend, and the same goes for me, I think...I mean...
Dodieeebish: OH GOSH! THIS IS FANTASTIC! YOUR GOING TO GET BACK WITH HIM!
Ginger22: Dodie, no im not, and I can't, not after what happened at his school...
Dodieeebish: oh yea...I forgot about that, well maybe he just wants to make amends
Ginger22: yea, he apologized and said if I wanted to hang out sometime to just call him
Dodieeebish: We should hang with him today!
Ginger22: uh, I think he just ment me, but I don't know, and plus, I dont know if I want to hang out with him, It might be, strange you know...
Dodieeebish: how so...?
Ginger22: Well the last time I talked to him face to face was at his school...but I don't know, I guess Im just being, immature, I do need to get over it
Dodieeebish: yea, who knows, maybe he has dumped old whats her face...lol
Ginger22: Lol.
Ginger22: well I guess I'll meet you guys at the park?
Dodieeebish: yea, k, bye!
Ginger22: bye
Dodieeebish has signed off

After Ginger signed off, she put on a pair of sandals, headed downstairs, out the door and to the park. When she got there she didn't see any of her friends around yet, so she sat down by a big tree and felt the warm summer breeze drift across her face as she closed her eyes. Suddenly she felt a tapping on her shoulder, looked behind her and saw Sasha standing against the tree she was sitting at.

Ginger: what are you doing here?
Sasha: Why hello to you too...
Ginger: oh, uh, sorry, I was just surprised to see you here
Sasha: yea, well, I thought I'd go for another walk and saw you sitting her so decided to come over
Ginger: So how are you liking Sheltered Shrubs so far?
Sasha: Its nice, I like it, my sis is watching tv, so I decided to just come out and see it all I guess (laughs)
Ginger: (laughs) yea, its nice
Sasha: so uh, what are you doing right now
Ginger: um nothing, why?
Sasha: want to walk with me?

Ginger wanted to, but she knew her friends were going to meet her here, "Oh well" she thought, she'd just explain to them later. Ginger said sure and got up and walked with Sasha. They walked for a long time discussing how they were doing and what was new with them. Ginger felt comfortable talking to Sasha, it was like she was starting to like him all over again, even though she had tried not too, remembering how she was hurt by him, she couldn't help it, she adored everything about him, his tan skin, brown hair, brown eyes, his smile. He was perfect to her. She remembered though, that he probably just thought of her as a friend, but she hoped he thought of more. They walked for hours and hours and Ginger lost track of time, the sun was setting.

Ginger: Oh my gosh, its almost 7:00, I've got to go
Sasha: No wait, please just stay with me, just to watch the sunset
Ginger couldn't resist.
Ginger: Ok, but for a little while.

Sasha and Ginger went back to the park and sat on top of the big hill to watch the sunset. It was beautiful and Ginger just wanted Sasha to hold her in his arms, just like he had at Camp Caprice. As she imagined him holding her, she awoke from her day dream realizing she was laying on his lap, she looked up at him and felt the blood rushing to her cheeks as she blushed.

Ginger: Uh, sorry, I guess I got caught up in the moment
Sasha: Its ok (laughs)
Ginger: Sasha...
Sasha: yea

Ginger looked into his eyes, she couldn't hold her feelings back, she wanted so badly to just kiss him, he looked so amazing. She leaned in.

Sasha: Ginger what are you doing?

Ginger, embarrassed, realized what she was doing.

Ginger: Oh, Sasha, Im sorry, I just thought...
Sasha: thought that I liked you...?
Ginger: no, but I saw, your profile, it said
Sasha: (sigh) oh, that
Ginger: yea
Sasha: I put that there the summer we dated, but I never deleted it

Ginger could feel her eyes starting to water with tears

Sasha: and since I went out with Clover, and you guys have the same initials I just...

Ginger couldn't handle it, she got up, tears rushing down her face and ran down the hill and back home, she got to her front door, opened it and ran up to her room.

Lois: Ging? Something wrong?

Ginger got up to her room and closed the door, sat against it with her head on her knees and cried. She couldn't believe it, she let her emotions catch up with her and she got hurt. Once again.

Ginger: I knew it was too good to be true.

Ginger wanted to talk to her friends, but she knew they'd be mad she blew them off so she just stayed by her door, crying softly.