My dearest reviewer BloominDaisy: I must say that I was laughing hysterically at the review you left for the last chapter! The ideas you have are very bold! But I luv ya anyways! Lol! I will try my hardest to comply with your wishes…because what the reader wants, the reader gets! Lol! (Thanks for all of your ideas…we all know where the story wouldn't be right now…if it weren't for Anna's storyline and Esi's…speaking of Esi, I may take your advice. I'M SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING IT!) LOL!
Anna sat in her bedroom with her foot propped up on a pillow. She was talking on the phone with Zach. "No way! That's awesome. How's school going?" She asked him. "It's ok. I hate school to begin with. But I'm here on scholarship…so…you know how that goes. If I don't keep my grades up then I might as well forget about playing. And I can't let Eric down right now, especially now. I saw Ella at the game yesterday. She was with Jon. He seems like a nice guy." "Oh yeah? I haven't even seen a picture of him yet. It's like she's trying to keep him away from us or something...owww!" Anna moved her foot over a little and her toes hit the corner of her bed. "Are you ok?" Zach asked her. "Yeah, I'm fine. I was just running yesterday on the treadmill, and I fell off of it. I think I sprained my ankle. I can barely walk on it!" "Is it serious? You're not in a cast or anything are you?" Zach sounded like he could jump on a plane at that exact moment and come to her rescue. "No I'm seriously fine. I take pain very well."
"Ok, I'm glad to hear that. But listen, I've got to go. Sam just walked in. Talk to you later?" "Yeah, love you." Anna paused for a moment to see if he would say it back, but instead he had already hung up the phone.
Love is a complicated thing. Anna sat there reading a magazine, trying to keep her mind off of the subject. Before she had left New York City, she and Zach had taken the next step. And it seemed as if it was messing up their relationship. Maybe they hadn't been ready to do it. She was only sixteen and he was nineteen. The subject matter was considered illegal in almost every state. But yet…they did it anyways. Even Zach, who usually would have backed away because of the idea of getting caught, had complied. Were they just in the moment? They had only been dating for two months. They barely knew each other. Did spending every waking moment with a person over a two month period, really qualify for that big of a leap into the relationship? Bridget and Eric had done the same thing when they were their ages…look where it landed them…
All of a sudden, Anna's phone rang. It snapped her back into reality.
Holly unlocked her front door and pulled Sean in. "Where are your parents?" He asked, shutting the door quietly behind him. "They are not here." Holly pulled back the curtains, to show that their cars weren't in the garage. "Dad's in Chicago for the weekend. Mom's junior high art class is in D.C. for the weekend. I told you that I had the place to myself. Don't worry!" "I know…it's just…what if…?" "Come on Sean! Breathe!" Holly pulled his face down to meet hers. Their foreheads were touching. She wrapped her arms around his neck, and kissed him. He replied by grabbing Holly's hand and leading her up the stairs and into her room.
"Hey Holly. What's up?" Anna sat up, flinching in pain. Holly sighed. "Well, Sean just left." "And? What happened? I thought you two were just going to watch movies. You can't really have a fight over a movie can you?" Anna laughed, thinking that Holly had called to vent about Sean and his strange movie taste. "No!" Holly drummed her fingers on her desk and switched the phone to her other ear. She really didn't know how to say it. If she decided to tell Anna, then Anna would be the first person to know. But on the other hand, Holly could keep it a secret for the rest of her life. "I…um…and Sean…we…um…" "No way! Holly Rodman!" Anna knew by the way Holly was dragging it out, what had happened. "Don't worry babes, I won't say anything." "How'd you know?" Holly fell down on her bed and let out a huge sigh of relief. Anna let out another laugh. "Holly, Holly, Holly! No seriously, I know how you are feeling right now. Just relax. I'll call Esi, and we'll come over this afternoon. Ok?" "Thanks Anna. I'll be here…thinking." Holly hung up the phone and walked out of her room, only to run back in and throw herself on the bed. "Augh! What did I do?"
Carmen drove Esperanza, and a limping Anna to Holly's house. Esperanza tried her hardest to help Anna up the steps. "I can take it from here Esi." Anna handled the final step gracefully. "See! I'm getting a hang of this!" But then she tripped and almost hit her head on the door. Luckily, Holly had already opened it. "Gee whiz Anna! " She grabbed Anna's hand and pulled her up. Anna gave Holly a hug. "Come on, we are going to order a pizza and pig out. We all need it." Esperanza walked past Holly and hugged her as well. "Hey Esi." Holly said.
The pizza had come and the three girls were now sitting in the middle of the living room watching a movie. "I miss Max." Esperanza took a bite of her slice and then placed it back on her plate. "I haven's gotten the chance to talk to him since he left last week." "I have an idea." Anna said getting all exited. Esperanza and Holly looked at her strangely. "What?" They asked in unison, always afraid of Anna's ideas.
"No! There is no way that we can pull that off!" Holly was standing in front of Anna now, yelling at her. "I think it sounds like a perfectly good idea…" Esperanza added in. "Of course it does Esi! Of course you would like the idea of leaving Bethesda for the weekend, just to go visit Max at school! But it's stupid! It won't work! If we get caught we would be in so much trouble!" "Come on Holly," Esperanza pleaded. "We all need to get away. Besides your parents won't be back until Monday. And we will be back before then, remember? We start school on Monday. I just really need to see him…please! We can even come back in the morning if you want."
Twenty minutes later, the three girls had gotten into Holly's car and were driving down the freeway. "Thank you Holly. You won't regret this." Esperanza smiled at her friend. "I love you Holly!" "Yeah, yeah." Holly stared ahead at the road. "But we leave first thing in the morning…"
So…another chapter. Kind of boring…I'll write about Esi tomorrow. (My cousin is staying with us for the next week. My sister is getting paid to baby-sit him. Like I care! That just means that I get more time on the computer!) Rachel