BloominDaisy: Yeah, that's what I meant by saying that your ideas were bold! (The whole Holly part!) No, everything else was subtle!
SO…just to fill ya'll all in. Holly is still seventeen. She is going to be a senior. Ella, Anna, and Esperanza are all juniors. Their birthdays are like within two months of each other. But whatever…lol! I had to clear that up. And you would think that Holly has friends in her own class, and she does. But the girls are her best friends, despite their slight age difference.
Esperanza jumped up and down in the back seat, trying to calm herself down. "Did I mention how much I love you, Holly?" "Hey!" Anna turned around in the front seat and looked at Esi. "Don't I get some credit here? I was the one who planned this out?" "Oh yeah!" Esperanza leaned forward and hugged Anna. "I love you too."
Holly parked the car in front of the library at the William and Mary campus. "Why wouldn't he go to school closer to Wilmington? It would only make sense." "Are you going to school near Bethesda?" Esperanza asked, searching the map for Max's building. "No…I guess you're right. I only applied to colleges that were at least two states away." Anna had to pull Holly along so that she would go fast. Esperanza was already almost a block ahead of them. "Slow down Esi!" Anna and Holly started running to catch up with her.
"Esi? What are you doing here?" Max had opened the door and was surprised to see who his visitor was. "I came to see you! We all needed to get out of Bethesda…" "Hey Anna, Holly." Max waved to the two girls and then opened the door more to let them in. "I'm surprised!" He said. "But, this is the guys' dorm. You girls can't be in here." "No problem." Holly stated. "We were planning on leaving after she got her fill of you…" "Yeah Max, we're in, we're out, and you can pretend like there weren't three girls in your room." Anna plopped down on his bed, Holly followed.
"I'm going to call my friend Kelly who lives in the girls' dormitory. I wouldn't feel right making ya'll drive back in the middle of the night. Plus…there's a party tonight. I wanted Esi to meet my friends. And this is as good a time as any." Esperanza threw her arms around his neck and pulled herself up on her toes to kiss him.
Max led them all out of the building and over to a coffee shop located near the cafeteria. "This is where Kelly works. She doesn't have a roommate yet, so she's got extra space for ya'll…and here she is." A tall, very tan, blond was walking in their direction. "Hi!" She exclaimed giving each girl a hug. "I'm Kelly! I hear that I get to share my room with you guys tonight! That is so not a problem! I am so happy to be helping Max here…by the way Max…where's this famous Esi that I keep hearing so much about. "I'm Esperanza." Esperanza raised her hand. Kelly attacked her with another hug. "Oh my gosh! Max has told me so much about you!" "Yeah, it's cool that he has one of his best friends here with him…" Esperanza didn't really know how to take Kelly's personality. She knew about Kelly though. Max had told her about Kelly a while ago. Kelly and Max were actually cousins, who happened to be best friends. They'd decided to apply to the same school, and they both happened to get in. Kelly was nothing to worry about. She wasn't a threat. Esperanza amazed herself with the fact that she was even thinking about Max and Kelly getting together.
Anna and Holly were sitting on the ledge of a brick wall at the party. Some guys had asked them to dance with them, but they had either been drunk, or drugged. Anna had decided for the both of them that they wouldn't dance with any of them, anyway. "But look at that guy over there, whose talking to Kelly." Holly pointed out. "He looks so good…and Sean and I aren't serious…" "Woah! Wait! You two aren't serious? I thought you two had talked about it, and decided to go public with it." Anna jumped off of the wall and pulled Holly down. They began walking back to the dorm. "We did…and we are…I guess. I don't even know how it happened! Nothing was said, we just went up to my room…" Anna held her hand up to stop Holly from going any further. "I know how it goes from there, so just stop…please."
"Hey guys! Anna, Holly!" It was Kelly calling from the corner of the courtyard. "Hey guys! Come here!" Anna and Holly made their way through the crowd, finally reaching Kelly and her group of friends. "This is Anna, and this is Holly." The guy who Holly had been talking about reached out his hand. "I'm Eli." He put down his drink and offered his hand to Holly. "Would you care to dance?" Holly looked to Anna for help. Anna gave her pleading eyes to not do it, but Holly had already been pulled onto the floor.
Kelly and Anna had gone back to Kelly's dorm. Max and Esi were still out, and Eli had taken Holly to get something to eat. "Are you sure that he's safe?" Anna asked Kelly, about Eli. "Oh yeah, she's in good hands. Don't worry!" "It's not me who should worry about it…it's her boyfriend." "Oh, so the girl has a guy? How serious?" Kelly was in her bathroom changing now. "Not to serious. I mean they really just went public like two weeks ago. But they've been 'secretly' dating since June." "I see, well how serious do you think Max and Esi are?" Kelly came out and lay down on her bed. Anna thought about what she was going to say. "It seems like they are perfect for each other. But that's just what I think. I mean you know him better than I do…and then I know her better than you or him for that matter." "And what about you? Do you have a boy?" Kelly was definitely trying to probe into Anna's personal life. Anna decided to go ahead and tell her. "I've been with this guy, named Zach, for like three months now. But he lives in New York City, and I live in Bethesda. SO…we only talk on the phone right now. I met him at soccer camp in Baja. It was amazing there...but then I went and spent another month or so in NYC. Zach and I got to really know each other there."
Kelly noticed that Anna was getting lost in her own thoughts. And she also noticed the way she was talking about Zach…like she deeply loved him. "Why'd you do it then?" Kelly boldly asked. "Excuse me? Why did I do what?" Anna was beyond confused now. "Why did you have sex with him? It's like you wanted to throw your life away. You're only sixteen. I could see it in Holly's eyes too. Ya'll are just too gathered up in everything that you went with the temptation." Anna couldn't believe that Kelly had said all of that. "It's none of your business, is it?" She got up and stormed into the bathroom, slamming the door.
Two hours later, Esperanza and Esi came stumbling through the door. "SHh!" Esperanza held her finger up to her mouth. "They are asleep." "No I'm not." Anna sat up and turned on the light. "Damn it Anna!" Holly laughed. "Don't scare us like that!" "What is wrong with you two?" Anna asked. "Nothing…I promise, we just went out for dinner with Eli and Max." "Well you sure are late." Anna stated. "It's one o'clock in the morning. You two left me here by myself to fend off Ms. Holier than Holy." "I'm sorry baby." Holly sat down on the bed and hugged her friend. "If it makes you feel any better, Eli was a jerk and I didn't get his number…Sean called in the middle of me eating my burger and wanted to know where I was. I told him that Esi and I were in Williamsburg. He sounded hurt, but I told him that I would make it up to him…" "Again Holly!" Anna held her arms up in protest. "That's all I need to hear!"
The girls left in the morning. Max walked them to Holly's car. "It was nice seeing you guys. Thanks for coming." He pushed Esperanza's falling curls out of her face. She shivered in the slight breeze. She pulled her hands inside the big university sweat shirt, which she had stolen from Max's room. "Thanks for the sweat shirt, by the way!" She joked. "It may be a little too big though." Max said, tugging one of the arms. "Call me when you get back into Bethesda. I'll be cramped up in my room studying, I could use the break." "Will do." Esperanza stood up on her tip toes and kissed him. She got into the back seat of the car and rolled down the window. "Just one more!" He leaned in and kissed her. Holly was getting impatient. "Come on Esi…we are losing valuable time here!"
Ella walked into homeroom after the weekend and sat down in her usual seat. There were only a couple of students already in there at that time. "Ella, I need to speak with you right now." Ella looked up from her book and saw Billy standing at the front of the class room with a stern look on his face. "I'm coming B…Mr. Klein." When she reached him, he pulled her aside. "I just wanted to say that I was sorry for everything that happened. And trust me, I moved on after Bridget a long time ago." "It's ok Mr. Klein. You don't have to be in denial. We all know you could never move on after Bridget. It's like she's this drug or something. My dad still hasn't gotten over her, and that's extremely odd! Because they are divorced!" "But, I'm telling the truth here Ella, and I would appreciate it if you called me Billy when it's just us." "It's your call! And I'll believe you when you say it, because you and your family do look very happy. Is there anything else I can help you with?" "No, you can go back to your seat."
"Hey Ella!" Ivan waved his arm through the air. "Where were you this weekend? The party totally kicked a…" "Watch your mouth Iv." Tiki cam up behind him and punched him in the stomach. "But yeah, where were you?" Tiki asked Ella. "Umm, I had dinner with my mom and Eric and some of their friends." "Sounds like a bore, if you ask me." Ivan laughed. Ella went back to reading her book. "Oh trust me! It wasn't!"
Another Chapter from me! I just got back from watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It was cute! (Goodmorning sunshine...the earth says hello!) lol!