Cath's dad shook her arm. They were just aroung the corner from home. She heard Wren talking and turned around. She was on the phone, with Alejandro she asumed. Cath looked back to her dad and he looked like he was in a better mood then he'd been in before.
"Hey, dad." she said.
"Hey, Cath."
"How's work going? Any new pitches that you're working on?" She was never really interested in his work. The only person he ever really went into depth with about it outside of the office was himself and the thoudands of crumpled papers he'd thrown away. But Cath always tried to ask him about it. For his sake, at the least.
"A couple, actually. I'm workning on one for some macaroni and cheese that's supposed to have 'good stuff' in it but kids don't, you know, know about it, you know?"
"Yeah, like hidden in the cheese or something." She thought for a minute. "Are you pitching to 'Charles' Roni and Cheese'?" Cath had heard their jingles on tv. She thought they were always kind of..cheesy. Maybe it was on purpose.
"Exactly!" he yelled, excitedly. "I don't actually like their food, but hey, business is business."
Just then they pulled into the driveway. Her dad parked the car and Cath jumped out and went to unlock the front door of the house. She stepped inside and stood there for a second, smiling to herself. It was clean, and there wasn't a single paper on the floor or on the walls or even on the coffee table in the living room. She walked upstairs, tossed her laptop, book bag, and cell phone onto her bed, then walked back down to get the rest of her things.
Cath ran swiftly out the front door but stopped in her tracks when she saw her dad. He was standing by the car, talking to a boy about Cath's age. Abel. she thought about going back inside but Wren called to her.
"Come on, Slowpoke! We can't spend all summer taking boxes out of the car!" She laughed. It seemed she was in a better mood now, too.
Cath walked down the porch steps and right past her dad and Abel without saying a word. Her and Wren both grabbed a box and walke together inside, up the stairs, and into their room.
"What in the hell is he doing here?" Wren asked. She never really liked Abel. She'd always said he was never a real boyfriend.
"I don't know! We broke up months ago, you know that!" She really had no idea why Abel would be there. Or how he'd gotten there less than two minutes after they got back. Had he been standing across the street waiting for the all day? Weird.
They went back downstairs and each grabbed another box, brought them to their room, and did it again. And again, and again, and again, until all of their boxes were inside. Cath began to walk back outside to tell her dad that they were done, but him and Abel were standing in front of the door on thte porch. Abel looked up at her standing on the stairs and waved to her a little. Oh God, she thought. She went back upstairs.
Cath sat down on her bed. She grabbed her phone and opened a bank message, this one for Reagan. 'Hey! How's it going? Enjoying your summer so far? Don't kill too many people please, you promised to be my roommate next summer! ;)' Then she deleted the winky face, Reagan would think it was creepy. Next, she opened a blank message for Levi. 'Hey! Just got home. Miss you, let me know when you're home :)' She left the smiley on that one. Levi liked smiles. Obviously.
After a couple minutes of scrolling through random things on her phone, Cath heard her dad call her name and she walked downstairs. Abel was still there. What does he want? She walked past him and into the kitchen to find her dad.
"Yeah?"
"That fine fella out there wants to talk to you. Go on."
Cath stared at him for a minute. "Dad, really?"
"Just go."
She sighed and walked out of the kitchen, through the front door, and sat on the porch swing. Abel followed her out and sat on the other end of the swing. They sat in an awkward silence for a few minutes before Abel said anything. Cath didn't want to talk to Abel, Abel wanted to talk to Cath, so she wasn't going to speak first.
"So uh, hey." Abel said.
That's all he's gonna say? Wow, well okay. "Hey."
"Um, how've things been?" He seemed kind of nervous.
"Fine. What's this all about? Why exactly are you here?" Cath was getting mad. Why would he come over to her house, to talk to her, and then get all shy?
"Well, Cath, to be honest, I miss you, a lot."
"Miss me? How could you miss me? You dumped me. You even told me the girl's test scores for crying out loud!" She stood up and stepped in front of him. "You can't just come back here and think you're going to make everything okay again! I don't need you anymore, Abel." She walked inside and closed the front door. She stood in the living room and watched out the window until he left.
Cath went upstairs and sat on her bed. Levi had texted her to let her know he was home, so she called him. He'd make everything better.
At first, Levi didn't answer his phone. A couple minutes later he called back, but he seemed busy, or tired. Cath had to repeat a lot of things so he'd hear them. When she asked if something was wrong he didn't answer. They didn't talk long.
When she hung up, Cath texted Levi. He had always been better at speaking his words than typing them, but something didn't seem okay.
She opened the message. Hey. Are you sure everything is okay? She erased it. Levi, are you sure everything is alright? You didn't seem okay. She erased it. Levi, I love you. I miss you. I hope everything is alright. She didn't feel so bad aboutthat one, so she sent it.
Levi answered within the minute with; miss you to im fine, and Cath knew, that things weren't going to be fine.
A/N; Hey guys! Back again with another chapter! As always, let me know what you guys think, and I really appreciate your feedback! Let me know how you think things should go and also if I should have less dialouge. Happy summer, happy writing, happy reading!
-April
