Drifting Away

Chapter 3

Rays of sunlight pierced through my room. I got up and stumbled to the curtains, and drew them shut. I flopped back down in bed. It was my day off and I planned to catch up on some much needed rest. I kept myself up so many nights thinking about her. Today would be different. I was going to catch a movie, or shop for shoes, or whatever it takes to get me out of this house and stop dwelling on Ash. As I lay curled up in my bed, I drifted off to sleep again. I didn't notice my phone blinking indicating I had a new text message.

I awoke around 10 am and hopped in the shower. There's nothing more refreshing than a hot shower. I put on some jeans and a red tank top, and wrapped my hair in a towel. For the first time in awhile, I felt relaxed. While I was applying some cherry lip-gloss, I heard the doorbell downstairs. Hazel was waving at me through the window when I got there. I smiled and let her in.

"Hey you want to catch a movie? I think there's a new Orlando Bloom one out." She said with a wink.

I chuckled to myself. "Nah, but let's go to the mall. I hear there's some killer shoe sales going on."

"Works for me, are you almost ready?" she said.

Without answering her ran upstairs, blow dried my hair straight, grabbed my money and my keys and ran back downstairs.

The mall was packed as usual. I managed to get two new pairs of shoes to add to my growing collection. Hazel and I were sitting in the food court, drinking smoothies. I could see Hazel hungrily scooping out the guys. Every so often she would bat her eyes and wink at a guy. I rolled my eyes, geez is this how I used to be? I saw Alex walk pass with Ellie. She waved and I nodded towards her.

"Oh my god, look to your right." Hazel whispered.

I casually looked over, expecting to see (in her a opinion) a total hottie. Instead of some guy, I saw two girls. I didn't realize what was so special about them. Then I realized they were holding hands. Envy took over me. They looked so happy; they gazed in to each other's eyes like they were the only two people in the mall.

"That is so gross. I can't believe they're doing that in public." Hazel said in disgust.

One of the girls took the other one's face and gave her a kiss. It wasn't like they were making out; it was just simple, beautiful. Too bad Ash and I were never like that, not in public anyway.

"Damn dykes" Hazel said under her breath.

"Hazel shut up! It's obvious you're just jealous. You're still sour because of what happened with Jimmy. Get over yourself, they're happy, and you just keep putting them down. Get over yourself." I got up and walked towards the exit, leaving her speechless with her mouth hanging open. I threw the rest of my smoothie in the trash. I looked up and saw the two girls looking at me, with a slight smile. When I got to my car, I noticed my phone was blinking. I had a test from Ash. I put my phone in my pocket and went to unlock my car door. The keys fell to the ground, I cursed and went to pick them up. Before I could pick them up, some one else did.

"Here ya go princess."

I looked up and saw Alex smirking. I took the keys from keys from her. I unlocked the door and threw my bags in.

"Thanks!" I said cheerfully.

"I heard your lil speech in there." She said, "I think Hazel almost pissed herself."

I laughed, "I guess I went a little overboard, what can I say homophobes piss me off. I guess I inherited that trait from my bro."

I went to get in my car, but Alex touched my arm. I turned to look at her.

"I've gained a new respect for you." She said seriously.

There was an awkward pause for a moment. It looked like there was something else she wanted to say but she didn't. I nodded and got into my car. I watched her walk off, weird one she is. I fetched my phone out of my pocket. I went to the inbox, I felt like I hadn't heard from Ash in ages. I read the message quickly. The rush of happiness I just had vanished when I read her message.