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"So, you can drive, huh?" I asked.
"Yeah, I got my permit early. The guy who taught me how to drive said that even though I wasn't actually old enough to get my permit, he'd let me, since he thought I was a good enough driver." Craig answered.
"Why'd you want to get your permit so early?" I asked.
"I was getting tired of having one of my brothers drive me everywhere." He answered.
"How many brothers do you have?" I asked; I was embarrased; I couldn't stop asking questions.
"I have two older brothers named Jack and Tony and I also have a little sister named Maya. Jack's a senior, Tony's a junior, and Maya's in eight grade."
He laughed quietly and said, "I think Sam would like Maya. I'm not sure why, but she reminds me of my sister, maybe because Sam seems tough. Maya's tough, she has to be in a house full of guys." He said.
"Where's your...mom?" I asked quietly.
"She died shortly after Maya turned one. It was an...animal attack." The way he said 'animal attack' made me think there was more to the story, but I decided not to ask; I could tell this was sensitive subject, so I decided to change the topic of conversation.
"Yeah, Sam's tough. Sometimes too tough though; we have to make a scheduale for who wakes her up in the morning." I giggled. "I mean, we can't have her beat up any one person too much."
He laughed. "I take it she's not a morning person?" He asked.
"Not at all! Her lifestyle is: sleep till four in the afternoon, eat, and party til eight in the morning the next day. In other words, she's basicly nocturnal." I laughed.
So did he. "Sounds like a vampire. Sleep all day, stay up all night." He has no idea how right he is. I had to choke back a laugh.
"Yeah, a vegheaded tree hugger that partys all night and yells at you for eating eggs for breakfast, that's Sam." I laughed.
"And Lola, right?" He asked.
"Lila." I said.
"Oh, sorry. So she's really-" Oh Gawd, here it comes. He's probably gonna say, 'So she's really pretty, does she have a boyfriend?'. "-girly, huh?" He said. That caught me off guard.
"Oh, um, yeah, yeah she is." I said.
"What did you think I was gonna say?"
"N-nothing, why?" Ugh! Why'd I have to stutter!
"Annabeth, I can tell you thought I was going to say something else. Just tell me what it was, I won't get mad or anything." He said, then he turned his eyes on me. I think he's starting to realize what his eyes do to me.
I sighed. "I thought you were gonna say something about how beautiful Lila is, and maybe ask if she has a boyfriend, then when I'd say no, you'd drop me off on the side of the road and go find Lila to ask her out." I said quietly.
He just stared at me. "Annabeth, I wouldn't do that to you. I wouldn't do that to anyone." Of course, he's a nice guy, just another reason for me to like him more. That's not helping my situation with trying not to like him! "Why would you think that I'd do that?"
"Well, an older guy did that to me last year, and I wouldn't be surprised, I mean, every guy who's ever seen Lila has googley eyes over her, so I thought-"
"Annabeth, stop." He said. I shut my mouth. Oh Gawd, I can't even say no to him! "Am I the only one who sees you clearly?" He asked.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
He sighed, and looked like he was thinking something over in his mind. Then he turned his eyes up to mine. He must've saw something that encouraged him to say what he wanted because what he said next made me want to yell and dance around like Lila does all the time when she's happy. But, of course, what he said also made me mad.
"Annabeth, can't you see how beautiful you are?" Wow, this guy has guts.
"Not when I've live with the incarnation of beauty for ni-fifteen years." Crap! I almost said nineteen! This is not good!
"I think you're wrong; I think Lila's the one who's lived with the incarnation of beauty for fifteen years." He blurted. If I freaked out when he said I was beautiful, I was having a full-blown panic attack in my brain when he said that.
Holy freakin' cheesecake! He thinks I'm the incarnation of beauty! OH-MY-GAWD!
Just then we pulled into his driveway. It wasn't very long, but you'd never notice the small wooden house if you drove by on the little side road. The yard was covered in trees. You can't even see the house till you drive up all the way to the little side garage connected to the house. The little house was cute and homey. You could tell that the little house was lived in, and the people inside didn't care about a big, fancy house. As long as they had a roof over their heads, they didn't care, but they still loved their little house.
We got out of the faded blue Chevy and walked up onto the little porch in the front of the house and walked inside.
Thre was a little front living room, connected with a little dining room. There was a door to where was probably the kitchen, and a hallway that probably lead to bedrooms. The second we walked inside, a guy, probably his dad, yelled, "That you, Craig?" from the kitchen.
"Yeah, Dad." He yelled back.
Then a girl, a few inches shorter than me with pitch black hair tied into a pony-tail, wearing a sweatshirt and jeans, walked into the room, looking at a paper. "Hey, Craig, can you h-" She stopped talking when she looked up from the paper. "OH-MY-GOD!" She yelled at the top of her lungs, with her mouth hanging open, and her eyes bugging out. She dropped her paper, which looked like homework then.
"Maya! What the heck are you yellin' about?" Her dad yelled.
"DAD! HE HAS A GIRL WITH HIM!" She yelled.
Then, two guys ran into the the living room as fast as they could. They looked almost exactly like Craig, but were no where near as gorgeous at the same time. Weird. They ran in and stopped when they saw me. They had the same expression as Maya; the only differance was that they were druling. What the heck?
"Holy God, Dad, he does have a chick with him!" The tallest one said.
"And she's hott!" the slightly shorter one said as he walked over to me and put his arm around my shoulder. "Hey, I'm Tony, but you can call me whatever you-" Who I'm assuming is Jack, slapped Tony in the back of the head,"Uh, so, you got any sisters? A twin? cousins-" Then Jack and Maya slapped Tony in the head, very hard. "Ow! Guys, what the heck? Maya, I can't believe you, I thought I was your favorite. I'm crushed, Little Sister." He said.
Maya just rolled her eyes.
I laughed at the exchange between all of them. "Actually, I have twin older sisters. Lila and Sam Montgomery." I said.
"Those are your sisters?" Tony said. Then he turned toward Craig and said, "Ooh, this one's a keeper, I can get to those babes way easier if my brother's with their sister!"
"Oh, Sammie and Lila? They're really smart, they're sophomores, I'm a senior, and we're in Advanced Senior Trig together. But Tony, Man, I call dibs on Lila."
"Psht, Jack I don't care, I mean, they're twins! They look the same, I mean, how bad can Sam be?" I had to bite my tongue to keep from laughing at that. I looked over and saw Craig trying to keep from laughing.
Then Maya turned to Craig. "So, what's wrong with her?" She asked him.
He looked confused. "Nothing...?" He said.
"Are you sure? I mean, does she have a disease? Or a mental disorder?" She said.
"Maya, there's nothing wrong with Annabeth." He said.
"Oh! I get it! You did something to her! What'd you do? Brainwash her? Hypnotize her? What did you do to her?" She asked.
"Maya, I didn't do anything to her, why would you think that stuff?" He said laughing a little.
"Well, isn't it obvious? Craig, she's waaaaaaaaaay too pretty for you." She said matter-of-factly.
He glanced over at me and smiled. "Wellp, I can't argue with ya there, Maya."
Of course, I blushed.
Then an older guy, probably their dad, walked out of the kitchen, holding a can of spaghetti sauce, and walked over to us. He smiled at me.
"Hello, I'm Rick, Craig's dad." He said holding out his hand for a handshake; I took it; he was really strong. "It's nice to meet you...?"
"Annabeth. Annabeth Montgomery. It's nice to meet you, too, Sir." I said with a smile. What is up with this family and making everybody smile? It's as if they're all golden retrievers!
"Um, Dad, we're gonna go work on homework." Craig said.
"Okay, I'm gonna go work on dinner. Just holler if ya need me." He said then as he walked past Craig, I heard him whisper, "Ya think she might have any aunts? A single mom? A-"
"Dad! Stop, you're as bad as Tony!" He whispered back.
Then we walked by everyone and down the hallway, towards what was probably Craig's bedroom. I heard Tony yell, "Wow, Craig, you work faster than me! One school day and you already got her in your bedroom!" I laughed. Craig grimaced.
His room was at the end of the hall. It was very small. It was a a light blue color and had white carpet. It had a small bed in the corner against the wall and the closet was across from it. There was a small nightstand next to his bed with a small clock and lamp on it. Then there was a small dresser in another corner with a bookshelf next to it.
We sprawled out on the floor, our books in front of us, covering almost the entire, tiny room. It was pretty easy, there was just too much homework, and even though it's easy, it still takes forever to get done. We were done within about an hour and a half, helping eachother with questions and just talking. Then we were finally done! Hallelujah!
I let out a breath. "Wow, well that didn't take nearly as long as I thought it would!" I said.
"Same here, but I think I might get the full use of my fingers back...someday." We laughed.
I looked at the small clock on his nightstand. almost five o'clock. I sighed.
"What's wrong?" He asked me.
"I have to get home soon, or I won't hear the end of it from Lila and Sam..." I said. Even I coould hear the saddness in my voice! Ugh!
"Let them think what they want, I mean, you don't have to go." He said and looked at me with pleading eyes. God! He knew what his eyes did to me! They were so fricken gorgeous!
I groaned. "Stop doing that!." I half groaned half laughed.
He laughed. "What do you mean?" He asked.
"Stop looking at me like that!" I laughed.
"Why, does it bother you?" He laughed.
"The exact opposite." I groaned.
He seemed pleased about this information.
Then he leaned forward with that same pleading look in his eyes. I gulped. "At least stay for dinner." He said, staring directly into my eyes, not letting me leave his gaze.
"We'll see eachother in Biology and lunch tomorrow." I said quietly, trying to resist those eyes...
"Please." He said, staring even harder and deeper into my eyes.
I surrendered. "O-k-kay." I said.
He smiled. Of course, so did I.
Then a strange high came over me. It was as if the words of me agreeing to stay longer, were the happiest words I've ever heard. Then, without even thinking it through, I leaned toward Craig and kissed him. It felt like an instinct. It felt right. It like the most powerful magnetic pull that's ever existed. It was like being sucked into a black hole. You couldn't escape it. Suddenly, nothing else mattered. It was like he was part of me, and I was part of him. It was as if half of me was missing before this, but I never noticed, and now I was whole. There was no doubt in my mind that Craig and I were supposed to be together. Time seemed to have stopped. then, all to soon, we pulled away from eachother.
Then everything changed, and the craziest thing yet happened.
Everything would erupt into chaos after what happened next.
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