A/N: Sadly I don't own anything though :(
Chapter Two.
Carter jolted awake her face was hot, and she was almost gasping for breath. She had no idea what was going on. Not remembering her dream, she had no idea how she ended up like this. She always hated it when she couldn't remember her dreams from the previous night. It made her so mad that she couldn't do anything about it. Running her fingers through her hair, she looked at her phone that was next to her bed. The time was close to 3am, and there was no missed calls or texts from Tom. She was deciding to be pissed or tired at the moment. Falling back onto her bed, she closed her eyes and fell back asleep.
The next time that Carter woke up, it was time for her to head to work. She tiredly walked to her bathroom to take a shower, she felt exhausted. Unfortunately, the shower did nothing to help her wake up. Sighing, she walked over to her dresser and put on a light pair of ripped jeans and a hot pink t-shirt. Placing on her apron, and her flat shoes, she walked into the kitchen to hopefully get some coffee before driving down the street. Sadly, there was no coffee that was made in the pot. Walking back into her room to grab her purse and keys, She couldn't help but think about how much she messed up last night.
She should have talked to Tyler more, he had given her a ride home after Tom had abandoned her, and she just sat there, she didn't move. Her mind was rushing with these thoughts. The more she thought about it the more pissed off at herself she got. The least she could have done was invite him in for coffee or something, but no, she didn't think that much and politely said thanks for the ride. Getting into her car, she felt like banging her head repeatedly just thinking about what she could have done. She drove the short distance to the diner. Getting out of her car, she slammed the door shut and walked into the building.
As soon as she walked in the door, Kyle knew that she was pissed off about something. He knew that he couldn't say anything to her in front of her mother. He would have to wait until her mother walked to the other side of the diner. Carter set her things down beneath the counter the grabbed the coffee pot and began making the rounds. She didn't feel like being social or anything, she just wanted to go home, be anywhere but here at the moment. There was a sudden thought in her mind that she could see Tyler, hopefully she would. That would make her feel a lot better.
Passing by her mother, she didn't say a word to her, and Carter didn't say a word to her mother. She always hated those days when she didn't want to be at work at all, she felt like she was being forced to fake everything about her, and she hated being fake. Her mother was waiting on the table next to her as she filled up the coffee pots. She skipped the table that was next to her and walked back to the main counter. "Whats wrong?" Kyle had asked her as soon as she put down the coffee pot. She sighed.
"Tom has lost it." She told him simply. She watched as he opened his mouth to speak, however he kept silent because Emily showed up. Carter was at the point where she didn't want her mother to know anything about her life. Who knows what she would do about it, that is why she figured that it would be best if her mother didn't know anything about her life. She knew it was horrible, but Kyle knew everything. It was close enough to a parental figure. Her mother looked at the two suspiciously before taking off her apron.
"I am going home. I assume that you'll be out late again. I'll talk to you tomorrow." She said. Carter looked from her mother then to Kyle. Placing her apron under the counter she left. Glancing up at the clock, she read the time. It was only 10am. Closing her eyes, she took a deep breath, hating this day even more than she had five seconds ago.
"What was that about?" Kyle asked her. She shrugged her shoulders. Heading off to wait on another table. She took the order of the regular couple, even though, she had their order memorized, they came into the diner on a daily basis. Once she took their order, she handed it to Kyle.
"I have no idea, maybe she wants to know more about my life. So last night, Tom took me to Nicky's and I saw Tyler there. Then he got all pissed off and left so Tyler had to take me home. It was weird." Carter explained to him, he handed her food to serve over the counter. She walked out to the tables and served them food, with a smile on her face, trying to pretend like nothing in the world was wrong. The longer she faked a smile, the more pissed off she became, and the more she wanted to close the diner herself right now. Clearly her mother had other priorities.
Slowly, the day passed on. It was the longest day that Carter had ever worked. She was beginning to be exhausted, and not wanting to deal with anyone at all anymore today. She was leaning against the counter when the bell of the door went off. Turning around, she saw Tyler standing in the doorway, he slowly walked over to the counter and sat down. She couldn't help but smile a little bit. "What are you doing later?" He asked Carter. She shrugged her shoulders. "Want to go to a party with me? I promise it will be a lot better than last night." He said with a smile.
"I'd love to." She responded with a smile also. "I should be out of here, hopefully by ten." She sighed. Wanting her long day to be over with.
"Actually, she is just finishing up now, I'll close up. You need a night off." Kyle said coming out from the kitchen. She looked up at Kyle and smiled. With a simple thanks, she walked with Tyler out of the diner and towards the parking lot. He followed her over to his car.
"How about you follow me, and I'll change real quickly and then we can go?" She asked him, looking at him as if she was waiting for him to approve her plan. He nodded his head and turned away to get into his truck. She got into her car and drove down the street to her home. Parking her car in the driveway, she got out and headed into her room. She ran to her room and she changed into a pair of dark jeans and a grey sweatshirt that hung off of one shoulder. Placing on eggplant colored high heels, she put her phone, license, keys and some money in a dark purple clutch and was out of the door.
Walking over to Tyler's car, she got inside and put on her seatbelt. "Ready to go?" He asked her. Nodding her head, he smiled and drove down the street towards his friends house. "It was a busy day?" He asked her, trying to get rid of the silence that had come over the car. Carter let out a little laugh.
"You have no idea, My mother left the diner as soon as I arrived there, Leaving me to do everything." She told him. Glancing over at him, she watched him nod his head.
"Next time let me know, I'd be happy to help you." He said, she smiled at him. She watched as he traveled to the Ipswich hills, its where most of the people who went to Spencer Academy. Glancing out of the windows, she realized that she barely knew anything about the male that was in the car with her. "What are you thinking about over there." He said with a slight laugh. She couldn't help but laugh also.
Shrugging her shoulders she responded. "I was just thinking about how I barely know anything about you. As odd as that sounds." He nodded his head.
"Well, I attend Boston University, I am 21, almost 22. I graduated from Spencer Academy a few years ago and my friends practically force me to come back here in the summer to visit them. I wanted the hell out of this town, and I did, but not far enough." Carter couldn't help but laugh at his last sentence. He looked over at her curiously. "What are you laughing at?"
"I don't think I could ever leave this town." Tyler let out a little laugh also. He wanted to get away from here, it had been months since he last used and it felt good. Reid had always been pushing him to use constantly, but ever since he left, he felt fine. He had wanted to go to Georgia for school, his cousins lived down there and he absolutely loved it down there. His mother, was born there and hated every second, she hated it when he visited his cousins. She wouldn't allow him to apply anywhere but a Massachusetts school.
"Have you ever been out of this town?" Tyler simply asked. Wondering what her answer would be. Once people arrived in Ipswich, very few left. The people who lived here barely knew about the beauty of other states. Tyler just wanted people to know about the other places in the country. He watched as she shook her head. "Well maybe one day, I'll take you to my favorite place in the world. I bet you will want to move there."
"Deal then." Carter responded to him with a smile. She found it hard to believe that there could be this other place that was more beautiful than Ipswich, she was willing to give it a try though. Tyler looked at her and smiled before turning into a gated home. Carter couldn't help but feel a little nervous. She had no idea who these people were, yet she was attending a party here. She just had to use her charm and hopefully things will be good from there. He parked his truck next to several other vehicles. She got out of the passenger side of the car and smoothed out her skirt. Tyler stood towards the back of his truck, waiting for her to walk by him. She did, and the two walked towards the party.
She could faintly hear music coming from inside the huge victorian style home, Carter was in awe of the home. She had only seen ones this size on Tv but never in person, until now. Once they approached the home Tyler looked at her. "So my friend is a bit of a partier, so he may be drunk by the time you get in the door, I'm sorry about that in advance." Carter looked at him and smiled. It was really sweet that he was telling her this now and not after it happened.
"Thanks Tyler." She replied as he opened the door for her. She walked inside expecting to see hundreds of people and the place looking like hell. That is not what she saw when she walked inside.
Inside was a beautiful staircase that lead to the second floor. On either side of the stare case was different rooms, one side looked like the dining room, the other looked like a family room. The loud music was coming from the second floor. Tyler shut the door behind him, then he took her hand and led her up the red carpeted staircase. The second floor was bedroom after bedroom, the two finally arrived at the last bedroom in the hallway, the one on the end. He opened up the door to reveal a huge room, there was a huge surround system in the corner, and a huge flat screen tv. The couches were black leather. There were people hanging out in the room, some were dancing, others were talking. "Well its about damn time you showed up." Said a male voice. Carter looked towards Tyler, a blonde male stood next to him. The blonde had a hand on Tyler's shoulder.
"Sorry, I was picking up someone." She saw Tyler smile a little bit as he told his friend this. "Reid, this is Carter, Carter this is my best friend Reid." Carter smiled at the new male. She watched as his eyes looked over every inch of her body. Her face went red.
"The pleasure is all mine." Reid said with a smile on his face. It was as if he wanted her to be his. "Well come in, have a seat, dance, drink up and have a damn good time that we all won't remember in the morning." With that, Reid stumbled off to the next group of people. Tyler shook his head at his friend. He just hoped that one day Reid wouldn't treat life as a game. Tyler grabbed Carter's hand once more and the two walked over to one of the leather couches. Two males sat on either end of the couch while two females sat in the middle.
"Hey guys." Tyler said to the other two males. They both shook his hand and the girls smiled and waved. Carter looked at them curiously. "This is Carter, Carter this is Caleb, Sarah, Kate and Pogue."Carter waved her hand at the people who sat on the couch. She was unsure of what to do, the only person that she knew around here was Tyler, and he looked like he was miserable.
"Are you okay?" She simply asked him, hoping that he was okay. That his face didn't have the word miserable written on his face. It would make her feel better, at the moment, she came to the conclusion that Tyler wanted her go come here just to see what his friends are like, since he had seen Tom.
Tyler faked a smile. "Yeah, I'm fine. I'm gonna go get a drink, want something?" He asked her and she nodded her head. The two walked to the other side of the room where there was a bar. He stood behind the counter and flashed her a smile. "It seems that we traded places." Carter couldn't help but laugh, it was true. She was always working when he came in, since no one was aloud behind the counter, it was always her. "What will it be Miss. Carter." Looking at him, she thought about what she wanted to drink.
"Jack and coke." She said to him with a smile. She leaned against the counter, Tyler glanced at her with a questionable look on his face. "What?" She asked him.
"Are you even old enough to drink?" He asked her, leaning against the counter again. He raised an eyebrow, and she just gave him a charming smile. He shook his head, and couldn't help but smile. She was charming, he gave her that, he couldn't not give her a drink now. He grabbed the bottle of jack and a can of coke and made her drink for her.
Once he handed it to her she smiled."Thanks." She said to him, he began to make himself the same drink that Carter had. He finished making his drink, then walked over to her. She followed him as he headed towards where his friends sat on the couch. Tyler sat down on the floor next to the couch, Carter sat down next to him.
"I told you a little about me. What about yourself." Tyler said to him taking a sip of his drink. Carter smiled slightly and looked down at her drink. She turned towards him, and crossed her legs, setting her drink in her lap, she spoke.
"Well, I am 17, almost 18, I attend Ipswich High School. I could graduate in the fall if I wanted to." She shrugged her shoulders. Tyler looked at her and smiled, She just glanced down at her drink, almost as if she was afraid to look back up at him. Carter didn't know why, but she felt like he would make fun of her for being smart, one of the brightest in her class. When she did look back up at him, she was comforted by his blue eyes.
"I know that feeling." He said to her, "I was the same way, I just wouldn't let them know that." He smiled slightly at her. The male who was sitting on the edge closest to where Tyler and Carter leaned down next to them and spoke.
"I heard that." Caleb spoke. Tyler shook his head and turned his attention towards his friend.
"Tyler, stop hogging your friend! Its not very often that there is another girl in the group!"The blonde girl, Sarah said to him. She got up and walked towards Carter and held out her hand. She held out her hand and Sarah pulled her up. Carter grabbed her drink from the floor and walked off with Sarah.
"Where did you and Tyler meet? I want to know everything. You two looks so cute together." She said to Carter in one breath. Her friend Kate, was standing right next to her. Carter couldn't help but smile, she shook her head and took a sip of the drink that was in her hands.
"He walked into my mom's diner a few days ago, it just started from there." She told the girls simply. They looked at each other and smiled. Carter felt out of what the two were thinking. She shook her head, and began to walk towards Tyler. However, someone got in her way, it was the blonde male, Reid.
"Are you having fun?" He asked her. Carter smiled and told him that she was having a great time. She, however, in her mind wasn't sure if she actually was having fun. She loved hanging out with Tyler, but something was off. It was as if a wave crashed over her, in the last few minutes. "Wanna have some more?" He asked taking a step closer to her. As soon as he finished speaking her phone began to vibrate. She pushed passed the male and stepped out of the giant room to see who was calling her. It was the last person she wanted to hear from at the moment. Her mother.
"Hi mom." She said into the phone after she opened up the old flip phone. She closed her eyes and leaned up against the beige colored walls of the hallway.
"Carter Elizabeth Donovan. You need to get home right this moment." Her mother screamed at her. Carter held the phone away from her ear, she could still hear her mother lecturing her. "You better not be with that boy that picked you up here."
"Fine mom, ill be home soon." She said to her mother. Her voice was filled with sorrow. Carter didn't want to leave, even though, it wasn't the best party that she had ever been to, she was enjoying her time here. Sighing, she walked back into the room, Tyler and Reid were standing near the bar. Carter set her drink down and turned to Tyler. "My mom wants me home." She explained rolling her eyes. Tyler nodded, and set down his drink at the bar. He said goodbye to his friend and walked out of the door, Carter followed. "I'm really sorry." she said not wanting him to be mad at her.
"It's fine, the party was boring anyways, I should be the one apologizing." He said to her with a smile. The couple walked down the stairs and out towards his truck. Carter couldn't help but feel sadness for making him leave his friends party early. Even though he had told her that it was fine. "Did you have a good time?"
Carter got into the truck before responding to his question. "Yeah, it was fun. I don't get to attend those very often." She explained. "My mother's health is going downhill and I almost live at the diner." She said. Tyler backed up his truck and began to drive her back to her home. The entire ride was silent, Carter didn't know what else to say to him but 'sorry.' Once he pulled up to her home she spoke again, "Thanks so much for the ride home. I'm still sorry your missing out on the party." He shrugged his shoulders and smiled.
"It's no problem." He responded. Tyler was thankful that her mother did call, he couldn't stand another moment of Reid's drunken ranting. He had no idea how he did it in high school. Carter got out of the truck and walked inside. He made sure that she safely got inside before he drove away.
Once inside, Carter was greeted by her mother. "Sit down, now." She said in a voice that was chilling to Carter. She didn't speak, she just did what her mother told her to do. It was the first time in a long time that she had sat down on the couches, if not the first. Carter was too afraid to speak to her mother. She had never seen her mother act like this. She wasn't sure if it was because she was drinking, or something else. Emily sat down across from her daughter and spoke. "Everything I have told you in life, was a lie."
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