chapter eight:
"Hannah! I'm just so confused" Marissa said her hands thrust into her hair
They walked down to the school in effort to help Marissa vent, but something caught her eye
and made her stomach churn. A tan boy with a pony tail was shooting a soccer ball into the
goals. He made a dive into the ground a kicked the ball in.
"Really? You're enjoying this aren't you?" Marissa shouted, her head towards the sky.
Hannah placed a reassuring arm around her shoulder and sat down on a bench.
Samuel panted hard and pushed the ball into the net again.
"Man it's hot" he observed pulling his thin white, dirt stained t-shirt off. Marissa's eyes glued
onto Samuel's six pack, and Hannah's as well.
"I knew that boy was fit but Damn!" Hannah called making a catcall whistle at Sam
Marissa giggled and shushed Hannah who was hysterically laughing.
Sam looked over for a split second but didn't realize who it was that was laughing.
After about ten more minutes of watching Samuel, The ice cream truck arrived. Hannah and
Marissa got in line behind five or so little kids, and waited.
"One chocolate ice cream with sprinkles please" Hannah said in a little kid voice. The man
gave her a strange look and handed it over.
"two frozen lemonades" Marissa said stepping up to the high metal counter
"two?" Hannah mouthed, nudging Her shoulder. Marissa replied with a wink and they went
back to their bench.
"Hold this" Marissa said, thrusting her ice cream into Hannah's hand. Marissa smoothed her
hair and sauntered, yes sauntered down the field to where Samuel was.
"I didn't know Beckham was gonna be on the field today" Marissa said with a smile
Sam turned around and froze. He couldn't take his eyes off the girl in front of him. She was
just amazing, and She had frozen lemonade.
SMACK. The ball bounced of the net and hit Samuel square in the face. He fell to the ground
and continued looking at Marissa who was now joined by Hannah.
"Whoa dude, what happened?" Hannah questioned .
"The ball just hit him! I don't know"
Samuel sat up and rubbed his head. He groggily stood up and lost his balance fairly quickly.
thankfully the two red heads were there to catch him.
"You better lay down Mister" Marissa instructed, and they half carried, half dragged him and
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aid him down on the bench.
"I'll go find some ice" Hannah said running to the ice cream truck, which was about to leave.
When the man saw Hannah, he rolled his and and reluctantly asked
"what do you want?"
"Can I please have a snow cone without any color?" she asked hopefully.
He sneered and gave her a cardboard cup with a ball of ice in it.
"Thank you sir" She replied quickly, and ran off towards sam.
'' Hannah this isn't time for ice cream!" Marissa shouted, but Hannah had already stuck the
ice over Sam's bruised forehead. Samuel sighed contentedly and gave The two a crooked
smile.
After Samuel became slightly more in focus, he got up and told them thank you. They
nodded, and the three headed over to Marissa's house. The summer haze made the yellow
house seem even more lit up than usual. Sam and Hannah had never seen her house before.
It was like a breath of fresh air, because all the other houses in Lima were either apartments
or old stone houses built sometime in the 1900's. They climbed up the path through the
blooming flowers leaning slightly over their walkway and rang the doorbell to see a nice
woman. The woman had flaming red hair like Marissa's, only with a few streaks of gray and a
baby over her shoulder.
"Mom, why's Kali here?" Marissa inquired.
Her mother sighed
"Evelyn and Tim had to drive to ridge mount for the week so we're taking care of Kali, I have
to run to the store. Can you watch her?" her mother said with pleading eyes
Marissa just shrugged and grabbed the baby from her mother's grasp and placed Kali on her
hip. After Her mother had left, Marissa and the other two sat down on the couch. They turned
on the TV and Marissa noticed every few minutes Sam would move closer towards her.
"Can I hold the baby?" Sam whispered in her ear
Marissa realized why he had moved over and she handed him Kali.
"Hi there Kali" Sam said making ogling over Kali
He continued to play with her and talk to her as if he was her own father. Marissa thought it
was adorable how ice and caring he was. She tried to catch Hannah's glance but Hannah
was oblivious and absorbed into cycle 14 of America's next top model to see anything.
At about 5:00, Hannah had to go home. Nothing against Hannah, but Kali was asleep and
now she has Her man all to herself. They still weren't dating or anything, but they both loved
each other, and they both knew it. She scooted a little closer to Sam, but then the phone rang.
Marissa groaned and rolled over on the couch to pick it up.
"Hullo" She said with an exasperated tone.
"Hi Sweetie, just calling to say your mom and I just got called in and we have a late surgery
tonight, and we won't be back till tomorrow at noon." Her father said Hastily
Marissa's eyes lit up
"Really? great!, um i Mean okay love you" Marissa rambled
"Love you too"
Marissa hung up the phone and went back over to Samuel.
"Whats up?" He asked
"My parents have a surgery so the won't be here till tomorrow"
"oh" he said, and turned back to the TV.
After a couple minutes of silence a song came on the radio, Need you know by Lady
Antebellum. They smile and sing the song together. By the end they are standing up, facing
each other. Samuel moves in closer to Marissa and places his hands on her waist. She looks
up at the taller boy, who slowly leans down and kisses her. It takes her a minute to realize
what's happening but she kisses him back. They stand their for two minutes, locked in a
passionate kiss until Sam breaks away.
"Marissa, You have changed my life in a matter of weeks, and are probably the most
amazing, unique, beautiful person I have ever known. Will you be my girlfriend?'' He whispers
into her ear. Marissa eyes water as she mouths "yes" back at him. Samuel grins like a fool
and sits back on the couch, with Marissa leaning on his shoulder. THey have some dinner
and resume their spots on the couch. At about 11:00 Marissa drifts into sleep in Samuel's
arms.