"I. don't. Know!" I yelled and my uncle went silent in the kitchen, I grinned, "maybe I was a bit too harsh."
"Just a bit," Caleb chuckled and sat down, "But seriously—"
"Oh for the love of Lucifer shut up!"
"Do you seriously have to go? Can't you just like, I dunno, skip college or something?" I pleaded, flopping back onto his bed so I was watching the ceiling,
"Yeah, it's kind of compulsory to go after your parents pay." Caleb grinned and I let out a huff of disappointment.
"This sucks. Stupid Harvard." I was meant to be helping him pack, but so far all I'd done was complain and read his books.
"Hey, can you help me take the rest of these down?" he asked and I sighed, pulling myself lazily off the bed, giving him a meaningful look that meant he was an idiot, I picked up the closest box to the doorway and walked down the hall and the stairs, through the house until I could go and put everything in the car.
"How the hell are you gonna fit everything in there?" I asked, putting the box down and looking pointedly at the half full Mustang curiously,
"I'll manage," he sighed, I inclined my head and regarded the car once more before giving up,
I shrugged, "Eh, if it doesn't fit it's a sign that you shouldn't be going." I smirked and Caleb rolled his eyes,
"Do you want me to end up unemployed with nowhere to live?" he asked and I shimmied my hand in a half-half gesture. "Gee thanks," he huffed and I grinned,
"God I'm going to be bored." I sighed and my eyes flicked towards Caleb, who was now raising his eyebrows at me,
"Then come with me," he suggested, only half joking,
"Oh hell no!" I sighed, "But while you're there, remember that you're dating me because I'm funny, it has nothing to do with my intellect okay? Which means you can't go off with some random smart girl and I won't randomly accidentally hook up with Aaron Abbot, deal?" he snorted and came to stand in front of me,
"No worries, I'll only break up with you if they get really persistent." He wiggled his eyebrows and it was my turn to fake disbelief,
"Persistent? To you? Puh-lease." I smirked and he leaned in and kissed me, I sighed, "But I guess if someone really, really, good looking comes along, like, I don't know… Tyler, then I'll call you okay?" I fluttered my eyelashes and pecked him on the lips, "Have fu-un!" I lied and he shook his head in amusement,
"Come on, I've still got two boxes." I looked at the already brimming car and raised my eyebrows,
"How?"
He ignored my question and turned, walking quickly up the stairs, I got to the top and he was already coming back down again, holding both boxes. I grabbed one and turned back, walking down the stairs again. "Is Poguey going with you?" I asked and he nodded, "Fantastic, I'm a loner for a year." I pouted, "Columbia here I come," I mumbled sadly and put the last box in the car.
"You'll be fine." He pulled me in for a hug and I returned it. "I'll be coming back some weekends." He reassured me and I nodded,
"Just promise me one thing?"
"What?"
"That you'll be smarter when you get back?"
"Never," he smirked and kissed the top of my head, I nodded,
"Good. I'm satisfied. Now go away," I kissed him one more time and pushed him towards the car, he grinned at me and got in.
"I guess I'll miss you then." He said nonchalantly,
"Hm, I guess so too. Oh my god!" I shrieked, "Ily Caleb Ily!" I mocked and he shook his head,
"But I will miss you."
"I'll miss you too." I leaned into the car and kissed him one more time. "Now seriously, drive man, or you'll miss orientation or whatever the shit they call it," I said and pulled out of the window, he grinned at me and started the engine,
"See you."
"Bye, don't run into any psychopathic killers while you're away!" I smirked as he drove off. Letting my smile drop as soon as he was out of sight, "Wow, well this is going to be one boring Summer." I grumbled to myself as I walked back into the house, it wasn't even my house. Now I had to go home. Ew. I scrunched up my nose and grabbed my bag from near the front door. Pulling out my keys as I walked, that was when I remembered the boy that went missing. What had happened to Tyler? And why did it seem like it was something extremely important? I shook my head to rid it of the distracting thoughts, that would do nothing for my already horribly underdeveloped driving skills. Statistics show that most car accidents are the result of the driver thinking about which psychopathic killer was coming after them next. No, actually not really, but if everyone had my life no one would be living right now. Not that I'd ever been in a car crash… insert shifty eyes here and oh god I'm rambling… in my head, which means I'm talking to myself. Fan-bloody-tastic. I ran a hand through my hair in annoyance, what was I going to do this summer? Caleb was gone, Pogue was gone, Reid was… Reid, Tyler was going weird… I could investigate shit! No. No, that won't work. I'll get bored within seconds, I could just sit here and contemplate all day… but I'd get bored, yet again. Shut up brain. Jesus Christ.
I yanked open my car door and climbed in slowly. I was already bored, oh god. I plugged my iPod into the inbuilt car dock and put it on shuffle, regretting it immediately.
Hey, slow it do—
I dove at the iPod and clicked through the playlists as quickly as possible, thankful when I reached my Untitled number 1.
I did my best to notice
When the call came down the line
Up to the platform of surrender
I was brought but I was kind
Sometimes I get nervous
When I see an open door
Close your eyes clear your heart
Cut the cord
I sighed happily, it had been a while since I heard that song. Oh for gods sake, did I just… never mind. I think I'll start a monologue. I can document it! I'll sell it to channel 10 and make a billion dollars, then let's see people call me lazy. Documenting my life? Phew, tiring much? Oh my god! I could turn it into a movie! Like… I don't know… it's supernatural enough I guess, people would never believe it if I made it a movie… then there'd be even less chance of people discovering the Covenant. I'd need to change the names of the people though. And how many there were, and what town they were in. And what they looked like and… oh fuck it. I slapped my cheek in frustration and winced when hand connected with jaw. That was stupid, why did I hit myself? I think I need company, like… human company, not iPod. Not movie's, or music unfortunately. I shoved the key into the ignition and quickly started up the car, music would have to do until I came up with something else though. Skye! Yes! Score! Yay! Stop! Talking! To! Me! Brain!
Fuck.
Anyway, I was going crazy and Caleb had been gone a total of… I checked my watch and sighed, five minutes. Not even, three and a half at the most, wait… three minutes thirty seven, eight, nine, ten I mean… forty. Shit. I gave up on counting seconds and drove, hopefully if I did, I'd get rid of some of my crazy tendencies. It was a long shot, but I wasn't willing to spend my summer going mental over nothing… well something but… SHUT. UP!
Thankfully, my phone started ringing, and I had to pull over to start the intense for… oh, it's on the seat. I pouted and flipped it open. That could have taken me ages.
"Hello?" I asked sadly, not bothering to check the ID
"Wow, someone's depressed. What's up?"
"Oh, hey Skye. I was just… dwelling." I sighed and she chuckled,
"On the fact that your boyfriend just left?" she asked, thinking I was normal for once, fat chance Skyler,
I snorted, "Pfft, no. I'll see him later. I have nothing to do!" I whined and she laughed, outright, in my speaker! Bitch!
"Just… write a story or something… be creative." She suggested.
"Write? A story? Are you… are you joking? That's… not very funny Skye." I frowned,
"Fine… paint something?"
"Hah!"
"Draw?"
"That's the same thing."
"No it's…" she sighed, "Take pictures of nothing?"
"That I can do! Thankyou ever so wise and holy best friend from mars."
"Are you sure you can't write something? I know! Start a journal."
There was a long moment of silence, me? Start a journal? I'd tried those when I was smaller, it… hadn't worked out. Let's just say, the last journal I had only worked because I rarely wrote in it and when I did it was nonsense about being in lust with Caleb and all that jazz. And the Covenant and… I could make so much money out of that movie…
"Alex? You still there?"
"Yeah… right, um… journal? Do you even know me anymore woman? Are you demented?" I asked and I could almost hear her frown,
"I was just suggesting something… you know, I think you should just go take your photos, okay?" she sounded annoyed,
"Okay, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be mean." I said in my innocent little Garwin voice and knew it was a long shot that she'd ever consider what I was saying the truth.
"Whatever Lex," Damn, "I'm gonna go see Reid. See you," she said and hung up, I pouted to myself. Rejected. For my brother as well, oh god. I have no friends. I spent around five minutes sulking over the fact I was going to be lonely and bored and hopelessly stupid this summer before I realised I was meant to be on my way home. I slapped myself again to get out of my daze and went back to focusing on the lyrics of the songs passing through the speaker,
It's amazing,
How you make your face just like a wall,
How you take your heart and turn it off,
How I turn my head and lose it all,
It's unnerving,
How just one move puts me by myself,
Well if that isn't incredibly depressing I don't know what is. Thankyou Rob Thomas, for affecting my mood so greatly and making me feel like an emotionally unstable person. For the third time in my life, great, I'm talking to myself again, let's try humming shall we? No, we shan't. We shall sit in our car and wait until we stop talking in plural and talking to ourself before we drive, to decrease the likely-hood of an accident on the way home.
I AM SO, SO, SO, SO INCREDIBLY SORRY! I haven't posted in ages! I haven't posted since last year! but that was because Bob came to visit... and he's a douche to be Frank. Frank is my Bob repellant, I just decided. Anyways, hopefully this chapter was worth it. The plot is beginning! Muah ha ha. But yeah, I am SO SORRY! And I love you all, well, all of you who haven't ditched me after the stupendously stretched out waiting period. And I hope you enjoyed it. - xx Jess