Rydel's POV:As I walk my way out of the Roller rink, I'm stopped by someone calling my name. "Rydel! Where are you going?"He calls after me. But I just keep walking I don't know where I might go, but I'm tired of my life. And all of the bull shit that I have to deal with.
I finally look up to see I was at the park. I guess while I was pondering in my thoughts, my legs lead me here. I sat on the park bench, and started thinking. What do I do now? I just told Kelly that I'd stay away from Ratliff. But how could I? We're in a band together for one. Second, he's always at my house. And third, he's my best friend that I tell everything to. This all confusing. But instead of worrying about everything, I need to just get my mind off of things.
"What's a pretty girl like you, doing at the park alone?"I hear someone say. I look up to see a tall guy standing in front of me, with black hair and brown eyes. "Just thinking."I say as he sits on the bench next to me. "Micheal. Micheal Trevino."He says whilst sticking out his hand. "Hello Micheal."I say shaking his hand. "Please, call me Mike."He asks. "Ok, Mike. Do you always talk to strangers?"I ask. "Only the beautiful ones, and that doesn't happen often."He says causing a blush to creep on my cheeks.
"So what are you thinking about?"He asks. "Wow, for a stranger I just met less than 2 minutes ago, you do ask a lot of questions."I say with a giggle. "Hey, I'm just trying to get to know you better."He says innocently. "Well, if you want to know. But it's a long story."I tell him. "I have all day."He replies. So I spill my heart out to him. I tell him everything that happened, leading up to here. "Can I be honest with you?"He asks. "Sure, shoot."I tell him, encouraging him to go on. "Any guy would be stupid to not go for you."He says. "Well that's Ratliff for ya, a love struck idiot."I inform him causing him to chuckle.
"Well, wanna go get a bite to eat? It's about time for dinner."He says whilst looking at his watch. "What?"I ask frantically . "It's 6:00."He tells me. Wow I guess time went pass fast. "We'll I don't need to be home anytime soon, lets go."I tell him whilst standing up. "Ok, where to?"He asks. "It doesn't matter to me."I say as we walk out of the park. "Hmm..."Mike says, sounding like he's thinking. "How about Dave & Busters! You can Eat & Drink & Play!"He says happily. "Ok, but I can't drink. I'm only 18."I inform Mike. "Don't worry, I'm 18 too."He confirms to me as we walk to D&B it was fairly close, so we didn't have to do that much walking.
{Later That Night}
Well I had a fun day with Mike today. He really helped me get my mind off of things. After we spent about 3 hours at Dave & Busters, we went out to get Ice Cream. We got to learn more about one another, and Mike's a real cool guy. Well it was 10:00 now and I walk into the house, to see Riker looking mad as hell, while my parents looked worried. "I'm home?"I say as I walk into the Living room to see my other brothers and Ratliff. "Rydel where were you?! We were worried sick."Riker ask. "Out.."I say playfully.
"Rydel, this is no time for games. You were supposed to be at Kelly's party not off to who knows where."My Dad says pretty mad. "Gosh, sorry."I apologize. "Why weren't you at Kelly's party, Sweetie?"My mom asks. "Because I know where I'm not wanted."I respond to her, before hearing Riker scoff. "If she didn't want you there why did she invite you?"Riker asks, but I don't respond. I don't feel like I have to explain myself to him. Or to anyone for that matter.
"Just because.."I say blankly. "You still didn't answer the question, where were you?"My Father ask. "I left the party and went to the park."I tell him. "I find that hard to believe you were at the park for almost 10 hours."My father says, not believing a thing I just said. "I'm not lying! I went to the park, met a guy and went to Dave & Busters."I admit. "So you were hanging out with a stranger?"My father asks. Wow that kinda sounds bad. "Uh...yeah."I tell him, in a low voice. "That's it you're grounded."My dad says. "What?"I ask utterly confused. "You heard me you're grounded."He repeats. He's being totally unfair! "What did I do?!" "You left the party without telling anyone, and you're hanging out with strangers. Who knows what could have happened."My reminds me.
"You know what."I say"I don't even care anymore! Go ahead ground me. Do what ever you want! My life is already a waste anyways!"I spat at him, before going upstairs.
End Of POV