Mhm well school's started so hopefully each story will be updated every other week. :(
"Hello?"
"Oh thank God. Cecilia it's me," I said into the phone.
"Soleil!" she shouted happily.
"Shhh! Are mom and dad home?" I asked.
"No not right now. Soleil they're dying to talk to you. It's been weeks," she said dramatically.
"What about Cain?" I asked ignoring her statement.
"Yeah he's on the couch watching baseball. No surprise there," she said. I knew she was rolling her eyes.
"Oh. Well how are you?" I asked.
"Oh well I'm great. So far summer's really good. Me and Trina hang out everyday. You remember Evan right? Well me and him are gonna hang out this Saturday. By the way I need outfit advice. Do you think I should wear yellow or green?" she asked.
I rolled my eyes. Of course she was more concerned with her date than me. I wasn't the least bit surprised.
"Green. I've told you a million times green is your color. It brings out your eyes."
She already knew this. She only wanted compliments. She loved that.
"Thank you. Oh right how are you? How's the house? Is it tacky?" she asked.
I sighed and rolled my eyes. Typical Cecilia.
"No Cecilia it's fine. I need you to tell mom and dad that I'm fine. I'll call back soon," I said.
"How are you holding up? Was staying there really better?" she asked quietly.
I thought about it. Recently it's felt like I could've stayed home. But things haven't been that bad. It's nice being around people who don't know. I was so sick of the pity and lack of privacy back home. Everyone knew what happened. People gave me sad looks everywhere I went. It didn't help that everyone always wanted to bring it up.
"I'm doing pretty good. But I've gotta go. Tell everyone I love them," I said.
"Kay. Bye Soleil. Love you," she said.
"Love you too," I said hanging up.
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"Okay try this one," I said popping in a CD. I flipped to track number 5. Eminem's Stan started playing.
"Ugh turn it off," he said covering his ears. This caused me to turn it up louder.
"I have multiple Eminem CDs. This could go on for hours," I said smirking.
"You wasted money on this," he said disgusted.
"That was insulting," I said angrily.
"Eh sorry," he said. "Any way you'd forgive me?" he asked.
"If you sit there and listen to all my favorites," I said smiling sweetly.
"Fine," he said rolling his eyes.
I was determined to make him like Rap. When I was finished with him he'd at least be able to stand it.
The CD ended and he made a big show of sighing. I rolled my eyes. "Whatever. You know you liked it," I said smiling.
"Yeah right," he said.
I stood up and went to the kitchen. "Hungry?" I asked.
"Very," he said coming in behind me.
I made us some sandwiches. While we were eating Kim came in.
"What are you two up to?" she asked sitting next to me.
"Eating," Jacob said with a mouth full of food.
I frowned at him.
"Hey Jake Jared's waiting outside. Want's to know if you need a ride to the shop," she said taking some chips off my plate.
"Oh crap I forgot. Yeah thanks," he shoved the rest of the food into his mouth and stood up. "See ya Soleil," he said rushing outside.
"Bye," I called.
"Are you two ever going to have a real date?" she asked.
"Real date? What we're doing is fake?" I asked.
She rolled her eyes, "All you two do is hang out here or at his house. What kind of relationship is that?" she asked.
"Friends," I said.
"Please I can tell both of you want to be way more than that."
She was right. She was so right. I did wanna be more than friends. But Jake sure wasn't acting like he did. He always made sure to never get to close. The most I'd gotten was a hug. Big deal.
"Shut up," I said putting my head on the table.
"Haha sorry Soleil," she said laughing. I ignored her. She was just loving this.
"I called home the other night," I said.
"And how'd that go?" she asked concerned.
"Alright. I only talked to Cecilia," I explained.
"Why didn't you talk to your parents?' she asked.
"They weren't home," I said shrugging my shoulders.
"Like you would've talked to them if they were," she said.
"Yeah probably not," I said laughing.
That was very true. Kim knew me so well. I just didn't want to talk to them at the moment. Everyone moved on so fast. I needed more time.
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"Are you sure he likes me?" I asked the next morning. It was still bothering me. She had to bring it up.
She rolled her eyes. "Oh yeah I'm positive. He's crazy about you," she answered.
"How do you know?"
"Jared tells me. All he does is talk about you. Some of the others are getting very annoyed with him," she said.
I couldn't help smiling. Who wouldn't smile in a situation like this. "What were you talking about when you said Jared was gonna take him to the shop yesterday?" I asked.
"The mechanic shop. He never told you about it?" she asked.
"Well he told me he liked to fix cars. He never said he worked at a garage."
"He owns it. Him, Quil, and Embry," she said.
"Really?" I asked surprised.
"Mhm. Want me to take you before I go see Jared?" she asked.
"Yes please," I said.
We got in the car and drove there. It wasn't too far away. She parked the car and looked at me. "Well here it is," she said.
I looked at the building in front of me. It was a pretty average size. Smaller than the ones in Atlanta. So far it looked nice. Although I was on the outside. "Kay thanks. Bye," I said getting out of the car. She honked the horn twice then drove off.
I rolled my eyes and went inside. "Hello?" I called. Quil came out.
"Hey Soleil," he said.
"Hi, Jacob's here right?" I asked.
He laughed. "Yeah I'll go get him." He left for a moment then Jacob came out.
"Hey," he said smiling.
"You never told me you owned a garage," I said.
"Well I didn't want to brag," he said smiling.
"Whatever," I said rolling my eyes.
"What are you up to?" I asked.
"Fixin cars," he replied smiling.
I smiled and pushed past him to the back.
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"Uhm where are we going?" I asked. Jake told me he'd take me home. But we were going the opposite direction of the house.
"Sam's," he replied.