"Hello?"
"Hey mom, it's me, Rose.", I say leaning against the wall of the phone booth.
"Oh Rose! Abe!Abe! Come here it's Rose!" my mom says.
My dad soon joins in on the other line,"Rose! How's school?" he asks.
"It's good." Not.
"We have a limited time right? How many minutes do we have?" my mom asks.
I look on top of the phone. In red numbers it said 4.
"Four minutes." I say. Don't people in jail get more time than this?
"Okay, so you got everything settled? How's your dorm? Have you made many friends?"
"Um, yeah I guess so." I say.
"Are your teachers nice?" my dad asks.
"Yes, they're all really nice." Not.
"That's good."
Awkward Silence.
"So-um- when can I come home?" I ask.
"What do you mean?" my mom says.
"To stay or visit?" my dad asks.
"To stay."
More Awkward Silence.
"Well after you graduate." my mom says.
I almost drop the phone,"What! Why?"
"Rose remember what the judge said it's either this or a psychiatric hospital."
"I'm not crazy." I whisper
"We know that honey." Liar.
"Okay, when can I visit." I ask.
"We can visit you on parent's day." my mom says.
"No, I mean when can I visit you, in Florida?"
"You can't Rose."
This conversation was getting me seriously frustrated. I sigh and look up at the remaining time.
"Mom, Dad, I got to go my times up." I say
"Oh okay we love you honey bye!"
"Yeah, bye." I say putting the phone back on the hook.
I open the door of the phone booth and run into someone.
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry."
I look up and see the green eyes.
"No problem Rose." Adrian says flashing a smile.
"You're upset." he states," Parents?" he guessed.
I nod.
"Are you guys on good term or bad terms?" he asks.
"Depends on your definition of good term."
He laughs at this," If you ask then I assume your on bad terms.
I shake my head," I'm just pissed that they sent me here, other than that we usually get along."
"You're pissed that they sent you here?!" he asks in mock shock," Who in their right mind would be angry to come to such an amazing place like this?!"
I throw my head back and laugh. Adrian gives me a serious look like he mean what he said. This brings on another round of laughter, Adrian joins me this time.
I turn my head slightly and see Dimitri walking into the school office. He sees me and Adrian doubled over laughing our asses off. His eyes visibly narrow on us. I stop laughing, Adrian realizing something happened followed my gaze to the door.
Dimitri starts walking again and passes by us.
Adrian turns his attention back to me," I'm having a party at my dorm tonight, you should come." he says louder than necessary. I look behind him and see Dimitri staring straight at me, waiting for my answer.
I nod.
Why not?
"Sure, I'll be there." I say smiling.
"What are you going to wear?" Lissa asks sitting on my bed.
"Um- this?" I say pointing down to my skinny jeans and t-shirt.
"Ugh Rose!" she yells exasperated.
"What?" I ask laughing at her outburst.
"It's a party!" she says.
"I know." I say.
"Well here when we have a party it's code for dress up! We barley ever do so when there is a party we go all out." she says.
"Ohh okay. What are you going to wear?" I ask.
"Blue summer stroll dress and black pumps!" she says proudly. [Type Blue summer stroll dress in google images it's the first picture!]
"Can you pick something for me? I'm too lazy." I say laughing.
She rolls her eyes and walks to my closet. I finally got around to unpacking my suitcases. She pulls out a red casual lace half sleeve party dress, a black belt, and nude pumps. [Type in red casual lace half sleeve party dress in google images it's the third one.]
"I'm going to my room to get dressed when I get back you better be ready" she says walking out the door.
I slip on the dress and the shoes. I quickly curl my hair into beach waves. For makeup I just put mascara and chapstick. Just as I finished putting in my pearl earrings Lissa walks in.
I smile,"You look really pretty."
She laughs,"You too."
"We should get going." I say.
She nods and we leave me dorm. On our way we bump into Mason. We were about to walk into the boys dorm but he stops us.
"You guys think you can just walk in?" he asks
"Uh-yeah?"
He points to a camera beside the door.
"Everyone is probably getting in through his window." he says.
"I don't know what room the party is." I say.
"Trust me you don't have to know." he says.
Mason leads us around the building. He opens a window to a room.
"Hello, breaking and entering." Lissa says.
"It's my room." he replies laughing.
He helps us in and then out of the room. We walk down the hall and faintly hear music. But it wasn't coming from the first floor. He points up and then leads us to the staircase. We climb two flight and walk out into the hallway. The hall was filled with people holding red cups, beer.
"Well I'll catch up with you guys later." Mason says leaving us and walking to a group of guys who looked relatively normal.
Lissa and I walk a little further down the hall to a room where the music was coming from. I knock on the door. The door swings open to reveal Adrian.
"Hey, you made it!" he says yelling over the music. He pulls me into a hug, and it actually felt good. Still holding onto him I open my eyes and see Dimitri across the room. He was watching me and Adrian?
Adrian pulls back and looks at Lissa. He nods at her, she just smiles and walks past him to Christian who was waiting in the middle of the room for her.
Soon enough we were all having fun and drinking. Something rings and Christian pulls out a cell phone. I turn to Lissa,"How does he have a phone? They took mine away!"
She laughs,"He knows how to sneak things in. He has friends outside of the place. How'd you think we got the beer?" she asks.
Christian nudges Adrian who was sitting next to me," They brought a keg, it's by the gate. I need help getting it here." Adrian nods and get up.
"I'll be back" he whispers in my ear. I nod and smile. They walk out of the room.
I look around for Lissa and see that she was talking to some other friends. I see a shadow in the corner of my eye, turning my head I see Dimitri sneak out of the room.
Where is he going?
I get up to follow him when Lissa calls me,"Hey, where are you going?" she asks.
"I'm going to look for Mason." I say.
She nods. I turn on my heels and walk out into the hall. Most of the people either went into Adrian's room or to their own because the hall was almost empty, with the exception of a couple making out or a really drunk guy who couldn't walk.
I hear faint voices coming from the stairs. I stand against the wall. They were to close to the entrance if I tried to look I'm sure they'd see me.
I try to concentrate on the voices. Dimitri. I know that for sure. The other one was familiar. I've heard it before but I couldn't put my finger on it.
"I'm sorry." the voice said. Wait! Sydney! Sydney?
"You said you'd be her and you weren't." Dimitri whispers.
"I know, it won't happen again. I promise." It sounded like they were I don't know...together.
There was a moment of silence and I can't help but think of what they were doing. Were they kissing?
"You have to trust me. I'm one of the only ones you can trust."
Thoughts?(: