Chapter 3
Mikaela walked toward the parking lot after a tough day at school. Not only did she feel distracted during her make-up test that morning, but the Tylenol she took wore off too quickly and by lunchtime she was in pain again. Along with that she didn't have time to make a lunch for herself in the morning so she was stuck with just a banana for lunch and breakfast. Her day wasn't all terrible though. Most of the classes she had with Sam and just being next to him made her feel ten times better than she had been feeling. Mikaela finally reached Bee and noticed Sam hadn't made it over yet so she opened the door and just sat down in the passenger seat to wait for him. Bee's engine roared in greeting and Mikaela laughed a little.
"Hey Bee. How's it going?" She asked.
"And I'm feeling…good." Sang the radio. Mikaela laughed louder this time.
"I'm glad Bee. I'm glad you're "feeling good" she mocked. The horn beeped loudly to cut off Mikaela's laughter. "I'm just kidding Bee. You know that!" Mikaela heard footsteps outside the door and turned to see Sam opening the driver's side door and climbing in.
"Hey Kaela. How was your day?" He kissed her quickly and then sat back to let Bee start his engine.
"Do you mean the ten minutes I didn't see you, or the six hours that I did see you today?" She teased.
"Definitely the six hours that we were together today." Sam responded.
"Well then it was perfect." She replied and then kissed Sam again. The ride home was filled with the couple really filling each other in on what happened during the day.
"Hey, so do you need to get home or do you want to hang out at my house?" Sam asked. Mikaela thought for a second.
"I'm pretty sure I'm grounded so I probably should get home. Even though I much rather be with you." She answered.
"Wait, how did you get grounded? We just went out last night?" Sam questioned.
"Well….I was just a little over my curfew, but its okay. It's not that big of a deal." Mikaela answered quickly.
"What? Not that big of a deal? You're grounded now because of me. Why didn't you tell me you had a curfew?" Sam asked.
"It's really no big deal. Seriously. My dad really isn't that strict so I'll probably be ungrounded in a couple days. It's fine Sam." She argued.
"It sounds like a bigger deal than you're making it Mikaela! Why couldn't you tell me? I would've gotten you home in time and then everything would be fine. I just don't get you sometimes!" He was yelling now.
"I never understand you Sam! You can't just accept the fact that I don't feel like I have you tell you everything! I have secrets too Sam! Not just you!" Mikaela wasn't just talking about her curfew now, but of course, Sam didn't know that. Bee pulled up to Mikaela's house and before he stopped fully she jumped out of the car and stomped up the stairs and opened the door to her house without saying anything else to Sam. She knew her father always went out with Victoria on Mondays and they stayed out late pretty much every time. So she was on her own tonight, but that was perfectly fine with her. Actually that was the ideal situation. She searched through her refrigerator for a few minutes before she finally realized she wasn't hungry anymore. She climbed the stairs up to her room and flopped down on her bed face down. Silent tears started streaming down her face as she lay. Her mother was gone, her father was abusing her and now she just pushed away the only person who really cared about her. Even though it had only been a few minutes since their fight, Mikaela already missed Sam. Enough to make her almost text him an apology. She would have done it too if her phone hadn't died earlier today. She threw her phone across the room and laid face down in her pillow. She was exhausted and her back and stomach hurt her badly but Mikaela didn't care. She passed out on her bed thinking about Sam and her father.
