~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ___________________________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ He sat quietly in his desk, staring at the clock on the wall. He always repeatedly stared at the clock. Always. I sat across the room staring at him, wondering why he was always staring at it. He was "hot" as some girls would say. He was tall merely 6"2. He had blonde hair that passed his crystal blue eyes, which seemed to be covered by a baseball cap, 90% of the time. He was wearing a skintight black shirt that showed off his muscular outlined body. His name was Cameron. All the girls at school chased him. All but one. Me. Of course, I liked him, something just seemed...off. Like he couldn't be trusted. Like he wasn't one of "us". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ____________________________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ He looked over at me, and when I finally noticed I had been staring at him, I quickly turned around and automatically felt the heat going to my cheeks. Suddenly, it started to rain quiet and soft. I looked back over my should to see if he was still looking at me. He wasn't. I was relieved you could say. The bell rang. Class was finally over, and now I could go home. Just one problem though, I had to walk home, and it was raining. I pulled out my cell phone and quickly called my mother. Voicemail. Damn it! I left her a message saying "Hey. Raining at school, so I'm stuck here. Come get me.". A few minutes later my cell phone went off. A text from mom. "Sorry hun, can't come get you. I'm still stuck at work." Just great! I sat and thought. I said to myself "Hmmm. Maybe sis could give me a ride." I turned down the hall to go to my locker. I wasn't watching where I was going, and I had ran into someone. I looked up. It was him. Cameron. I stammered "S-sorry. I-I d-didn't mean to r-run into you." He stood there smiling. His smile was dazzling. Almost hypnotic. He said "It's cool. I wasn't watching were I was going." There were a few moments of awkward silence. I finally asked "What are you still doing here at school?" He looked around, stalling, not sure why, but then he finally said "Make-up work?" It sounded more like a question, then an answer. I said "You sure?" "Yeah..." he said. "What are you still doing here he asked, his eyes getting wider. "Well, I usually ride my skateboard to school, but it's raining, and I don't think I have a way to get home." I said. He grinned automatically and said "Come with me." "Where are we going?" I asked curiously. "You need a ride, right?" he asked. "Yeah..." I noticed I was staring again, and finally answer. "I'll take you home then." I was relieved I had a ride home, but scared. I don't know him I thought. It's just a ride home my brain said. Finally, I said "Okay. Thanks!" I put on my most dazzling smile, and with that he grabbed my hand, and we ran out the door. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ______________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By the time we finally reached outside, I was beginning to sweat. We finally stopped. I said "Wow. You run fast." He just laughed. Kinda like he was nervous. I just ignored it. We made our way to his car. I stopped right in my tracks. "Wow." I muttered. We stood in front of a black Jeep Commander. My dream car. "I've always wanted a car like this." I said. He looked at me and grinned. "Maybe one day you'll get one." he said with a shrug. I climbed into the car. He looked at me softly. "Keely?" he asked. "Yeah?" It seemed like my heart was beating faster than it should be. I just ignored it. He laughed "Which way?" "Oh, uh, right." I felt so stupid. I couldn't even answer I question in front of the guy. We finally made it to my house. My mother still wasn't home, nor was my sister, probably with her boyfriend I though. I decided to invite him in. I mean I am sixteen, I thought. It shouldn't matter if I invite him in or not. I asked him if he wanted anything to drink or eat, he turned both down. Suddenly, everything got really quiet. I finally spoke up and said "Thanks for the ride home. He looked up, there was this look in his eyes, scared? sad? I couldn't tell. He walked over to me, slid his hand in mine, and kissed my cheek. He then whispered in my ear "Anytime Angel." I felt like I was going to faint. My body felt tingly all over. I could fall for him. Not like everyone else. I stammered around for words, but none came out. He laughed, he was teasing me. Before, I could even say one word, he had said "Bye Angel." and left. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~ _________ ~~~~~~~~~ I stood there shocked. He kissed me? Then he just leaves? Who does that? Later that night after I finally fell asleep, I dreamed about him. He was continuously kissing me, muttering "Angel." Then, something happened, like I was being snatched away. I realized my alarm clock had gone off. "Great!" I grumbled. "Another wonderful day of school." I said rolling my eyes. I got out of bed, and pulled out my outfit for the day. I examined it. A blue blouse and black skinny jeans with my black converses. "Wow. I so need to shop after school today." I made my way into the kitchen. I pulled out a bowl, the box of cereal, milk, and my spoon. My mother walked into the kitchen smiling brightly. She said "Good morning sweetie." and kissed me on the forehead. I said "Morning mom. Can I ask you a question?" "Sure honey." she said. "Well, you know how I've been saving up my money right?" I asked. She smiled slightly and said "Yeah..." "Could you spare 20 bucks? I need some new clothes for school." I said. With that she made her way to the car and pulled out a 50 dollar bill. I gave her a huge bear hug "Don't wait up tonight!" grabbed my skateboard and headed out the door. Before, I even made it off our lawn my mom opened the door and said "Stop!" I turned around confused and yelled back "Yeah?" She smiled and tossed me the car keys "Take the car today. Just incase tomorrow decides to repeat itself again." I drove out of the driveway towards school. I didn't take the shortcut this morning, because I wanted to see all the shops I needed to stop by after school. I thought to myself "Maybe me and Kelsey can go get something to eat after school." So then, I pulled out my phone, and called her. "Voicemail! Oh well, I'll see her today at school anyways." I finally pulled up into the schools parking lot, walked through the school doors, to my locker. I stopped right in my tracks. He was standing there at my locker waiting for me. "Cameron?"
~~~~~~~~~~ __________ ~~~~~~~~~~ "Keely!" he said, picking up my hand and kissing it. I pulled my hand away from him. "What are you doing?" I asked. He looked confused and said "Waiting for you of course, and I needed to ask you something..." "What?" I said. "Do you have any plans Saturday night?" "No. Why?" I finally managed to say. "Well, there's this party at the beach Saturday night, and I wanted to see if you would go with me." he said smiling. Ugh. I hated when he smiled, it made me felt like I would melt away. I smiled. Damn it I thought to myself! "Sure. I'll go with you." His smile became bigger, and he said "Okay. See you Saturday night." He turned the corner and I chased after him and said "Hey, wait! What time do I need to meet you?" He grinned slightly and said "Remember I know where you live. I'll pick you up. Be ready around 8. My mind flashed back to last night. He kissed me. I wouldn't admit it to him, but I wanted him to do it again. I finally said "Okay." I smiled. "See you Saturday night then." The bell rang. It was finally 7th period, the finally one of the day. He came in the classroom, and sat down across the room from me. He looked over and smiled at me. I smiled back. After, a long hour the bell finally rang again. School was over. As, I walked outside to the car, I saw Cameron waiting at my car. I walked towards him confused. Did he know this was my car, I asked myself. "Hey Cameron, what's up?" I asked. He said "Oh, this is your car? It's cool. I didn't know I've never seen it before." I laughed "It's my moms car. She let me borrow it today." He grinned "That's cool. I can't wait to see you tomorrow night." Until, he said that I didn't realize how close he was standing to me. We stood there in awkward silence, then suddenly he brushed my hair out of my face, and kissed me. It was the sweetest feeling ever. I was tingling all over again. When he pulled away we were both searching for air. Finally, he whispered in my ear "See you tomorrow night, Angel." and walked away. By the time I made it into my car my legs were wobbly. I drove down the road to the shops I knew I needed to stop by. I made it into the first shop. I didn't really see anything I liked, so I drove down the road to the next store. I looked and looked around, there was some cute things, but it was way over my price limit. Feeling like there was nothing left, I drove to the very last store. I walked in the store, and my phone rang. It was Kelsey. "Kelsey! Hey!" I said. "Hey! You still wanna eat later?" she asked. I said "Sure. I'm in the last store on my list looking for some outfits. Tell me when you wanna eat and I'll meet you there." "Mexican?" she asked. "Sure! See you in 15!" I hung up the phone, and looked around the store. There it was! The perfect outfit! A pink flowing blouse, blue faded ripped skinny jeans, along with bright pink converses. Picked everything up and looked at the prices. Wow! I thought. With these prices I could buy three more outfits. I found the rest of what I needed and made my way out to go eat with Kelsey. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ____________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~ __________ ~~~~~~~~~~ I pulled into the parking lot of the restaurant, and Kelsey was already waiting for me. I felt like forever since I had last seen her, and right when I got out the car I ran towards her, and gave her a huge bear hug. "Kelsey!" "Keely!" "Oh my god! It's been so long since I've seen you!" I said. "I know right. I was so excited when I got your text." she smiled. After, having a long talk in the parking lot we made our way inside towards our favorite table. After, waiting a while a waitress finally her way to the table. She smiled and said "What can I get you two ladies?" Her name was Vee. I looked at Kelsey, and she said "Two sweet teas please." The waitress smiled again and said "Coming right up!" She disappeared into the kitchen, and me and Kelsey started talking again. "Did you hear about the party at the beach tomorrow night?" she asked. "Actually I have. I was invited to go with a guy from school." I said shyly. She gasped "Who?! Since when are you dating someone?" I laughed "I'm not dating anyone. He kinda just k-k-kissed m-me, and then asked me to go with him." "Kissed you?! Oh my god! Who?!" she asked with excitement. "C-Cameron." After, a few more hours of talking to Kelsey about all the details, I went home, my mom greeting me. "Hey sweetheart. Have a good time? Get any good clothes?" she asked. "Yeah. I met up with Kelsey too and we had lunch together. I'm just dying to show you my outfits! With the extra money you gave me I got to buy three more outfits!" I said. "Well honey, that's great. By the way I have a surprise for you." she said. "Really? What is it?" She laughed "It's in the back yard, you can't miss it." I walked out in the back yard. "Oh my god! No way!" I ran to my mother and hugged her. My dream car was outside! She handed me the keys. "I know your 16 and you have your drivers licenses, so all you needed was your own car." I kissed her cheek "Thanks mom!" I pulled out my cell phone and called Kelsey to tell her the great news. Hours later I was feeling really tired so I changed into my PJ's and climbed into bed. Before, I fell asleep, and started planning out tomorrow night in my head. I didn't really know what I was feeling. All I knew was I was going to have the best time tomorrow night with Cameron. By the time I feel asleep he was the only thing on my mind. ~~~~~~~~~~ __________ ~~~~~~~~~~