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Chapter 11
I could no longer contain myself. What I was doing wasn’t right and I was going to put an end to it. “Brian, I like you, but more as a friend than anything else, and I…” I tried to finish but he cut me off.
“Crystal, don’t worry about it. I was just trying to make you feel better, and I needed to ask you a favor.” He said in a hushed tone, looking around to make sure no one was eaves dropping on our secretive conversation. “If you haven’t noticed I uh, like Dominique and I know you like Joe, I can see it in the way you look at him. And I was wondering if I could use you, if you use me.” He finished. I had trouble understanding what he was saying but after a few minutes it all came together. I gave him a smile and a hug.
“I would be more than happy to use you!” I said. This plan seemed absolutely flawless. “Wow I never thought I would say that” I giggled. He gave me another hug and we took each others hands and began walking down the beach. My stomach turned as we neared the others. What were they going to think of this whole “Brian and I together” thing? We both knew how Joe would feel.
I was all smiles when we got to the beach blanket. Katie looked up at me and raised her eyebrows at me a few times. “I TOLD YOU!’ she sang as I drove back to her house. “I totally knew he had a crush on you” I had to laugh. I cleared my throat before speaking.
“Brian and I decided that we were going to use each other” I started. I could see Ashley and Tara’s confused faces in my rear view mirror. “He liked Dominique…. NOT me, and he wants to make her jealous. And I guess I kind of wanna make Joe jealous”
Katie’s face grew confused. “WHAT? I TOTALLY THOUGHT HE LIKED YOU!!!” she half screamed. She always got so worked up when she was wrong, but that is one of the many qualities everyone loved about her.
“Don’t you think that’s kinda mean? The whole you using Brian just to get to Joe thing?” came Tara’s voice. Although I don’t think she was paying much attention. She was too busy texting Kevin. I rolled my eyes. They were practically sucking the air out of each others lungs the whole time we were at the beach. You needed the Jaws of Life to pull them apart. I giggled at my own remark and turned into Katie’s driveway to drop everyone off.
“See you at school tomorrow Kay” I yelled before pulling back out. I started down the road to my house. When I got home I did some homework and then watched some TV. I checked my MySpace before going to bed. I soon fell asleep after asking myself if I was doing the right thing for the thousandth time since I had gotten home. I woke up at about one in the morning. I heard a tap at the door leading to the small balcony outside. I groaned as I realized how early it was. I lazily got up and made my way to the door. My hand rested on the cold metal of the handle. I gave It a little push as it clicked open. There was no one outside and nothing could have blown at it because it was as still as a lake that hadn’t been touched for a million years. All that was there was a small piece of paper weighed down to the wooden paneling, by a rock.
I bent down and picked it up. I cold tell by the way the paper carried a yellowish tint, that It must have been written years ago. I slowly unfolded it as I walked inside and closed the door behind me. I gasped as I realized what it was:
MASH
Wife Car Color
Rachel Ray Blue
Crystal Red
My Mom Black
Mariah Carey Yellow
Car Job
Limo Singer
Monster Truck Comedian
Bike Writer
Motor Cycle HoBo
Numbers: 4, 3, 5, 6
He had kept this useless paper for four years…. A tear slid down my cheek as I drifted back to sleep. I yawned as I pressed the “off” button of my alarm clock. Yep, the weekend was over and it was back to school. This whole week we would have free time in just about every class because we only had a week left and the teachers wanted to leave just as bad as we did. My day started off as any other day. I took a shower, ate breakfast and made my way outside to my car. The bus had just gone by as I put my keys in the ignition. I moaned as the car made a sputtering sound. A light flashed on the dashboard signaling me that I had to gas whatsoever in my tank. I slammed my head a few times on the steering wheel causing the horn to sound. I grabbed my purse and began to walk. There was no doubt in my mind that I wouldn’t get to school before it started.
“Maybe its Karma, you know for making Joe hate your guts” said Katie as we ate lunch. Brian and I just chuckled. We loved our plan, and we had to admit that it was working. Last period Dominique tried to kiss Brian for no apparent reason. Katie was being way to dramatic about this whole thing. That is until I got up to throw my trash away when some kid dumped their lunch all over me. Now I had to admit to myself, that I had lost my “good luck charm”
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~Sammy
