The Changes In Our Moments

•chapter 5•

I leave my last class, tired and hungry.
I prepare to get on the bus whenever I walk by "the jock's" car and he shouts my name
"Bree?!" I decide slowly whether to turn around but he is drawing attention to me so i swivel around
"What?!" I growl
He laughs "sorry, was wondering if you need a ride home.."
I laugh at that sarcastically, "the bus will do."
he smirks, "please. I want to make up for everything."
I roll my eyes.
"You hungry?" He grins
I look down,
I'm starving.
"Fine, but one condition. you drop me off at a place to eat and then you take me home. that's it." He smirks.
I hold a finger up,
"Shouldn't i at least know your name before I ride off with you, you could be a crazy psycho killer for all I know." I laugh
He shakes his head
"It's Andrew, a lot of people call me Drew though, and I don't do that stuff.. unless you count video games.. guilty as charged." I laugh and add "drive, I'm hungry remember?"
He smiles and looks at me, his eyes deepening into my skin again. he needs to stop, it's so strong. it's painful.
I look the opposite direction.
It gets so awkward so I mess around with the radio, until finally a decent song comes on
"Fall For You" by Secondhand Serenade.
I turn it up to 14 and Andrew laughs, we come to a stop as he stares at me and I blush, feeling the heat rush to my pores. I look around as we pull into a "pizza hut" and he parks the car and I almost blast out like a rocket. I'm so hungry.
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The food finally comes out, after the 2 centuries of a wait we had to wait I take half and Andrew takes the other half. he is a mannered pig, it's so annoying.
But very attractive, I realized I'm watching him eat when I'm the starving one; I stuff a piece into my mouth quickly.
After eating, the bill is payed, which wasn't as expensive as expected and we hop into the car. Andrew leans over to pull the car out of park, barely missing to touch me and we move through the traffic until I'm home, a good 15 minutes later.
He walks me to my front door, and I thank him as he smiles and touches my cheek than I move backwards thanking him quickly, and shutting the door behind me.
What just almost happened? Nothing, DUH. Right?
I walk upstairs changing into yoga pants, a t-shirt, my messy bun and a clean and make up free face. I turn off my lamp, shut my eyes, and smile as my last thought is how Andrew's smile would be able to light up any Christmas Tree, any day and anywhere.
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I jump up and switch on the light, it's 8:30
I run downstairs, grabbing a blanket off of the couch and wrap it around myself, I run upstairs. It's the weekend, so I'm gonna go watch a movie. My phone buzzes, who would text me? I tip toe over to it looking behind me and I crouch down so no one can see me through the window. I open the message to see its Andrew..
"Hey it's drew"
I laugh
"How did you get my number"
He responds about 4 minutes later, making me jump,
"I thought if you needed a ride or anything, you could call me. I seem to be your only friend."
I roll my eyes at that,
"Oh okay. Well thanks drew, but I'm doing just fine right now so, stop."
He responds instantly this time.
"Okay Bree, but it's true."
I get so annoyed easily I just ignore it.
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I ditched watching a movie, because I have a lot to do today. I also have to buy a car.
I hustle out of the house quickly, I plan to go to the beach afterwards, with my new car. I run out of the door with everything including my purse, flip flops, t-shirt, and shorts.
My hair is pulled back to a high pony tail.
I end up at the car dealership first, it was a long process of signing my name, giving all my credit card information, and boy did this take a few hours but after a good $27,000 I end up with a silver Chevy truck, it's gorgeous.
I drive away, boy did I miss driving.
I pull up to a massive and long grocery store, called " shop 'n' save" and I park my new car tossing the keys into my purse and I enter the store, I need my variety of fruits, cereal, and my other varies of vegetables, meat, coffee, milk and orange juice, and a box of sodas. I also grab 1 or 2 bags of chips to snack on with icecream and butter. I as well grab all the sandwich stuff from turkey,lettuce, manes, along with bread of course.
As I am bagging my products, I bump into a nearby person, who I actually know.
It's Giavanna. I instantly perk up, someone I know.
"Hey!" I say smiling.
She smiles back, god she is so pretty!
"Hey" she says, laughing "it's great seeing you here,"
I nod, "you too. I figured camden would be with you."
She shakes her head, "no he is out with Andrew, but Andrew is with his girlfriend who I really don't like."
I laugh hard at that, "me either."
We finish talking,bagging our products, and I notice she doesn't have a ride home because she decided to walk. I offer her one.
I realize we are a lot alike, we both decide on
"Sun Daze" by Florida Georgia Line.
We talk about where I came from, our pet peeves, how her and camden met. I told her about how my dad is after me, although I didn't tell her about my mother's death. We talk about how much we love to shop and listen
to music. We also have the same style, I really like her. She asks me if we can stop by target to get her paycheck, which I nod too. I ask if it pays well and if I could get a job there.
We walk in and it's large, larger than the one in Tennessee. I am in Los Angeles now though.
I already have lots of money saved up, but I'm going to need more. I think this will do,
I grab an application off of the wall, and fill it out putting it back in the slot as Giavanna grabs her paycheck, and we leave.
I sit back in the car, with Giavanna on my right and we both agree that we want to go to the beach, we stop by her house, which is ginormous and she grabs her strapless polka dotted bikini, and I stop by mine which she says is very nice, and I realize she is right it's big, I have a pool, it's a few stories, it's nice and definitely too big for 1 person, even 4.
I grab mine which has a lace wrapping around my neck, and it's designed teal and white polka dots, it is cute. I invite her in so we could change, and she tells me how big my house is, again, which I laugh at. We leave and it's only 2:00, and we head to the beach.
She decides to start up on the topic I didn't want to talk about, not yet at least.
" where was your mom?" She asks, looking out the window.
I hold in a sigh, "must've left to go and do something" I smile.
She smiles back, "can I meet her someday?"
I nod and repeat, "someday."
We arrive. I grab my bag with 2 towels, sunscreen, our phones, and etc.
We tan and talk some more for a good hour then we take a dip splashing each other and laughing.
We leave, and I realize how badly I wanted a friendship like this. She asks me if I want to sleepover, but I tell her I cant. She says if I want she can comeover, without thinking I nod. Not realizing what will she say when my mother isn't home, not like she would come home though.
It's midnight and she still isn't home, we have painted each other's nails, watched movies, read magazines, did weird hair dues, went for a night swim, and took separate showers.
She looks at me,
"Where is your mom, Bree?"
I sigh. I can't hide it,
"My mom is dead." I feel tears well up in my eyes.
Her head lifts up, "wait so if your mom is dead, who takes care of you?"
I purse my lips, "I take care of myself, she died in a car crash last week."
She walks over and hugs me, "I'll keep your secret, and just know I will stay here for you."
I smile and hug her back.
I'm not alone after all.