Summer of Raine

Chapter Two

“Raine, wait for me!” yelled Helena’s dim voice from far behind me as I was walking home. I was off of school grounds, but the tacky yellow and red building was still visible in the far off distance. I stopped and waited for her as she quickly caught up with me using her impressive, long, and tone legs of steel.

            “Man, I am so jealous on your long legs; I bet it makes PE a lot easier.” I joke when she finally catches up to me, and then stops to catch her breath. Helena laughs at my remark, and shakes her head entertained by my wit.

            “Well, I am a cheerleader,” she reminds me in her what-do-you-expect voice, implying that they were practically essential.

            “Ugh. Screw this, I don’t want to go,” she says annoyed, indicating to the trip she was ‘forced’ to take this summer. After she quickly recovered her breath; she folds her arms across her chest, and pouts as we begin walking home together.

            “Well it’s not like you have much of a choice,” I say, and she lets out a large harrumph, and then a frustrated growl.

“Besides,” I add, trying my best to cheer her up, “at least you’re going somewhere this summer, while I’m stuck here, in this hell.” And it was hell, because I really hated this town, it was too small and there weren’t enough things to do in it.

            “Well at least you’ll see Wren.” Helena said reassuringly, which caused me laugh bitterly, since I wasn’t sure if he’d have the time to visit this year.

He had called me a few days ago—to tell me all about his father’s plans on training him to take over the company. Wren had sounded so excited over the phone that I didn’t have the heart to tell him that I was disappointed he couldn’t come this summer and that I’d really missed him, as we haven’t seen each other since last September.

He was going to be a senior in the fall, making him two years older than me. Wren was also planning on graduating a semester early so he could get a head start on college.

 His father was older, and his health was failing so his family was doing everything they could to prepare Wren for succession.

            “What?” Helena asked confused at the mixed expression on my face.

            “It’s just that you still think he likes me, don’t you?” I asked concealing my true thoughts. Last year Hells and Kitten came up with this crazy notion that Wren was into me, which is completely ridiculous.

There was no way that was possible, because he was to wrapped up in his own life to even notice me nowadays, and I doubt he has ever realized I was a girl, and not just his childhood best friend.

            “Well yeah,” Hells said as if I were the one being ridiculous.

            “Whatever,” I say rolling my eyes, but an amused smile played at my lips. I bit the inside of my check as I thought of a way to distract her from the subject, it was a terrible habit really, because when I get to stressed out about finals I had the tendency to bite my checks raw sometimes.

            “Hey,” I said extending the ‘y’ sound, finally coming up with a suitable distraction, “Who’s the guy that Elizabeth called your Apollo earlier today, hmm?”

      Helena blushes a deep scarlet red, “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” she says, searching for something to change the subject with, but she was so flustered, that she forgot all about Wren.

I smiled evilly on the inside, bingo! I had found her weakness.

            “Oh come on, Hells, you can tell me,” I giggle, and smile sweetly, “I won’t tell, I swear.” I promised crossing my heart, and her blush extends to the root of her red hair.