While I drove, I thought about today, and amazed myself because I’ve done so many things already. It’s still Monday.
I pulled up in front of Mr. Adams’s house, and felt nervous for some reason…
I knocked on the door, and Kathrynne opened the door.
“Hey!”, she said, pushing her glasses up. She has retainers now, and no braces.
“Hey. So you got your braces off.”, I replied. “Yeah, just a while back. It’s a relief because I’ve had them since freshman year.”, she said. “Oh, that’s good… the having retainers part.”, I said.
She smiled… and it charmed me once again. Then she pushed her glasses up
“Where’s your dad?”, I asked.
“Why? Did he scare you a while back through the phone?”, Kathrynne asked.
“No.”, I replied with a smile.
“Oh, ok. Let’s go then.”, she said.
We got into my car.
“Thanks for inviting Me.”, she said. “Sure.”, I said while driving to the pier.
“Do you drink?”, I asked.
“Beer? ‘Course I do! I’ve tasted all types of liquor. I’ve been travelling around Europe since we moved away before. My dad doesn’t even know it, ”, she said.
“Yeah? That’s cool.”, I remarked.
We reached the pier and got out the car. The sun was still up a little, starting to set.
I got into the boat and held my hand out to help her in. She held my hand and hopped into the boat fearlessly.
I started the boat and zoomed it out the pier.
“It’s nice to be here again.”, she said.
“Where exactly?”, I asked.
“In the boat… on the ocean… here.”, she said looking around. Then she looked at me and smiled. I looked at her as well and smiled a little.
“Yeah.”, was all I said.
We got onto the platform and headed to the bonfire that started already.
But the meat wasn’t grilling.
“Jed!”, I exclaimed.
“Why didn’t you start cooking?”, I asked.
“Because you cook the best.”, he said while throwing me a beer
“It’s a matter of starting placing the meat on the grill.”, I said.
Then he spotted Kathrynne.
“Hey, weirdo!”, he greeted Kathrynne. “Hello, crater face.”, Kathrynne greeted back.
“Ha-ha.”, Jed joked.
“Nice to see you too, Jed.”, she replied, making Jed chuckled while she pushed her glasses up.
Then he handed her a beer.
“Thought you had braces?”, Jed asked.
“Got them off a while back.”, Kathrynne said.
“Hey, guys!”, I said.
Everyone looked at me.
“Outhouse’s just near the dock. You may only use the bathroom inside the house if you want to deal with my dad.”, I said.
