Something Big

Chapter One

        As I was woken up by the abrupt banging of tools outside, I opened my curtains, the sun blinding my eyes.  When I'm finally able to see, I watch as my fruity neighbor bangs nails into wood with his hammer.  He usually does this every once in a while, he'll get into these spurts of building things, but not even have the curtesy to go expirement in his backyard, in the process though, he awakens the entire neighborhood.

        It was Saturday afternoon and today it was my "turn" to go and fetch the groceries for dinner.  In my family, all of us are able to drive legally, including my brother, Jake, and myself.  So all of us take turns everynight getting the groceries if needed for items to cook dinner.  

        I sat in bed just staring at the ceiling, my mind blank, for about 30 minutes before I had even thought about getting up and going to the store.  Once I had finally rolled out of bed, I went and grabbed a pair of shorts, a shirt, socks, underwear, and a bra from my dresser, and headed off to shower.  As soon as I turned on the water, I undressed and started to step into the steaming shower.  I never regulated the temperature of the water, so again, I singed the living crap out of my back.  I had yelped and blasted cold water, finally finding the right temperature.

        After I had gotten out, I blow dried my hair and put it into a pony tail, not caring what I looked like at the moment.  I walked downstairs, put a pair of dark blue converse on and went to ask my mother what to pick up for dinner.  " Oh well we will be having lasagna, so get some tomato paste, you know what, let me just write it down on a list for you because I highly doubt that you'll remember everything.'' She said smiling.  Once she had written everything down, she handed me some money and sent me on my way.

        As I pulled into the old super market, I grabbed a cart and walked inside, saying hi to some people, just as common curtesy that my mother had taught me.  I walked down the aisle of the vegetables and picked out some tomatos. Then I went to find some pasta, though as soon as I had grabbed it, I swiftly turned around and bumped into someone.  I looked up, finding a boy whom towered over me, a dirty blonde mop of curls sitting on his head, forest green eyes, and might I say, quite handsom.  "Oh, sorry. Didn't see you there."  He said.  "Oh, no, I'm sorry, that was my fault, I wasn't watching where I was going. Um, I'm Brianna by the way."  I said sticking my hand out.  He didn't shake it, he just stared at it. " Oh well ok then I'm just gonna go, again, sorry."  I mentioned, walking away.  Even though he was attractive, he was quite rude, and my mother always told me to stay away from people like that because usually, they are nothing but trouble.

        As I was paying for my items, I looked down one of the aisles, not for any particular reason, just wandering eyes, and there he was, creeping on me, staring at me like he was trying to be sneaky about it, like he was spying on me.  I shook off the creepy feeling, payed and left.  

        I started driving, and then I realized, there had been a car following me since I had left the store, my house had been about 10 miles away.  I looked closely in me rearview mirror, finding the same boy from the super market.  I decided to take some unecassary turns just to see if he truly was following me, which later I realized he actually was.  I decided just to go home because I wasn't going to join whatever "game" he was playing.  When I pulled into my driveway though, he slowed down a little until I got out of the car, then he sped down the street leaving my sight.

"This is just something little, it's not a big deal, he just will end up leaving town."  Though, little did I know that this was just the beginning, of something big.