Vacant

Chapter Four

            The next day I told Jesse everything. He said that I was crazy and that if I wanted to tell anybody else then I should really jump off a cliff. But I didn’t listen to him. I just ignored his comment and skated as usual.

            The next week on a Monday, Jesse and I skipped school as usual and went to the skate park. It was a cold autumn day, the air was algid and the sky was dark blue with white clouds overlapping. The mountains in the distance seemed cold and the telephone lines were creaking. The wind was mean today. Since no body was at the park, I decided to let my blond hair out, and wearing no sunglasses to hide my hazel eyes. No body comes here Monday morning, so I wore a girly outfit. Pale blue skinny jeans, a tight black sweater and make up. Yes, make up. I am a girly person, but I like to skateboard.

            Jesse moved on the rails where he could perform tricks for his up coming competition. Once he did a couple of runs, he took off his helmet to reveal his chocolate brown hair swaying in the wind. His blue eyes were light and happy, especially when he completed a good run. He also had the cutest smile any girl would die for. His perfectly white teeth and dimples made all the girls faint- well most of them. See, Jesse always had a thing for me, ever since I first met him at Shane’s friend’s house. Wesley, who was Shane’s best friend, is Jesse’s older brother. Wesley always got Shane and I mixed up because we looked alike, but of course I was the girl and he was the boy so it wasn’t that different to tell us apart. Wesley knew I was a girl ever since I was young, but he moved away around the age of twenty-five to pursue an actual skateboarding career, leaving my brother Shane to fill in his shoes.

            I never liked Jesse in that way, I just can’t get over the fact that he’s like a brother to me, and nothing more. I’ve told him countless times that I don’t like him like that, and finally he got the message about two years ago. But something tells me he still hasn’t given up. I mean yeah, he’s tall, brooding and hot but he’s not the one for me. I just hope we stay friends forever, for whatever it’s worth.

            “Nice run Jes,” I said, smiling. He nodded his head, and sat beside me on the half pipe rail.

            “Thanks, I think I nailed that three-sixty I’ve been working on,” he said, gazing off into the distance. From the park, you could see a football field and silver peeled bleachers. There was graffiti all over the stands, which signified a school nearby, our school that we ditch twice a week to come here, our sanctuary.

            “Yeah, it’s looking good,” I replied, gazing with him. The wind picked up, my flaxen hair whipping at my face. The sun barely shone through the clouds, so it was fairly dark outside. The leaves on the trees danced away with their partner- the wind. It was quiet between Jesse and I, which was peaceful until I saw a figure approaching in the distance, holding a familiar object. It was walking toward us, a rounded shape for its head and its small body walking against the wind. I squinted, trying to make out the silhouette but I had trouble. I nudged Jesse out of his day dreams to ask him. “Hey, Jes who is that?” I asked. It took him a while to come back to sense, so I just waited patiently.

            “Hmm? What’s wrong?” he asked. I looked at him; brows furrowed and asked him again. “Who is that?” I pointed into the distance, right at the silhouette who was arriving faster than I expected. I nudged him faster, already half standing up. “Jesse, Jesse someone’s coming here,” I panicked; I didn’t expect that anyone was coming today. Jesse snapped out of his dreams and stood up.

            “What? Someone’s coming? Where? I don’t see-”

“Right there!” I pointed sternly about to jump down the pipe. “Jes, I got to hide, someone’s here! What if they find out?” I whispered angrily. I took my skateboard and helmet and jumped down. I immediately heard Jesse following me, so I didn’t stop. “Where do I hide?” I asked him, still pacing around and wondering about who was coming and why.