Shattered

Summer Vacation

As my last class of the day ended, i ran out the door with my roommate and best friend, Vanessa Lorri. We had been best friends in high school and since we were accepted into the same college, we became roommates.

"Oh thank god! I thought Mr. Lamartine would talk about the Revolutionary War forever!" Vanessa said flopping onto our apartment bed.

"Cheers to surviving another dreadful year in college" i replied, holding up a Dr. Pepper in a can. "Wow. I can't believe we're going to be SOPHOMORES next year."

"Yeah." She said. Then lifting her head up from the bed, asked "Hey, are you and Logan going out?"

"What? NO! We're just friends!"

"Friends with benefits?" Vanessa asked, laughing. In response, i tossed my pillow at her and it hit her across her face, knocking her off the bed.

"Arrrrgh!! Stephanie!!!! I'm going to get you! THIS MEANS WARR!!!!"

I squealed and ducked behind my bed as she launched pillows at me. "Ahh! I surrender! I surrender!" I screamed, laughing.

"Ok, ok" Vanessa said, grinning mischievously. "But when we go to the beach to meet up with Ana, Alexis, and Kelly, you owe me an ice cream from Ben and Jerry's."

"But.... I'm broke.." I said trying not to laugh. Vanessa eyed me suspiciously.

"What happened to the cash you earned from your job at the school store?"

"Oh. Erm.. you mean that money? Um... I ummm spent it?" I said nervously, trying to stifle my giggles.

"$300 in a day?" She said raising her eyebrows.

"Um... It was an expensive coffee?"

Vanessa and i laughed. We both knew that i had the money and so she said "whatever, come on, lets meet up with the girls. And bring your wallet!" She called as i raced to my room to change.

Vanessa wore her hot pink zebra striped bikini top and Guess jean shorts with a pair of pink Converses. Meanwhile I just grabbed a purple spaghetti-strapped tank top and paired it with my white jean shorts and sandals.

While Vanessa was tanning on our beach towel, talking to Kelly, Alexis, and Ana, I kicked off my sandals and headed towards the ocean, listening to One Direction on my ipod. I was a huge fan. I had just bought their newest songs, One Way or Another.

I walked along the edge of the water, so when the waves crashed onto the beach, they just splashed my ankles. While i was distracted, looking at the seagulls picking at shells, I tripped over a stray piece of driftwood and twisted my ankle. I screamed and fell and a group of boys that were nearby looked over. One of them ran to me. I recognized Logan's tall, lean figure.

"Oh god! Steph! You ok?" Logan asked

"Do I LOOK OK?!?! I TRIPPED OVER THIS FUCKING PIECE OF DRIFTWOOD!!!"

Logan had the nerve to chuckle. "Hold on one moment" he said.

"Hey! Ryan! C'mere!"

A boy that I had seen Logan with scrambled over. Of course I recognized him as Ryan Payne, the captain of the boy's track team.

"Can you help me get her to the Medic shack? She tripped over that branch and i think she sprained her ankle or something."

"Sure" said Ryan. "One moment please." He said to me. "MATT! STOP TRYING TO MUSS UP DREW'S HAIR AND GET YOUR LAZY ASS OVER HERE!"

In spite my pain, I grinned as Matt ran over. A few years ago, during 9th grade, i had met Matt. He had just moved from Chicago with his dad because his mom and dad had recently divorced. Instantly, I had a GIANT crush on him. He had tousled brow hair and sparkling brown eyes the color of chocolate. He was a little taller than me, about 5'10, built with a strong, muscular frame.