Behind Enemy Lines (Princeton Love Story)(ON HOLD)

The Rude Awakening

I awoke from a throbbing pain. As I opened my eyes an regained my vision I noticed that I fell asleep in the car, with my head up against the window. Checking out the side windows I noticed a few potholes leading towards the highway exit. No wonder my head hurt and to make it worse here was my Dad speeding. "Seriously Dad, slow down! I'm getting a headache!" I said. "Sorry 'bout that Teash, but its already 1:53 and I told Jackie that we would be at the new house by 4pm sharp." Said Dad. "Oh, great." I said, with no enthusiasm at all. "Teasha... What did we say when we talked? Huh? That you would use your manners and be nice to Jackie!" "Yeah Dad.. I know." "Okay." Dad said as he took his right hand and ruffled the side of my hair. You see Jackie is Dads new girlfriend. Well not exactly new, they've been together for two years now but I don't like her. When Dad got transferred the last month of school to work at one of the best Universities in all of Canada and he told me we were moving I was pretty excited! Yeah, I would have to leave my friends but at least this way I would finally get away from Jackie right? Well boy was I wrong. The next day Dad came into my room as I began to pack to tell me we needed to talk. You know when your parents say that, and all of a sudden you start to think through all of the bad things you could have possibly done in the last few days. Well that was exactly how I felt and was in that moment. Although, it turned out just to be about Jackie and her coming to live with us in the new house and how I felt about it. I told him that it was okay with me and thinking about it it kinda is okay. She makes him happy and thats all I want for him is to be happy so why should I stand in the way. I mean i don't know if i am ever going to really like her I mean shes not Ma. She never will be! "Shes not Ma." I whispered under my breath so he could barely hear me and so I could mask the sadness in my voice. "I know." I heard him whisper in reply "I know". That was the last conversation my Dad and I had before we got to the new house. An once we did get there everything took a turn maybe for the best or maybe for the worst. I'm still trying to figure that part out! Being 16 at a new High school can be hard, and so can being 16 in a new town and neighbourhood. I guess all in all its hard being 16 anywhere. Its not as easy as it once was... Making friends that is. I mean you cant just find a sandbox and share your crayons or show them how your Mom used to make your sand castles each summer on the coast of Florida during vacation. Ma used to make the best sand castles, and no matter how close she would put them to the water when the tide came in they never would wash out. Those were the best days, Dad, Ma, my older brother Xavier & I each summer in Florida. That was back when it was all so simple.