Secret Singing Superstar

Seventeen ~ ♫♪♫

The doorbell rang, and Caitlin, being home alone, got up warily to answer it. She was still going over what had happened with Cailyn yesterday. Apart from climbing an oak tree to the very top. She knew what she had to do, but it was hard.

Luck was against her, as she opened the door to reveal...her 'visitor'.

"Oh, hey," said Caitlin. She realised she didn't sound excited at all and didn't bother trying to make her tone lighter.

"I bought you cookies," he said. "Can I come in?"

Caitlin hesitated. She still didn't know if she should let him in or not. If only she could ask Leanne's or Claire's opinion. She knew Helina would most likely shy away and hide from the problem, and Cailyn would be the opposite; she would march right up to him and kick his ass and demand for Caitlin to tell him the truth. They would all want her to tell the truth either way.

So she said firmly, "No."

Her visitor narrowed his eyes, then put on a smile which she had originally thought was endearing, but now it just looked fake. "Why not? Your parents at home? I know they're both working."

"How? Are you stalking me?" Caitlin demanded.

"No, you told me," he said a little too quickly.

"You asshole," Caitlin hissed. "Stop lying. I never told you anything about my family."

"Now you're lying," he replied. His voice was cold. And she didn't care.

"Get lost. I don't want to see you again." She slammed the door in front of his face, and heard the cookies hit the floor as they fell off the plate. Good.

"Let me in, please," he pleaded from outside the door. How he managed to sound so desperate when he probably was seething outside, Caitlin didn't know. "We can solve this. What happened? Did I do something?"

"Nope," said Caitlin brightly. "I just realised I didn't like you after all. What a shame."

In anger he hit her front door, which quivered. "You're such a bitch!"

"I know I am," said Caitlin, rolling her eyes, then remembering that he couldn't see her. That made her roll her eyes more. "So get used to it. Oh, wait, you can't, you won't be seeing me anymore. Bye bye!" She smirked as she watched him stomp on the cookies until they were little meaningless pieces through the window, and then he walked away, not bothering to close the front gate.

Caitlin watched him to make sure he was really gone before going out and closing the gate herself. She felt better after that. Now she thought over it, she didn't know why she had invited him over the many countless times to her house in the first place. If she told Leanne about it, Leanne would be horrified. She was about to walk back in when she saw a letter hanging out of the mailbox. Probably another bill.

She took it and turned it over. She was surprised to see her name written on it delicately. She opened it cautiously, not sure what she was expecting. There was a note inside. It read:

Meet me in the park on Saturday. Same time, same place.

It must be a letter from Cailyn, Caitlin automatically thought. Who else could it be? But why would they have to meet again? Was there something wrong? She wanted to ask Cailyn via a text message, but then decided she liked surprises.

* * * * * * * * *

"No, dummy! She won't like that sort of necklace!"

Anna was screeching at her brother in the shop that her brother worked in. Her brother had wanted to buy a necklace for someone - his girlfriend, he had told Leanne - and Anna was yelling at him while the other worker in the store, Maddie, looked on in amusement.