The Shattered Ride

Chapter 5

    The movie night was great and Sam won the bowling game like she always does. The funny thing is, I didn't see Jordan around and Jay kept saying he had plans. I just dismissed the thought of Jay lying to my. The next week of school, Jordan and I walked to Math when the weirdest thing happened. This girl called Amy, whoever she is, came up walking to us. She had this beautiful, brown hair with sun burned blond hair lights. She seemed nice, until she started talking.

"Jordan," she said and planted a kiss on his cheek, "I've missed you. Where have you been these past days?"

And before he could answer, I said with pride, "He's been with me," and I gave him a side hug. I technically didn't lie to her, because it was the truth. He walked home with me and since we had the same classes, we worked on projects together.

She looked at me in disgust. I just grinned back at her. She made me laugh, whoever she is... Jordan looked down at me, and then back at her, and said with a neutral face, "Erica, this is Amy. Amy this is Erica." I grinned even bigger now and she changed her position to one had on her hip and head slightly tilted. She was very pretty, though her chose in cloths wasn't the best.

"If you two will excuse me," she looked at me and then whispered in his ear, "Meet me after school." And with that she was gone. I turned to face Jordan. The look on his face told me he was confused and thinking.

"Who was that, and why was she so mysterious?" I gave a short laugh but stopped when he didn't look up from the ground. "Are you okay?"

After a long while, he answered, "Yeah, I'm fine."

"Who is she, if I may ask?" I said. We started walking to our lockers.

Jordan was quiet for a while, and then he said, "I think she's just one of those crazy fans and thought she knew me..." He kept looking on the ground.

I stopped to a halt. "Then how do you know her name?"

"Wild guess," he lifted his shoulders while he said it. I was starting to get angry. But before I could protest that that wasn't even wildly possible, the bell rang and for some reason, he got away from me very easily. Why couldn't he just tell me? I mean, it's not that big of a deal...

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"Erik, will you come down. There is someone at the door for you," I heard Mrs. White shout. She didn't open the door, so I just waited for Erik to open up. I waited a while, and then finally the door went open. His expression was amazing, and without thinking twice, he grabbed me and spun me around. I didn't expect it, but it was cute.

"We're back!" I said when he put me down. Erik and I are really close. So whenever one of us goes on holiday and then other stays behind, we like to be the first to tell them we're back. And today was no exception.

"It felt like you would never come back! I was bored to death." He smiled, and both of us laughed. "Wanna go out for ice-cream? There's this new place I wanted to check out all summer, but didn't want to go without you." He had this adorable grin on his face.

"I'm flattered. And I'm actually in the mood for ice-cream." I smiled back at his gorgeous face. I just wish he were mine...

After getting the most amazing ice-cream I have ever tasted, we went to chill at the park. Lucky for us, there was no one besides us there. We sat on the swings and chatted the afternoon away.

I sat in bed. Thinking back of all the great times with Erik. I missed him so much. And today, I planned on doing nothing. I felt too gloomy to go anywhere. My parents understood completely. They went to the mall to do what parents do, and I stayed at home, babysitting Alex. He wasn't a difficult child, so I enjoyed staying at home with him. I decided to jump through the shower and get dressed in a red t-shirt with a white heart on. I also decided on normal blue jeans. And put socks on my feet. This was my favourite outfit when I was just chilling at home. I went down to feed Alex who was watching some kid program. My mother's friend, Jessica, was to come fetch him in a while. Jessica Anderson loved babysitting Alex, and she and her husband, Max, were thinking of adopting a girl. They are the best people in the world. They're like my second parents.

At 10 am, Jessica came and fetched Alex. She put him in his car-chair, and we chatted for a while. Her minivan drove off, and just as I entered the house, I heard the sound of a familiar pickup truck. A blue one to be exact. I came walking out and say Caleb climb out. He had a maroon button up shirt on, with black trousers. His hair was all messed up to one side, and he had a soft smile on his face.

"Hope you don't have plans for today, which you obviously don't," he said, scanning my outfit up and down. I laughed and motioned for him to come in. We walked into the living room, and he asked, "Your parents home?"

"Nope. They went out for the day. Anything to drink?" I left him in the living room and walked to the kitchen.

"Coffee please. Where's Alex?" He shouted to me. I put on the kettle and made coffee for the both of us. Then walked to the living room.

"You just missed him. He's staying at Jessica's for a while. I wasn't in the mood for going anywhere today. So I stayed home," I said, taking a sip of my coffee and then smiled at him, sitting on the other coach.

"You had a dream again, didn't you?" He smiled at me, knowing exactly what was wrong. "Thanks for the coffee, by the way."

"So, what's your plans for the day?" I put my coffee down and pulled my feet up onto the coach.

"Well, I thought, maybe, we could write a song together?" He looked down into his coffee, knowing that the answer might be no. I stared at him for a while, and then we made eye contact. It was quiet for a while, and then I finally agreed.

"Lets go sit outside on the grass. The spot under the tree is really nice this time of the day." We moved, and went to go outside. He quickly went to fetch his guitar and I went to find a blanket to sit on. After a while we were both sitting next to each other.

"Okay, let's start with a verse. The first thing that pops in your head." He looked at me and smiled. He just played a tune while I thought. Hmmm...

"What about, 'It started on a sunny day with you and me.'" I laughed and he said it could work. And so we wrote the song. It turned out pretty great. We put some tune to it, and happily we sang the morning away. "You hungry?" I asked. My stomach was growling, but didn't want him to eat just because I was going to. He looked down.

"I've got lunch plans at two o'clock. But water would be great. I didn't mind, and poured us some water. After ten minutes, he left. This Saturday was fantastic. I already felt better. And that's what Caleb White did. He made people feel better. I was never going to stop listening to our song. Our song.