CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEEEEEEP. BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEEEEP.
I had a little heart attack when I heard Jen's alarm. Why the heck did she set an alarm? I reached across her to turn it off before I went deaf.
"Sorry, forgot to tell you I set my alarm for 10:50 so we wouldn't be late for our dates." Jen explained.
"Oh that's okay, it only gave me a tiny heart attack. No big deal." I say sarcastically. We laughed and jumped out of bed to go eat breakfast. Jill had already made us pancakes. Yay! We ate them in 15 minutes then headed back up to Jen's room to do our hair and makeup.
I straightened my dark brown hair. Wow, it really had gotten long. I decided to put it in a low side braid. Simple and cute, that's all I was going for. I got dressed while Jen had her turn with her straightener. By the time we were finished it was only 11:37 so we had some time to spare until Cody and Jake came for us. We decided on painting our nails. Jen painted mine purple, I painted her's pink. We didn't bother doing our toenails since we were both wearing sneakers anyway. Our nails dried just in time. 5 minutes later the boys were knocking on the door. Jen got to it before me.
"Hey babe, ready to go?" Jake said to Jen and grabbed her hand.
"Of course!" Jen replied cheerfully. She hugged me and then headed towards a red Volkswagen. It must be one of Jake's parent's cars.
"Ready for a day with your favorite singer?" Cody said me and kissed my cheek.
"Who says you are my favorite singer?" I reply smiling.
"Actually you did. Remember when we met and we played that fake interview game? I asked you who your favorite singer was and you said me!"
"Wow. I can't believe you remember that...I must have made quite the impression you Simpson." I wink and grab his hand. We head out the door and walk towards the park. We walked in a comfortable silence until Cody spoke.
"So, we leave in 6 days..." He said.
"Yeah. I think it'll be good for me to start over fresh...try to forget about...things." I say. I could feel tears in my eyes, but I refused to cry. I don't cry in front of people. Especially not my boyfriend. Then i felt my cheek get wet. RYAN WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! STOP! But it was too late, they were coming like a waterfall now. It was silent tears though so Cody didn't realize it until after about 10 seconds when he looked over a me.
"Hey, hey, hey, Ryan, what's wrong?" He asked me, pulling me close to his chest and rocking me like my parents used to do.
"I miss him Cody." I said in between sobs. I don't even know if he could understand me, but he took me over to a bench and sat me on his lap.
"I know you do Ry, and I'm really sorry. No one deserves this pain. But you do know that I'm here for you, no matter what. No matter what time. No mater where you are. Always. I love you more than you can imagine, and it kills me to see you go through this, but I know you will get through it because I know how tough you are. It will get better Ryan, promise. And your dad would be so proud of you right now. Just let that motivate you to keep going."
"Thanks Cody. How do you always know what to say?" I laugh slightly. My breathing was going back to normal and the tears weren't coming so quickly anymore.
"I guess I know you too well!" He wiped the tears away and kissed me softly. I smiled and we decided to just hang out on the bench for a while and talk.
"So, when we get to LA, is your Aunt going to be there at the airport?" He asks.
"Yeah, I think so. I wonder if she'll have a big sign that says Ryan Sarnelli!" I laugh and he does too.
