A Player's Responsibility

Sally's View Chapter 3: Page 1

Josh, got to my house at about 6:30 with some book in his hands, and I had already wore my best top and trouser and applied lip gloss (just a little so my dad doesn’t notice) then I went downstairs.  My dad gave me stern look and then went to answer the door. “Good afternoon sir, I came to revise with your daughter” (josh looked terrified; probably aware that my dad would break the tenth commandment of thou shall not kill for me). “It’s evenly young man and revision is all you’ll be doing. I’m not going to pretend that I’m not aware of your reputation in this small town ever wood, and I don’t like this new friendship you seem to have with my daughter and I’m not going to pretend that I’m happy about it. But I trust my daughter and respect her decisions. But if you dare by any chance hurt her, I’ll send the wrath of god on you”.  (He acting like he gave to ask me on a date on something, for god’s sake where just revising together). “Yes sir I understand” josh replied clearly as if talking to a commanding officer in the army.  “Honey, are you ready” my dad called up to Anna who spends age getting ready. “Yes I’m ready she replied” and minutes after she comes rushing down the stairs. “Ok son, there would be no going up into sally’s room, and greet your mum for me, I hope she’s doing all right” my dad asked, really just to be polite and hang around a bit more. “She fine thank you sir” josh answered politely. I got up and gave my dad a goodbye kiss “ok dad, have a good dinner” (really just to get them to go away) and they went out the door.

“Ok I will just go down my books and I will be downstairs” I said, and josh gave me a coy look. “Why don’t we go up to your room”? I was surprised by this question “because my dad said we are not allowed”. “Do you always do what daddy says” josh asked teasingly. “Well yeah to be honest, because if not I’ll get grounded for the rest of my life”. Josh sighed “well, you can break the rule this once can’t you? Your dad doesn’t have to find out”. (I thought carefully about it. He would probably be gone before they got back so it wouldn’t matter). “Ok, but you are the first boy that I have ever allowed into my room, so you should feel special”. We walked upstairs to my room and we stared with maths questions “so you use SOH COH TOA to solve a trigonometry questionnaire” I tried telling Josh, but I could Cleary see that he was bored and he was not listening. “Josh you’re not even listening to what I have to say” I said accusingly. “I know but this a bit boring, can’t we take a break” josh said pleadingly. “A break, but we haven’t even done anything yet” I said hoping to change his mind. “I know but I’m tired” josh replied. “Ok, I will go get us some snacks” Is said to him and went downstairs to get some crisp, ice cream and sweets. We ate some and josh dashes an ice-cream on my face and I hit him with my pillow and we ended up having a pillow fight and keep hitting each other with a pillow and then he fell on top of me. And it was an awkward moment when I thought he was going to kiss me (oh my god, I wish he did, I mean when will I get my first kiss) but then suddenly he gets up.

“How about we watch a movie?”  He asks, what movies have you got? He asks again looking at my collection of romantic films like titanic, Romeo and Juliet, what a girl wants and all my romantic comedy. “They are all romantic comedies” declared. “Yeah, sorry about that, and my dad doesn’t watch movies, so he has no movie disk” I replied. “Is ok, we could watch titanic” and he took the disk and inserted it to the DVD downstairs and surprisingly he was enjoying it and was so engrossed in the movie, he forgot I was there.  And when he got to the part jack dies he began to cry (yeah, I know, he actually cried. I have never seen this Part of josh before, so young, so sweet and vulnerable). “Oh my god! your crying”. I exclaimed. “No, I think some dust entered my eye” he said solemnly. “Yeah right, you were crying. I didn’t even cry as much the first time I watched it and I am very emotional” josh looked at me “yeah I have a soft side, and tell anyone about this and I’ll have to kill you, after I deny that it ever happened”.

It was nine o clock and my dad and Anna were coming back at 9:30 so josh had to leave. I walked him to do door. “I had a nice time” he said “and for a while I forgot my mom was sick, thank you for the day” and I saw a tear threatening to stream down his face and I felt an urge to comfort and sooth his pain and let him know that I’m there for him no matter what. I hugged him and he didn’t resist “you’re welcome” I whispered sweetly in his ear. And he opened the door and went home