3,000 Miles Away

3,000 Miles Away- Chapter 2

I wake up, feeling like I got no sleep at all. I couldn't fall asleep last night because of Andy. I was practically just sitting in my bed waiting for him to respond, so I fell asleep with my laptop on my lap, probably around three o'clock in the morning. Today is just going to be one of those days. I am not going to do anything, except hang out with my neighbor Haley, as always. Whenever she's over, pretty much all we do is obsess over how hot the guys of Suddenly Happened are. Now because Andy accepted my friend request, he probably accepted hers, too.

"Should I tell about the message? Uhhh no, he probably wasn't even meaning to message me. That'd be embarrassing if I told her," I think in my head as I pour some cereal for myself.

I plop down in the big fluffy recliner we have in our living room, and eat my cereal. I do want to turn on the tv, but i'm too lazy. If my youngest sister were here I would tell her to get it for me, but she walked across the street over to my Grandma's house right when she woke up. She does that every morning my parents are working to have breakfast, because I sure as hell am not making her anything.

I put my dish in the sink and head back down the hall toward my room, then I see a little figure, wobbling down the hall. It's my neice, she's four. Her hair was a mess and her eyes were practically closed. I couldn't help but laugh when one of her legs gave out and she fell right on to her butt.

"Not funny," Maddi said in a pouty voice as she starts to stand up again.

"Okay, Madison," I say sarcastically. "Want something to eat?"

"No, thanks."

"Okay, you want to go watch tv?"

"Sure," she says, not saying it correctly because she can't say her r's. I turn around, walk back in to the living room and put on a kids show for her. As I get in to the living room I hear the door open and close. I look and see who it is. It's my aunt Jody, who is practically over my house and my Grandma's 24/7.

"Hello, wanna go get some stuff for school?"

"Oh great, school. Let me just go tell Kelsey that Maddi is out here watching tv. I'll be right back." As I turn to leave the room I hear Jody scream

"Maddi! I missed you!" Madison and Kelsey live in Virginia. They came up here, to Massachusetts, the night before last, to visit. Obviously my aunt hasn't seen them yet.

When I'm at the store I get seven smaller sized binders for each one of my classes, and some pens and pencils. It was pretty pointless, because those were the only things I got. But, considering school starts in four days, I guess I had to do it sometime.

As I walk out of the store, I see my ex-boyfriend. He's getting out of his car. His name is Tommy. He is a year older than me, that's why he already has his license. Everybody in the school loves him, well except for me, now. I used to be so obsessed with him. I would have done anything for him. Then he just took control of that and totally broke my heart. That was a little over a year ago and I still have not been able to fully get over him. Suddenly Happened helped me get over him a lot, though. But still, I do not want to see him at all. Jody is waiting for me in the car, so I can't just go back in the store and hide until he leaves. That would take too long. I'm right outside the store now and he is headed my way, but it doesn't look like he see's me yet. So I turn around and see a very thick stilt type thing. Its holding up the over hang of the sidewalk, and it's looking like the perfect place to hide. I try to fast walk over to the pole and lean against it on the opposite side of the store. Thinking i'm safe I peak my head around the corner and see him coming my way! Quickly I pull my head back behind the pole and hope to god he didn't see me. I lean up against the pole as tight as I possibly can.

"Candy?" I hear as I open one eye closest to the voice. I sigh, loosen myself from the pole and look innocently at Tommy.

"Oh, hi Tommy."

"I talked to you in the longest time! How have you been?" He says, trying to make small talk, as if nothing ever happened between us. I can't help but stare into his big brown eyes. His black hair is clean cut and his muscles are as attractive as usual. I get lost and don't hear much else of what he says.

"Candy?" I finally snapped myself out of it and was a little embarassed of how he noticed how dazed I was.

"Yeah, Tommy?"

"I said that we should catch up sometime."

"Uhhhh," before I could finish he interrupted,

"and with you starting soccer and me starting football in a week, we probably should hang out soon. After that we won't have much time to see eachother."

"Oh um, yeah." I reply fast, and unsure.

"How about Tomorrow? Can I come pick you up around Seven- thirty?"

"Kay, see you then," I try to say casually. He nods and turns around to head into the store. Just before stepping in he turns around and winks. I can't help but smile a little, so I bite my bottom lip just to hold it back. I guess Jody didn't see me talking to Tommy, because I expected her to say something about it when I got into the car, but she never did.

After the store, we go out to eat to a little diner near my house. Jody and I don't usually talk about anything special. This isn't any different. She asks about school, like what classes I am planning on taking and what college I plan on going to. Since I'm going into my sophomore year, I don't really have to have plans out for the rest of my life. I don't have to know what college I am going to, and I don't. I don't even know what I wanna do. But that doesn't matter right now. Atleast I know a good answer to one of her questions. This year I plan on taking pottery, French III, U.S. History II, Biology, and a few more classes I don't care about. Hopefully I won't have teachers that give me too much homework. First off, because I don't want to do homework. Second, because I will have no time. Between sports everyday (Soccer in the Fall, Basketball in the Winter, and Lacrosse in the Spring), Family issues, and my new job at the local pizza place, I have no time for homework.

The whole time I can't stop thinking about Tommy. Truthfully, I don't think It's a good idea for me to go out with him on Saturday. Knowing me I will fall head over heels in love with him again and he will break my heart. Exactly like last time. I'm not even sure why I agreed to it. I narrow it down to my nice-ness, I wouldn't want to dissapoint anyone. Even if it would hurt me in the long run. It also couldv'e been his big dark brown eyes. Or the fact that he didn't even give me time to answer, he just interrupted me, and assumed I would love to go out with star varsity football player.

We get to my house and I can't wait to see if Andy messaged me back. I thank my Aunt and run in to my room. I press the power button on my laptop and quickly check my inbox. Nothing, zero, nada, zilch.

Later that day I invite Haley over. For once, we don't talk about Suddenly Happened, we did'nt even talk about Andy accepting our friend request. I tell her about Tommy. She says that it's not a good idea, but I should still go, just in case he actually just wants to 'catch up.' It's only Thursday, and we don't have anything better to do, so me and Haley decide we are going to pick out my outfit for Saturday. We decide on some short shorts with the pockets hanging out in the front and a tie-dye shirt. It's cute, but it shows i'm not trying to hard, and the shorts will get him interested. Later, I realize that I don't want him interested. So I trade in the short shorts for some longer ones. The new one's are still short, but I don't have long shorts, and it's suppose to be like 85 degrees.

That night, my stomach starts to hurt, really bad. I'm starting to get really nervous about hanging out with Tommy. It's in two days and i'm already scared. I decide that i should just sleep on it, and hope my stomach stops hurting by the morning.