New life, new love

Interrogation (UNEDITED)

"You new?" Joe asks me,

"Yeah, just moved here from Florida."

"It sounds nice."

"It is." I smile,

"So are-" joe starts but is interrupted by my ringing phone.

I skate over to my bag which my phone was kept in and see that it is my mom calling. "Hello?" I ask,

"Ariana? Where are you?" My mother demands,

""I'm at the arena." I answer nervous about her response,

""With who?"

"A friend."

"Ok, do you know when you will be back?" She asks annoyed,

"I don't know, when do you want me home?"

"I want you home in half an hour."

"Ok, I'll se you then." I sigh,

I hang up and put my phone back into the bag, I slowly skate my way back over to Joe and Jake. in the small gap between us I fall.

Shit.

I fall back on the ice and land on My butt. Both guys gasp and skate over to me in a panic.

"Are you ok?" They ask in unison,

I laugh and extend an arm gesturing for one of them to help me up. Joe takes my hand in his and pulls me up. I dust off my butt and stop laughing, "Ariana, are you sure you're ok?" Jake asks,

I nod my head "It was just a fall, it can't kill me. I'll be fine."

"She's a real sport, unlike you." Joe laughs,

"Shut up." Jake says elbowing joes side,

"Ow! What the hell man!" Joe exclaims,

Theyre like lost puppy dogs. I laugh and try my best to skate, they follow me. "Wanna play tag?" Joe asks,

"Sure" me and Jake shrug in unison

"Jinx!" We say at the same time and laugh again,

"Gross!" Joe laughs,

"Shut up." Jake mumbles,

"What was that Murdoch?" Joe asks,

"Are we going to play tag, or not?" I ask breaking the tension,

"Right!" Joe says before tapping jakes shoulder, "you're it!" He yells and skates away,

I go to make a run-technically skate- for it but he tags me before I can even glide. I turn back around and try to tag him back but he moves and I hit air. I skate over to the far end of the rink because both guys were there and try to corner them. I skate directly and Joe and tag him, I turn and skate away. Looking back to see if anyone is catching up on me I skate into Jake.

"We meet again!" He laughs and pulls me in front of him,

what the hell is he doing?

Turning my body to face away from him I see what he is doing. He is using me as a human shield against Joe, who is skating at us. He stops once he stands in front of us. "Really Jake? Using the girl to protect you?" He laughs

"Yep." He says,

"Scaredy cat!" He laughs,

"Shut up and tag one of us already!" I laugh,

"Ok, fine." He sighs before reaching his hand around me and tagging Jake.

We play for a while and end our game with all of us laying on the ice laughing. The people around us stared at us and laughed, mumbling things under their breath.

"Oh shit! The time!" I yell scrambling to my feet,

Both boys follow me back to the bench and watch as I struggle to take off my skates, Jake walks over to me and helps me untie them. "What'swrong?" He asks,

"I'm late. My mom is going to flip."

"Oh ok."

"Are you walking?" Joe asks,

"Yeah, I have no choice but to walk." I say stuffing my skates into my bag,

"Give me a sec. I'll drive you home."

"You don't have to do that." I say shaking my head,

"It's fine I'm leaving now anyways." He smiles,

"Ok, thanks." I say thankfully,

"I'm gonna stay here but text me later?" Jake says,

"Sure." Joe says,

"I was talking to Ariana." He smiles,

"Oh."

"I will." I laugh,

Joe packs up his things and walks over to me, throwing his arm over my shoulder he leads me to his truck. Is this really happening?! A cut guy has his arm over my shoulder! Who knew this could happen! Maybe the move wasn't that bad after all!

We arrive at a grey truck, it's not to big but not to small. It's big enough to have back seats but not a huge amount of space for your legs. He walks over to the passenger door and opens it for me. I get in and he shuts the door.

Mm, vanilla.

He walks over to his side and jumps in, throwing his bag into the backseat. "So, you're still in high school?" He asks me,

"Yep. Just transferred from my school in Florida to Cochrane high."

"Is there a reason you left Florida?"

"Yes." I nod, "But it's not something I want to talk about."

"It can't be that bad," he says starting the truck "what'd you do? Hit a bitch?" He laughs

"Something like that. But it's not something I want to share."

"Ok." He says and we drive,

For the whole ride we talked about small things and school. Not very interesting, but I did find out that he will be hanging out at my high school a lot because he is on our towns hockey team. We drive down my road and he stops in front of my house. Not going into the driveway. "You ok if I drop you off here?"

"Yep." I say grabbing my bag. I turn and open the door and before I have a foot out he grabs my arm. I turn back around to face him.

"Could I have your number?" He asks me,

"Of course." I smile and grab his phone.

I go to his contacts and make a new one, I punch in my number and put in my contact name.

Ariana🙈

I hand him his phone and throw my bag on my shoulders. Shutting his door I walk inside my house. I walk to the living room after setting down my bag and putting away my shoes. The second I enter the living room I see my mom sitting on the couch, arms crossed and a angry look swiped across her face.

"Where were you? Your a half hour late."

"I was at the arena skating with my friends."

"We're you guys just skating?"

"Yes mom. I don't do that stuff anymore."

"Who were you there with?"

"Friends."

"Names?"

"Is this an interrogation?"

"No but you better answer." She said annoyed,

"I was there with my friends, Jake and Joe."

"Last names?"

"Murdoch and something else I can't remember." I sigh,

"Ok." She answers and I stomp upstairs to my room,

I throw on the pj's I had on the night before and turn off the lights. I climb into bed and drift off into a deep sleep.