Just Keep Swimming

Chapter 15

We get to Jackson's house and knock on the door. A minute passes and we are greeted by Jackson who opens the door. We walk in and Cameron is the only one there.

"Hey Cameron," Katie says, waving at him," where's Brandon?"
"He likes this girl so he said he was going to ask her to prom tonight so he could come," Jackson replies.
"Do you know who?," I asks.
"Nope," Cameron answers hugging me from behind," he said he's keeping it a secret until prom."

Silence fills the room. Then, we all decide to go out to eat. He get into Cameron's car and go to "Olive Garden". Katie and I spot a "Kohl's" and ask to go. The boys told us after dinner, but we pouted to get them to change their minds. It didn't work though.
We walk into the restaurant and greeted, instantly. We are given booth in the back, not to close to the bathrooms, thank God! We sit down and stare at our menus. All the food looks delicious.
Our waitress comes over.

"Hi my name is Marissa and I'll be your server today," she says," what would you like to drink?"
"Water."
"Coke."
"Sprite."
"Coke."
"2 Cokes, a water, and Sprite okay I'll be right over with them," she says walking away.
"Thank you!"

She leaves and we start some conversations. First, it was the boys complaining and asking how long it would take at Kohl's. Then, it was if they could do something after, too. Next, was prom. And then, Marissa came back over,

She places our drinks down and asks," would you like to order now or do you want a couple minutes?"

We place our orders and go back to our conversation. Then, we start talking about Brandon and his mystery prom date. It got awkward real quick when we started trying to guess who it is.

"It's probably one of his exes," Cameron says.
"Yeah, but which one," Jackson adds.
"How many exes does he have?," Katie and I question.
"A LOT!," they respond.
"He dates one girl one month and then another next month," Cameron adds," his excuse is always I need to find the perfect girl. She wasn't it tho."

An awkward silence begins again. It says like that for a while. Until Cameron face gets red.

"What," Jackson says," did you figure it out!"
"I think so," he replays,"we know he's dated almost ever girl in this high school. And he knew he didn't have a chance with anyone's girl because the girls would complain about him to her friends."
"And your point is?," Katie questions.
"Well since the girls told their friends how he treated them. Then their friends wouldn't want to date him. So the only way he would be able to get a girl was if she was new."
"Your not implying that-"
"yep," he says cutting me off," his mystery date is probably Kennedy."

The food is given to us and we eat in silence. We pay the bill and leave. We go to Kohl's and try to forget about what happened, but it was hard. A real conversation starts at the cash register. Katie gets a text message.

     "Ugh," Katie moans," my mom is so annoying!"
     "Why do you say that?" Jackson says holding a sack of Katie's clothes.
     "Because she thinks I'm going get fat, if I don't do sports," she answers," she just sent me what day tryouts for softball."
     "Softball? I FRICKEN LOVE SOFTBALL!," I scream.
     "Really," Cameron says," I didn't know that. You guys should try out together."
     "I don't know," I reply.
     "PLEASE!," Katie cries.
     "FINE," I answer," I'll try out."
     "YAY," Katie says jumping into my arms," I LOVE YOU!"

     Jackson clears his throat and she turns around. He lifts his eyes at her and she rolls her eyes at him. She hugs him, without making him drop her pile.

     "I Love you more," she says giving him a kiss.

~•~•~

•1 week later•

     "WE MADE THE TEAM!," she screams," I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!"
     I laugh," you aren't bad at softball."

     We drive to my house and Cameron and Jackson are there waiting for us. Still haven't seen Brandon. 1 week until prom, its on June 3rd. And we still don't know who he asked.

"Did you talk to him today," I ask.
"Not in weeks," Jackson says.
"I haven't seen him at school either," Katie says.
"Weird," I reply.
"You know who else we haven't seen at school," Cameron adds," KENNEDY!"
"Cameron, shut up he didn't ask her," Katie yells," are you just trying to get you're girlfriend stressed out!"
"No," he replays," I just-"
"Let's stop fighting please," I interrupt," I don't really want to talk about that anymore."

I open the door and go up into my room, slam the door. No one comes up for a couple minutes. Katie probably knows I'm stressed out. Ive been scared for prom coming. Ever since Cameron said the thing at Olive Garden.

WHAT IF SHE GETS CLOSE TO BRANDON SO SHE CAN RUIN MY LIFE WITH MY FRIENDS AND BOYFRIEND!
SHE PROBABLY DOESN'T EVEN LIKE HIM!
WHAT IF SHE LIKES CAMERON AND WILL TRYING TO GET TO KNOW HIM SO SHE CAN STEAL HIM FROM ME!

That's only some of the things that run around my mind.
Someone knocks on my door and Katie enters. I'm curled up into a ball in the middle of the bear Cameron gave me. She sits at the end of my bed and looks at me.

"He annoys me when he says that like its no big deal," she rants," like..."

I drown her out. She is going to just blab about what I don't want to talk about. She stops and looks down at me. She moves over to me and hugs me. She doesn't let go she just lays there with me.

"Sorry I started saying things," she confesses," I was so into my rant I forgot I was talking about the thing that is bothering you."
I laugh," it's okay."

I sit up and smile at her. She stands up and grabs my hand. She leads me to my bathroom and brushes my hair. We walk out and she closes my bedroom door.

"NOW LETS GO SEE "SUICIDE SQUAD"! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR IT TO COME OUT FOR SUCH A LONG TIME!"

I snort and we walk down stairs and get into her car. We head to the movies and have a great time. Not even thinking about tomorrow night, prom night.