"Promise me you'll never stop dreaming."
― Melina Marchetta
bade
"No, I'm not seeing anybody."
I didn't notice Solaris walking away.
"Then why did you come to the bonfire with her?"
"Because, we wanted to keep each other company."
Amelia smiled as if I just said something funny. "Why didn't you come over right after everybody was let out of school?"
"Because I wasn't aware of everybody meeting up at..."
I trailed off when I looked over to where Solaris was.
She was talking to the one guy she considered an ass-hole, and she didn't look happy at all.
Amelia was trying to get my attention, but I couldn't take my eyes off Chandler and Solaris.
He looked to be a little too close to her for them to be merely acquaintances.
He said some words to her and she attempted to walk away from him, but he stepped in front of her blocking her way.
"Bade, I asked you a question..."
I looked at Amelia for barely a second. "Yeah, what?"
She spoke again, but I turned my attention back to Solaris and Chandler. She was trying to walk away from him again, but he grabbed her hand.
I knew Solaris had a strength to her, and an independence. Yet, in this moment it seemed as though Chandler was getting to her.
Right then and there I came to a realization.
Solaris was a girl Chandler spoke about.
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We walked in silence to Lars' house. I still didn't know what to say because I didn't know if there was anything to say to make her feel better.
The only thing I did that seemed to matter (to me especially) was that I had got a couple punches-in on Chandler's face.
"Doesn't your friend Lars do motocross?" Solaris asked me.
I looked at her. "He used to do motocross, but he quit after his bike stopped working."
"Why didn't he want to go and get it fixed?"
"Because he hadn't cared that much about motocross in the first place."
"Oh..."
Lars' house eventually came into view. It was a two story brick house, with a porch. The porch light was on.
"This is his place," I told her as we neared the house.
"Was he emancipated?"
"No. His Mom usually works late, or is out with her boyfriend."
I walked up the steps with Solaris following behind. Stopping in front of the front door, I gave the door a few steady knocks.
Music could be heard outside which came from the inside. The song sounded like "City of Stars" by Logic. Lars did own a portable doc-n-station, that required only batteries, no plug.
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Short Story[COMPLETED] Solaris Monroe loved the moon. Bade Sommers loved to run, track. At school they were people who never seemed to cross paths. She knew who he was, and in some weird way, he knew who she was. But they both didn't know that. On the last day...
