Farmgirl

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

After Halloween, I was left with a very large amount of candy. I dumped the bag of candy out onto the carpet of my living room, and began sorting the candy into two piles - candy I like, and candy I didn't like. The first pile was considerably bigger, but the second pile wasn't exactly small. I let my mom steal all the dark chocolate from the second pile, and then I scooped it all into a bag. Hoisting it over my shoulder, I felt a bit like Santa Claus as I walked up into the woods. I'd texted Abigail, just telling her to meet me at the usual spot. I didn't know whether or not she was bringing Andrew. I didn't tell her about the candy. That was a surprise.

When I arrived, however, I only saw Andrew.

"Um, hi." I said. He looked at me. "Is Abigail here?" I asked.

"No, she couldn't make it." He was looking at me a bit strangely. A slight panic rose in my throat, I didn't want to be alone with him.

"Well, I just brought some candy for the two of you." I said, shoving the bag towards him. He took it.

"Meredith-" he began, but I cut him off.

"I gotta go now," I said and began to jog off, forcing myself not to break into a run. Perhaps it wasn't the nicest thing to do, but I knew that I was very uncomfortable with being alone with him and knowing he liked me while I didn't return those feelings. I'd seen some of the things boys had done to my friends and other girls at my school when they were rejected. Maybe Andrew was nicer, but I didn't really want to find out. Once I was back in my room, I collapsed onto my bed and sighed. Maybe Andrew would be nicer if I'd just turned him down, but he would not be pleased if I got together with his sister. I groaned and rubbed my eyes. November was off to a great start.

A couple weeks passed and the weather got colder and the nights got shorter. I went to see the twins less and less, as the sun had begun to set around four thirty in the afternoon, which I personally thought was ridiculous. One bright Saturday morning, less than a week before Thanksgiving, I woke to discover relatively warm weather and no plans for the whole day. Grinning, I got dressed and ready, and went to text Abigail when I got a text from Sierra, asking if I wanted to hang out. I paused and bit my lip, thinking. Finally, I texted Sierra back, asking her to come over and saying that I was going to hang out with Abigail and she was invited. It was ten minutes before she replied, saying no thanks. I paused. Was she mad at me? Had I done something? I shook my head and put away my phone, I was sure we were fine. Sierra would tell me if something was up, she's always been rather candid. I then texted Abigail, and headed downstairs to have something to eat and hoping we had waffles.

About an hour later, I was heading into the woods to meet Abigail at our usual spot. I was a little nervous, but it'd been awhile since we'd seen each other. I'd pulled my hair into a ponytail to get it out of my face. I hoped it looked okay. The wind was a bit strong today, and not only did I have to watch where I stepped on the ground, I had to keep an eye on up above, to watch for any falling branches. When I finally arrived at the meeting spot, I was shivering a little. The wind went right through my jacket. Abigail wasn't there yet. I stood around, waiting, for about ten minutes. Then I texted her, and waited some more. I sat down, to curl up into a ball and preserve some body heat, when I finally got a text.

"Can't come, sorry," I read. "Something happened. Tell you later." I paused, and looked out over to the farm. What had happened? Something with Andrew? Something with their dad? I shivered, and pulled my useless jacket closer. It was time to go back home.

Naturally, after a while, my mom began to notice how much extra time I was spending in the woods, and she confronted me about it. So I told her almost everything about the twins, their names, what they looked like, their lifestyle, even a little bit about their dad. The only thing I held back was that I liked Abigail, that Andrew liked me, and just how bad the situation with Abigail's dad was. However, my mom knew that I was bi, and she knew that I liked one of the twins - she was just trying to figure out who.