Stuck in Between

Chapter 1: Strange Thoughts

It was 4:00 in the morning, and somehow I couldn't get to sleep. I was extremely tired and I couldn't sleep....

My head was spinning and I didn't know what to do. Watching Patrick and Mikey fight over me was unbearable. I love them and care for them both, but I don't know who to chose. I am stuck in a situation I can't seem to get out of. I feel like I'm in quicksand where it was only a matter of time on choosing what to do. Someone eventually is going to get hurt... no matter what I decide...
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I hear my alarm go off and I immediately woke up. I rolled over to my side to check the time on the alarm clock. 10:30 am. Shit. I quickly jump out of my bed and I hurriedly threw clothes on. I am wearing a gray shirt with black skinny jeans and some decent looking shoes. I had already missed the bus and I am a few hours late for school. I began to gather all my things and grab my keys from the key bowel that's just sitting next to the main door. As I go to open it, I hear a voice call my name. I immediately turn around to see who it was.

"Pete! What the hell are you doing." said my mom.

"I'm going to school! What does it look like I'm doing?" I said.

"Didn't you get the e-mail?"

I look at my mom with confusion. She rolls her eyes and opens up her computer. I slowly walk over to her and look over her shoulder. She points to a message that I'd never thought I'd see in a million years.

Hello fellow students! School has been canceled for the rest of the summer! Something terribly wrong has happened to it! Our classrooms have been burned down and are unable to be fixed before the last days of school arrive. Unfortunately, yesterday was our last day of school! Everyone will be taking the exams in August so make sure you study!! I hope you all have a wonderful summer! xox
Truly yours,
Principle Bradford

As I read the letter, I felt nothing but a relief and joy! I ran up to my room and threw my bag on my bed. As I began to take my things out, I heard my phone ring. I snatched it up and looked at the caller ID.

Patrick.

I immediately accepted his call and answered the phone nervously.

"H-Hello?" I said, stuttering.
"Hey Pete! Did you get the letter?" He says with excitement.
"Yes! I can't believe our school burned down! It's so weird how it happened when there's only a few days left of school!" I don't know why, but whenever I talk to Patrick, everything seems a million times better! He's smart, funny, and sweet. He's the little bean everyone wishes they had. He's the little bean I wish I had. I slowly began to daydream about him when his voice cut me off before it had actually started.

"Do you want to hangout today?" He said.

"Yeah sure!" I said, feeling very confident. "What do you want to do?"

"I found this movie in my mom's closet. It's called Donnie Darko. It looks pretty sick! Wanna watch it with me?" He said.

"Of course!! I'll be there in about an hour!"

I immediately got in the shower after I had hung up on Patrick. I forgot to do my laundry so I had no choice but to put on the clothes I originally was going to wear to school. I had basically drowned myself in a bottle of my dad's cologne and walked out to my car.

"Where are you going now?" I turn around to see my mom's hands on her hips. She is wearing a pretty purple blouse with white jeans and tan heels. I always thought my mom looked good in that blouse. Not to sound perverted or anything but I really did. "I'm going to Patrick's for a little bit." As I got in my car and put my keys in the ignition, she somehow appears from the main door, to my car window.

"When you get back, I want those dishes done. Okay?" I nod anxiously and pull out of the driveway after she had walked back into the house. My mom's request has slipped from my mind as I began to think about all the things I could do if I was alone with Patrick. My mind began to spin again as the dream I had of Patrick and Mikey fist fighting last night slowly crept up inside my brain. My excitement faded away and I started to feel nervous. Random questions and thoughts kept filling my head as I drove to Patrick's house:

What was the dream about?
What was the purpose of it?
Will it ever come true?
I never found out who won, will my dream ever tell me who did?

A whole bunch of crazy and random thoughts came piling in. As I pulled into the drive way, I pushed the thoughts aside and immediately thought about the daydream again. I began to think about how I could pretend that I'm scared of the movie and that maybe Patrick would wrap his arms around me and tell me everything's going to be okay. Or maybe we could end up skipping the movie part and head straight to something more exciting. Like, going up to his room and have some fun time with just him and I on his bed? I must have been smirking to myself because I felt myself rise as I began to think about what could happen right then and there. Once I had snapped out of my daydream, I found myself right at Patrick's doorstep. Before I knocked on the door, I tried to hide the sudden bulge in my pants. As I knocked on his door, I heard his dog, Penny, barking away in the distance. My palms started to sweat as the door slowly began to open.