THE WAY HOME

Chapter one

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Evangeline's P.O.C 12/11/2016

"AAAAAHHHH" I screamed as Brian chased me down the street; Brian called me this morning on a Sunday and said he was picking me up to go to church but I said I wasn't coming; he came anyways and literally dragged me out of my bed and put me in the shower with all my clothes on and turned on the water... I ended up screaming and crawling out of the shower... and then he threw me a long dress and said "You're coming with me!" I shoved him out of the bathroom and changed and then... I decided to walk even though he was going to drive me on this snowy December day; and now he was running after me. When he finally caught me he threw me over his shoulder and put me in the front passenger seat and buckled me up. We drove in amused silence with the radio belting out an A.M station. When we arrived at Christ-like he opened the door for me and we walked into the sanctuary; Brian walked around saying hi to many people while I just went to the front row and sat down; I felt a hand touch my shoulder and I turned around to see Adam; my eyes widened and I said with exclamation "Adam?! I thought you were away on a mission trip!" Adam said "I just came back yesterday... I called you but you never answered" I thought back to yesterday and remembered that I turned off my phone and left it at my house to go sledding with Brian; I summarized "Yeah... I left it at my house when I went sledding with Brian" Adam said looking a bit disappointed "Brian? Are you and him like... a thing?" I said confused "What do you mean, a thing?" Adam said "Uh... are you and Brian together?" I said surprised "No. Why would you think that?" Adam said relieved "You guys just seem to be hanging out with each other a lot" I said "Yeah... but we're just best friends..." then I heard Brian yell in my ear "What're we doing!" I brought my hand up to my ear and ended up slapping Brian in the face accidentally; I brought my hand down and said "I'm so sorry! You dork!" I looked back to Adam and he looked sort of... jealous; I said "Adam?" Adam said nothing back but he walked away from me.

Brian shook me gently; I looked up at him and he said "Church is over... what are you thinking about?" I said "Nothing" and yet I was... I was thinking about Adam and how his black hair was starting to curl from not cutting it and his black eyes covered with an emotion I never wanted to see on him... jealousy.

Brian drove me home and opened his updated Jeep Wrangler's door for me; I got out and we walked to the front door and walked in; my mom appeared from the kitchen and said "I'm sorry, honey, they called me in at like 3 in the morning to deliver a child... it was a girl!" I said "It's OK. Was dad there?" mom said "Yes... he's staying there to run more tests... the baby was early... 2 months early" I said "Is she going to make it?" mom said "Let's pray..." something banged behind me and I found Brian picking up the coatrack; I laughed when it fell down again; when Brian was done he pouted at me laughing and started running; I ran into the dining room and almost missed falling down and then in the kitchen and missed a sharp corner and then into the living room where I was tackled onto couch; Brian tickled my stomach and I laughed really hard and then he tickled my neck and my hands and took off my shoes and tickled my feet and then I fell onto the floor laughing so hard; I said "Stop" but I was smiling; Brian said "Don't laugh then..." I said laughing "How can I not laugh when you're tickling my hands?" Brian said "I don't know..." I tried to huff while laughing and Brian stopped; he helped me up and I sat on the couch smiling; Brian sat down next to me and grabbed the remote; I said plainly like I said this every day "People think we're dating" Brian choked on air and said stunned "What?" I said plainly "Adam asked if we were dating..." Brian said curious "Who's Adam?" I explained "The guy I was talking to earlier in Church" Brian said remembering "Oh. And he thinks we're... dating?" I nodded; Brian said aggravated "People assume so much!" I said "I know" Brian said still aggravated while I sat there calm "I mean I know you're a girl and I'm a guy but geez! Does that have to mean we're dating?" I said "No" Brian said calming down a bit "Do they think that we'll end up together?" I said "I don't know" Brian said calmed down "Why would he say that?" I said "I don't know... but he looked... Jealous" Brian said "He probably likes you... how old is he?" I said "18..." Brian said "Dear Gosh! 5 years?!" I said "4 years. Dec. 29 remember?" Brian said "Okay fine. 4 years?!" I said "You and me are 2 years apart... 2 more years isn't that bad..." Brian said reluctantly "You're probably right... are you into him?" I said "A little..." Brian muted the T.V and turned to me and said with a girlish tone "Tell me the juicy details!" I laughed and said "Well... he's nice..." Brian got serious and said "You don't know anything about him do you?" I shook my head no and looked miserable; Brian said "You should hang out with him on Youth Night this Friday" I said "What about you?" Brian blushed and hesitated "Well... I have this person that I would like to ask out..." I imitated his girlish tone that he used with me "Tell me the juicy details!" Brian laughed and said "I did not sound like that..." I said goofily "Hey. I tried" and shrugged; Brian said in deep thought "We've known each other since we were like 3... my parents want me to ask her out but I don't know... if I feel that way... you know?" I said sympathetically "I do... that's the way I feel about Adam... I don't know if I should trust my gut or my heart..." Brian said "Well... what does your gut say?" I said "That something's off about him..." Brian said "And your heart?" I said "To try him out" Brian said "I want to say go with your gut... but... go with your heart" I said "What about you?" Brian said "Heart says: Ask her out. Gut says: Don't ask her out" I bit my bottom lip and thought; I said after I thought "Let's go with the heart and see how it turns out" Brian said "Yeah?" I said "Yes" and he turned off Mute and we watched QVC holiday edition.