Suggested song for this chapter: I Need Some Sleep by Eels
I woke up sore and cold. I felt numb as I turned to face the ceiling. It continued staring down back at me. I heard Colby toss and turn before he sat up too.
"Oh, morning bitch! How was the cold floor?" He smirked smugly at me
I said nothing. I continued staring up at the white painted roof. I didn't want to be here, in fact, Id rather be anywhere but here. Why couldn't he just leave me alone? I wanted to sleep but knew no matter how hard I tried to close my eyes, they would fling open again.
Eventually I got up and walked out of the room. I guess this shocked Colby, because I saw him look confused at me out of the corner of my eye. As I walked out of the room, a delicious smell filled my nose.
"Mmmm... what's that smell?" I questioned as I entered the kitchen. I was greeted by Sam who was making pancakes.
"Sam this smells amazing!" I say while wandering around the kitchen
"Haha thanks Cass" he says handing me plate
I thank him and he sits next to me at the bench while we eat. It isn't long before we finish our food and part ways. I go back to my room and Sam sits on the couch.
I walk into my room and are greeted by a shirtless Colby. "O-OH! I-IM SO SORRY!" I shout before quickly slamming the door closed again. "It's alright now!" I here him say through the door.
I slowly open the door again and peek in. Colby's now wearing a top as I sigh relieved
"Wow, I've never seen your cheeks so red" he giggles
"S-shut up!" I retort
"Wow nice stutter loser" his words are rough and are intentionally mean.
I storm over to my dresser and pick some clothes.
I then walk into my bathroom and begin to get changed.
Why did Colby hate me so much?!? If anything, I had a reason to hate him! He ruined my life all through highschool and then he comes here and ruins my life further.
After a couple of minutes I walk out of my bathroom and here Crystal calling my name. I walk out to see Colby and Sam being gathered in the living room too.
"What's going on?" I question curiously
"Well... I thought today we could... go on a road trip! To this place by the beach, we could get a nice hotel overlooking the beach and stay there for a couple of nights" She says excitingly
"I'm down!" Sam smiles And waits for Colby to respond
"Same!" Colby replies
At this point everyone in the house had replied except me. The stared at me and waited for me to say something
"Ugh, yeah... I guess"
Crystal began jumping up and down in excitement. Everyone else seemed pretty stoked about the trip to, but i honestly wanted to die.
I had to be trapped in the back seat of a car for hours with HIM?!?
"Right! Go get packing then!" Crystal squeals while running off into her room.
I walked back to my room with Colby close behind. I was nervous about all the snarky comments coming my way. This car ride was gonna be long and torture.
Yayyyyyy.
Note the sarcasm.
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We all piled into my small car since I was the only one with a car and soon after we began driving. Crystal drove, Sam sat in the passenger seat and me and Colby were in the back.
Every now and again I felt his glares. I knew he hated me, he didn't need the extra gestures to enforce that.
Obviously Sam and Crystal could feel the tension building in the car because they began talking. Eventually they even tried to include me and Colby.
"So Cassidy, I heard you were pretty good at art, did you take part in the art program back in Kansas?" Sam questioned trying to keep the conversation going so the awkward didn't creep back in.
"Yeah, I guess so. Not lots though" I sat still staring out the window.
"Cool, you should show us some of your work sometime"
"Ha! Cassidy... good at something, that's funny!" Colby says aggressively
"I'm good at stuff ok! I'm good at a lot" I retort
"Fuck off! You're not good at anything! Especially not at keeping secrets"
"I didn't tell Abby! I swear! But you went and told Axel about me and he put that horrible note in my locker!"
Colby began laughing "you think Axel put that note in your locker?..."
"Colby! Don't!" Sam says from the front of the car. I can feel the tension building, it's getting hard to breathe
"I put that note in your locker! I wrote it and pretended to be him! I can't believe you're really that dumb" I laughs to himself
All of a sudden a heavy feeling comes across my whole body. He did it? How could he.
"Colby!" Sam shouted annoyed
"Crystal stop the car" I say calmly
"But Cass why? Can't we jus-"
"PULL THE FUCKING CAR OVER NOW CRYSTAL WINDERS!" I scream and everyone gets a fright.
As soon as the car stops I get out and slam the door. I had no idea where we were, but I was determined to just keep walking until I found civilisation.
I then hear car doors open behind me and Crystal and Sam came running up to me.
"Cass, get back in the car. Colby didn't mean what he said" Crystal try's to reason with me
"Yeah, Colby gets frustrated sometimes, I guess he just doesn't think about what he says" Sam chimes in
"I don't care! Go away! I'm walking home!"
"But, home is an hour walk away, you can't walk that by yourself-"
"Go away!" I interrupt Crystal and her and Sam walk back to the car.
Before I hear the car drive away Crystal pokes her head out the door and yells something to me.
"Cass, text me when you get home, we will see you in a couple of days... I guess" she says sadly before she closes her door.
As I hear the car pull away I turn around sadly and stare. My heart, eyes, soul and head hurt. My friend gave up so easily, but I didn't want to argue with that. I didn't want to get back in the car with that thing!
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After walking for about 45 minutes, I began seeing the familiar buildings that we passed by before. A couple minutes more of walking, I eventually arrived back at the apartment.
I opened the door and walked inside. The house was mine for a couple of days, thank god! No snarky Colby and no Crystal to tell me to behave. That. Sounds. Like. Paradise.
A/N
Hey guys
Hope the stories ok so far. I've been working hard on it. Trying to build it up and all.
