Pumped-Up Kicks (A Logan Lerman Story)

Chapter 21

Telly's P.O.V.
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I woke up next to a still sleeping Jared that morning. I climbed out of bed and stalked downstairs. I pulled out a pan and started making pancakes. I realized that I was bored out of my mind babysitting the eggs. I set the spatula down and pulled my phone out if the waistband of my shorts.  I played some music to pass the time. That actually worked. One song later I made my plate and started to eat on my brown sectional while watching an episode of Austin and Ally. I swear I'm still a little kid. Nothing better was on so it didn't matter anyway.

"TELLLLYYYYY!!!! CAN YOU HELP ME. I KINDA GOT LOST!!" Jared shouted. Of course he got lost. This house is huge.

" DESCRIBE WHERE YOU ARE!" I shouted back.

" THERE'S A GIANT POOL TABLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM."

" GET OUT OF THERE AND TAKE A LEFT. THEN JUST WALK STRAIGHT. YOU'LL SEE ME."

" I DON'T SEE YOU."

" YOUR OTHER LEFT."

" There's no need to shout." He appeared 30 seconds later. I rolled my eyes and continued in eating my pancakes. He sat on the sectional with me and swiped up the plate for him and stuffed his face with the pancakes. I watched in horror. " Telly. I'm a man. And men eat a lot."

" I know that. It's just there were 3 pancakes on that plate 30 seconds ago. You pratically murdered them."

" Don't judge."

" Anyway... what should we do today."

" Take a walk on the beach."

" That water is freezing."

" That's the best part." I shook my head at his comment and finished off my food. I took both our plates and walked back into the kitchen. I placed them down in the sink. Then I ran upstairs and locked myself in the bathroom.
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My feet squished in the grey sand. The surf came in and crashed against my feet. Surprisingly it wasn't as cold as I thought it would be. My fingers were entwined with Jared's as we walked along the beach just like he suggested. The sound of waves filled the silence. It had to be 5 in the afternoon. The sun was starting to set. The sky was a beautiful pink color. I hated how fall was among us and the days were shorter. " So I was trying to find a song." Jared broke the silence pulling me out of my thoughts.

" Do you remember any of the lyrics?" I asked hoping to help him.

" No but it was in Pitch Perfect. It was when everyone was leaving for spring break."

" It's called Open Season by High Highs." I answered. I wondered how many songs I knew.

" Remie told me what our ship name was." He changed the subject.

" What is it?" already knowing.

" #jelly. But I was thinking of something different."

" enlighten me."

" JT."

" clever.very clever. Do you have any more good ideas."

" Why don't we go costume shopping on Tuesday."

" Everything will be sold out. And I already have mine ready."

" Then were gonna raid a lot of peoples closets so we can pull off Mr. and Miss Vampire."

" Sure. But we have to buy an ass load of candy."

" Why."

" Why not." I ended the conversation. About 15 minutes later we arrived back to our temporary home. Then we were out the door to dinner. It had to be 10 when we finally got back after stargazing. I didn't bother changing I flopped on the bed and fell asleep. It was like that for the whole weekend.
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Monday