Casey Sparks

Chapter 2: The note

The furniture arrived and I collected the boxes that had 'CASEY'S ROOM' written in red sharpie across the top. I got dad to help me carry them up the stairs and into my bedroom. I put the boxes on the air bed and helped dad carry up my dresser, my mirror and my bed frame. Mum helped me put my bed together and places the mattress on top. I folded the sheets and doona covers on my bed and set up and arranged the rest of my room.

The dresser was near the window with my mirror sitting on top and I opened all the boxes and hung up my clothes and decorate my room, my way. With all the posters covering my wall and lights above my bed like a tumblr bedroom.

Once all of my boxes were all unpacked I helped mum and dad unpack the rest. Mum have me $50, the keys to her range rover and a shopping list. I went into the car and sat in it. I put my 'P' plates in the window and drove down to Coles.

I grabbed a trolley and went down isle by isle collecting the items on the list. I looked around me and like every 19 year old would I stood on the bottom the the trolley and kicked of like a scooter. Racing down the isle I come close to the end and softly place my foot down, sliding on the ground but trusty ugg boots slid across the floor causing me not to slow down and just I reach the end someone else is walking across the end of the isle and my trolley crashed into there's causing there trolley to too tip over spilling there groceries and me to fly forward hitting my forehead on the top of the trolley.

I climb out of my trolley trying to un-squish the bread and try to help up the guy who's wearing a grey hoodie coving his face but the man is laughing so hard he can't even get up. I've heard that laugh somewhere.. Oh shit it's Jake. I want to hide, I'm wearing grey tracksuit pants, ugg boots, a black baggy jumper, no make up on and a messy bun with my bangs bobby pined up. "Shit, are you okay?" I ask kind of laughing at his laugh. "Haha, yeah I.. Oh shit what happened to your forehead?" His face quickly changed from a smile to concern. He places his hand on my face and gently runs his thumb over my forehead "Fuck!" I shout I cover my mouth realising I'm in a super market "that looks bad, why don't I drive you home?" I nodded and helped him pick up the groceries from both of our trolleys. I pay for the groceries and head to the car. I unlock the boot and start placing the bags in, I look over at jake as he puts his hands out "keys?" I place the keys in his hand and get in the car. "What about your car?" I asked, as he looks over at me smiling and says "I walked"

He drops me home and we both get out of the car he helps me carry the bags inside "where's your bathroom?" He asks kind of bobbing up and down. "Up the stairs and it's the second door to your left" mum says and she points to the stairs. I sit on the couch secretly watching Jake as he looks confused looking for the door. A few minutes later he exits the bathroom and enters my room. I quickly go up stairs to catch him but he wasn't in there.. There was a note on the bed and the window was open. I looked out the window and directly across from mine was another, with the curtains were slightly moving. "Sneaky bitch" I quietly say to myself . I sat on my bed and looked at the note, on top it had my name is messy boy writing with a love heart, I opened it and it read:

Dear Case,

Meet me at the town hall at 8:00pm see you there beautiful. x

I turn it over and it was a invitation to a dance, the kind where you wear a mask. I always wanted to go one of them. I asked mum if I could go and her only words were "If it's with the boy next door.. Of course you can my sweet."