There I was, in my house watching the X Factor on tv. All of a sudden the phone rang. '' Hello, I say.'' ''Hey Babe,'' comes from the other line. ''Oh, hey Tanner what are you doing.'' ''Asking you out on a date tonight.'' Silence escapes from my mouth. A couple seconds pass. ''You there?'' I hit reality, ''Yeah I'm here.'' ''So how about that date at 8:00 tonight, my house. We could have a movie date night.'' ''That sounds fun ok what time is it, umm 5:00. Just give me time to shower,get dressed, and eat and I'll head over.'' ''Okay but you don't have to eat we'll have a nice dinner at my house then later on we could watch movies.'' ''Sounds like a deal. I will call you when I'm on the way. Bye.'' ''Bye.''
I turn off the tv, then head my way to the shower. I turn the nob and step in. The fresh warm water sprays my face. A couple minutes later I squeeze my hair free from water and pull on my bathrobe. I walk into my closet where I had rows of tank- tops, skirts,pants, etc. of clothes waiting to be worn. I pick out a bright pink and dark blue flowery Hollister tank-top with a grey thin cover up, blue skinny jeans, and black combat boots. I curl my brown long hair and put a grey beanie on. Last but not least my make up. I was going for a natural look, not flashy like other girls wear.
''Woah woah, hold up,'' Rachel said. ''Whats wrong?'' ''How did you get all these clothes?'' ''Oh I'm sorry I forgot to mention that, I worked at Hollister on Mondays through Wednesdays and Claire's Fridays and Saterdays.'' ''Wow you had a perfect life.'' I sighed. Moments passed. Then I finally let words escape my mouth. ''In school I was the normal kid making straight A's all through my years,but after this story my life twists.'' You can proceed.''
I was driving to Tanner's apartment while thoughts raced in and out of my head of whats going to happen tonight. Maybe we'll have a great time, or could we have an akward night. I pulled up in a parking space and made my way up the stairs. I slowly knocked on the door.In a split second the door quickly opened and I was greeted by Tanner and the sweet smelling air of a coconut and sea breeze swept under my nose.
''Come in.'' I walked in. The living room was dim and light by scented candles. There was a big bowl of Kettle Corn popcorn and next to that was two empty glasses with a bottle of liquor right next to it. My automatic response was ,''Are you okay?" '' Yeah why wouldn't I be,'' he said while giving me a bear hug.'' '' Well you don't drink, the last time you had achohol was on New Years Eve.'' ''I just thought we could chill because it's the weekend and we have no responsibilities.'' ''True but I don't know.....'' '' What's the worst thing that could happen.'' I thought to myself should I.... no... maybe.... well theres no work on the weekends so.. maybe just one drink.
''Ok.'' I plop on the couch and asked, ''What are we watching?'' '' It depends, I might or not might have it.'' '' Um do you have..... The Vow?'' ''Yeah, and good choice.'' I nod my head in approval and smile.He puts in the movie and sits next to me. He does the yawn thing where he pretends to yawn and he puts his arm around me. I am not stupid, I can automatically realize that he wants to cuddle with me. Within at least 10 minutes of the movie he pours half a glass of achohol into our glasses. ''To us.'' ''To us,'' I reply.
Constantly he keeps offering to refill my drink. I think to myself I shouldn't because what if they call me in for work. I tell him no. Tanner keeps offering but I keep telling no. When we have about 25 minutes left of the movie he already drank 15 glasses of alcohol, I don't understand that he can drink too much.
He trys to stand up but falls finally he's able to get to his feet. Heholds out his hand. '' Do you want to get dessert '' Sure. Ummm honey are you sure your alright, have you become an alcoholic because if you have you can tell me and you can get help.'' I knew I shouldn't have said this.All of a sudden I see a hand at the corner of my eye and I felt a sharp shooting pain hit my face.
