R.A.T.S. (The Real Ass Thots Society)

Chapter Six

     We are officially at the halfway point of summer, then after that, Ally, Mona, Malorie, Emily, and I will officially be Sophomores in high school. Tonight though, Emily had an idea to celebrate making it to the halfway point of summer. The original plan was Em, Mal, Simon, Cameron, and I were going to go to the drive-in over in Karen. But, sadly Mal came down with a terrible case of the flu and couldn't come, so it was just going to be me, Em, and the twins. Emily and the twins got a lot closer after New York, which I was happy about, cause I really liked Simon and Cameron and I have been friends since eighth grade. I had decided tonight was the night that I was going to try to move things along between Simon and I.

     I spent three hours the previous night writing him a letter telling him I really liked him and would love to move things a little further. I really hope it will help persuade him to want to move things along. I had already told Emily my plan and she was behind it.

    The day of our little get together I got up, got in the shower, shaved, and tried to dress as attractively as I could. About an hour after I had gotten dressed I got a text from Em saying she was out front. "Mom! They are here, bye, I'll be home around 11!" I called upstairs to my mom. "Bye sweetie, have fun!" She called back. I got in Emily's mom's van and off we were to Karen, Ohio. I had known a couple people in Karen. My childhood friend Aaron and his best friend Brooklynn are the ones I am most familiar with. Aaron and I's mom's went to school together, that was how we knew each other, we played a lot when we were younger.

     Once we got there, we pulled out the chairs and set up. Em's mom then gave us money and we headed to the lobby to get snacks. We got in line and we all just had usual conversation. "Adam?" I heard a voice call my name. "Aaron?" I say as I saw Aaron. "What the hell are you doing here?" He says as he hugs me. "I'm here with friends to see the movie." I say pointing to my friends. "Oh my god, same!" He says as he also points to his friends. "Well this is Emily, Simon, and Cameron." I say as I point to each of my friends. "Well nice to meet you guys, these are my friends, Emma, Sam, and Corbin." he says as he points to his friends. We all stood in line and talked until we got our food and we were getting ready to go our separate ways. "Bye, nice to meet you guys!" I say as we all say goodbye. "Bye, and make sure you get yourself that fine piece of man ass." Aaron whispers in my ear. "I can say the same for you." I reply, referencing Sam.

     During the movie, I have an idea and get up and go to Emily. "Get Cameron and meet me in the lobby in five minutes." I say. Emily does as I ask and we meet in the lobby. "Cameron, I know this is really awkward but I need to ask you for some advice." I say. "Yeah, but just so you know, I'm not the best person to ask for advice." He says. "Okay, so, I like your brother and I'm trying to give him this letter." I say and hand him the letter. He reads it and hands it back to me. "Well, my brother and I aren't exactly close, but I say do it." He says. "Thank you so much!" I say. "You're welcome." He replies.

     We head back to the movie and watch it. By the time it is over, we are all exhausted. We put everything away and get ready to head home. As we get into the van, I walk up to Sam. "Uh, here, read this later." I say as I give him the letter. Then, it's the most awkward car ride ever as he is sitting directly behind me. God, I wanted to die. Emily's mom then drops me off and I head in and go straight to bed.

    The next day, I wait all day for a text or anything from Simon. I end up calling Emily and talking to her about it. "Well, I have been texting him and he has been asking me what to say because he is scared and doesn't want to hurt you." Emily says. "Well, can you tell him that he can tell me what he needs to, I'll be fine, I promise." I say. About fifteen minutes later, my phone goes off and it's a text from Simon.

    "Hey, sorry for the late reply, I was just having a really hard time thinking of how I should respond to your note that you wrote me. I'm just gonna try to make this as brief as possible, I really do think that you're cool, and you're nice, but I just don't have the same feelings for you as you do for me. I really feel like a jerk saying this. I'm just not ready for a relationship yet, especially with a guy just due to the fact that it would clash with my current lifestyle so much. I wouldn't be able to be nearly as open with my family as I like to be and I just don't like the thought of that. I still really do think you're cool and we really should continue to be friends if you'd still be interested in that sort of thing. I'm really sorry if I've made you feel terrible or anything but I really just thought it'd be best if I told you the truth and told you how I really feel." The text says. "No, I completely understand and I would love to be friends still, so can we just pretend this never happened?" I reply. "Sure. Not a problem." He says back.

    At the end of the day, that hurt, but it was something I could learn to live with. Maybe one day his feelings will change, maybe they won't. We never know what the future holds.