Suffer in Silence

°·Sticky 4·°

     It is now ten after nine and I'm still sitting here waiting for Ethan. I packed up all my drawing equipment, slung my bag over my shoulder, and descended down the ladder.

     "Hey! Where you goin'?" Ethan hollers from his Ford a few parking spots down.

     "I'm uh, leaving? Why do you care?"

     "Because I asked you to hang out and you get here then leave!" He says when he gets closer to my car.

     I slapped my door shut before turning to face him, "So? I sat here for twenty minutes and you didn't show. Guess what I did in that time? I finished my art projects. This week's and last week's"

     "Why are you freaking out over me being late?"

     "Because it sucks getting stood up when it happens to you all the time alright? So here" I pulled out a sticky note from my front pocket and wrote,

     Thanks for the awesome night. Toodles!

     Then handed it to him.

     "Self-explanatory. Goodnight" I said politely before walking around to the trunk, unlocking it, and tossing all my stuff in it. I reached up and grab ahold of the handle, got ready to.pull it down when his large oversized hand stopped me from pulling it down any further.

     "Get food with me"

     "What? After I was 'bout to be stood up? No thanks. I have homework to do and you wasted my time tonight so I have even less work time so like I said, goodnight" I climb into the drivers seat and turn it on. Ethan climbs into the passenger side and smiles at me.

     "What Ethan?" I snap as my patience starts to fade.

     "Drive"

     "Mkay. But guess where we're going?!" I asked with fake enthusiasm.

     "Hmm I don't know. A place with food?"

     "Ha! Even better! My place" his eyes widen with surprise. I dialed Bailey's number and waited until the second ring before she answered.

     "Hey baby what's up?"

     "Not much. He was a no show. I'll tell you tomorrow. Go home 'cause I'm just gonna go home and sleep" I fake yawned then winked at Ethan who laughed quietly.

     "Okay babe I'll get a ride from Momma so I'll see you at the café tomorrow at two-thirty?"

     "Definitely bye"

     "Love you bye!" She hollered into the phone before the line went dead.

     "Okay now give her two minutes and forty four seconds and she'll be gone" I smile before leaning the chair all the way back.

     "So homeboy what do you wanna do at nine-thirty at night?" I ask putting my hands behind my head and closing my eyes.

     "Go skate boarding in the empty public pool"

     "That's trespassing. I can't have me getting caught!" I exclaim trying to sit up bit can't.

     "Pipe down Pumpkin. We won't get caught. I promise" his brown eyes melted like milk chocolate as he stared at me.

     "Um. . ."

     "Please?"

     "Fine. But if we get caught you drugged me and I'm stuck with you" I laugh before peeling onto the pavement and speeding down the street.