I was woken up frightened by a crack of lightning. I sat up on the floor and tried to catch my breath. I never liked thunderstorms when I was little I would do anything not to hear the thunder. They don't bother me much anymore, but there was still a little fear.
I sat there breathing heavy clutching my blanket. My heart was pounding from when I woke up. "Hey Sar are you alright?" A croaky voice came from beside me. I turned over to see Jake staring at me with concern.
I smoothed back my hair. "I'm fine, I just.." "It's okay I get bad dreams too." He said. I'm glad that's what he thought it was because being a 17 year old with a fear of storms was a little embarrassing. He looked at me sympathetically. He was propped up against the couch his hair was a mess and it looked like he hasn't slept lately. "Did you sleep tonight?" I ask concerned. He looked down at the floor. "Yeah." He says not convincingly. "Jake." He gives me a sad look. "I haven't been able to sleep much." He admits. He plays with his fingers. I frowned, picked up my pillow and crawled next to him lying my head on his shoulder. Silence lays upon us other than the distant thunder.
"Hey Sar?" Jake says looking out the window. "Yeah?" I ask. "I still cant sleep." He sighs. "Did you have a bad dream?" "You could say that." He says looking down at his hands which rest on his lap. I bite my lip. So it was dreams that we're keeping him up. "What was it about?" I ask unable to contain myself. He thinks for a moment. "Well I have to be honest here Sar, I can't really tell you." He said sorrowful. I was sad that he was keeping this from me but I understood. "O-Kay." I say. A huge crack of thunder erupts from outside causing me to jump. "It's okay Sar." Jake soothes pulling me to his chest. I listen to his steady heart beat through his black tee shirt.
After 15 minutes or so I fall asleep. Until I'm shooken awake. I rub my eyes and see Shaylee shaking me. "Wake up sleepy head." She chants. I groan and sit up. Hunter was still asleep on the couch and Jake was no where to be found. "Where's Jake?" I asked casually. "Oh, I don't know I think he went home early this morning because when I woke up it was just us three." "Oh." I say rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. I reach for my phone and check the time. It's 8:47 too early for a Saturday. "Shay why'd you have to wake me up so early?" I whine. She laughs. "I thought we could go to the mall today?" She says. "Okay but let's go to my house first." I say
We leave a note for Hunter and walk down the block to my house. My house was the biggest on the block, my parents owned a business and were pretty wealthy. But most of the time they were on business trips, it didn't bother me much. Up until I was 14 Lynette babysat me and always brought Hunter with her, and that's why me and Hunter are so close, we've knew each other since we where born.
Finally we reached my house. I slid the key from the porcelain frog and unlocked the door. An unusual smell floated to the house.. Breakfast! "Mom, Dad?!" I yell running to the kitchen. There she stands, her usual blonde hair resting on her shoulders with a bobypin on the top left side my mother.
She turns and looks at me. "Sarah!" She says embracing me with a bone crushing hug. The hugs I've missed. For 2 months my parents have been on a long business trip in California. And now they were back.
I stood there hugging her for a couple seconds. "Where's dad." I say letting go. "He's in the family room watching football." She says rolling her eyes as she say football. My dad was a huge Saints fan, he's aways been. I turn to Shaylee who's been standing there awkwardly for awhile. "You can go change into some clothes if you want to." I tell her. She nods and heads up the stairs.
I turn down the hallway that leads to the family room looking for my dad.. my partner in crime. When I was four I could aways remember my mom baking chocolate oatmeal cookies. My dad and I would sneak into the kitchen and steal some. Those were the good days.
"Go, go, go!!" He screamed jumping up from the couch. "Touchdown!!!!" He yelled dancing around the room. "I'll take it that there winning?" I said standing in the doorway. He turns around. "Sarah bug!" He says running over to me, and also giving me a bone crushing hug.
After the reunion with my parents I went to my room. I knocked on my bedroom door, just in case she was naked.. because ew.. "Come in." I went inside to find Shaylee digging though my drawers. "I can drive you to your house, if you want your clothes." I say flopping down on my bed. "Nah I think I've found something." She held up my mint green baseball style tee with grey sleeves, a pair of black skinny jeans, and my plain black converses. I applaud her.
After we're done changing we go down stairs and have dinner with my parents. Then we head outside. We stroll along to the garage where I find my red mustang. We both strap our seat belts on and minutes later we arrive at the mall.
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(A/N) Hey guys so just want to let y'all know this is a Hunter fanfic don't worry haha. Hope you guys are liking the story byyyesss
