| Shady pines
i was early, as usual. mom was
tearing up in the front seat and
dad had his hands gripped hard on
the steering wheel, i didn’t look
at either of them, just stared into
my lap at the little blue purse and
toyed with the diamond clasp.
“or shanelle, were going to miss
you so much!” mom said, choking
out words, her tears breaking words
apart.
“i know mom and i-.”
“it’s just going to be crazy
without you!” mom said,
interrupting me. i breathed in and
out and glanced at the clock, 4:45.
we weren’t supposed to check in
until 5:00. i sighed and rolled my
eyes.
“mom it’s only three months,
not forever!” i said, wanting to
get out of the car that i was now
becoming claustrophobic
“i know shay, i know.” she
said, wiping her eyes, her mascara
smearing. i watched as a maid bus
pulled up and three maids got out,
and brought supplies into the
house. mom smiled, knowing it
wasn’t a total dump. we had
already been here, mom and dad had
surveyed the house, checked for
alcohol, made sure i would be
rooming with either a girl or by
myself. i got a room with another
girl, i forgot her name though.
the maids finished up and drove
away and the clock read 5:01. i got
out and dad helped me with my bags.
he awkwardly hugged me and then mom
got out of the car and held me
until 5:04. they drove off, i waved
and then another car pulled up. a
green lexus. a pretty brunette with
big sunglasses on got out and she
stood up, she must have been six
feet tall! she had tanned, muscular
legs and arms. i gulped.
“hi, i’m shay.” i said,
extending my hand, she regarded my
hand and then pulled me in for a
hug.
“i’m riley.” she said, as she
pulled back a black cadillac pulled
up and two guys got out of the car,
one was a tall blonde abercrombie
model and the other was a kind of
lanky, but tall brunette with long
shaggy hair and big green eyes. as
they got out a honda pulled up and
out got a pretty little blonde girl
with her makeup overdone and her
tan overdone. we all awkwardly
stood there and were about to shake
hands when to cars pulled up, one
with blasting music and the other
with a little pig tailed redhead
girl. the guy got out, he was kind
of chubby with a cute face and the
girl looked shy. i counted in my
head.
“i guess, this is us all.” i
said, and introduced myself.
“i’m shay miller.” i said,
shaking hands with the guys and
hugging the girls.
“i’m riley jameson, no relation
to jenna.” she said, and smiled a
wide smile, she really had the
perfect teeth and her brown hair
was now pulled into a messy
ponytail.
“i’m bryce cowler.” the
shaggy haired guy said, waving and
smiling, his cute dimples showing.
“i’m kaelyn rivertson, but i go
by kae.” the small blonde said,
waving.
“i’m krista ellberston.” said
the shy redhead with pigtails.
“i’m ayden jones.” said the
abercrombie model.
“and last but definitely not
least, hunter dort.” the chubby
guy said. we all hugged and walked
into the house.
when you first walked in there was
a living room and a kitchen to the
right and then a dining room and a
little fireplace, two computers
back to back and two big chairs.
from the hallway there was a fork
in the road, if you went left there
were two bedrooms, and if you went
right, there were two bedrooms, one
big bedroom and a small one. there
was a bathroom near the front door
and then a bathroom in each room.
i shared a bedroom with riley the
one on the left of the left hall,
across from the room kae and krista
were sharing. in the right hall,
bryce and ayden shared the smaller
room and hunter got the biggest
room, because he brought in most of
the money. we all settled into our
rooms.
“so, tell me about yourself.”
riley said, closing the door behind
her. each room was painted with a
different theme, ours was the
yellow beach room with two queen
beds with orange and yellow
bedspreads. kae and krista’s room
was a victorian room with one queen
and one twin, they were each four
poster and most of the stuff in
there was red and gold. bryce and
ayden’s room was a cool mint blue
and there bedspreads were green and
red, they had two twins. hunter’s
room was boring beige with black
and white king bed and black and
white old photos.
riley jumped on the queen bed
closer to the door and i put my
four big suitcases next to the bed
near the window. i pulled the
biggest one on the bed and started
unloading clothes, riley followed
my lead. “well, what is there to
say?” i asked, as i finished
unpacking my clothes and got out
the next bag, essentials. hair
spray, hair straightener, gels,
stuff like that. i put it all in
the left drawers in the bathroom.
riley did the same, but put her
stuff in the right drawers.
“well, ill start. i’m really
sporty, i play just about every
sport and am really competitive.”
she said, “so what’s your
thing?” she asked.
“i don’t really have a thing
but i like to draw and paint and
write poems, but i’m not a
nerd.” i said, shaking my long
dirty blonde hair. i was pre
pretty popular back in sunny
springs, i had lots of friends,
multiple boyfriends.
“boyfriend?” riley asked,
shaking out her bun, brushing it
and putting it into a ponytail, her
hair was bouncy, and curly, i wish
mine was, mine was just boring
straight, nothing fun.
“yeah, i had a few.” i said,
pinning a loose strand of hair
back.
“few meaning…?” riley asked,
and turned around.
“seven.” i said, blushing.
right as i was about to explain, a
knock came on the door, riley said
come in and bryce came in telling
us that him and hunter and ayden
were going to the beach to start a
bonfire and we could come if we
wanted.
“we’ll be right out.” i said,
and threw off my shirt and grabbed
my cutest bikini, a red and silver
polka dot bikini and then slid a
loose kami and some denim shorts
over it.
riley put on a cute one piece and a
crew tee and cargo shorts even
though she was skinny, she was
manly skinny from playing sports,
so she looked better in a one piece
then she would in a two pie
we grabbed out sunglasses and
headed out the door, passing kae
and krista’s room. krista was
reading a book and kae was teasing
her hair wearing a slutty pink
bikini top and a super short white
skirt. we walked past the door and
she yelled “hold up!” we did,
riley and i smirked as we saw she
had just painted another coat on
her face.
***
“so then the cops came and we
were like oh, shit!” hunter said,
downing his third beer. riley and i
looked at each other and saw bryce
and ayden were looking so not
interested. i basically had
everyone in our group’s
personality knocked down. krista
was the nerd, i was the pretty nice
one, kae tried too hard to be
preppy, riley was sporty, bryce was
shy but cute, ayden was also shy
but popular, and hunter was the
pig.
“hey, anyone want to come to
shore?” i said, grabbing my
lemonade and getting up, bryce,
ayden and riley got up too. kae was
staring at hunter with googly eyes.
“nah guys, i’ll stay here and
keep hunter company.” kae said.
hunter smir
we all walked down to the beach and
i turned around and saw kae had
moved closer to hunter.
“well i think kae likes him.”
ayden said, stunning us all, his
first words of the day. riley
lightly punched him on the arm.
“it speaks!” she said, i
laughed. we found a nice spot on
the beach that was in the cold sand
where the tide touched our toes. we
sat shoulder to shoulder, ayden,
riley, me and bryce. the sun went
down hours ago and only the moon
was touching the horizon. i thought
this was a perfect start to the
summer.
hangover
i tossed and turned in my sleep.
homesickness. even though i was
nineteen years old, it was my first
time away from home. my guts
clenched and i was a little sweaty.
i reached under my bed for my
journal and it wasn’t there! i
freaked out and hit the lamp,
turning it on. a moan came from
next to me. i yelled and bit my
lip. riley yelled too. we both
rubbed at our eyes and i blushed, i
thought i was at home. “i’m so
sorry!” i said, quickly turning
off the light. riley muttered a
“it’s ok.” but then went back
to sleep. i stumbled up in the
dark, grabbed my journal, slipped
out the door and into the dining
room. i slid into the big leather
chair, the fire crackling behind me
and started writing, i hummed a
little as i wrote.
“couldn’t sleep either?” a
voice said, i was about to scream
but the scream bubbled up in my
throat and a light from the living
room by the coach flickered on.
bryce was sitting on the coach,
curled up with his headphones and
his pajamas. i nodded. i close
my journal and joined him on the
couch. i pulled my legs underneath
me and rested my head against the
arm.
“i don’t know why, probably
home sickness, i have never been
away from home for more than two
days.” i said, gulping, wondering
what he thinks.
“me either, i’m working and
staying with my parents.” he
said, smirking, we had all
established we were nineteen except
for hunter who was twenty almost
one and kae who was eighteen.
thats it so far. still workign on
it? good or no???
love, ari
I totally love it!! You have to keep going!! It sounds really good, I hope I get to read the rest! E-mail me! |
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