Chapter 10
I opened the door to my house, threw my book bag at the bottom of the
stairs
and trudged up the stairs.
"Rough day honey?" my mom called.
"I don't want to talk about it," I mumbled as I walked into my room and
shut the door behind me.
"Brian, get out. This isn't a good time,"
I said as I saw Brian half
sitting inside my window and half not.
"I
was just coming over to ask you if you wanted to come to PJ's tonight.
The whole
gang'll be there," he said.
"I'm not interested," I said as
I crawled into my bed and pulled the covers
over my head.
"I know
y'all wanna go rope some cattle at PJ's tonight," he said in that
trademark
cowboy's accent. I laughed. He sounded like a real cowboy.
"No,"
I mumbled.
"I know y'all wanna," he said as he ripped the comforter
off of me.
"No.."
"Come one. It'll be fun," he
begged.
"Fine, if that's what it'll take to get you outta my house then
fine!" I
said as I threw a pillow at him.
"Alrighty! See yo
tonight. 9:00. Be there or be square," he said as he
climbed out my window
and slid down the drainpipe.
I woke up about three hours later, just in time
to get ready for Jess'
house. I crawled out of bed and plugged in my crimper.
"Hey, if I'm going, I might as well look decent,"
I said to
myself.
I twisted my hair back into
little twists and crimped the ends
that stuck out. It actually looked really
good when I was finished. I threw on
my cargo khaki's and put on my
turquoise spaghetti strap tank top with the Chinese
dragon on the front and
slipped on my sandals. I looked good.
"Maybe
AJ will be there," I said to myself as I twirled around in front of
my mirror.
But then it hit me, AJ had a girlfriend. I sighed.
I sat down in front of
my make up mirror and rubbed some sparkles over my eye lids and
cheeks. I was
ready to go. I knew AJ was taken but not for long I hoped to
myself.
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"Hi!" Kevin said as he opened the door for me.
I smiled at him as I threw
off my shoes and headed down the stairs into the basement
of Jessie's house.
As I got to the bottom of the stairs I saw Brian, Nick
and Howie playing
pool, AJ was playing Nintendo and Jess was placing trays of
food down on the
coffee table.
"Hi Lezlee," everyone called
at one point or another. I sat down beside AJ
on the couch and watched him play
James Bond. He didn't say a thing to me.
It was as if I was invisible. I
got up and went over to the pool table.
"And he sinks it! Left corner
pocket!" said Bri as he wacked Nick on the
butt with the end of his pool
cue.
"Hey!" Nick yelled as he rubbed his butt. I laughed. No matter
how
depressed I was Brian could make me laugh. I watched the boys play for a
while until Brian realized he was loosing and threw himself on the pool
table
and rolled the pool balls all over the place.
"I was winning!"
Howie said as he pulled Brian off the table.
"Sorry man, I slipped,"
he replied.
"Yeah right," Nick said.
"Hey!" yelled
Brian, "Let's Play truth or dare!" We all agreed and sooner
or later
we were sitting in a circle on the floor. I was beside AJ and
Kevin, Nick was
sitting across from us and Jessie was sitting in Brian's
lap.
"I'll
go first," said Nick, "I dare you and Kevin to kiss." Nick said as
he
looked at me.
"You idiot. We aren't playing your kinky version
of Truth or Dare, at least
not for a while" Howie told him with a grin on
his face. Nick stuck his
tongue out and came up with a new dare.
"Fine,
I dare Bri to go moon the next car that drives by," he said. Brian
jumped
up and bowed.
"It would be my honor!" he said as he ran up the
stairs. Nick ran after
him to make sure he actually completed the dare.
It
was quiet for a couple
minutes and then we heard two shrieks from the boys and
a car horn blow. We
all laughed.
"Woo hoo!" I heard Nick yell
as he ran down the stairs, "He did it!"
"Thank you, thank
you!" said Brian as he ran down after Nick.
"On to the next dare!"
Nick said.
"You don't play like that! You ask the person who's turn
it is if they want
a truth or a dare, and then you ask them a question or give
them something
to do," I said.
"Well I like my version!"
Nick said.
"No kidding Commander Carter!" AJ said to him. We played
for a while yet
using my method.
AJ was dared to kiss Brian's feet which
he did after much
gagging, Howie was asked truth on wether or not he had slept
with his
girlfriend Jennifer and surprisingly the answer was no, and Jess was
dared
to walk up and down the block in her bra, which she did. Finally it was
my
turn.
"Truth or dare?" asked Howie to me.
"Dare."
"Ok....Lezlee, I dare you to kiss AJ!" he said. My jaw dropped. I couldn't
believe it.
"Howie!" AJ said. Everyone laughed. There was no
way you could back out of
a dare. AJ and I turned towards each other. We inched
closer and closer.
It was like the scene in my kitchen replaying over and
over. I could feel his
breath on my lips for what seemed to be the longest time.
Finally, he
touched his lips to mine. It was the most amazing kiss I had ever
had. His
lips were so soft and they felt so good against mine. We both pulled
back
and looked at each other.
"Yee Haw!" Brian yelled when
we were done. I could feel my cheeks burning
up thankfully the only light in
the basement was the light that was shining
through the basement window from
the moon. So no one could see my red face.
We continued on with more dares
and truths until we decided that the game
was getting boring.
"So
how are things with you and Ashley?" Nick asked AJ when we were done
playing.
"Great. She's amazing." I could feel a tear slip down my cheek.
"Really?" Nick asked.
"Yeah....you know how I told you I dreamt
that an angel came an sang to me
while I was in my coma? Well, it was Ashley."
he said. My jaw dropped.
"No way!" Brian said sounding surprised.
"Are you sure?" Jess asked looking over at me.
"Yeah, I told
her about it and then she said it was her," AJ told all of
us. I couldn't
take it anymore. It was one thing for Ashley to be going out
with him but another
thing for her to lie and say she had sang to him all
the while he was sick.
"It wasn't her!" I yelled. Everyone looked at me. I jumped up.
"Lezlee, calm down. It's nothing to get mad over. Ashley just sang to me.
That's
all"
"No she didn't. That bitch is a liar!" I yelled at him,
tears streaming
down my face.
"Shut up! Don't talk about Ashley
that way!" AJ yelled at me.
"She's a lying manipulative bitch!
She's not your angel!" I yelled back.
Everyone was staring at the two of
us and we yelled at each other.
"Fuck you! You're just jealous!"
"What? How could you even say such a thing?" I cried.
"You're
jealous because you don't have anyone like I have Ashley!" I
slapped him
so hard across the face.
"You fucking asshole! Maybe if you stopped
to think for a second you'd
realise how much I care about you. Being is jealous
is the last thing that
would ever cross my mind!"
"Shut the
hell up!"
"I...I...love you AJ," I yelled.
"What?"
he said as he stopped rubbing his cheek where I had slapped him.
"I'm
your angel. I sang to you!"
"You're a lying bitch yourself!"
"What?"
"You heard me." he said his voice raising.
"I hate you AJ, I hate you!" I screamed at him.
"I don't ever
want to talk to you again!" AJ yelled in my face. I could
feel his hot breath
on my face and I could see the whites of his eyes.
"Fuck you!"
I yelled as I ran past everyone, up the stairs and out of the
house. I just ran.
I didn't know where my legs would take me. I'd lost the
only guy I'd ever cared
for. I sat down on the edge of the curb and sobbed
hysterically.
