Chapter 22
The next week was awful; we all stayed home and watched
old romance movies
that are way too melodramatic. Those were
our favorite ones from back then. We
all sat around with a
tissue box in hand and cry our eyes out. Leslie would go
to work
for 2 hours and come back with more movies from the rental place in
the
mall. But Leslie's birthday was coming up soon and
Wendy and I went shopping
for her present on Thursday.
We decided to avoid the section of the mall
where Leslie
worked since she could see us through the glass. But we did
go
to the other stores to find some presents. My parents are loaded,
so ever since
I was little I would make shopping sprees for my
friend's gifts. Leslie never
asked for anything, she never really
wants much in her life, but I thought she
deserves it, especially
since she's 18 now!
"What do you think Wendy?
Does she have this yet?"
I asked pulling out a *N Sync cd from the rack.
"I don't think so, what about this one?" She asked showing me
Boyz
2 Men.
"I think she has that, oh God look at this," I said as I
looked at
the cover of the Backstreet Boys album. I looked at Nick's face
ready
to bust out crying again as Wendy put it down.
"Don't think about him,
he's not worth it Ash, come on let's
get out of here," she said as she took
the cd's from my hand
and handed them to the cashier.
Wendy and I spent
hours at the mall buying stuff for Les, yet I
knew it wouldn't make her happy,
she only wanted one thing
right now, and we couldn't give it to her.
When
we got home, Les was on the phone crying.
We dropped our bags and walked over
to her.
"Who is it?" I whispered.
"Kevin," she
mouthed.
"Why is he talking to you?" Wendy asked.
"I
called him, now go!" She mouthed as she wiped her
eyes.
KEVIN AND
LESLIE'S CON.
I waited till Ash and Wendy were in their rooms till I continued
talking to Kevin.
"How have you been Kev?" I asked wiping my
eyes.
"Good, real good. How are you and the girls?"
"Not
so good, but you know our stories right?" I asked.
"Not yours,"
he said sighing.
"Brian slept with me and left me, hasn't called me
since,"
I said as tears fell down my face.
"Oh my God. I didn't know Brian would
do
something like that. Want me to talk to him?"
"No, no Kevin.
If he doesn't want to talk to me, then that's
okay, I'm not forcing. Hey guess
what? I'm going to
be 18 tomorrow!" I said grinning a little.
"Really?
The big 1 8 huh? Have a great birthday
huh? I gotta go, I'll try to call you
tomorrow okay?"
"Yeah okay, thanks Kevin. Oh can I ask you something
real quick?"
"Yeah sure."
"Does he miss me?"
I asked holding back the tears
for a minute as I waited for his response.
"He
never stops talking about you Les, I promise."
"Thanks Kevin, miss
you," I said grinning.
"Bye Les," he said hanging up the phone.
This birthday was going to suck! I had to work; the love
of my life wasn't
going to be here, ugh! I got up and walked into
my room lying on my bed. I haven't
washed it since that night,
and I can still smell him in my sheets. I missed
him so much,
but I was also forgetting him…
