After A.C. put on Brian's sweats and T-shirt, she fell asleep on his bed
next to him. He woke up shortly after and tucked her into the covers
and headed for the couch. A.C. woke up around six, and she forgot where
she was. She walked right into the kitchen and got herself a drink
which woke up Brian, who was asleep (WAS being the word here). He got
up, and walked over to her to see if she had found the drinking glasses.
He scared the hell out of her.
"AAAAGGHHHHHH!" she screamed, dropping
her glass on the floor, which of course, shattered. Her scream also
woke up AJ and Nick who lived to far away to drive home at whatever time
they had gotten back the night before. Nick came running in his sweats
and a tank top and AJ came in just his boxers! (Hey, It's my fantasy.
Shut up.)
"What the hell?" AJ yelled. Brian took a look at him in his Mickey
Mouse boxers and couldn't help but laugh. They all watched him as he
laughed like a lunatic.
"Oh boy. He's gone over the edge," AJ stated.
A.C. laughed at AJ's joke and his eyes widened. AJ lept over the couch
and grabbed her shoulders, pretending to drag her away from an invisible
gravitational force, all the while screaming at Brian,
"No Brian, No!!!
You can't take her too! NO!!!!!" They all cracked up and went back to
bed. Except for A.C. She went to the window seat and watched the sun
rise over the city. Brian came back, looking for her and saw her
sitting there. He leaned against the post in the middle of the room and
watched her. Her expressions changed in seconds from pure happiness to
utter sadness and back again. He didn't think anything of it. He
whispered,
"It's beautiful, isn't it." So quietly, as if not to break
the morning's glory, he sat beside her. A.C. wasn't looking st the
sunrise anymore. She was starting at her hands and softly crying. He
touched her shoulder and she looked into his eyes.
"Brian," she said,
"What do you see when you look at me?"
"Why?" he asked. "Please,
just tell me." Brian nodded hesitantly.
"Wel, I see a beautiful 14
year old girl about five feet, with blond hair, and the most beautiful
green eyes I've ever seen. A spitfire through and through." A.C.
bit her lip and nodded.
"That's what everyone says. I have to leave. I
have school. First day, can't be late." She grabbed her things and
walked out the door.
Brian felt a little strange with A.C. walking
around town in his sweats, but when she stuck her head in the door, he
was even more confused.
"I'm not always a spitfire." she added.
And slammed the door.