(Book 1)I Have Chemistry With My Tutor

Chapter 1. Impact

Chapter 1. Impact

Present Day (2013), Leland, North Carolina...

"Richard, you're such a tease."

"Only 'cause you're so beautiful."

His voice is dreamy and smooth.  His skin is perfect against mine, our palms resting within each other.  My heart is fluttering like a butterfly when our lips touch and we caress each other lightly.  I melt in his arms holding me tightly, never letting go in a modest, but intimate embrace.

His figure dissipates and my eyes open.  I see utter darkness.

I sighed in longing.  Richard's my boyfriend.  I always dream of him, if not about some party I went to last week.  We see each other only on weekends because he goes to Brunswick college and stays at a dorm, while I'm still only a junior in high school.  Dreaming about his curly blond hair, clean shaven face, and uplifting smile gives me a lopsided lovey dovey feeling in the morning.  It may seem really corny but I really like him.  We've been dating since last Christmas and it already feels like a year has gone by.

Anyways...

I'm a deep sleeper.  Deep as the ocean. The sun can shine in my room for hours and I won't even awake.  If a train went by I wouldn't wake.  I use a loud alarm clock to wake up at 7:00 every morning for school, and 8:00 for weekends unless I sleep in at Richard's or some frat sorority.  So you can see my surprise at waking up at 6:57.  On Monday.

It was like I was startled from my sleep.  My heart is pounding in my ears like a wild siren went off.  That usually only happens when I have scary dreams.  That dream was anything but.  Oh well, no use going back to sleep.

I sat up in bed and rubbed my sleepy eye away before turning on the lamp on my bedside table.  I went ahead and performed my usual morning routine, just three minutes early.

While I was taking my morning shower I sang along to my favourite song playing from my ipad hooked up near the sick underneath the folding mirror.

"How can I decide on what's right?

When you're clouding up my mind

I can't win your losing fight all the time

Nor could I ever own what's mine

When you're always taking sides

But you won't take away my pride

No not this time

Not this time "

I started singing at the top of my lungs while shaking my hips to the song.  This is one of the songs that get my blood boiling and energetic for a good day's start.  I imagine myself at my bff Hanako's birthday bash two nights ago when she hired a new local band, Strawberry Smash, to sing live.  They performed various songs by various artists with ease, along with a few of their own.  I had four t-shirts in my closet signed by them (one size Male Large for guess who!) because I had become a huge fan.  I'd be buying their first c.d. coming out this Fall.  Plus it was great advertisement to wear them around and I love being the pink spotlight.  Although I'd not be wearing the T-shirts anytime soon until I altered them.  I'm not fond of Ts.

Midway through the song, there were a few knocks at the door.  I could recognize that knock anywhere, three soft and two hard repeated bangs. "Andie, get outta the shower, I got an appointment with mom!"

That's my sister.  Now that's one thing I forgot.  Today is my sister, Tanya's, dentist appointment. She's three years younger than me but acts like my mother sometimes.  Well, like my mother overdozed on sour skittles.