The Everlasting

Chapter 1

The room was dark, the only visible light was through the cracks of the dark blue curtains. A twin sized bed with orange and white patterned sheets and a dark wooden frame sat straight across from the door. A homemade wooden desk was covered in a mess of papers and expensive Japanese markers. A relatively tall female was hunched over at the desk, her head resting on a pile of papers. She was fast asleep, a toast brown marker held in her right hand. She still wore the garments from the day earlier. Her light brown hair flowed in messy curls down the back of her head ending at the small of her back.
Bright yellow light suddenly came crashing into the room as the door opened slightly with a loud creak. A large male black and light brown Beauceron came walking into the room. The sound of the dogs claws on the wooden floor broke the silence of the room. The female stirred feeling the dogs tongue lapping at her hand. She lets out a uncomfortable groan as she sat up in her chair. She rubs her eyes with her left hand before reaching her hand out and rubbing her dogs head.
"Morning Jare, did I pass out again last night?" She grumbles, her voice low and drowsy.
Jare responds with a hushed whine before turning around and trotting out of the room. Hanging on the door was a sign which read 'Room of Camry'
Camry stood up with a tired sigh, she moves over to her closet walking on her tiptoes due to the cold tiles on the floor. She pulls her shirt up lifting it over her head and drops it into her laundry bin. She then glances over at the mirror looking at herself. With a un-satisfied sigh she reaches inside grabbing hold of a pretty black dress with silver floral designs. She steps into the dress before pulling it up over her curvaceous body and zipping up the back. Camry throws a gray loosely woven cardigan over her shoulders before walking out of her room.
Camry walks down the hallway which connected to her families open kitchen. The bright summers morning light shines through the large windows. The kitchen was connected to a lightly coloured breakfast nook. Camry went to sit down when she heard a low bark from the kitchen. She looks over and smiles at Jare who sat eagerly waiting next to his food dish. She pulls out a bag of dog food and pours it into the dish. Jare lowers his snout and began chowing down on the pile of food. Camry felt sudden vibrations in her pocket as she stood up and pulls out her phone. She looks down at the screen seeing her friend Dan's name pop up. Pressing answer she lifts the phone to her ear.
"Hey" Camry greets as she pulls out a box of cereal and sits at the table in the breakfast nook.
"Hey Cam, did you get my message last night?" Dan asks.
"Uh no, what did you need?" She replies pouring the milk into her bowl.
"Okay you won't believe this but yesterday the house across the street from ours was raided by the police!" He exclaims his voice full of excitement.
"Again? What was it about this time" She responds before scooping a mouthful of cereal into her mouth.
"No idea, I thought maybe you'd know since your mom is a cop"
"Sorry but I haven't seen her since yesterday morning, she's always busy nowadays"
"Oh, well I'm sorry to hear that. Oh by the way my brother is driving us to school today so look for a white truck"
Camry spat out the cereal in her mouth and in the process dropped her phone onto the wooden floor. She was completely taken back. She had a huge crush on his brother Vince.
Once she stopped choking on the cereal she reaches down and picks up the phone.
"I'm so sorry about that, I must of ate my cereal to quickly and started choking on it" She lied. "Anyway got to go bye!"
She hung up quickly and ran out of the kitchen and down the hall. She came to a halt by her room and walks inside the bathroom across the way.
The bathroom had a long counter which had three drawers on it. A large square mirror connected to the piece of furniture. Behind the open door was a granite shower with a glass sliding door. Camry flicks the light on and pulls open the furthest drawer on the left. She lifts out her case of eyeshadow, mascara, coverup, eyeliner, and bronzer. She looks up into the mirror with a startled gasp, her hair was a complete disaster.
{I look like a corpse that escaped the morgue before they could fix me up!} She thought and began doing her daily makeup and hair routine. She finished off her smokey eyes with a pretty thin line of eye liner before pulling her curly hair into a loose messy bun. She completed her look with bright red lipstick before exiting the room.
Camry crosses the hall and walks into her bedroom. She begins packing her school bag with her three heavy binders. She gazes down at her desk where she had fallen asleep and looks over at her late night work. She had spent all night shading a piece of art, she grabs the drawing and gently places it into her bag. She throws the back pack over her shoulders before yet again moving down the hall. She stops at the front door and slides her feet into a nice pair of beaded sandals
"See you after school Jare!" She calls out as she opens the lightly coloured wooden door. Jare stood in the hallway watching Camry leave, he lets out a loud low pitched bark as if he was saying goodbye. She steps out onto her cement deck and shuts the door quickly.
Camry lived in a decent sized single floored house in Ocadia. The small town was located along a lake. Her house sat against the water with their own private beach. They owned 2 acres of land however the main amount of it was sand and water.
Camry steps down the two steps and walks along the stone path. She had her hands held up holding the straps of her bag as she gazes around the street looking for a white truck. The sound of tires screeching to a stop caught her attention as the white truck came into view moving out of the trees. She walks across her driveway and reaches out a hand on the back door of the truck and pulls it open. She steps into the vehicle and sits down on the black leather seat placing her bag on her lap.
Dan was sitting in the front seat with headphones in. Dan was a tall with dark hair, he had a handsome facial structure with deep brown eyes. He wore a loosely fitted gray t-shirt and burgundy pants. He turns slightly to wave at Camry before continuing to bob his head to the music only he could hear. Vince who was sitting by the wheel glances over, he raises a hand in greeting. Vince had a very mature face with a sharp chin and light brown hair. He wore dark Oakley sunglasses with a red frame. He had a blue t-shirt with a brown stripe and dark jeans.
Camry shows him a friendly smile, her eyes gleaming in awe at his appearance. She had to shake her head to snap out of the trance. She leans against the window and watches as the car moved away from her cute little house. She reaches into the pocket in her bag and pulls out her earbuds. Camry plugs them into her phone and places the earbuds into her ears. She closes her eyes softly as she let the world of music take her mind off the world surrounding her. As each word came into play she let her mind create a beautiful image in her head to match the lyrics. Camry opens her eyes once feeling the vibrations of the motor drift away. They had made it to the school parking lot. Vince was the first to open the door and he steps onto the cracked pavement. Dan was completely unaware of their arrival as he scrolled through pictures on his phone. Camry smiles and leans forward tapping him on the shoulder. He turns his head lifting his headphones off.
"Hmm?" Dan mumbles.
"We are here you goofball. Come on, don't you have some sort of comity meeting to get to?" Camry teases poking his shoulder.
Dan's eyes went round with sudden realization. "Oh crap! I thought it was Wednesday!" He exclaims as he leapt out of the vehicle.
Camry let's out a soft laugh before exiting as well. She watches Dan as he dashed across the parking lot and up to the double doors. The school was quite large for the town, it was a dull brown color with a single story.
Camry walks to the front of the truck and gazes over at Vince who happened to be watching her with a big smile. She felt her cheeks go hot and looks away. She walks up to the doors and pulls them open before moving inside. Vince had followed behind her, he pulls his sunglasses off his face and hangs them off his shirt. Camry walks down the busy hallway heading toward her locker. She went along slower then usual, she felt a strange feeling in her gut as if something was going to happen. She did her best to ignore it. She walks up to her locker which was located at the end of the row. As she began doing her combination she notices a group of the popular girls standing a few feet away giggling and laughing. She looks over at them curiously wondering what was it they found so funny. She went to ignore them when suddenly one of them approached her. Her name was Alex, she was a tall eleventh grader with long straight blonde hair. She wore dark skinny jeans and a white long shirt.
Camry steps back nervously holding her hand behind her back. Alex smiles as she stops in front of her. She had a stack of bright pink folded paper.
"Hi, my friends and I were just chatting about our party we are having tonight and we were wondering if you would like to come. Here's an Invitation, all the information is on it" Alex babbles on as she handed the pink slip to Camry.
Camry takes the paper and looks down at the black writing which read 'Beach party'. She looks up to reply however Alex had already gone. She looks around the hallway before shrugging and stuffing her bag into her locker. She felt her stomach churn in excitement, this was the first time she had been invited to a party. {I need to speak to Dan!} she thinks excitedly. She quickly grabs her notebooks and rushes down the hallway once she had closed her locker. She dodges past people and stops in front of the biology room. She stands by the door and gazes inside through the window built into the frame. She spots Dan sitting in his desk second row from the front. She quietly pushes the door open and moves toward the desk in front of him. She sat in the chair backwards to face him.
The classroom was a depression sandy colour with a whiteboard at the front of the rooms and six rows of desks. At the back of the room there were tables with microscopes on them. The room was windowless besides the one in the door.
"You won't believe what happened Dan!" Camry exclaims with a smile.
"What happened?" Dan asks as he stretched out his arms in a yawn.
"We are going to a party tonight!" She shoves the pink piece of paper in front of him.
Dan looks down with round surprised eyes and reads the paper.
"Uh, we can't go to this. It says here it's a celebration for the grad class." He replies keeping his voice low.
"Well I was invited and it says I can bring one guest. Don't worry Dan, nothing will go wrong" Camry insists taking the paper back.
"Alright fine. But you better not be a party pooper, because I'm gonna' be crazy!" Dan teases with a laugh.
Camry rolls her eyes. The loud ring of the school bell echoed throughout the room for a few seconds. She turns around facing forward to see her biology teacher beginning to write notes on the board. She pulls out her notebook with a smile. {I can't wait until school ends, this is going to be so much fun!} Camry thinks as she began doodling on the side of her notes.