Trouble In Mind

Forsythe Pendleton Jones II

"So tell me, what does FP stand for?" Isobel asked. The two were sat on a bench overlooking sweet Water River, beer in hand.

"You really want to know?" FP laughed, the young girl looked at him funny,

"Why wouldn't I?" She laughed, "I'm curious" she added with a shrug,

"What do you think it stands for?" He asked, raising his eyebrow. Taking a sip of his beer as he looked from her to the river.

The girl stood, a grin on her face, "Fredrick Peebody" she teased, after a few seconds thought, FP laughed,

"Close" he said, causing the girl to scoff.

"Shut up!" She dismissed, still laughing.

"Forsythe Pendleton" he answered, the girl looked at him, thinking he was joking, "the second" he added,

"You're being serious?" She laughed, "Forsythe, I like it" she added, after she realised he was being serious. Causing him to laugh.

It was getting late now, the two had been sat here for a good few hours. Isobel looked at her phone, a text from Toni showed up.

Toni 🐍
Going twilight at 6 film starts at 6:30 need a lift? Xx

She read the text, FP watched as her attention as it went to her phone, "is that your dad? Wondering where you are?" He asked. His tone changing slightly. The girl laughed,

"My dad?" She snorted. FP looked at her curiously as he sipped his beer, "my dad never messages me unless it's to babysit Sam, other than that..." she trailed off, not wanting to go into details, "It's Toni, she just asked me if I needed a lift to the drive in" she said, ignoring what she was about to say,

"You going tonight?" FP asked, the way he said it made Isobel think he didn't want her to go,

"Yeah, why?" She asked raising an eyebrow,

"I'll give you a lift if you want. I have some, eh, business to attend to, so I'm going to be there" he said,

"Yeah, that would be good" she said, surprised that he offered her the lift. "Means we can spend some more time together" she said casually as she pulled out a cigarette out of her pocket, sparking it.

"A whole hour" he said sarcastically, as she laughed.

"Well an hour is an hour, at the end of the day" she said, her eyes twinkling in the dim light.