Chapter Three- July 18th, 2011
Today, my crush, Adam, invited me to come over to his house. I take a shower and get dressed. I walk downstairs and wait for my mother. I play a video game on my phone because I know she’s going to take a long time to get dressed.
My mom drops me off at his house. I try to remain calm. I haven’t been to anyone’s house since the incident at Jenny’s house. I tell my mom to leave. There’s no need for her to come with me. I feel like she’ll embarrass me.
Adam opens the door and I blush.
“Hi Megan! Come on in!”
“Where’s your mom?” I asked.
“Oh, she’s out on a date. She won’t be back till late.”
“Oh okay. Do you have video games we can play?” I wondered. Is that all we were going to do? Did he have other plans? I hope he does.
“Of course! I have Naruto, Mortal Kombat, Tekken-”
“STOP! I love all of those games! Let’s play Mortal Kombat first so I can decapitate your head with Kung Lao!”
“Not if I freeze your guts first with Sub-Zero!” We have so much in common already. I can’t believe it. He never showed how nerdy he was in school. But that’s what I like about him. He’s well-rounded. I just hope that everything goes how I want it to. But that’s too much to ask for.
He takes me to his room and he puts in Mortal Kombat. I sit on the couch and grab a controller.
“Ready to get killed?” he asks.
“Yeah right! If anything, you’ll be the one who gets killed!”
“You say that now, but when I rip out your spine, you’ll be the one in shock!” Actually, I kind of hope he wins. I don’t want to be better than him at his own game. Then he’ll feel bad for me and he’ll plant a kiss on my cheek. Just kidding. That’ll probably never happen.
I read the screen. FATALITY! Of course. He won.
“See! I told you I’ll beat you!”
“Yup. You were right. You are better than me.”
“Aw don’t feel bad! You wanna play Naruto? Maybe you’ll win in that one!”
“Actually Adam, I don’t feel like playing anymore. Let’s do something else.”
“Okay! How about if we get to know each other a bit more.”That sounds good.
“Okay! Where do I start? Let’s see. Well, I’m adopted. I never really knew my parents. I get all As in school, I don’t have any siblings, I love horror movies-”
“Which one’s your favorite?” he asked.
“That’s tough. Hmm. Let me see. I would say it has to be the classic, ‘The Exorcist’.”
“Really? I tried watching that and it was way too scary! I had nightmares for weeks.” We laughed.
“Tell me some things about you.”
“My name is Adam, and-”
“I did not know that! Your name is Adam? I thought it was something like Luke or Jeremy.” I said with sarcasm. He laughed.
“I watch TV shows a lot, I love playing sports and riding my bike, I jump on my trampoline a lot too. Um…”
“Wait, you have a trampoline? I’ve never been on one!”
