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~Becka~
Beck Stanley is what you refer to the boy-next-door kind of guy. He’s good looking-way good looking- with light brown hair and baby blue eyes. He’s tall and muscular and while he’s tough I’ve known him to be sweet. And now here he is standing in front of me asking if I want to go out with him. Any girl would have already said yes, heck I would have said yes in less than a second just a few weeks ago.
Now here I am, actually doubting myself.
***
~Chloe~
“You guys heard me we’re all going camping,” I state as the boys groan.
I’ve called a meeting at Dan’s and my house. Of course Hank was already here as well so we only had to wait until Brandon and Nick showed up. Once they got here I went straight to the point. And now here they are groaning and complaining. Too bad they're still coming no matter what.
“Enough!” I scream feeling like a teacher stopping a fight or something along those lines.
“Why do we have to go again?” Brandon asks looking at me unhappily.
“Because I’m positive we all need a break,” I state and then add, “That’s why we will all be leaving our phones and electronics behind except you know one of those flip phone ones so that we can call in case of an emergency,”
There’s more groaning.
“Now you’ve gone too far!” Nick exclaims moodily.
“Well too bad!” I reply back annoyed.
Weirdly enough both Hank and Dan stay awfully quiet during this whole exchange, well, except the occasional collective groan.
I clap my hands together, “Let’s take a vote,” I say looking straight at Becka, Dan, and Hank.
“All in favor raise your hands,”
Becka’s and my hands are up first, then slowly Hank raises his hand until eventually Dan joins us too.
“It’s decided then, Saturday morning we all head to the mountains!” I finish before heading in the direction of the kitchen.
A few seconds later I hear someone come after me.
“Well that was unexpected,” Dan breathes out.
I turn around and smile, “I know, but I think it’ll do us some good. You know just to hang out and stuff,”
“And possibly get mauled by a bear,” Dan adds smirking.
I laugh, “That’s why Becka and I have four strong guys to protect us,” I state mockingly fluttering my eyelids.
Dan laughs, “Hey if a bear comes after me I’m throwing both of you over my shoulders and bolting. Brandon, Hank, and Nick can be lunchmeat,”
“Thanks, I’m so lucky to call you my friend,” Hank says sarcastically as he enters the kitchen.
Dan grins and then slaps Hank on the shoulder, “Oh don’t be a pussy,”
“Just shut up,” Hank replies walking over to the fridge and grabbing a water bottle.
I smile to myself and am about to grab an apple when the phone suddenly rings. I jump surprised before grabbing the phone. Of course Dan and Hank laugh at me before I grab it.
“Hello,” I say trying to ignore the immature people behind me.
“Did my good looks put you in such a trance the phone scared you?” Hank whispers in my ear, but at the same time loud enough for Dan to hear.
Dan laughs as I feel my cheeks turn ever so slightly red. I have an issue with blushing even though it’s not true what Hank said.
“Shh, I’m on the phone,” I hiss at them.
“Hey honey!” my mom unexpectedly says from the other side.
“Mom!” I exclaim surprised and immediately Dan stops laughing.
Strangely, he doesn’t leave the room.
“Hey baby, guess what?” My mom asks giddily.
Baby?
“Um, what?” I ask.
She ignores my lack of enthusiasm.
“I’m coming for a visit!” she screams excitedly into the phone. I quickly pull it away from my ear.
Once I’m sure she’s done killing my eardrums I ask, “When?”
“In a week from tomorrow,” she responds.
I look over at Dan who’s watching my intently. Damn, he’s not going to like this.
“Hey sweetie, is Dan there?” she asks abruptly.
Sweetie?
I look straight at Dan before saying, “No, he’s out,”
“Oh,” she whispers and I can basically see her mouth opening in a slight o.
“Well I got to go, the Amazon sure keeps me busy!” she states loudly, but I can hear that the excited glint in her voice is gone.
“Bye mom,” I reply before hanging up and putting the phone back.
“What’d she want?” Dan asks raising an eyebrow.
“Oh nothing much,” I say nonchalantly.
Of course I’m avoiding his eyes. Hank casually puts an arm around my shoulders.
“It’s okay, you can tell Dan,” Hank says nicely but I can see the devilish look in his eyes.
Damn him!
I let out a breath, “Thanks,” I mutter sarcastically.
“Tell me,” Dan demands.
“Mom’s coming for a visit,” I say softly.
***
Ring bell. Ring! I command you to fast forward and ring!
Damn, no such luck.
Impatiently I tap my foot on the ground. The clock seems to go slower as I stare at it. From the corner of my eye I can see Dan sitting expressionless as Mrs. Mancini teaches another boring lesson. Ah, I hate science.
Anyways, Dan’s been like this since the big news; expressionless. In fact, he’s even left Becka alone. And he loves pissing Becka off! Hank, Brandon, and Nick are surprisingly very quiet this afternoon. Usually the four boys are what make this class entertaining or at least annoy Mrs. Mancini to the point that she looks like she’s going to explode. Now that’s quite entertaining.
Becka on the other hand looks like she either wants to jump on Dan and demand what’s going wrong or run as far away from him as possible. It changes every minute or so. The funny part is that you can see her emotions so well.
Finally, as Mrs. Mancini gets to the riveting point of precipitates-note the sarcasm- the bell rings.
“Hallelujah!” I yell and run out the classroom.
Of course I get a few awkward stares, but hey it’s me and I expect it by now.
Right when I get out the room I feel a hand on my wrist.
I turn around expecting to see Dan ready to complain about our mother or Hank ready to make up some excuse to take me somewhere. It’s neither.
“Where do you think you’re going?” Beck asks.
“What?” I ask.
Doesn’t he have the wrong person?
News:
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