Rules Of Summer

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

I ended up going to Wal-Mart for no reason. I walked to the back of the store straight to the movies and the CDs, I always had a passion for looking at a bunch of old CDs from the 1900's and buying them just to find different beats and some were really good. I touched a bunch of newer CDs and then my eyes met with a old 'down with Webster' CD. I picked it up and examined it closely.

A voice startled me making me drop the Plastic case that was just in my hand moments earlier. "I'm so sorry!" The anonymous person said picking up the CD. He turned around and met eyes with me. "That album your holding has some pretty sick songs." I looked at him closely to see if I could rack my brain to see if I've even seen this boy before, but noting came to mind.

"O-oh," I said looking at my feet. "I'm Sam." The dark haired boy said sticking out his hand. I gave him a weird look. "What?" He laughed. His laugh was sorta cute- Drew! What the hell! You don't even know the kid!

"I'm Drew," I said raising an eyebrow, "and I don't shake hands with strangers." He shrugged and put his hand in his pocket. "Why not?" He asked. I could tell he was holding back a laugh.

"Because you probably had it down your pants this morning," I snickered. He held his heart pretending to be hurt and then looked at me with wide eyes, "how did you know? Were you spying on me?" He tried to keep a straight face.

"Of course, you also have transparent pyjamas!" We both laughed and smiled at each other. "Well I have to get going," I lied. He nodded, "see you later."

I couldn't leave without a comeback so I looked right into his eyes, "I think not." And then I left trying to keep back my laugh. I turned around and his face was priceless. I turned down the next isle and started to laugh.

When I finally calmed down I heard low sobs come from behind me, when I turned around a saw a girl about my age holding onto 3 different boxes of pregnancy tests.

'Oh god,' I though to myself. She looked like she was about 16 years old and she was gorgeous, her blonde hair was tied back into a perfect high ponytail, her makeup was done perfectly none washing off with her tears, she wore dark skinny jeans that fit her perfectly and a floral top that hugged her curves. But I had a feeling in the bottom if my stomach that said her clothes would never fit like that again.

"Are you okay?" I asked trying to calm her down so everyone in the store wouldn't know what was going on. She nodded her head, and tried to give me her best smile.

"There's one thing you should know about me right away," I said taking her shoulders and looking into he eyes, "I know when someone is lying to me."

She squinted her eyes at me and dropped all three boxes of pregnancy tests on the floor. "Drew?" She asked slightly smiling. I looked at her harder trying to see if I remembered her, then a light went off in my head.

"Terry-Lynn?" I asked smiling. "I haven't seen you for 4 years!" I almost screamed. I pulled her into a tight hug and embraced her scent. I know it sounds weird but she always smelled like chocolate. It was the same smell that her favourite perfume was when we were 10. I remember buying it for her birthday and she wore it everywhere. "I missed you." I breathed.

"It's just Terry," she said and her smile faded, "we need to catch up over some coffee." She said and I nodded knowingly.

We ended up walking into a Starbucks that was attached to the Wal-mart we were in, they took our orders and we sat down.

"How have you been?" She asked taking a sip of her coffee. She reached into her pocket of her coat and pulled out a picture.

"It's been..." I searched for the right word, "harsh." I replied hoping that she would just start telling me about her so we didn't have to go any further details with me. "How about you?" I asked gripping the cold Carmel Frappichino cup in my hand.

She nodded, "I've been okay," she looked around the small coffee shop and leaned in closer to me. "I know where only 15 and stuff..." She trailed off and took a deep breath, "but I think I'm in love."

My eyes widened and I took a long sip of my drink and thought of what to say. "With who?" I asked trying to sound calm. I added a smile to make it more believable and it worked.

"With a boy named Connor," she said slowly. I gave her a look trying to get her to keep going, and she did. "He's 21 and has such a kind heart." She smiled just thinking about him.

I don't think you can fall in love at the age of 15, but how would I know? I haven't even had my first kiss yet. "How long have you been together?" I asked switching my gaze over to the same boy that I was talking to earlier. He was a bit taller then me, maybe 5'8? And I was 5'4. He had a bright tattoo on his left arm and a lip piercing that I don't notice earlier.

Terry's voice knocked me out of my thoughts, "about a year," she said sounding annoyed. I nodded and smiled, but something in the pit of my stomach told me it wasn't love and he was an idiot.

"What's with the pregnancy tests then?" I asked wanting to know more about it without sounding to noisy.

"Well," she started off leaning close to me again, "we have slept together a few times and I wanted to make sure that I'm not pregnant." She said truthfully trying to hide the tears.

I nodded for what felt like the hundredth time today. "What happened to miss I'm-gonna-wait-till-I'm-married?" I asked trying to keep back the laugh.

"She disappeared along time ago, Drew, a very long time ago." She looked down at her coffee and I realized this is probably half my fault. I left her here after I came every summer and one day just never came back. Her parents weren't there for her and I always said I was going to be there for anything she needed... But I wasn't. Then she started talking again, "how about you?" She snickered, "miss I've-never-had-my-first-kiss." She laughed and grabbed my hand that wasn't holding my drink.

"I still haven't had it," I looked down at my left arm. My cuts were showing a bit from the way she was holding my hand. I turned the cuts down towards the table... But it was to late.

"Drew!" She almost screamed, "what's happened to you?" She clamped her hand over her mouth and tears filled in her eyes. That's when I told her the whole story.

She was slightly crying by the end if the story but I managed to be the one not crying for once. Look at this, two 15 year old girls with lives they were given and there just throwing them away. What a mess.

"I'm sorry to ease drop," a voice came from behind me, "but your life story is very interesting." I turned around to the anonymous voice. "Sam?" I recognized him from earlier, how long was he there.

"It's not of your business," I snapped at him. Terry gave me a warning look.

"How's it going Sam?" She asked smiling at him. He have her a thumbs up and she retuned it. His phone went off and he looked back at Terry.

"Connors looking for you," he said to her. She got up and stuffed the picture back into her pocket. We said our goodbyes and she left with a flip of her blonde hair. I laughed to myself, she hasn't changed a but since I saw her last.

"That wasn't him," I shot at him, why would he lie to her?

"Guess not," he said smiling. He then grabbed his coffee cup in one hand and slid a piece of crumpled paper across the table and stopped it right in front of me. "Guess I won't see you around," he laughed and left the small coffee shop.

I sat back in my chair and flipped the piece of paper over to read the words:

'You've gone to far just to impress them.'