CHAPTER 9

I finished the chores late in the afternoon. So I decided to go out; if I stay at home all day then I'll think about food. I haven't eaten anything all day and I'm starving. So I needed some kind of distraction. I grabbed two bottles of water out of the fridge to take with me. Everytime I feel hungry I drink, hoping it would sooth my hunger. It doesn't really work, but it helps a little.

I went to the park and sat down on the bench. I had no one to talk to, no friends; so I just sat there, enjoying the cool air.

"Lia?"

A voice came from my right. Drew was heading towards me. Instantly, my nerves started acting up.

"What are you doing here all by yourself?" He asked, taking a seat next to me.

"Oh, I-I just felt getting um some fresh air." I stumbled over my words, making my cheeks heat up in the process. "What about you?"

"I'm actually heading to the movies with a friend, but she bailed on me at the last minuet. I just decided to go by myself. Hey, want to go?" He asked.

"What? To t-the movies? With you?" I squeaked?

"Yeah, but if you don't want to, that's okay too. I'd really appreciate the company though. " he looked at me with those sweet, calming brown eyes, I found myself answering 'yes' before I can stop myself.

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Drew stumbled out the theatre, drunk on laughter. While I sulked behind him.

"Your face!" Drew laughed.

"You should've told me it was going to be a horror movie! " I accused.

"You almost broke my arm, the way you were holding it."

I glared at him; he sobered up and stopped laughing.

"You stopped stuttering!" He suddenly exclaimed. "You're comfortable around me now." He grinned delightfully.

Drew suddenly grabbed my hand, pulling me in a foreign direction. "Let's go get ice cream!"

It was dark already. I wanted to protest but I just decided to go with it. I finally had enough confidence to spend some time with a really cute boy who may or may not be my crush. When will that ever happen again? Chances are, tomorrow he'll just forget this ever happened and things will go back to normal.

We got our ice cream and slowly walked back to my house. Something cold and wet touched my nose.

"Drew!" I yelled. How dare he! He put ice cream on my nose! I looked at him. Only to find him laughing . I was almost done eating my ice cream, so I crushed the thing on top of his head.

"My hair!" He screamed in horror. He looked at me through narrowed lids; eyes that said 'murder'.

Shit.

I ran as fast as I could. My house was in view. I was almost at the door when Drew caught me. I screamed as his wandering fingers found all my weak spots and started ticking the life out of me.

We both fell down on the porch, laughing and exhausted.

The door opened to reveal a very angry Brandon. My eyes widened in realization. I forgot to make dinner.

Oh boy, I was going to die tonight.