me with kindness and respect, he made me laugh, he was romantic, he was sweet and most of all he was there for me when I needed him. When he told me he loved me I couldn't say it back, he understood and said he'd give me time, I thought time would be what I needed but it dwelled on me that time might just lead me back to the realisation that I'm longing for the one person I can never have.
I felt my cellphone vibrate beside me. Caleb was calling.
"Hey," I said, dropping the photo back in the box and put the lid on it.
"Hey beautiful, what are you doing?" He asked me.
"Nothing, just reading a book," I lied.
"Still wanna hang later?" Caleb asked.
"Of course, I can't wait," I told him. It was true, I wanted to be around him more than anything right now.
"Cool. I'll pick you up in an hour?"
"Okay. See you then!" I said hanging up, my hands were shaking a little, I didn't like lying.
I fell back on my bed and my mind quickly trailed back to Logan, I wondered what he looked like now. I thought back to the last night I saw him, the night before he left. I remember the way his muscles bulged as he took my frail wrists in his strong hands. Did he grow his hair long again? I like it when he had long hair, it softened him. I thought back to the week he slipped away from me. He had been acting up for months but it wasn't until the night of the incident when I realised how out of control Logan's anger issues were. It was a big night for our small town High School. Our football team had won state champion, Logan was the linebacker and he saved the game dramatically in the last minute. Everyone was celebrating at Gabby Mitchell's family lake house, myself and Logan included. We had all been drinking that night, I was new to drinking alcohol and with my small frame it went right through me, I was black out drunk. All I know is that Logan had an altercation with another guy from school, Drew, and ended up putting him in hospital.
After that night Logan began avoiding me. Because of his history with fighting he didn't get off lightly, they put him in juvi to finish his last year of high school. He didn't want me to visit and when he was out he continued his bad behaviour coming home drunk or high each night or disappearing for days on end. He was a different person but even still I tried to break down his walls and let him know I wanted to be there for him. He didn't want it though. He did everything in his power to show me how little he cared about me.
I got up to get ready for tonight. I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror. I'd been lounging at home all day in baggy sweat pants and my hair in a messy bun, it was time to clean myself up. After I showered I straightened my long brunette hair and put on a little mascara and lip gloss. I chose a denim mini skirt, white t shirt and a pair of black Converse. I went downstairs to wait for Caleb knowing he'd be punctual.
Caleb pulled into the driveway right on time. I skipped out the front door to greet him.
"Hey!" I said sliding into the passengers seat.
"You look cute," he said leaning over to kiss me. I smiled at him, suddenly feeling safe again.
CHAPTER TWO
It was getting late and I knew Caleb would have to drop me home soon since he had work early the next day.
"Shall we get going then?" he asked me. We had finished our dessert almost an hour ago and sat in each others company mostly silent as we played around on our phones occasionally conversing about some current event or laughing together at a funny picture.
"I guess," I replied. I was feeling nervous about what would happen when I got home.
Caleb got the bill and we went out to his car.
"Let's take the long way," I said.
"Sure," he replied looking at me and smiling, "for any reason?"
"I just want to spend as much time as possible together" I said sweetly.
"Me too, I keep thinking about you going off to college, I'm gonna miss you, you know that right?" he looked
I felt my cellphone vibrate beside me. Caleb was calling.
"Hey," I said, dropping the photo back in the box and put the lid on it.
"Hey beautiful, what are you doing?" He asked me.
"Nothing, just reading a book," I lied.
"Still wanna hang later?" Caleb asked.
"Of course, I can't wait," I told him. It was true, I wanted to be around him more than anything right now.
"Cool. I'll pick you up in an hour?"
"Okay. See you then!" I said hanging up, my hands were shaking a little, I didn't like lying.
I fell back on my bed and my mind quickly trailed back to Logan, I wondered what he looked like now. I thought back to the last night I saw him, the night before he left. I remember the way his muscles bulged as he took my frail wrists in his strong hands. Did he grow his hair long again? I like it when he had long hair, it softened him. I thought back to the week he slipped away from me. He had been acting up for months but it wasn't until the night of the incident when I realised how out of control Logan's anger issues were. It was a big night for our small town High School. Our football team had won state champion, Logan was the linebacker and he saved the game dramatically in the last minute. Everyone was celebrating at Gabby Mitchell's family lake house, myself and Logan included. We had all been drinking that night, I was new to drinking alcohol and with my small frame it went right through me, I was black out drunk. All I know is that Logan had an altercation with another guy from school, Drew, and ended up putting him in hospital.
After that night Logan began avoiding me. Because of his history with fighting he didn't get off lightly, they put him in juvi to finish his last year of high school. He didn't want me to visit and when he was out he continued his bad behaviour coming home drunk or high each night or disappearing for days on end. He was a different person but even still I tried to break down his walls and let him know I wanted to be there for him. He didn't want it though. He did everything in his power to show me how little he cared about me.
I got up to get ready for tonight. I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror. I'd been lounging at home all day in baggy sweat pants and my hair in a messy bun, it was time to clean myself up. After I showered I straightened my long brunette hair and put on a little mascara and lip gloss. I chose a denim mini skirt, white t shirt and a pair of black Converse. I went downstairs to wait for Caleb knowing he'd be punctual.
Caleb pulled into the driveway right on time. I skipped out the front door to greet him.
"Hey!" I said sliding into the passengers seat.
"You look cute," he said leaning over to kiss me. I smiled at him, suddenly feeling safe again.
CHAPTER TWO
It was getting late and I knew Caleb would have to drop me home soon since he had work early the next day.
"Shall we get going then?" he asked me. We had finished our dessert almost an hour ago and sat in each others company mostly silent as we played around on our phones occasionally conversing about some current event or laughing together at a funny picture.
"I guess," I replied. I was feeling nervous about what would happen when I got home.
Caleb got the bill and we went out to his car.
"Let's take the long way," I said.
"Sure," he replied looking at me and smiling, "for any reason?"
"I just want to spend as much time as possible together" I said sweetly.
"Me too, I keep thinking about you going off to college, I'm gonna miss you, you know that right?" he looked
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