The Summer I Finally Lived
“Ugh, why do I have to live so far away from you?” Brittany met me at school. I gave her a hug and chugged my No2.
“Sorry mom wants horses,” my mom is irresponsible and a total airhead but I still love her.
“Well then since she’s not here this weekend you and I are sleeping at my house. I really want to hang out with you and Matt.”
“Who?”
“Matt, my crush. All of us are going to the carnival in Fort Collins.”
“You were going to tell me when,” she gave me a mischievous grin and said, “when I knew you didn’t have an excuse to back out.” That’s why I love Brittany she is so forward and up front about everything. But, at this time everything in my life was bad so I tried to make up an excuse.
“But I have so much homework I don’t have time.”
Brittany gave me her I know you’re lying look and said, “We have a 3 day weekend and I have 5 classes with you and none of those teachers gave out homework.” Dang it she caught me with my only excuse I had.
“Fine I’ll go but when I say go we go got it.” “Fine but try not to worry so much it will be fun promise” with that we drove my old beat up Chevy Silverado down to my old country house in the middle of nowhere aka Wellington, Colorado.
Since my dad left us mom decided that people where bad and horses where the only thing she could trust so we moved out to the country halfway across the U.S.A from my hometown of San Diego, California. It was a shock moving from warm busy San Diego, California to cold boring Wellington, Colorado. There wasn’t anything to do even in the small town and small town gossip was always there and vicious. But my mom loved is because there weren’t any memories of my dad here so I was stuck here till I turned 18. I didn’t have many memories of my dad, he was never home and when he was he was drunk and silent. I didn’t know he was gone for good until a week after he gave my mom the note and the only reason I figured out was because all of his airplane models where gone and there was still beer in the fridge.
Brittany gave me a worried look on her face and said “we don’t have to go if you don’t want to we can stay home and watch movies ill call matt up and tell him I got sick in biology”
“no I’m fine I’m just a little distracted” the truth was I hadn’t slept in days I was to worried about my boyfriend not talking to me for a week. I understand he was mad at me not acting like his mom and telling him what not to do but come on he could at least be civilized about it and talk to me like a grow up instead of fighting with me then cheating on me but whatever I’ll live and find a way to forgive him. I had to we have been dating since the beginning of the year sophomore year and we were now seniors we were the golden couple and I just obsessed with keeping it that way what was life if you didn’t have a good reputation so I smiled in the halls and told everyone that ‘we were just going through a rough patch” and that “he wasn’t feeling good and he didn’t want to get me sick” in all reality I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to deal with it and just forget it didn’t help that this wasn’t the first time that something like this happened he did about the same thing in junior year over Christmas break and I believed him when he said
“it wouldn’t happen again” and” I meant everything to him.” And I fell for it like a total fool I was so stupid.
“so how long do I have to get ready for the carnival” I asked Brittany she beamed at me and said
“2 hours and we are eating here because I’m broke and trying to eat healthy” I took a shower put on my favorite long sleeve shirt a cute dark grey hoody and a pair of tight jeans I put\on my makeup tied my hair up and called it good I went down stairs to see what Brittany was doing and smelled Spanish food cooking I helped her make her famous chicken taco salad and ate quickly. I did dishes and she went and got ready. Brittany gave me a funny look when I grabbed my truck keys and shook her head “we not driving it that piece of junk if we can drive my new Camaro I rolled my eyes and hopped in her black and silver 2012 Camaro as we sped off into the night going way to fast.
Matt is a tall blond with a closed off face and a dangerous reputation. All the girls at poudre swooned over him and he had a reputation of breaking hearts like they were twigs and going through them like they were candy. I was scared for Brittany because this could not end well for her, but I had to let her find that out on her own. Another thing about Brittany, she didn’t take anyone’s word for it and, had to learn things the hard way. I hope she doesn’t fall to hard. Because I’ll be the only one there to pick her up in the end. Her family gave her money and ignored her she went through a rebellious stage freshman year to try and get their attention and they don’t even know about it. I was the one that finally knocked some sense into her when she ended up at a party and got into a major fight with a stranger luckily I got the girl not to press charges after I made Brittany apologize and told the girl she was drunk and would feel horrible in the morning the next day Brittany’s wild streak ended when my mom got involved after the girl’s parents called her at work and explained what happened.
I was I the middle of talking to Matt about where I could go get a job (matt’s family basically owns wellington) when a really hot guy about my age comes over winks at me gives me his number and starts talking to matt like they were long lost brothers. Brittany and I both had no idea who this mysterious man was because there was no way we had seen him around. Trust me I would have remember he walked like he was king of the world had long brown hair a rockin body a new pair of expensive boots and a Copenhagen ring in his back pocket (not that I was staring or anything). He had a cocky grin on his face and a mischievous sparkle in his eyes. Instantly all my walls went up he was trouble and I knew it. He looked straight at me and said
“hey beautiful what’s your name ”
I glared at him and said “get lost”
Just as Brittany said “her name is Anastasia”
I glared at him and said “not happening”
his response was “wanna bet whatever I aim for I get” great now I have some big headed cowboy hitting on me could tonight get any worse.
After back woods boy left I veered off to go find something to do most of the brightly colored death traps had long lines that moved at snails speed I got on one called ring of fire and waited patiently for my turn. Looking around I realized just how eerie the carnival looked. All of the venders had expressions on their faces that would have crept out the best villains, and the workers looked like zombies but it wasn’t just the people there was a thick fog hanging in the air like a snake waiting to strike and the breeze had a chill like death was breathing down my back At least I’m not stuck watching Brittany and Matt suck face all night.
Just as the line started moving I felt a pair of hand on my waist and a voice with a drawl whispered in my ear “names Tyler in case you were wonderin let’s get outta here” I looked straight at him and was tempted to go, my mother was going to kill me if I survived tonight with the mystery of a man Tyler, but I deserved to have some fun every now and then, I hadn’t done anything wild and crazy in forever and he was definitely wild and crazy.
I followed him out of the carnival jumped in his white Chevy Duramax and said “drive.” And I sped off into dark tonight feeling more alive than I had for years.