was strange for someone to pack up and move an eighteen year old to a different school in the middle of their senior year. Maybe I should ask Risk more about his move when we hang out Thursday.
The bell rang and everyone scrambled over themselves to get out of class. I never knew why they were always in such a hurry when we still had hours of school left. I took my time getting my things together and hoped that Risk would stop by my seat and walk me to my next class.
“Hey, I was going to save you a seat, but I thought you weren’t coming today.” He did stop to talk to me! Score!
“Oh yeah…sorry. Gray had to drag me out of bed this morning…” I chuckled at remembering Gray screaming at me.
“…Gray?” Oh holy shit! No I did NOT just do that!
“Umm…yeah listen, I’m kind of in a hurry. I already have a ton of tardies and I can’t be late again.” I was scrambling for an explanation but I had none and I needed to get out of there.
“Look, if you’re seeing someone I understand. I can see how someone who looks like you wouldn’t be single for long…” His voice trailed off and he shuffled his feet.
“Someone that looks like me ?” I was confused and he saw it on my face.
“Um yeah…you’re kind of…gorgeous.” My mouth fell open and Risk blushed. “Look I don’t want you to be late…” Risk said.
“I’m not seeing anyone. I mean, I’m not seeing anyone else .” I kind of blurted that out. I didn’t want to sound too desperate, but I wanted to make myself clear to him.
His mouth grew into a wide grin that brightened his face like the sun. “Oh, cool. Can I walk you to class then? I don’t really care if I’m late.” I nodded and off we went.
The rest of the day I spent thinking of Risk. It was a lot easier to concentrate on how I felt about him with Gray being absent. I knew that I thought Risk was gorgeous, but the rumor Gabby told me did fit into place with some things that I had noticed. For instance, Risk always looked away from my face when he was nervous or he thought things were going in a negative direction. That made me think that his self-confidence was shot, and I knew the feeling because that’s how I reacted in those situations. Also, I had met his parents and they looked rough. His dad was a total boozer, just like Gabby said, and his mom acted like she had something to hide. Just because his mom didn’t order a drink at Rocktop didn’t mean that I didn’t see her downing half of what her husband was ordering. Yeah, Risk definitely had some secrets, but I didn’t mind hanging out and seeing what they were. I just had to keep my damned mouth shut about Gray.
I brought my Rocktop uniform with me to school so that I could go straight to work and have a little time to hang out with Remi, maybe even talk boys with her. I knew she would love that.
I got dressed in the bathroom and then went to the back to the employee room and waited for Remi to get to work. While I waited, Jane, the bartender, came to take her break. Jane had a more risqué uniform than the rest of us had. She wore a blue Dallas Cowboys jersey that she had cut to show most of her abdomen, which was flat and well defined, and her shorts were white which meant that if she wore panties with them everyone would be able to see them, but that also meant that everyone knew that she didn’t wear panties. Her tights did nothing to make her skin appear tan because she was already nice and bronze from head to toe. Her black hair was cut as a short bob, which was a popular style, and it was messy and a little spiky in the back, but down to her chin and sleek in
The bell rang and everyone scrambled over themselves to get out of class. I never knew why they were always in such a hurry when we still had hours of school left. I took my time getting my things together and hoped that Risk would stop by my seat and walk me to my next class.
“Hey, I was going to save you a seat, but I thought you weren’t coming today.” He did stop to talk to me! Score!
“Oh yeah…sorry. Gray had to drag me out of bed this morning…” I chuckled at remembering Gray screaming at me.
“…Gray?” Oh holy shit! No I did NOT just do that!
“Umm…yeah listen, I’m kind of in a hurry. I already have a ton of tardies and I can’t be late again.” I was scrambling for an explanation but I had none and I needed to get out of there.
“Look, if you’re seeing someone I understand. I can see how someone who looks like you wouldn’t be single for long…” His voice trailed off and he shuffled his feet.
“Someone that looks like me ?” I was confused and he saw it on my face.
“Um yeah…you’re kind of…gorgeous.” My mouth fell open and Risk blushed. “Look I don’t want you to be late…” Risk said.
“I’m not seeing anyone. I mean, I’m not seeing anyone else .” I kind of blurted that out. I didn’t want to sound too desperate, but I wanted to make myself clear to him.
His mouth grew into a wide grin that brightened his face like the sun. “Oh, cool. Can I walk you to class then? I don’t really care if I’m late.” I nodded and off we went.
The rest of the day I spent thinking of Risk. It was a lot easier to concentrate on how I felt about him with Gray being absent. I knew that I thought Risk was gorgeous, but the rumor Gabby told me did fit into place with some things that I had noticed. For instance, Risk always looked away from my face when he was nervous or he thought things were going in a negative direction. That made me think that his self-confidence was shot, and I knew the feeling because that’s how I reacted in those situations. Also, I had met his parents and they looked rough. His dad was a total boozer, just like Gabby said, and his mom acted like she had something to hide. Just because his mom didn’t order a drink at Rocktop didn’t mean that I didn’t see her downing half of what her husband was ordering. Yeah, Risk definitely had some secrets, but I didn’t mind hanging out and seeing what they were. I just had to keep my damned mouth shut about Gray.
I brought my Rocktop uniform with me to school so that I could go straight to work and have a little time to hang out with Remi, maybe even talk boys with her. I knew she would love that.
I got dressed in the bathroom and then went to the back to the employee room and waited for Remi to get to work. While I waited, Jane, the bartender, came to take her break. Jane had a more risqué uniform than the rest of us had. She wore a blue Dallas Cowboys jersey that she had cut to show most of her abdomen, which was flat and well defined, and her shorts were white which meant that if she wore panties with them everyone would be able to see them, but that also meant that everyone knew that she didn’t wear panties. Her tights did nothing to make her skin appear tan because she was already nice and bronze from head to toe. Her black hair was cut as a short bob, which was a popular style, and it was messy and a little spiky in the back, but down to her chin and sleek in
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