thought.
Did my life have another angle to view it from? Yes, no...maybe?
Maybe this was the angle but I just couldn’t keep it, and that was something that I would have to learn to deal with. No matter how attached I was becoming.
* * *
I was pretty nervous about going to Megan’s house tonight. I wasn’t used to being around people, not normal people anyway. Would they even like me or talk to me? I was driving myself crazy with all of the questions. After we left the lake, Leighton and I went our separate ways. I couldn’t stop thinking about the time that I had spent with him today. He was so easy to be around. I didn’t feel on edge when I was with him. I didn’t feel like I had to pretend to be somebody else. I just felt like me, and it was nice.
I heard the light knock on my door before turning towards the mirror. I had thrown on a pair of jeans, a dark blue tank top, and a pair of converse. The heat was making me resent the length of my hair and so, I decided to wear it all up tonight and give my neck a break.
“Hey,” Leighton greeted as I opened the door and took in his lopsided grin.
“Hey.”
“Ready?”
“I think so, am I dressed ok?” I asked. I had no idea what people wore to a barbeque, not that I had much else to change into anyway.
“You look fine,” he said before looking at my face, “you look nice, stop worrying,” he said as he chuckled to himself.
I felt the familiar presence of his hand in mine as he dragged us towards his Chevy. He held the door open for me before jumping into the driver’s seat.
We began our journey in a comfortable silence before he decided to break the silence with a question that caught me completely off guard.
“Are you and your mom close?”
I didn’t feel as nervous as I should have. My mom was a subject that I didn’t touch upon but for some reason I found myself answering.
“We were.”
“What changed?” He asked as he kept his eyes on the road.
“She started to see life from a different angle,” I said in a dry tone.
I watched as he nodded his head from the corner of my eyes. He turned the radio up, letting me know that he wouldn’t dig any deeper. I felt thankful that he understood that I couldn’t talk about her anymore than that, not if I was going to make it through the night. Before I had the chance to let the thoughts of my mom effect my entire evening, I felt his hand slip inside of mine. He didn’t say a word and neither did he look at me but one simple touch, and I felt completely calm.
That is how we spent the rest of the journey.
* * *
“We’re here,” he said as we pulled up outside of a house that looked pretty much identical to Aunt Sarah’s. “Ready?” I nodded my head before slipping out of the car. I took a deep breath as I heard the sound of talking and laughing coming from inside. “Come on.”
Here goes nothing.
“You came!” Megan beamed as soon as she opened the door. She threw me into a tight bear hug. “I know you don’t hug but I’m just happy to see you. Hey, Leighton,” she continued before hugging him as well. I felt a strange feeling go through me as I watched her hands touching him but I pushed it to the back of my mind. I was being silly.
“Hey, Megan,” he said as he glanced at me.
“Come on in, I want to introduce Rainie to everyone,” she said as she slipped her hand in mine. It was comforting but nothing like the feeling that Leighton’s hand gave me. “Ok, everyone, quiet! I want to introduce you to my friend,” she said as we entered a room full of people. Everybody stopped eating, talking, laughing and whatever else they were doing, to watch me. I felt nervous until a light touch on my lower back reminded me that I wasn’t alone. I didn’t have to turn around to know who it was. “Ok, so this is Rainie. Rainie, that there is my Uncle Ricky, his wife Tina and his
Did my life have another angle to view it from? Yes, no...maybe?
Maybe this was the angle but I just couldn’t keep it, and that was something that I would have to learn to deal with. No matter how attached I was becoming.
* * *
I was pretty nervous about going to Megan’s house tonight. I wasn’t used to being around people, not normal people anyway. Would they even like me or talk to me? I was driving myself crazy with all of the questions. After we left the lake, Leighton and I went our separate ways. I couldn’t stop thinking about the time that I had spent with him today. He was so easy to be around. I didn’t feel on edge when I was with him. I didn’t feel like I had to pretend to be somebody else. I just felt like me, and it was nice.
I heard the light knock on my door before turning towards the mirror. I had thrown on a pair of jeans, a dark blue tank top, and a pair of converse. The heat was making me resent the length of my hair and so, I decided to wear it all up tonight and give my neck a break.
“Hey,” Leighton greeted as I opened the door and took in his lopsided grin.
“Hey.”
“Ready?”
“I think so, am I dressed ok?” I asked. I had no idea what people wore to a barbeque, not that I had much else to change into anyway.
“You look fine,” he said before looking at my face, “you look nice, stop worrying,” he said as he chuckled to himself.
I felt the familiar presence of his hand in mine as he dragged us towards his Chevy. He held the door open for me before jumping into the driver’s seat.
We began our journey in a comfortable silence before he decided to break the silence with a question that caught me completely off guard.
“Are you and your mom close?”
I didn’t feel as nervous as I should have. My mom was a subject that I didn’t touch upon but for some reason I found myself answering.
“We were.”
“What changed?” He asked as he kept his eyes on the road.
“She started to see life from a different angle,” I said in a dry tone.
I watched as he nodded his head from the corner of my eyes. He turned the radio up, letting me know that he wouldn’t dig any deeper. I felt thankful that he understood that I couldn’t talk about her anymore than that, not if I was going to make it through the night. Before I had the chance to let the thoughts of my mom effect my entire evening, I felt his hand slip inside of mine. He didn’t say a word and neither did he look at me but one simple touch, and I felt completely calm.
That is how we spent the rest of the journey.
* * *
“We’re here,” he said as we pulled up outside of a house that looked pretty much identical to Aunt Sarah’s. “Ready?” I nodded my head before slipping out of the car. I took a deep breath as I heard the sound of talking and laughing coming from inside. “Come on.”
Here goes nothing.
“You came!” Megan beamed as soon as she opened the door. She threw me into a tight bear hug. “I know you don’t hug but I’m just happy to see you. Hey, Leighton,” she continued before hugging him as well. I felt a strange feeling go through me as I watched her hands touching him but I pushed it to the back of my mind. I was being silly.
“Hey, Megan,” he said as he glanced at me.
“Come on in, I want to introduce Rainie to everyone,” she said as she slipped her hand in mine. It was comforting but nothing like the feeling that Leighton’s hand gave me. “Ok, everyone, quiet! I want to introduce you to my friend,” she said as we entered a room full of people. Everybody stopped eating, talking, laughing and whatever else they were doing, to watch me. I felt nervous until a light touch on my lower back reminded me that I wasn’t alone. I didn’t have to turn around to know who it was. “Ok, so this is Rainie. Rainie, that there is my Uncle Ricky, his wife Tina and his
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