iwritemyownstory

   The figure jumped a little at my high pitched scream. 
  "W-what the hell?!" They said, startled. I thought i recognized the voice, but i couldn't put a name on it. 
 "Who are you?!" I snapped, stepping back from them. 
 "It's me, Luke. Calm down." He chuckled to himself. I sniffled and wiped my cheeks.
 "Gabriella..are you crying?" He asked, stepping closer to me. I stepped back again. I didn't want him to see my face. I didn't answer him, just swayed back and forth. 
  "Come with me to my house." He said, motioning for me to follow him. I didn't move. Not really in the mood to share my issues with a boy i barely know. 
  "I- I don't think that's a great idea right now.." I sniffled again. He sighed and took my arm.
  "That wasn't a question." He said, gently guiding me to his house. I didnt fight him, but i dont know what he wants to talk about now..

  We got to his house and stepped inside. He led me to the basement, or his bedroom.
 "Sit." He demanded, pointing to a couch in the middle of the room. I breathed out sharp, getting annoyed with his commands. But I did what he told me anyways. He disappeared into another room and came out with a tshirt and shorts. 
   "Uhh, you can change if you want.." He said, tossing the clothes on the couch next to me. I looked at them and back up to him. He looked down at me and smiled a little.
  "As good as you look in that dress, I'm sure it's not too comfy." 
I sighed and picked up the clothes, then walked into his room. While I changed I observed all of the basketball trophies and jerseys lining the walls and floor. 
   I walked out of his room wearing his huge clothes, and threw my dress on the arm of the couch. He was right, it felt awesome to get out of that dress. I sat down on the couch next to Luke, but tried to avoid his eyes. 
  "So what happened?" He asked. I could feel his eyes on me. I wiped my eyes again, not caring if my makeup smudged. It was screwed up anyway. 
 "Nothing.." I sniffled, looking around on the floor. 
 "Obviously something happened. You wouldn't be crying."
 "It's nothing. really..nothing you need to concern yourself with.." Luke shifted his position on the couch to face me.
  "Would you rather have me guess?" He smiled at me. I didn't answer, staring blankly at his eyes. 
 "Kay..uhmm..someone at school hurt you..uhh..your beloved fish died while you were gone and he was your best friend that you can never replace.." He looked at me with the most serious face. I couldn't help but laugh at him. 
  "Your fish died and your laughing?!" He laughed while trying to yell. 
 "N-no...uhh..the..other one.."
 

     I walked out the school doors with Lily next to me. Ryan didn't have football practice today but he said he couldnt hang out after school like we always do. Lily and I waited at my house until it was time for the dance.

    Finally! It was 5:00 and the dance started at 7:30. Time to get ready!! Lily curled my hair and I put my dress on. My make-up was pretty simple and I added a necklace Ryan gave me. I looked perfect(: 
 I checked my phone every minute waiting for Ryan to tell me he was here. Suddenly I heard a knock on the door. Lily squealed and I hopped down the stairs to open the door. I slowly opened it to see Ryans perfect face staring at me. He smiled and held his hand out to me. 
  "Ready beautiful?"
I grabbed my silver heels looked at Lily.
  "Always." I smiled and took his hand. 
      I slid into the back of a white Impala- Lily's boyfriend Toby's car. Lily sat next to me and we sped off. 
  Ryan and I walked through the gym doors hand-in-hand. The lights flickered and the music boomed against the concrete walls. Ryan and I danced for awhile together until Ryan stopped me. He yelled over the music into my ear, 
  "Want a drink?" i was going to say yes but before I could answer Ryan turned around and disappeared into the crowd of kids. I sat at a table alone for a couple minutes until Lily and Toby walked over and sat next to me. We talked for awhile and watched kids dance. I stood up after 15 minutes.
  "I'm gonna go find Ryan. It doesn't take 15 minutes to get a drink. I weaved through the crowd of kids jumping around for a good 5 minutes. 

I stopped short and stared at a familiar white tux facing away from me. They slowly turned to the side and I saw a girl with long brown hair wrapped around a boys neck. I started breathing quickly and felt my eyes well up.

   "....Ryan?"

     The next day we had no school because of snow. It was the first snowfall of the year and it put us out of school! My mom and I went to her friend’s house to have dinner. I wore my gray knit Uggs and a gray long sleeved shirt with dark blue skinny jeans.
     We walked through the door to the smell of dinner cooking. My mom yelled down the hallway.
“Tasha!!!”
We waited a couple seconds until a short woman with long brown hair ran to greet us. She finished wiping her hands off on a dishtowel and hugged my mom.
 “It’s been so long!” She whined.
She let go of my mom and smiled at me.
“And you must be Gabriella!” She beamed, giving me a quick hug.
 “I’m Tasha.” She smiled, shaking my hand. I smiled politely and said
 “nice to meet you.”
Tasha led us into the kitchen and we sat down at her counter while she cooked. Not boring or anything..                                             
“Gabby, sweetie, why don’t you go hang out with Luke?” She turned to me. Luke? Who?
I looked at her for a minute until she realized I didn’t know who that was.
 “He’s my son. I think he’s your age! Lemme get him.” She smiled, walking down the hallway. Seconds later she walked back into the kitchen.
“Hmm..he was in his room alittle while ago” She said, puzzled.                                               
   I sat with them a while longer before my phone buzzed. I excused myself to take a walk. I stepped outside and walked down the front steps, and answered my phone.
“Hello?”
“Babyy” I recognized his voice. Ryan(:
“Hey Ry”
“Listen, I can’t hang out tonight. I’m grounded.” He said. That’s weird.. He never gets grounded..
“You got grounded? Okay..maybe tomorrow..” I sighed.
“Cool, love you.” He said quickly and hung up. I could’ve sworn I heard a girl talking, and not his mom. I brushed it off and began walking down the driveway.
  “Hey.” I heard a quiet voice say behind me. I turned around and pushed my blonde hair out of my face. A tall boy with shaggy brown hair looked at me with dark blue eyes. I smiled and looked down.
“H-hey.. You must be Luke.” I said, looking up at him.
“And you must be Gabriella.” He smiled, with perfect white teeth. He walked towards me and shook my hand. I looked down at the basketball under his arm.
  “You play?” I asked, fixing my jacket.
“Wha- Oh. Yeah kinda.” He stammered, looking down.
“You good?” I said smiling a little.
“Pffftt. I’m the best there is!” He laughed. I snagged the ball from his arms and dribbled it.
“Not as good as me though..” I giggled.
“Doubt it.” He smirked and jumped forward, grabbing the basketball from me and shooting it from where he was standing. It swished in. Luke looked at me, a proud smile on his face. I ran up and grabbed the ball before it rolled down the driveway. I took a random shot and hoped I would make it in. It bounced off the rim and landed in Luke’s hands.
  “Here. Lemme show you.” He half smiled and walked behind me. He handed me the basketball and put his arms around me and put his hands on mine. I suddenly thought of Ryan and ducked out of Luke’s arms.
 “I-I’m sorry..I kinda have a boyfriend..” I stammered. I feel bad that I didn’t tell him before. Luke blushed and looked down at the ground.
“Sorry. I didn’t know.” He said softly.
“It’s fine..” I trailed off and looked around. We stood there until my mom opened the front door.
“Guys!- Oh hi. Dinners ready.”    We awkwardly looked at each other and walked into the house.
                                    

      Cody walked up the stairs, shaking his hair from the water. Courtney watched quietly from the center of the pool. I ran to the edge of the patio and and intertwined my hands with the chain link fencing. Cody jogged after me and stood behind me.
  "Go without a fight or with one, your still going in." He panted, pressing his hair down on his forehead. I giggled and pressed harder into the fence.
  "It's not a fight if i dont move.." I heard him breath out sharp as he put his warm hands on my shoulders and tried to pull me back, but i didnt move.
   "Jeeze your strong.." He laughed, stepping back. "yeah, from fighting my dad all the time.." i thought to myself. Cody slowly turned to walk away, so i took my hands off the fence to fix my bathing suit. I guess Cody noticed because he quickly turned around and put his arms around my waist. He lifted me up and turned towards the pool.
   I latched onto his neck when he threw me in, pulling him in with me. I gasped as the cold water surrounded my body and i went underwater. I opened my eyes and saw the blur of Cody swimming to the surface.
   I pushed up and panted, fixing my hair and bathing suit top. Courtney was laughing soo hard. i splashed Cody in the face and swam over to Court.
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     Unfortunately I had to go home to do homework and study for my biology test. I have english with Cody tomorrow(: I couldnt get his perfect face out of my head. I studied for hours in my room with the door locked. While working on math i heard the front door slam..daddy's home. yippeee..
  "MARISA!!!!" His voice bellowed throughout the house. I took a deep breath and called back to him, walking out of my room. Why can't my mom be here to protect me??