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CHAPTER ONE
It was a Friday night, two in thein drunken laughter behind as station My little Corolla had been chugging near empty for the last few miles And I'll admit that I'd been worried ould've broken down on the side of the road, not for my car's sake, forwith Lydia and Jessica And on cue, Lydia rammed her elbow in the back of my head
"Oh, Sahter "I'hter once more
Jessica wrapped her hands around the passenger seat and leaned forward "Can we go to another party?"
"Puh-leaze?"
"No "I unclipped et out
They scrambled out, or tried Lydia tripped and was nearly clocked by ht on Lydia's shoulders so she wouldn't fall while she sidestepped over her
What a friend
"Why not? It's our last Friday night before school Come on, Sam!"
Lydia stood and straightened out her skirt and top When her boobs were back in place and the skirt barely covered her ass, she turned her pleading eyes on me too "It'll be fun Come on! I knohere a public party is "
Jessica whirled to her "Oh! That sounds awesome "
They bounced together Both wore flowing skirts, tight tops, and brown curls that flung everywhere When one hit me in the face, I swatted it away
"I'uys home You're both drunk "
"Coht," Lydia moaned
Jessica frowned and flipped her hair over her shoulder "Yeah, you are What's going on with you?"
"Did you and Jeffrey have a fight?" Lydia's eyebroiggled up and down She peeled over in laughter once more
I gave them my polite fk off smile and each rolled their eyes Then Lydia lifted her nose and got a whiff of gas station pizza Her stoether, holding hands, and giggling over the fact they were drunk, I leaned back against my car
While the gas was guzzling intowith ed that afternoon I could see my mother's face when I had left Jessica's house and went hoo out that night Even me Yes, Jeffrey was usually an ass, but a s to be the night we slept together He'd been my boyfriend for three years now He was nice, well, he was a douche at times, but he still seemed to like me And I liked hi froot knocked up with me, I didn't want to end up like that So I had taken everything sloith Jeff, but when I got hoht, little butterflies were in my stomach
They died and burned in flames when I opened my front door Boxes upon boxes were lined inside and in the middle of them sat my mother A bottle of as half empty beside her as she sat in her silk bathrobe Tears coated her face, but when she saw ht smile was forced out
"Hey, honey " Hiccup "How are you?"
I let the door go and it slammed shut behind me "What happened?"
"Oh " She gaveYou don't need to worry about a thing "
"Worry about what?"
"We're going to be fine "
I hadn'tfrom my arm "Mom, what happened?" Boxes were everywhere, even in the kitchen I sao empty wine bottles in the sink
"You andto be just fine "
"Where's dad?"
Her hands froze She'd been taping up a box, but she sucked in her breath and held still
"Mom?"
She finished the rest of her wine and she almost fell backwards froain, "Mo on?"
She started sobbing "Oh honey I'm so sorry about this I really am "
"Mo on?"
"Ifellinlovewithsoain and swiped at some of her tears
"What?"
She took a deep breath "I…we're leaving your father "
My insides screamed at her My hands curled into fists and I wanted to launch myself at her I wanted to pound the hell out of her, but I didn't do any of that Instead, I collapsed on one of the couches and I listened to everything she said She'd fallen in love with someone else She wanted to be with hi to move in with this boyfriend of hers
"Who?"
"Huh?" She lifted tear-stained eyes to me
"Who?"
A soft sob and she whispered, "James Kade "
"James Kade?"
She nodded and wiped her arht know them "
Know thean Kade While they were rich, their dad owned five of the factories that our town thrived on, they chose to go to public school Everyone knew the Kade brothers They could've gone to the private school, where most of the rich kids went, or where I went becauseup when they chose public school
And noas going to be living with them?
As I watched myshriveled up inside of me I would never be like oing to be getting laid bytime