And so it Goes - Chalen D. (classic book list txt) 📗

I could feel a smile coming into place.
"Come with me."
I looked around, biting my lip. I looked back at Mikey, and He shook his hand at me. I sighed, and grabbed his hand. He smiled, and he pulled me, at a jog, to my car.
"Give me your keys."
"Why?" i asked, holding them out.
"It's a surprise." he smiled, took the keys, gave me a soft kiss, and pulled open my door.
We pulled up to a old building. We went into a white room. There was paint in the middle of the room.
"What are we doing?"
"Painting." He said opening a bucket of purple.
"What are you painting?" I asked.
"You!" He said, getting a hand full and throwing it at me.
"Oh it is so on." I said, picking up the bucket and tossing it at him.
I opened another and he splashed my with red.
"Ow my eye." I said.
"Are you okay?" He asked, touching my arms.
Since I was bent over he couldn't see my hands.
"Perfect!" I said, splashing him with the paint.
"Nice." He said, wiping some off and flinging it at me.
After our fight we went out back, where there was a outdoor shower. We washed up.
"Here, let me help your face."
"Oh thanks." i said, as he rubbed at my cheek.
His eyes never left mine.
"There." he said softly.
"Thanks." i said.
The water pouring over us was warm. He took my face in his hands.
"I've decided I'm in love with you." He said, bending his head to kiss me.
I stood still.
"Kiss me back, and maybe you wouldn't be so bad of a kisser." He muttered.
I grabbed onto his jacket and kissed him back.
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I shut the front door.
"You know, your teacher called me. Makes it kinda hard for you to ditch. you haven't been going to therapy. You got drunk and ended up in a different state. What's going on?"
"How do you know?" i asked.
Nathan pulled out his phone and pushed a button. there was a lot of yelling.
"Nathan! It's me Lola. Don't worry, we went on a trip, i think we're in Jersey. anyway don't wait up!"
"So?"
"So what? can't you just trust me?"
"I can."
"Thank you."
"Cause your going to Rehab."
"What?! No I'm not!" I yelled.
"You'll thank me later. I already have your things packed-"
"You went through my shit!"
"Please get into the car so we can get going."
"No!"
"Please don't make me hand cuff you."
"You know. I normally don't hate people, but now I'm thinking differently. I'll be in the car."
We pulled up to the rehab center.
"This is so fucking lame. I didn't even get to say goodbye to my friends."
"You mean the friends that started you on this?"
"I started myself. You don't know anything, that has happened. What about school?"
"this is two weeks."
"I'll try not to hang myself." I said, getting out of the car.
Nathan grabbed my bag and followed me into the center.
"Lola Steele." He said.
"Go on in." The girl said.
The man asked me questions. I sat quiet arms crossed and leg crossed.
"She'll be just fine here. We can help her."
"Hold your breath." i said.
"See? She talked."
Nathan and him shook hands. I was shown to my room. A girl was sitting on the other bed reading a book. For the next two weeks Clover came everyday, giving me my school stuff, and explainging it to me. Crimson, sat next to her, arm crossed, peeved to ahve to be here. It meant a lot to me that they came.
"See you tomorrow." She hugged me.
"I get out tomorrow."
"You do. that's right."
She left, with Crimson ahead of her.
"Things will be different." The girl said.
She never talked.
"What?"
"Your old friends won't be your friends."
"How do you know?"
"Have they came to see you once? Now that your better, they're not going to want to hang out with you."
I suddenly felt sick to go home. No talk girl was right. They haven't even came to see me. I knew the knew I was gone. They would of asked Clover, adn she would of told them.
"Lola, Your rides here." The nurse said.
"Thank you." i smiled.
I went into the front office with my new therapist.
"I have her folder and I want you to read everything we've talked about." He said.
"I thought you said that stuff was private."
"Not from Nathan." He said, handing him the folder.
Nathan opened it. I stood up and bolted from the room.
"Lola!" He called.
I ran out the front doors. I looked around, and bolted left down the road. It was dark time when I pushed throguh Nancy's front door.
"Thank god." She said, pulling me in for a hug.
"Is he here?"
"No, he took the kids out looking for you. Need something to eat?"
"Yes please." I said.
"Alright." She said, smoothing my hair. "Come." She said, leading the way to the kitchen.
I washed my food down with a soda.
Nathan came in.
"Lola! Why didn't you tell me things were so bad?" He asked.
"You read it?"
"Of course i did."
"I hate you Nathan." i said.
"Lola, sweety." Nancy said.
"I fucking Hate him Nancy." I said. "I hate you. With every broken piece of me."
I pushed past him, And then Crimson and Clover at the door.
"Lola come on!" Nathan called, before I slammed the front door.
I ran all the wat to my house. I locked everything up and went into my room. My suitcase was on my bed. I opened it. My rehab Jump suit was on top. I put it in my dresser next to my other jump suit. I took a shower and went to bed.
The next day at school I saw Rosalynn. I waved at her. She turned and walked away.
"Come on, Lola." Becky said, slipping her arm through mine. "You can hang out with me and Clover." She said.
So I did for the next two days. I didn't talk to any of my old friends, and haven't even seen Mikey. I opened my door, after school.
"Lola!" Mikey waved jogging over.
"We'll be inside." Clover said, pulling Becky's arm.
"Your back!" He grinned.
"What do you want?"
"A hug."
I rolled my eyes and turned.
"What happened?" He asked.
I turned to him, "Why haven't you come to see me, In Rehab or when I got home."
"I'm really mean when I quit smoking." He said.
"You quit smoking?" i asked.
"Yeah for you."
"For me." i could feel a smile, trying to break free.
"Yeah, cause I love you. Can I get that hug now?"
I hugged him.
"So Rosalynn Hate's me now?"
"It's not just you, she Cut us all off."
"What's going on with her?"
"She's not talking to anyone."
"Did Becky say anything about bad stuff happening at her house?"
"No."
"I'll try to get through to her. Becky, Clover."
"Yeah?" They asked, coming outside.
"Were-"
"Yes, they were listening. they're girls, it's what we do. We're going for a ride."
We got into the car and drove to Becky's. We sat in the kitchen until Rosalynn came in.
"What's Lola doing here?" Rosalynn asked.
"I'm your friend." I said.
Rosalynn snorted and left the kitchen.
"That went Well." Clover said.
"You think?" I asked.
The next day at School Mikey sat with us.
"Hey Lola." Martie said.
"Hey." I smiled getting up.
I hugged him.
"I thought you wouldn't want to hang out with us, cause your better." Drew said, as I hugged him.
"You guys are my friends." I said, hugging Calvin.
We all sat down. Saturday, I decided to talk to Rosalynn. I went to her house. She came into the kitchen.
"Rosalynn." I said.
She looked to the kitchen door, and then to me. She ran to the door and I tackled her to the floor.
"What the hell is your problem?"
"what's yours?" She asked, as I pinned her down.
"Your the one that didn't wave back to me."
"Your the one who hates me."
"What? I never said that."
"I asked Nathan were you went and he said, rehab, and you hate him. then he said you hate everyone."
"Rosalynn. You should no damn well I don't hate you." I said, sitting up.
She sat up across from me.
"Really? I thought you'd get better, and then not want to hang out with a low life like me. If you didn't want to hang out with me, I wasn't going to hang out with or old friends."
"Rosalynn. Don't you know I love you? Your far from a low life."
"Yeah, but-"
"Oh come on! your gonna make mistakes your young."
"But you can't make the mistakes anymore."
"Who said that?" i smirked.
"Vodka welcome home party?" She asked, standing on her knees, arms held out.
I stood on mine, and held out mine.
"Vodka welcome home party."
"I missed you!" She said, hugging me.
We went to her room and drank some vodka.
"Mind if I light up?" She asked.
I bit my lip.
"Fuck it. We're all screwed anyways." I said, taking the pipe and a lighter.
"There's my girl!" She said, taking the pipe back.
"I think I have to spend the night." I told her.
"Don't you still have the aprtment?"
"Yeah but Nathan could be there, and I'm not dealing with his shit. I wonder what happened to my cell phone." i said.
Rosalynn got up and went to her dresser she pulled out my phone and gave it to me.
"jacked it when Nathan wasn't looking."
"This is why your my best friend."
"My chargers over there, it fits."
I got up from the floor and got onto her bed. I reached down and grabbed the cord.
"Rosalynn?"
"Yeah?"
"You bed and wall ate my arm."
"Oh I got it."
Rosalynn, grabbed the bottom of the bed and pulled, freeing my arm. I plugged my phone in.
"Shit. can we get a window open? I feel like I've been walking bare foot through Egypt "
Rosalynn, laughed and opened her Window.
I got up and sat on the bench.
"Air!" I said, sticking my upper body out the window, arms out wide.
"Rosie?" Becky called.
"Shit! She'll tell Clover, Clover will tell Nancy, Nancy will tell Nathan, and I'll be fucked. I don't want to be fucked." I said, grabbing Rosalynn's arms.
"Hide in my tub." I ran into the bathroom.
"What's up Beck?" Rosalynn said.
"I need my cover up back. I'll get it."
"I'll get it!"
As I lowered in the bath tub, I heard feet running.
"I feel sick." Rosalynn said, giving Becky the cover up and shutting the door.
She Made gagging noises and I tossed a shampoo into the toilet making a splash.
"Oh Gross! I'll make you some tea."
We high fived.
Once she left We snuck out and walked to my apartment.
"I hope you have the keys, cause If we see Sasquatch there ain't no way in hell I'm going to get away from him wearing these shoes." Rosalynn said.
We hid behind the wall and looked into the apartment area. We looked at each other and nodded. We grabbed hands and jogged to the house.
"You!"
We screamed and ran to the house.
"Lose the fucking shoes!" I yelled, half dragging her.
She took off the heels and tossed them.
"Ow!"
We looked back. Sasquatch was holding his face.
"Shall we run screaming into the night as if our lives depended on it?" I asked.
"So we shall."
We grabbed hands, and stood tall. We screamed and took off in a run.
"Get back