Change Of Life - Me :) (good book club books TXT) 📗

Chapter 1: I would never hurt you, Kayla. Well, at least not in the way she would

“Mom, we ran out of milk!” I yelled from the kitchen with a bowl of cereal in my hand and no milk to go with it.

“Go buy some yourself, baby!” she yells back from her room, “I'll give you some money and you can go buy some on the way home from school today, okay?” she says while walking to the kitchen and it sounded more like an obligation than a question.

“Fine.” I pouted.

“Here you go, honey.” she says as she puts some money on the counter. I pour my cereal back into the box and grab a granola bar instead along with the money. “Have fun at school!” she adds as I walk out the door.

“Really, mom? Have fun at school? You should know better...” I say with a disappointed head shake and she lets out a slight chuckle which made me smile as I left.

 

***** 

 

My name is Kayla Anastasia Simons, I'm a junior in high school, not a virgin, not a slut, single, have one parent, only child, slightly over average grades, great sense of fashion, and let's not forget, beautifully flawless. My mom is a widow, my father died when I was 4 years old so I don't remember him very well. But whenever my mom talks about my father, she speaks very highly of him. My mom has dated a few guys since then but nothing that serious. And she's also a lawyer so, we're pretty damn rich.

 

*****

 

I drove into the school parking lot and parked my bright red car where I could. I took my keys and grabbed my designer purse. I got out of the car and searched for my phone in my bag. I still hadn't closed the door and wasn't paying attention to anything around me. So, obviously Cooper Tyssen decides to pop up out of nowhere. He just closes, more like slammed my car door for me to get my attention.

“Hey there, babe.” he says seductively.

“Hey, Cooper.” I reply without even a glance at him. I finally found my phone and texted Jessica, my number one best friend. I started walking while texting and ignored Cooper.

“Hey, wait up,-” he says as he runs to me, “babe” and now walks next to me. So this guy, Cooper Tyssen, first thing I wanna say about him, he's super hot, one of the top five in the school but he's a player, not only a player though, he's one of the stupidest ones in the whole universe. I bet the guy actually thinks that 9 plus 10 actually equals 21 (#VineReference). He's been trying to get me to sleep with him since school started this year so I've somehow learned how to completely ignore him. He was currently looking over my shoulder to see who I was texting but wasn't it obvious, who else would I be texting? I knew that Cooper would soon walk away because he always does around this timing.

“Hey, Kayla?” he asks sincerely. Okay, weird. This guy never calls me by my name, I mean a lot of people don't. Everyone calls me Kay/K. I look at him for once since he seems like he actually cares about something.

“Yeah...?” I say not knowing what was coming next.

“Uh...” he starts saying and rubs the back of his neck nervously, “Jessica...”

“What about her?” I ask a bit protective since she's my best friend and always has been.

“Just, be careful, Kayla.” he says, “I don't wanna see you get hurt.” and with that said, he just walks away.

“What?” I mutter to myself, “As if you wouldn't hurt me if I slept with you, Cooper Tyssen!” I yell back at him. He turns around and walks back up to me in a very fast motion. He grabs my wrist so I wouldn't walk away, he was careful not to hurt me though.

“I would never hurt you, Kayla. Well, at least not in the way she would.” and once again he walked away and I had nothing else to say.

“What the f*ck is that supposed to mean?” I mutter to myself once more. And then Jessica sneaks up behind me and scares the living hell out of me.

“Woah, jeez. Calm down, it's just me.” she says with her hands up in surrender. I let out a fake laugh, I could tell that she noticed it was fake but she didn't say anything. I find that that was a really bad best friend move, but I mean if she did say something about it, I wouldn't have told her what was on my mind, I mean, not yet.

But on the other hand, why should I believe anything that Cooper Tyssen says? What has he ever done that should give me a reason to believe him? Well, he was pretty damn convincing and seemed pretty damn serious. Never in my life have I seen Cooper Tyssen serious, until now.

 

8/11/2015

Chapter 2: My reaction, you ask? Well, to put it as soft as possible, I broke down.

 

“Okay, so you've been acting really weird lately and I'm getting kind of worried. Is something wrong? Did I do something wrong? If I did something wrong, I will give you the right to b*tch slap me.” Jessie (Jessica) says.

“No, no. Nothing's wrong. Everything's fine in this little brain of mine.” I say rambling on with nonsense. I haven't been able to act normal around Jessie ever since Cooper talked to me the other day. He has really gotten into my head, I mean, I can barely sleep at night.

“Are you sure?” she asks probably seeing me zone out into thought.

“Yeah, I'm great, super!” I say with the biggest smile I could manage.

“Amaze-balls,” Jessie says, “There's a party on Friday and we have to go! Everyone will be there and we gotta dress sexy.” she whispers in my ear.

“Okay, but I have some dinner with my mom on Saturday night that seems important so I can't get into any sh*t that could mess up my night with my mom. Okay?” I lay out.

“Deal.” she says and we shake hands like official business people. We laugh and walk to our next class. At lunch we talked about what we'd wear and whose house we were going to meet up at, mine or hers. Having a solid subject to talk about helped me get my mind off of what Cooper told me the other day and let me actually talk to Jessie again.

We decided that we were meeting up at my house and getting ready there and then taking my car to get to the party. After school, Jessie and I would go both go home and I'd pick her up in an hour or two and we'd go to the mall and then to my house to get ready for the party. Jessie bought some jewelery and I bought some make up and a pair of heels.

Once we got home, we both went straight into the showers. I showered in the guest bathroom and Jessie showered in mine. We both finished around the same time and both moisturized our skin with our own moisturizer. Once we finished I started doing my hair as Jessie did her make-up.

I wore an outfit that Jessie picked out for me as she wore an outfit that I picked out for her. We both trusted each other on fashion advice, if something looked horrible or even slightly uneven, we'd straight up tell the other that they look ridiculous. It's just how our relationship works.

We both finished up our last few touches and slipped on our heels along with our purses in hand. It was about 10pm and we head straight out the door to my flawless car. I put my key in ignition and we drove to the party. I actually didn't know where it was because Jessie wouldn't tell me but I soon found out that it was at Cooper's house. I was not at all ready for this kind of thing right now. I was ready to get a little tipsy to get my mind off all the random sh*t going through my mind but I wasn't ready to walk into Cooper Tyssen's house.

“What?” Jessie asks.

“You seriously brought me to Tyssen's house?” I say, “You know, the guy whose been trying to get into my pants for the past few months.”

“Yeah, well, Kay baby, maybe it's time you let him.” she says and I give her an are-you-f-ing-kidding-me-right-now look, “C'mon, how long has it been since Jake? Four, five months?”

“Four months and nine days.” I replied looking down at my hands that were entwined on my lap.

“God, you need a drink. Let's go.” she says and jumps out the car. Once we're both out of the car and I've locked the car doors, she grabbed my hand and pulled me into the house.

There were a lot of people. The drunks who are the soon to be vomiters, the stoners who are also known as the druggies, the sluts/man whores, the dance maniacs, and then the newcomers. I'm hoping to be half drunk and mostly dance maniac tonight. I just wanna let loose but certainly don't wanna end up being one of the vomiters.

I walked into the house with the music blasting so loud and Jessie was still holding my hand as she dragged me to the kitchen for a drink. She handed me a plastic red cup full of beer.

“Drink that and then drink another. I'm gonna go, uh, dance.” she yelled into my ear over the music.

I let out a faint smile and she left as I chugged the whole beer down and grabbed another cupful. I walked back over to the living room which was where everyone was dancing and grinding on each other. I took a few big gulps of my beer and looked through the crowd. I took another few gulps and my cup was empty once again. I was on my way back to the kitchen to get another drink but then, I saw something. Something that I really wish I didn't see. Something that I'm hoping that was not real, that I'm just seeing random sh*t for drinking two cups of beer so fast. But that something was real whether I liked it or not. What mattered was how I react, right now, in this moment. That is what matters.

My reaction, you ask? Well, to put it as soft as possible, I broke down. The empty red plastic cup in my hand fell to the floor as I lost all grip.

“Kayla?” I heard faintly, it was Cooper's voice. I lost all balance, I fell to the floor yet someone had caught me. A tear slid down my cheek and then another. I tried to get back onto my feet but was unable to. “Are you okay?” he asks but he gets no response. He looks in the direction I was facing and then he understands. He knew exactly why I was in the current state I found myself