Another Life - JenniferNewman (best books to read in your 20s .txt) 📗

one thing I couldn’t work out was weather he was looking at the wall because his brother was there or because he was extremely strange and I really could not think of another option but his face did not show its usual tell tell signs like his angry expression. He looked freaking amused again!
Well what was that about? I raised my eyes brows as Parker turned his head back round. He laughed and smiled when he saw that I was off the phone and said,
“Well I wish you luck with your friends you looked like they were going to be the ones to kill you. You really do confuse me you know.” I blushed and elbowed him but he just laughed harder before moving his hand from my waist and pulling my face up to his.

Chapter Seven: Monday 7:17pm.
I was lying on the settee watching some cheese advert my film had just finished and I could not be bothered to find something else so I continued to stare at the glistening screen.
Parker had left about free four hours ago making me promise him that I would call if anything was wrong and he swore if I didn’t he wouldn’t explain in more detail well damn him. I was just hoping that nothing happened so I had nothing to tell him. Stupid ghost!
I heard giggling way before I heard footsteps walking up my drive. Well here goes nothing!
I stood up and blinked a few times. I had that feeling you get when you have been sitting still too long and you were not used to standing. Well about that….
I stumbled to the door when the bell finally sounded and opened it to find four faces smiling at me. Well I could have swore I had invited Sophie, Megan and Kat but there was one more face that I recognized after a few seconds. Stacy!
“Oh my god Stacy! How was your holiday?” I said as she pulled me into a huge bear hug.
“Great. Spain is the best. But so unbelievable hot! You will never believe what happened! I’ll tell you all about as soon as you spill about you and this boy you have been holding out on these free. Come on get started!” Well that they had already filled her in typical.
I rolled my eyes before letting them in the front door and we all walked up to my room so that they could dump their stuff.
As we walked back down stairs I could have sworn I saw the same white must that meant Cody was near. Well crap! Although as soon as I looked back it was gone. Shaking my head to try and seem normal. Well normal for me. I entered the living room with the others who I could tell from their faces all ready had about five-hundred questions lined up for me.
“Okay can you lot wait two minutes while I go get drinks and snacks?” I tried to do my best puppy dog eyes but gave up pretty soon since all I could see was Parker back at Soph’s giving me his puppy dog eyes.
They looked at each other in a way that made me think they were not even going to let me out the room till they knew freaking everything. Eak!
The nodded suddenly but Sophie said,
“On one condition. You must first tell us if you are really going out with this guy. Wait do we even know his name. All I know is I slapped him in the face and you really didn’t mind!” Well that one was pretty easy…
“Yes. Now can I escape for one minute?” They smiled and nodded again. Well this might be okay after all….. Just maybe.

When I reentered the living room a couple of minutes later with five drinks on a tray and a bag of crisp and chocolate. Hell it was the holidays who cared! The four of them were sitting on the two settees leaving enough room for me on the far left hand side next to Kat and Sophie. I plopped the tray down on the side table before sitting down carefully as to not sit on either of the others. I grabbed my drink and leaned back.
As soon as I was comfortable and they all had a drink in their hands they stared. And god did they ask me everything!
“So what is this guy’s name?” Parker.
“Why have we not heard of him before my sleepover?” because we weren’t going out then.
“Was that the first time you had kissed him?” Yes.
“Is he really as hot as this lot are telling me?” Umm depends….
“Well what does that mean?” Yes.
“How old is he?” Oh Eighteen….
“You don’t know did you?” well. Okay I haven’t asked.
“Is he a good kisser?” Megan is that all your gunna ask me?
“Well is he?” Fine. Yes!
“How long?” how long what?
“Have you been going out? God.” Oh like Sunday….
“what last Sunday?” no yesterday….
“What? But you were kissing him at my sleepover? What the hell?” I dunno!
“You make no sense you know!?” Tell me about it.
These were only a few of the many questions they fired at me. I swear I was losing my voice by 9:30pm not to mention a brain over loud. I had laughed and talked for about two hours now and really I think my friends were only half way through their questioning but I swear if kept talking I would explode! I finished laughing at a question that I swear I would never repeat in the whole time I lived.
“Okay really I can’t think of another thing you could ask me so why not save your ridicules” again i had to stop speaking to laugh “questions for another time. Lets’ hear from Stacy now huh.” I turned my gaze on Stacy now and waited for her to start speaking but she just blushed and looked at the ground.
“Well well looks like I’ve not been the only one keeping something.” I laughed again with the others while Stacy still continued to stare at the ground.
“Come on spill Stac!”
“Give me a chance you lot!” she looked at me, “now I understand why you look so red we really are evil firing questions at you for what an hour?”
“Hey you are so not getting away with not telling us so easily! Tell!”
Her face fell and then she looked up and smiled. Sort off.
“Okay you will never guess but when I was in Spain we went to this really beautiful beach. You will not believe how beautiful I mean it! But anyway I was sunbathing with my Sister when we heard screams and realized the water had started to come in really rapidly! I mean we were both so scared.” She paused to take a deep breath before continuing with, “ the sea was getting closer and closer we could see everyone panicking and running for the end of the beach but there were some people who couldn’t swim and you know Alice cant. I stayed with her trying to get her to just move a little so we could get away from the rocks and out of danger but she wouldn’t get in the water and I wouldn’t leave her. Then we both heard this noise like a boat and looked over to see the god damned hottest boy I have ever seen coming right over to us! I mean it he was sooooooo hot! Anyway he helped us onto his boat and took us to one of the nearby beaches which just happened to be right next to the place we were staying.” She sighed with the memory and then carried on by saying,
“Well he asked me out to dinner the next day. Oh my god it was wonderful!” we all started giggling like little girls and soon we were heading towards the kitchen for more drinks.
“Well do you have a picture of him?” Kat asked.
“Well yeah actually. I mean it he’s a nineteen year old god!” she pulled out her phone and tapped a few buttons before holding it out for us to see.
“Wow!” we all mouthed.
“You have got to be kidding me! Rose has a hot boyfriend and now you too! This sucks I'm actually starting to wish collage would start up again soon!” I laughed at this and really I hoped for the exacted opposite I mean it had been a good distraction at first but thinking about Math’s and English and especially Art was already doing my head in. I have nine weeks off for a break and could not be asked to start learning again so quick!
I was training to become an art therapist which had been my dream for some years now and I was finally getting somewhere.
We reentered the living room with five glasses of ‘orange juice’ we were sitting back in the same places we had been minutes before still gushing over the guy Stacy had met on her holiday.
I rested my head on the back of the chair and closed my eyes I was so tired I could swear I could hear my bed calling for me! I reopened my eyes and looked at the other who still looked like they were bursting with energy apart from Kat who looked like she was already asleep.
I blinked a couple of times but that really did nothing to help in the end in just rested my head back on the head of the settee and closed my eyes and waited for sleep. Only it didn’t come well that was typical! I heard someone get up but could not muster the strength to open my eyes and see who.
“I'm sorry girls but I'm going to have to ask you all to go to bed now. Rose is already tired have had near to no sleep last night. Then there is the fainting incident this morning.. I would appreciate it if you all tried to get some sleep now.” Oh you are kidding!
I opened my eyes slowly to see the four of them all looking at me having just nodded at my mum. She was now leaving the room with a warning look at me which I only just court. I heard my phone then and get up quickly so I could get it before they all started questing me again.
It was a text message from Parker,

Bed! x

Great now I had yet another person telling me what to do! With one freaking word. Wow I was grumpy! Maybe I should follow both there advise and hope that this would spear me the questing of why I hadn’t told them about me fainting. Well about that…..
I quickly text back saying that I was and then turned to face my friends again. Please don’t say anything I really can’t be bothered to say that it was just embarrassing and to be able to keep up the lie for as long as they persisted. I walked back over to the settee I had been sitting on before and sat down leaning my head back on the chair it was a strain to just keep my eyes open let alone my head up.
“Okay Rose I swear you are falling asleep sitting there. You should have told us you know! We don’t mind. Come on you lot let’s get ready.” I felt some one pulling on my arm as I continued to sit there. My mind was blank and my thoughts were turning to slush. I really did need sleep! Slowly I heard people