Making Circles - Vanessa Gilbert (recommended reading txt) 📗

soda I wanted. I went over to one of the little candy racks grabbed the jerky sticks and then I grabbed my chocolate bar. I paid for my stuff then I went outside. I began to walk towards my car until I heard the calls of my name.
“Arien, Arien, Arien, Arien!” I looked and standing across the parking lot was Miranda, Savannah, and Jessie. I waved at them then ran the rest of the way towards them. Miranda had on her favorite torn up black jeans, black and white high tops, and a black tank top. Savannah had on a black and purple dress and purple high heels, and Jessie had on a thigh length black skirt, a red tank top that went down to right below her ribs, and red high heel boots. I reached them and asked, “Hey guys, what’s up?”
They all smiled and responded with, “Nothing much we’re going to go to a party, you in?”
I looked between them and…and the way to Carter’s house then nodded. “Yea I’m in,” I said.
They all smiled then grabbed my arms and lead me to Jessie’s new Ford truck. We all climbed in and in no time we were at the party. The house was trashed on the outside, trash everywhere, teens on the lawn going in to the party, leaving the party, getting sick because of the party. I looked at my friends then at the house and took a deep breath. This will ease the pain of losing someone who I was happy to get back in my life. We all got out of the tuck then made our way to the house. Everyone was pushing and shoving and yelling at each other…I thought soon a fight would break out. We got in the house and the house on the inside was horrible. Teens making out everywhere, food and drinks on the floor, empty beer cans scattered across the floor, and…clothes on the floor.
“Oh shit what did I get myself into,” I thought in my head.
I sighed and walked around with my friends. Jessie grabbed all of us a beer and then said, “Okay a toast to being young and hot and single.”
“Cheers,” we all screamed.
I put the opening of the can to my lips and began to drink. The beer was bitter…but it tasted oddly nice. I began to chug it and wished, begged for Carter to leave my mind, to leave my life. After the can was empty I threw the can on the ground then grabbed me another one. My friends laughed at me and said, “Wow Arien you can really drink.”
I smiled and nodded then chugged my new beer. I threw the new empty beer can on the floor and laughed. “Wow I feel nothing,” I said.
They laughed and soon enough they were stumbling and mumbling. I laughed at them and said, “You guys can’t handle your drinks.”
Soon I was on my fifth beer and still I felt nothing. I sat on the kitchen counter and watched as people lived the room and entered. I sighed and soon my eye caught a guy across the room watching me. I smiled at him shyly and watched as he made his way to me.
“Hey, you can really handle your beer,” he said.
I smiled and nodded, “Yep I feel nothing.”
He smiled and then handed me a small shot filled with a dark orange yellow liquid and said, “Let’s see if you can handle this.”
I smiled grabbed the shot and then threw it back in my mouth and gave the shot back. The liquid burned my throat and synched my mind. I closed my eyes violently then opened them and said, “Wow now that was a drink.”
He smiled and asked, “Feeling anything now?”
Now that he mentioned it yea…he was looking good. I laughed then wrapped my arms around him and whispered, “Yea, I find you sexy.”
He smiled then leaned up and kissed me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and began to moan as he ran his hands up and down my body. My mind was drifting in and out and soon I could feel myself slip into the void and blackness filled my vision. I awoke and I was in a room, on a bed, and I wasn’t along. My vision cleared and on top of me stripping me and running his hands over my naked flesh was the guy that gave me the shot. I looked at him in horror and screamed, “What the hell are you doing?!”
He looked at me shocked and said, “Damn if I gave that to any other girl that would have knocked her out for a good half an hour. Oh well this will make it better.”
I looked at him and began to struggle.
He smiled then grabbed my wrists and pinned them to the bed and said, “Don’t lie you want this.”
I screamed, “Help,” and just as I screamed in came help. A black blur threw the guy off of me and growled low then grabbed me and tore me from the bed and out of the house. It wasn’t till we got in the car that I realized who it was…it was Carter. Carter was driving faster than he usually did, his face a masked blue of anger, frustration, and worry. I stared at him in horror and fought to keep my eyes opened. Whatever that guy gave me wasn’t done with me…it still was going and I was just able to fight it. I starred at Carter and watched as his eyes focused on the road. I wanted to say something…I wanted to ask how he found me…but nothing was coming out. He stopped the car and looked over at me. I looked around and saw that we were hiding in the deep forest behind an old building. I stared at him and watched him stare back at me with his hazel eyes.
He leaned in and began to kiss me gently then the kiss grew more violent and aggressive and rough. His one of his hands tangled in my hair and the other hand on my waist pulling me over to his side of the car. I moaned in pain and said between rough kisses he planted on my neck and exposed chest, “Carter…you’re…you’re hurting me.”
Carter looked up at me and looked down then said in a whisper so low I almost didn’t hear him, “I’m sorry, I’ll take you to your home then to whatever place you want to go.”
I looked at him as he hanged his head in shame and I couldn’t help but smile then left his head with my finger so he looked straight at me and then lean in and kissed him. He smiled under my kiss then began to kiss back.
After that Carter and I spent our days either on the couch or out with our friend but where ever we went we held hands as we walked around, we kissed…a lot before we got out of the SUV, and anytime we sat I’d sent on his lap leaning back on him and starring up at his cute face. I came back to reality and smiled at Carter. I looked at my parents to make sure it was okay then we they both smiled and nodded (dad a bit more hesitant than mom) I ran over to him and met him half way over to where I was with me jumping up towards him, wrapping my legs around his waist, wrapping my arms around his neck, and kissing him.
He laughed when I was done kissing him then sat me down, connected our heart necklaces, and walked with me back to where I was at the barn. After the party thing and kissing me for the first time he asked me about the necklace and I told him it was my way of sharing how much I’m glad he isn’t mad at me anymore. I remember him smiling and kissing me there and then saying, “Well now it’s the way we tell people we are together now.”
When we reached the barn we broke the heart and he let me go in and take Apple in the barn. On the inside of the barn there were six horse areas. Each one for all of our horse couples.
That is on one side on the other side is our bunnies and pig areas. The pigs can either be on the inside of the barn or outside in small arena. The bunnies have the same option only there little arena has different fencing. I walked in with Apple and lead her to her “home” and then unhooked the robe around her neck. I hit her back side and said, “Go girl, go be happy with your boyfriend.”
Apple pranced in happily and then went up to Pie and began to circle around each other cutely. I smiled at the cute horse couple then walked out and ran over to Carter. Carter smiled when I climbed up the fence then jumped on his back and said, “Yi-ha ride horsy!”
Carter laughed then wrapped his arms around my legs to keep me balanced better on his back.
He made horse sounds and then pretended to gallop. I laughed and then when we were close to my parents I jumped off and hugged him from behind. He laughed then grabbed my hand, moved me to his side, and then walked over to my parents with me. Both my mom and my dad crossed their arms over their chest and glared at us. I blushed and watched as Carter puffed out his chest as he said, “Hello.”
My mom and dad smiled then both reached out there hands to greet him. Dad starred at mom in an, "I’m mad at you," jokingly way and said, “It’s the father who’s suppose to do this to the new boyfriend.”
“Yea well I’ve been doing this to her boyfriends for a while now so I think I deserve to keep doing this,” mom said back.
“Well I don’t think that’s fair. She’s my only daughter I want her to feel special,” dad said.
“Well she’s my only daughter as well and I’m the one who will give the boyfriends a dirty look that scares them,” she said.
“Now wait a minute-,” dad began till I interrupted with, “Guys, guys, guys how about you both. I mean nothings scarier than BOTH the parents doing the same judging thing to a new boyfriend.”
“She’s right,” Carter agreed with me with big eyes.
Both my parents laughed and then they introduced themselves.
“Hi I’m Arien’s mother and this-,” my mom began with the introductions until dad said, “and I’m her father.”
I laughed and looked at Carter as he said, “Well hello to you both and may I say you have a lovely…um…horse?”
They laughed and then my mom asked, “Carter would you like to join us at a family reunion?”
Carter looked deep in thought then looked at me and said, “Yes.”
I smiled and blushed at him then gripped his hand tightly. He smiled at me then kissed my cheek.
“Well boy you are feeling brave now aren’t you,” my dad said.
Carter laughed and said, “Well yes sir I’m feeling like a brave punk.”
My dad laughed and said, “So you’ve seen that movie to.”
Carter nodded and said, “Yes that’s actually my favorite line.”
My dad smiled and said, “Well then you’ve just made it on my good list.”
With that mom and dad got in the