ng on. Eric, her brother, was frowning and seated on the couch with his arms crossed. Her father was pacing the living
could have gotte
to say "Dad-" when the
ge, he yelled at Eric, "
c commence
t thinking, were you?!" "You put yourself
id I was sorry!" "And nothing bad happened!" From the mome
y stiffening. With clenched teeth, he declared, "You wi
way. Practices for football begin this w
thought of that before drinking and
sibling was never really that careless. When he we
ned to face their mother. He be
"I apologize, Eric.
ced Kelly, he stopped abruptly. He stepped closer to her,
t she recoiled in actuality. "What
ident bitterness. "I believed we were supporting one another. Seems like I was mistaken, my dear," he
ulder, but he brushed it off with a firm shrug and walked down the
emarked, "You know he needs time to cool off." "Let's get
e who dared to drive after drinking. It's a good thing he got off so lightly. Extra work for the next
they were both reading. Every month, just the two of them-Kelly and her mother
in the room, so Kelly and her mother had a friendly conversation about ordinary things. Eric tightened his jaw visibly and smashed his fork on the table when
ding next to him. She said, "Why are you upset
on me when I called and didn't respond to any of my texts!" he scr
e. "I'm so sorry,
d with a cold demeanor,
't have my ph-," but he ignor
made it clear that he didn't wa
ever he drank when he first started going out in high school. Reaching over to the nightstand, Kelly picked up the phone and called her
s? Can't speak at th
ight, you hung up o
g, he called. Naturall
spoke last n
and your voice
remarks would make her feel special. She was shocked that throughout their entire conversation, he had
n if you had! He ran afo
blem, swee
ove home intoxicated and is now upset w
is a douche. The intox
to provide an apology. Kelly was eager to
gether to swap phones? It is best to
ay, I left for f
? Did he go? The second infuriated her more.
t me know that last night? We could've
t. Would that you had n
ery little! When will y
r sounds reall
ly tenacious! That's what I want in
uld I do in the
l I get back, we'll just forward
is not being us
very adorable ;) You really do need a li
mother entered Kelly's room, said, "Mark's
you pick up when I ca
eld by a jackass. She promised to find Tess and murder him. He didn
k enquired,
Would you like to vi
Mark said sadly, "I've been
th a matter-of-factness. Her best friend's olive skin tone made her enviou
s arrive, it can never harm
rnia. It reaches as low as fifty de
stand no chance," she joked. It was common knowledge that the majority of their classmates frequented the beach in an attempt to make out with the college
lly let out a cry. "They are like soooo dreamy!" Kelly returned to her usual tone of voice. In
, "See you then," an
finish the look, she applied a little layer of waterproof mascara and pink lip gloss. Kelly grabbed her phone and went downstairs after packing a bag with a book, her iP
aby doll? Aww. -T I
l. After you knock one down, turn them around
ocking one down, you flip them around and find 98 beer b
s was the wisest course of action
ever get dropped o
deed! I did
ng football instead of
ave three hours left to go to cam
able to bother you
jority of girls would giv
them the
one? Are we really not the s
ho kicks and bites teammat
slapping your ass;) I suppose I will dream
l athlete who believed that just because he played football, all girls should fall in love with him. For a whole week, how in the hell was she sup
She tried to persuade herself that she could handle this. "I can do this," she said. Kelly banged h