Guts

Hi guys, Jack again! I once again have control of the book. Alex has agreed to it so no worries of him interrupting, I hope. I’m going to tell you about what happened after everyone went to sleep. Alex does know what happened but he told me to tell it since it was my experience. But now I will stop talking and tell you the story.

So Alex was snoring lightly beside me and Yanni was mumbling incoherently. I just couldn’t sleep; I had been laying there for a good hour and was restless. I got up quietly and snuck outside to the backyard. I was planning on lying under the stars and just try and relax. But when I stepped out the sliding glass door of the kitchen I saw flowing blonde hair and a back turned to me. My breath caught in my throat. She was so beautiful. Her hair was wavy and blonde. She was sort of short and really thin, but not in a bad way, she was athletic. She was starting to form curves in all the right places. It was hard to believe that she was related to Zack, the big athletic kid who could crush me with a finger. She was in a loose white tank top and a pair of jean shorts that wen about mid-thigh. She was barefoot and I could see her wiggling her toes in the grass. Even though her back was turned to me I knew she would be chewing on her soft pink lips and her piercing blue eyes would hold mischief.

I walked up behind her and bear hugged her from behind. She let out a ghasp then turned around to face me. She gave me a look that said she would kill me but her eyes gave her away, her eyes held a smile. She pounded on my chest and told me to let her go or pay the consequences. I was willing to test her so I grabbed on tighter. She started trying to hit me but I grabbed her arms tighter. She tried wiggling and squirming but that didn’t work either. I asked if she was ready to give up when all of a sudden she stated tickling me! I was so surprised that I let her go. She took that to her advantage and tackled me and tickled me more! I was laughing so hard I couldn’t breathe. I grabbed her and rolled over on top of her and tickled her! I asked her if she gave up and she nodded vigorously. I rolled over to the ground and laid there looking up at the stars.

Maria and I laid there for a while just looking at the stars lost in our own thoughts. She let out a sigh and rolled over and looked at me. She had tears in her eyes. I was startled and asked what was wrong? She started crying and I just grabbed her and held her until she calmed down. After she finally was calm enough to talk she started telling me her story.

She thought of her parents break up as her fault. It turns out when she was a little kid her father’s brother started raping her. No one knew and she kept it a secret. Every time her parents went out on a date or went away for a business trip she had to stay with her uncle. When she did he would do unspeakable things to her. One day her brother woke up in the middle of the night to her screaming and he went to see what was wrong and found her tied up and their uncle over her. She doesn’t remember anything after that. She was told later on that Zack almost killed their uncle. He beat him within inches of his life. When her parents found out they felt so guilty and it drove them apart. She stayed with her mom and Zack went with their dad. They both knew their parents needed someone. Ever since that day her and Zack ended up really close and he spent even more time working out to protect her. He was very wary of any guys who got close to her. She didn’t want anyone to know how depressed she really was so she acted happy and became head cheerleader and tried to push away all the bad thoughts. But that didn’t always work. She was on an anti-depressant and went to therapy once a week. She kept all that hidden from her friends and only her family knew. It was hard for her not being around her brother because they were so close. She felt nervous around guys and that’s why she never went on dates.

I asked her why her brother didn’t beat me up and why she hung around us then. Her answer shocked me. She said Zack liked us and felt he could trust us. She told me that she knew I like to act like a man whore but I really wasn’t like that. She said I felt different to her, she knew I wouldn’t hurt her. She told me she trusted me and the Alex and Yanni. She said we were the only real friends she had. I was shocked.

Before I was at a loss for words and before I could even think of anything to say to her she leaned over and kissed me. Not just a quick peck but full on blown out tongue and all. Believe it or not that was my first kiss. Maria kissed me out under the stars after telling me her life story and her deepest secrets then she got up, smiled at me, and walked inside.

I melted.

Notes

*Ghasp!*