Bending Over Backwards
Love Ya Forever!
Turning to Zack, I stated, "Ophelia said she would pick us up after school."
"That sounds good. Mom was figuring on us riding our boards home today with the weather being nice and all," Zack replied pulling his back pack out of his locker. "It okay if Tori and Evan come along?" He slammed his locker and began walking down the hallway towards the aforementioned Evan & Tori after i told him they could come.
"James!" I screamed into the band room, after walking away from Zack. "Quit snogging your horn and come snog me you bloody prick!" I screamed at Garrett with my amazing fake British accent. I spun around at the feel of hands on my sides.
"Hello Gorgeous," Rocky wrapped his arms around my stomach in a hug. "You gonna make practice in the morning?"
"Yes," I answered knowing what he was referring to. "I`ll be watching u run around the track and i`ll cheer with all my heart & pom-poms!"
"Whoa! Sarah and Pom-Poms? I`ve landed in the wrong school hallway,"Garrett chuckled finally walking out of the band room.
"Ye-no," I slugged him hard. "But yes Rocky, i`ll be at Football practice and yes we can give u a ride."
"Ok, I`m on the right planet now, Sarah with a football sounds better, scarier but better. " Garrett smirked, that is, until I punched him. "Ouch, sorry! I didn`t say you sucked either! One day you`ll be playing for the-"
"Don`t you say it!" I cut in.
"Dallas Cowboys!" he ran down the hall as I clenched my fist and ground my teeth before growling and chasing him.
"Zack!" I heard Rocky scream up the hall as he hurried to catch me. "Evan! Help me, unless you want to eat Garrett for supper." Track star, Rocky caught up to football star me as I neared Evan & Zack. "grabbing my arms all he said to Zack was football and he knew what to do.
"Sarah, you will NEVER play for the Cowboys, you will only play for the Ravens. And you will forever shove that fact in Garrett`s face." My breathing finally slowed.
Evan and Tori both gaped at me, "You play football?" they asked simultaneously, seemingly shocked.
"Don`t ever ask her that," Zack warned, he had found that out the hard way. I had lived with my dad and went to school in Texas for my first semester of 7th grade. That was when I started playing.
"Hell yes! last year I was the number 1 middle school football player in West Texas." I raised an eyebrow. "Now get those looks off your faces or y`all ain`t riding home with me." i let me Texan accent soak every word I had just said.
~
I lead Tori, Evan, Garrett, and Zack out of the school, and plopped down on the moist pavement. Letting the moisture seep into my jeans, I rose as a green mini-van pulled up in front of us. I Told the others that they could ride in the back as I leaped into the front seat with a soaked butt.
"Sarah, how many times has mom told you not to get in the car with a wet butt?" Ophelia smirked as she pulled out of the Dulaney Junior High parking lot..
"Uh," I thought. "Never."
"Oh," Ophelia turned back to watching the road. "Never mind, but it isn't good for the seats."
"Okay, well let me introduce the new kids on the block," laughter filled the van, and Ophelia gave me a high-five. "Well they are, so, Tori, Evan, this is Ophelia, my older half-sister. Ophelia, these are Zack's cousins Evan and Tori, they moved into the house next door."
"Nice to meet you guys," Ophelia pulled up in front of our brick house and we all got out.
"hey, I'm gonna go over to Zack or Tori's house, will you tell Jerry?" I looked over the hood at My sister.
"Fine, I'll let Dad know," She smiled at me, Love you sis."
"Love you, too," I smiled back.
~
Zack, Garrett, and I were sitting on the floor of Tori's attic room, munching on some rice crispy treats. Well Tori and Zack were, being diabetics Garrett and I just had some unsweetened tea.
"So Sarah," Tori started siting down. "How come you call him Jerry but your sister calls him Dad?"
"That's a long story, " I sat my glass down next to me and started. "That's because Jerry Is My Step-dad, but he's her birth dad. You see, My mom was with Jerry in college, they got engaged and Ophelia was on the way. Well after they graduated, Jerry got a job offer in Baltimore and my mom refused to move. So the engagement was off and my mom stayed in Texas while Jerry moved out here. My mom eventually met my dad and they were together for fourteen years. They got divorced and my mom brought us to Maryland and her and Jerry finally got married. I have a little brother and a step-brother back at my dad's in Texas."
"Wow," Tori spoke up again. "That really was a long story."
"Yeah my family is tangled," I hid behind my hair ashamed.
"Hey, it's okay, my fam is pretty whacked too," she smiled and wrapped her arms around me.
"Group hug!" Garret squealed. I sat still as the others all wrapped their arms around my sobbing figure
"Love me forever?" I questioned aloud.
"Love ya forever!" they all yelled back.
"That sounds good. Mom was figuring on us riding our boards home today with the weather being nice and all," Zack replied pulling his back pack out of his locker. "It okay if Tori and Evan come along?" He slammed his locker and began walking down the hallway towards the aforementioned Evan & Tori after i told him they could come.
"James!" I screamed into the band room, after walking away from Zack. "Quit snogging your horn and come snog me you bloody prick!" I screamed at Garrett with my amazing fake British accent. I spun around at the feel of hands on my sides.
"Hello Gorgeous," Rocky wrapped his arms around my stomach in a hug. "You gonna make practice in the morning?"
"Yes," I answered knowing what he was referring to. "I`ll be watching u run around the track and i`ll cheer with all my heart & pom-poms!"
"Whoa! Sarah and Pom-Poms? I`ve landed in the wrong school hallway,"Garrett chuckled finally walking out of the band room.
"Ye-no," I slugged him hard. "But yes Rocky, i`ll be at Football practice and yes we can give u a ride."
"Ok, I`m on the right planet now, Sarah with a football sounds better, scarier but better. " Garrett smirked, that is, until I punched him. "Ouch, sorry! I didn`t say you sucked either! One day you`ll be playing for the-"
"Don`t you say it!" I cut in.
"Dallas Cowboys!" he ran down the hall as I clenched my fist and ground my teeth before growling and chasing him.
"Zack!" I heard Rocky scream up the hall as he hurried to catch me. "Evan! Help me, unless you want to eat Garrett for supper." Track star, Rocky caught up to football star me as I neared Evan & Zack. "grabbing my arms all he said to Zack was football and he knew what to do.
"Sarah, you will NEVER play for the Cowboys, you will only play for the Ravens. And you will forever shove that fact in Garrett`s face." My breathing finally slowed.
Evan and Tori both gaped at me, "You play football?" they asked simultaneously, seemingly shocked.
"Don`t ever ask her that," Zack warned, he had found that out the hard way. I had lived with my dad and went to school in Texas for my first semester of 7th grade. That was when I started playing.
"Hell yes! last year I was the number 1 middle school football player in West Texas." I raised an eyebrow. "Now get those looks off your faces or y`all ain`t riding home with me." i let me Texan accent soak every word I had just said.
~
I lead Tori, Evan, Garrett, and Zack out of the school, and plopped down on the moist pavement. Letting the moisture seep into my jeans, I rose as a green mini-van pulled up in front of us. I Told the others that they could ride in the back as I leaped into the front seat with a soaked butt.
"Sarah, how many times has mom told you not to get in the car with a wet butt?" Ophelia smirked as she pulled out of the Dulaney Junior High parking lot..
"Uh," I thought. "Never."
"Oh," Ophelia turned back to watching the road. "Never mind, but it isn't good for the seats."
"Okay, well let me introduce the new kids on the block," laughter filled the van, and Ophelia gave me a high-five. "Well they are, so, Tori, Evan, this is Ophelia, my older half-sister. Ophelia, these are Zack's cousins Evan and Tori, they moved into the house next door."
"Nice to meet you guys," Ophelia pulled up in front of our brick house and we all got out.
"hey, I'm gonna go over to Zack or Tori's house, will you tell Jerry?" I looked over the hood at My sister.
"Fine, I'll let Dad know," She smiled at me, Love you sis."
"Love you, too," I smiled back.
~
Zack, Garrett, and I were sitting on the floor of Tori's attic room, munching on some rice crispy treats. Well Tori and Zack were, being diabetics Garrett and I just had some unsweetened tea.
"So Sarah," Tori started siting down. "How come you call him Jerry but your sister calls him Dad?"
"That's a long story, " I sat my glass down next to me and started. "That's because Jerry Is My Step-dad, but he's her birth dad. You see, My mom was with Jerry in college, they got engaged and Ophelia was on the way. Well after they graduated, Jerry got a job offer in Baltimore and my mom refused to move. So the engagement was off and my mom stayed in Texas while Jerry moved out here. My mom eventually met my dad and they were together for fourteen years. They got divorced and my mom brought us to Maryland and her and Jerry finally got married. I have a little brother and a step-brother back at my dad's in Texas."
"Wow," Tori spoke up again. "That really was a long story."
"Yeah my family is tangled," I hid behind my hair ashamed.
"Hey, it's okay, my fam is pretty whacked too," she smiled and wrapped her arms around me.
"Group hug!" Garret squealed. I sat still as the others all wrapped their arms around my sobbing figure
"Love me forever?" I questioned aloud.
"Love ya forever!" they all yelled back.
Notes
After this chapter, Sarah passed away in her sleep at the age of fourteen. I wrote the following in a "chapter four" announcing a hiatus on the story, months after her death.I'm writing this as this Story has not been updated for over a year. It's not because I don't like All Time Low anymore, because they've made me stronger over the past year. It's because it's too painful for me to write it anymore.
I am sure by now, you guys have heard of my co-author, Sarah's, death at fourteen years of age. I will be a year ago on September 16, 2012.
As I am still struggling with coping with her death(It's hard to lose your best friend.) I am putting this story on Hiatius until further notice.
I'm sure as it gets easier, I'll slowly start updating this story again, but until then, please be patient.
- Tori
However, now, It's been months since then and I am finally ready to start writing this again. It may be slow, but I owe it to Sarah to finish this. Thank you for reading this so far.I love you all.
- Victori Elizabeth
