Page 8 of Adore Me
I didn't know how to answer, so I picked up the chubby puppy and walked towards the stairs to go to my room. "Please tell Valerie and Sammy that I have the chubster and if they want him back, they will have to peel him out of my dead fingers," I walked into my room and made a bed on the floor for the puppy. He laid down on it, but I wanted him closer.
The chubby puppy and I walked into the bathroom so I could shower. Chlorine makes me itchy and I didn't want to make the sheets sticky. The water felt amazing and I stayed under the hot spray until the water started to get cold. As I was drying myself off, the puppy was trying to chew on the shower rug.
I leaned over and picked him up. "You are such a goof! Chubs, you can't eat that!"
As I was changing into a pair of skimpy pajamas, Valerie knocked on my door and then walked in. I hurriedly got dressed and then sat on the bed. "How are you?"
I was sitting on my bed and holding the puppy. "What do you mean?" That could mean a lot. How am I with my breakup or how am I with the fact that Vincent is flirting.
She stayed standing next to my door and shifted her weight from her left to right foot. I could tell that she is taking in my room. Also, I am wondering if she thinks I am going to throw her out. "Sammy thought you might need a friend. You know, I was where you are a long time ago. Unsure of whether or not Sammy loved me or if he were just playing an act. You can talk to me about it." Valerie walked into my room and sat next to me on the bed.
"I don't know what to do," I answered honestly. "Part of me wants him to come crawling to me but the other part doesn't like being in this constant danger. I don't know if he even wants a steady relationship," I said numbly. The puppy is getting all my love I want to give to Vincent, and I felt my heart crack open and grab hold of him. He is giving me some love and I didn't realize how much I am starving for it until he licked my cheek.
I sat down on the floor with the puppy and rough housed. Valerie came and sat next to me. "Do you think he would allow you to live here if he didn't?"
"I don't know. I just wish that this were easier. For some reason, I get so jealous that he keeps leaving me for family stuff. Every time we are out, something happens. I just want to go through one date with him without people interrupting us!" I spat out.
"If you want to be with him or anyone that is a part of the underworld, you will have to get over it. Sammy is a lawyer too. I rarely see him; however, when I do, he is so nice and sweet. I love him, and I know that he loves me. This whole family thing is just a side dish. However, it is an important side dish. It’s the tuna to the tuna noodle casserole."
I laughed and she ruffled the puppy's head. "You do love him, right?" She asked me. I knew she was talking about Vincent.
I took a minute to answer. "Yes, more than I ever felt before. I just want him to want me. Does that make sense?"
"Yes, walk me out? Don't forget the puppy!" She said as I pouted while walking her out my door to walk down the stairs. I hugged her goodbye and climbed the stairs back to my room.
Chapter 9
We were on our second horror movie and third bowl of popcorn when the doorbell rang. We were all having a slumber party for Anne's birthday. Tracy, Kate, and I have eaten ourselves into a sugar coma and have changed into our pajamas to be more comfortable.
Anne's house is so big, and her parents are letting us stay up all night in the den. The Thomas’ family have a big television with a stack of movies to go along with it. The four of us have taken all of the couch cushions and pillows to place them on the floor for us to have a fort.
The doorbell rang again, and I heard the shuffles of feet as they walked to the door. Whomever was here, was talking very quietly and we couldn't even hear them with our ears pressed to the walls.
"Who do you think is here? Isn't it late?" Asked Kate who has been fighting sleep for the whole movie.
Tracy placed her ear on the door to the den and sighed. "I can't hear anything!" She grew quiet and all three of us looked at her with wide eyes. "They are coming!"
The four of us jumped over the couch and settled back onto our fort bed. My heart was beating so fast and I grew so nervous. We played it off like we have been watching television this whole time so when her parents came in, hopefully they wouldn't know that we were listening.
Mrs. Thomas tapped me on the shoulder and when I looked back at her, I could see her eyes were red and so were her cheeks. Standing behind her were police officers and they looked very sad. "Savannah, can you come here please."
I got out of my corner of the fort bed and followed them out of the room. We all got matching pajamas for the party and slippers as a party favor, so I slipped into mine. Anne looked out past the door and is watching me very closely. The police officers are wearing their blue uniforms that prove they are local officers and they both have grim faces.
"Savannah?" I nod and the female officer with short red hair, smiled a sad smile. "Are your parents Kent and Ashley?"
A pain of gloom flushed through me and I begin to panic. "Yes. Where are they?" Tears flood my eyes and Mrs. Thomas wraps her arm around my shoulders.
"Sweetie, just listen to what the officers have to say and know that everything will be all right."
I sniffled and felt the tears make tracks down my cheeks. "Why are you here?"
The second officer was a man with a military haircut and a beefy frame. He made me afraid of what was going to be said. This officer reminds me of the times when Mom and Dad take me to the doctors to get shots and they need a big orderly to hold me down. I hope he isn't here to hold me down. With a morose smile he placed his hand on my arm. "I am really sorry, but they were in a car accident tonight."
I hedged and shook off Mrs. Thomas from her grasp on me. "Where are they? Are they all right?"
Both the female and the male officers exchanged tight-lipped smiles. "They are at the hospital," the male officer said.
I ran towards the door kicking off the slippers and shoved my feet into my winter boots that I was wearing earlier while we played in the snow. Anne's birthday always falls during winter break so sometimes we spend the whole week off switching off from my house her house. Since we are both the only child, we share Christmas presents and our parents usually collaborate on our presents so we could play together. This Christmas, she got a Barbie Dream House and I got the Barbie RV.
