In Love And War by Ruben Rivas (ebook offline txt) 📕

2/15/2013

5/30/2013

In Love and War

CHAPTER I: Bad Start

 I always wanted to know what it felt like to start some trouble, something that I can one day say, I’ve done it, I’ve been there done that. Where I would live in regrets, but now I can say I really do regret it, there is nothing exciting about being a bad ass nor breaking the law for any reason. Here is why I say I live in regrets,. Its Friday night and some people from my school are hanging out at the park. I thought they just hanged out playing some basketball maybe just chilling, talking, but boy was I wrong. Most of these 15 and 16 year olds where drinking and doing drugs, I wanted to fit in, so I drank a little, but did not touch the drugs. So I was having a great night, shooting some hoops and drinking some beers, but the night all changed when one of the guys suggested I do something crazy in order to be a part of their social group. So I said “what do you have in mind?” they suggested I go with three other guys to take a look at a car parked two blocks from here. So I went, I thought it was a prank so I went with it, so we got to the house where the car was, it was parked in an ally way behind the house. It was a grey 2003 Honda CIVIC. So two guys kept a look out while I went with the other guy to get the car, while he broke into the car and started the car he then asked me to drive, as soon as I hoped in the driver seat, an undercover police unit was parked two houses down across the street. They quickly reacted to the car start, so the guys I was with ran faster than I have reacted what was going on. I panic and froze, and got arrested. I spent the weekend behind bars, since I did not release any information on who was with me that night; they thought it might scare me into breaking and telling them everything that happened that night. So Sunday night came and my mother bailed me out. The look on her face, disappointed I would do something like this, to betray her trust. I told my mother the truth, so she thought it would be best to change me schools. She got me to go to a school an hour away on bus, but it is for the best she said. I promised her I would not disappoint her anymore.

CHAPTER II: Out with the old, In with the new

Monday came I got to school, as a new student everything felt weird, the new schedule, new faces, new invierment. Since I was a new student, I was assigned a student tour guide for the first week. I was told to wait in the main office for the guide. She finally came, her name was Bethany Anderson. I took a minute to catch my breath; this girl was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. As she showed me where things were around the school I couldn’t help but to not keep my eyes of her. I have never felt this kind of presence with any girl before, I kept wondering in my head, what was going on. Before I went to class she showed me where all my classes were at. So I went to my first with her in my mind, I couldn’t stop thinking of her. As the day kept on, during lunch time I ran into I guy who lives two houses down from where I live his name is Adam. While I was walking with Adam, I saw her again walking across the quad from where we were, So I asked Adam if he knew who Bethany was, he said “yeah I had her in a few classes before, that’s all”, I asked him what’s her deal?, she seeing anyone. She currently wasn’t, so than Adam took me to the spot that he hangs out in during lunch time, he took me to the basketball courts. This guy looked like he was more into his books than anything else. He asked me, “Do you play”, I said. “Yeah man, I love this game”. So we started playing a game. I was starting to like this school. At my old school I didn’t know anyone who enjoyed playing ball. The next day at school I was looking forward to actually going, classes were going well but when lunch time came again I went straight to the courts to run some games. Two weeks have passed I met more people and got more conferrable but still haven’t got Bethany off of my mind. The next day at school Adam told me that he heard Bethany was asking around for me, I thought it was a joke but later that day while I was on the court she stopped by to see how I was doing. Apparently she hasn’t stopped thinking of me either since we meet. I walk her to class and offered to walk her home afterwards as well. Later that day I walked her home, Bethany and I had a lot more in common than I thought. She also was raised without a father and is an only child, she kept going on with how she has a grudge with her dad, and how he use to beat her mother and drink every night. She was only 4 years old but from what her family tells her she believes what she hears about him. I was also raised without a father, my dad left my mother with a 10 month year old baby, with no money and no help. Bethany asked me if he ever decided to return in your life if I would accept him as if nothing ever happened. I said, “NO... He left my mother with me as a baby with nothing; a real man would never do something like that, no matter what”. She then stared at me for about a minute with no words, as did I. After she said, “This is where I live”, “thank you for walking me, hopefully I can see you tomorrow at school”. I said. “You are welcome, I will see you tomorrow”. The next day went by so fast when I had walked her home, I asked her for her number so we wouldn’t have to say goodbye so into the day. She smiled at me and said “yes”. So we kept talking and talking for weeks when I decided to ask her out on an official date, she was waiting for me to ask her for weeks now. I took her the Santa Monica pear; I was having a great night as was she. As we walked the pear for the last time of the night, she held my hand and got closer; I didn’t want this night to end. I took her home and as I walked her up to her door, I got so nerves I panic and just said goodnight. I called her that night when I got home, and I told her, “You know I really wanted to give you a kiss Goodnight” she said, “I was hoping you were going too”. As the night went on, it had to come to an end. The next morning he saw her with a couple of friends hanging out by the basketball courts, he walked straight towards her and with no hesitation kissed her with a great passion. A month goes by, Jake and Bethany spent more time together than anyone else, their feelings grow more and more strong, one day Jake texts Bethany that he wanted to tell to her something, to meet him at the spot where they shared their first kiss. (She smiled) and immediately walked over to the fence near the basketball courts and sees Jake leaning against the fence. Bethany walks to Jake and sees that he looks down some, so she says to him, “what’s wrong, are you ok”, Jake responds “I’m fine, I just wanted to tell you something in person, not over the phone” She says, ”What is it?” Jake stares into Bethany’s eyes and gets on one knee pulls out a little blue box and says, “I LOVE YOU” inside the box was a heart shape neckles that opens. Inside the neckles was a picture of Jake and Bethany from their first date. Bethany stares back at Jakes eyes and responds, “I LOVE YOU, TOO”. It’s been a year since they met and the school year is at an end. During the summer Jake and Bethany spend time apart for the first time in their relationship, she had to go spend time with her family in El Paso, Texas. As for Jake waiting for his love to return from her trip.

CHAPTER III: Summer Lover

Midway into summer a month apart since the last time they’d seen each other Jakes friend Adam decides to take Jake out to a party. Jake agrees to going out since he hadn’t been out for some time now, while being out with Adam at the party they met a couple of girls who want to hang out, have a good time. Adam talks to Jake and convinces him to hang out with the girls. The two girls wanted to dance, Jake turns to Adam and Says, “It’s just dancing right, what’s the worst that can happen”. The group dances thru the night under the influence of alcohol, the group decides to continue the party at one of the girls house. Where Jake and one of the girls have sexual intercourse, the next day when Jake wakes up and sees a random girl lying next to him, he gets up and realizes his clothes were on the floor, he then gets up and gets out of that girls house really fast before she wakes up. Later on that day Jake calls Adam and tells him what had happened, and swore to him not to tell anyone about it. Adam Swore and the days went on. As summer came to an end Bethany returns from her trip and goes straight to Jakes house to surprise him with her return, the couple is excited to see each other and decide to go out for dinner. That night they went out while during dinner the girl Jake met at the party was there and saw Jake with Bethany, she decided to go up to Jakes table and says, “Hey, How are you?”. Bethany turns, gets up and hugs the girl. Jake with a shocked look, Bethany introduces Jake to her, “Babe this is my cousin, Amy” Jake gets up and acts like if nothing ever happened shakes her hand and says, “Hi, Jake is a pleasure”. Amy responds, “Likewise”. With an awkward moment in play, Bethany tells her cousin to join them; Amy sits down for a minute and converses with the two. At the end of the night Bethany asks Jake if he was feeling ok from early at dinner, Jake says “Yeah, yeah, of course… Why wouldn’t I” she says “I just felt like there was an awkward moment when Amy showed up”. Jake responds, “it was probable just the food, maybe it’s doing me wrong”. Bethany says, “Good cause, I invited her to hang out with us next weekend, and I think you should tell Adam if he’d like to join us?” He said “Great, that sounds like a great plan; I will definitely let him know”. Later that night Jake calls Adam and asked him to