Making Circles by Vanessa Gilbert (summer beach reads .txt) 📕

walked back to the drinks. I grabbed a Pepsi and a Cherry Cola then went to the register. I put the drinks on the counter then I looked to the right of the register and there stood a dark purple mixed light pink rack that has one little necklace on it. The little necklace was actually two necklaces connected by a heart that has love writing on it in red. I grabbed the necklace and put it with everything. I leaned against the counter and began to look more closely at the necklace.
The necklace was gold and the heart was three dimensional unlike most of the heart necklaces made and of course since it was two necklaces it was able to split down the middle. I split the necklace in half and smiled, the middle is hallowed. I looked around and finally found a piece of paper and pin by the register. I grabbed the paper and pen and scribbled what I wanted to tell Carter for so long down.
“Dear Carter,
We’ve known each other almost our whole lives and yet we split apart from each other and neither one of us can remember for the life of us why (or maybe that’s just me). We told each other everything and I hope soon we can go back to that. And let’s say we grew closer…closer than friends…I hope you know that you are more than just a friend to me…you’re my best friend.”
I read the note over again and sighed. I know, I know corny but what else was a girl to do. I quickly stuffed the note in the heart then looked up to meet the gaze of a pimple faced, fourteen year old boy. The boy had green eyes, pimples all over his face; he had on a red t-shirt, jeans, and a name tag that read, “Hello my name is Carl.” I smiled at Carl and said, “Hi, I’d like to purchase these sodas and this necklace.”
Carl kept starring at me with a dumb struck expression.
I looked behind me then looked back at him and I realized what exactly he was starring at. He was staring at me well a part of me. I glared at him and then cleared my throat. Carl did nothing but just lean in closer and kept starring at my chest. I sighed angrily and snapped my fingers in front of his face and watched as his face popped back up to look at my face. “Please ring up my crap so I can go on my way.” I said angrily.
Carl nodded still having the dumb struck expression and began to push numbers on the register. He stuffed the sodas and the necklace in a bag then turned to me and said, “That’ll be three fifty.”
I reached in my jean pocket, grabbed the five dollars Carter gave to me, and then looked up at Carl and found him...starring at my breasts again. I threw my hands and yelled, “For god’s sake Carl what the hell is so interesting about my fucking breasts!”
Carl looked up at me and said, “There...so…big…and nice.”
I sighed threw the five dollars at him and said, “Give me my change and my bag so I can fucking leave.”
Carl looked at me then at the five dollars and said, “So if I don’t give you the change you’re stuck here?”
I nodded angrily.
He smiled evilly and said, “Well than to leave you have to show me your breasts.”
I sighed angrily and said, “I’m not showing you my breasts so give me the damn change so I can leave.”
His eye brows bent down and he said, “Then no. No shirt, no shoes, no breasts, no service.”
I growled angrily and yelled, “If you think for one moment that I’m gonna-,” before I could finish the sentence I heard a familiar deep voice say, “The lady said no give her change and leave her be.”
Carl sighed, put the five dollars in the register, counted out my change, hesitated but dropped the change in my hand and gave me my bag. I smiled an, “Ha in your face,” smile at him then turned to see who I should thank. There standing beside the door was Mike.
Mike and I are friends, we became friends during our eighth grade year and over the year we became closer and closer, he also was and is my crush. I smiled at him then as I walked towards him I said, “Well, well look who it is Mr. Good Looking.”
He smiled and replied with, “And look who he saved Mrs. Tempting and Seductive.”
I smiled then when I was in reach I gently tapped his chest and said in my country style voice, “Oh hush you. You make me blush more than an embarrassed pig.”
He laughed then pulled me into a tight hug, wrapping his big arms around my body and pulling me to his chest and holding me there. I smiled then rested my head on his chest and said, “I haven’t seen you since school ended.”
I felt him chuckle and then say, “I know I’m sorry we haven’t hanged out lately.”
I looked up at him and saw him starring down at me with a big goofy smile on his face.
I laughed and said, “You’re a dork.”
“I’m not a whale’s penis,” he yelled jokingly.
I laughed then pulled away from him and said, “Yes, yes you are.”
He laughed then we both pulled away and walked out of the store. Mike wrapped one arm around my shoulders and pulled me close to his body then walked me towards Carter. I smiled up at Mike then my smile disappeared when I turned my face and saw Carter starring at me and Mike, arms wrapped around each other and smiling at each other. I smiled at Carter and hoped that maybe he’d smile back…he didn’t.
“Um, Carter this is Mike, Mike this is Carter,” I introduced them.
Mike smiled at Carter then out stretched his hand to shake Carters hand.
“Hello Carter,” Mike greeted.
Carter looked down at the hand then back up at Mike’s face and said harshly, “Yea hi um, Arien we should go.”
I smiled shyly and said, “Um, okay bye Mike talk to you later.”
Mike smiled, pulled me close to him, then leaned down and said, “You bet we’ll talk again…maybe even more.”
Mike, I, and pretty much all of our friends have a special way of joking. People think it’s disgusting and wrong but we find it hilarious and entertaining. I smiled at mike, probably blushing, and said, “You bet we’ll do more.”
I bit my bottom lip then pulled away and got in the SUV. I buckled in then starred at Carter as he emotionlessly backed away and then drove off. I looked down at the bag that was nestled in between my legs. I pulled out his soda then stretched it towards him and said, “Hey boy, you want your soda?”
Carter’s face was blank, he starred at the road, not moving a muscle or looking to see the soda. I sighed and put the soda back in the bag and began to stare out the window.
My mind drifted again and began to ask why he was so angry and if he was ever gonna talk to me again. Before I knew it we were back at his house. He pulled up his drive way, parked the car, and then just sat there in silence with me for more than was bearable. He sighed angrily then got out of the SUV and slammed the door in anger and walked up to his front door. I followed him in and watched as he went into his room and threw his leather jacket on his bed in frustration and anger. I took a deep breath then sat on his couch with my legs pressed to my chest waiting for him to come out of his room and talk or something.
My mind began to imagine what the hell he was going to say. I imagined him coming out and yelling at me saying, “Why the Hell were you flirting with him?! Am I invisible to you!?”
I imaged him yelling, raising his hand, and finally bringing it down to slap me across the face. I imaged me crying out, “What the hell,” and then him beating the crap out of me. Tears spilt out and I quickly wiped them away and took a deep breath and said, “He would never do that.”
I looked at the bag that now sat beside me on the couch and pulled out the necklace and my soda. I sighed and then looked at his door and watched as he came out and began to pace in front of me.
“So…who is he?” He asked between clinched teeth.
“He’s a friend of mine,” I answered back calmly.
“Really…seems…like you guys are more than friends,” he said.
I sighed and said, “He’s not okay he has a girlfriend and I’m not gonna lie to you I like him but I won’t be doing that until I’m married.”
Carter laughed bitterly and said, “Yea I’m sure. You probably had sex with him!”
I leaped from the couch and said right in his face, “I did not!”
“Who do you think I’m gonna believe the whore that ruined my life and broke my heart or the things I saw and things I felt between you two!?” He yelled.
My breath caught and tears began to pour out. I threw the necklace at him and said, “Fine you fucking jerk enjoy the last fucking thing that symbolized our friendship!”
I grabbed my soda and grabbed my mom’s car keys. I may not be allowed to drive doesn’t mean I don’t. I got in the car, buckled in, then back out of the drive way and hauled ass as I drove away.
So many things raced through my head; How could he say those things, does he really think I’m a fucking whore, what the hell gave him the balls to call me a whore, to accuse me of having sex with someone?! I raced down the dirt streets’ paying no attention to what was happing around me…till I hit the pavement. I began to drive the speed limit and kept my eyes open. I drove to Wal-mart, parked the car, then walked over and sit on the rock hill that Wal-mart has. A few hours passed before my mom called and asked where I was and what the hell happened. I told her and she understood she said, “Honey you stay there. If you want you can stay the nights with one of your friends that offered.”
“I might I’ll come pick up some clothes and drop your car off,” I replied.
“Okay honey, love you,” she said as we both hanged up.
I laid down on the rock hill and starred up at the sky watching as the sun set and the darkness of the night sky appeared. I didn’t wanna go back, Carter would…I don’t know. I sighed and let a tear slip saying, “Screw it let them come and let them fall.”
I sat up and then began to chug my soda. After it was empty I looked at Wal-mart and then got up and began to walk towards it.
“I’ll get a soda, some jerky, and maybe a chocolate bar,” I thought.
I walked into the cool building and then walked over towards one of the small refrigerators and pulled out the