“Good morning,” Meg says all chipper.
“Morning,” I say yawning.
“You look like hell,” Meg says not holding back.
“Yeah, I feel like it too,” I say as I push my bags to my liking, putting my pillow behind my head, so I can hopefully fall asleep.
“Did you go out last night?” Meg asks.
“No, just stayed in and hung out with Quinn.”
“Oh, well maybe you should try to get some sleep.”
“I think I’ll do that,” I say laying my head back on my pillow.
“You aren’t going to puke are you?” Liam says sounding annoyed already.
“No,” is all I say as I turn on my iPod to some soft music, put my headphones in and close my eyes. It doesn’t take long for me to succumb to sleep.
I’m not sure how many times we stop, but neither Liam nor Meg wake me up to see if I want anything or need to use the bathroom. I’m fine with it; I rather just sleep and wake up when I’m at home.
When I finally do wake up I can see we aren’t far from home, maybe twenty minutes or so. I can’t believe I slept that long, but I’m thankful for it. “Finally, damn girl, I thought you were going to sleep the entire way,” Meg says.
“She practically did,” Liam says throwing his snarky comments in.
“Guess I needed the sleep,” I say stretching out a bit.
“Are you glad to be home?” Meg asks.
“Yes I am. I need a break.”
“Me too. I’m hoping I can persuade this one to come home with me,” she says all excitedly.
“I told you we would see,” he snaps back.
“Wow, why so grouchy all of a sudden?” Meg asks.
“I’m not, just ready to get out of the damn car.” Usually I would throw a witty comment out, but I decide to hold my tongue instead.
“Do you have any plans tonight Haley?”
“No, not tonight.”
“You should come over and hang out then,” she says like it’s a brilliant idea. I can see Liam’s shoulders tense, obviously him not liking his girlfriend’s idea.
“Maybe another day. I’m probably just gonna catch up with Kenzie and my parents,” I say quickly. I can see Liam’s shoulders relax instantly.
“Okay, another time then,” she says.
Thankfully, we pull up into Liam’s driveway and I can’t wait to get out and stretch. Ten, hell eleven hours, I have no idea how long it took, but my legs and body hurt all over. Liam hops out and pulls the lever for me to get out, I get out as fast as I can and stretch before reaching back into the car to fetch my bags.
“Thanks for the ride,” I say as I throw all my bags over my shoulders along with my pillow before I start walking across the street. Liam doesn’t acknowledge my comment and just continues to pull bag after bag out of his trunk.
“You’re home,” Kenzie says as soon as I walk through the front door. I drop my bags immediately and hug her then mom and dad. Kenzie helps me throw my bags in my room before we come back downstairs and hang out in the living room with mom and dad, telling them about the rest of what happened at school.
We end up spending the rest of the night at home hanging out as a family, laughing and joking about the good ol’ days too. I miss this, this family time.
Chapter Eight
For the rest of the week, I avoid Liam’s house. I know he’s there with Meg and I don’t need to piss him off any more than he already is. I know she’s leaving soon and I haven’t heard whether Liam is going with her or not. Part of me wishes he would. I guess time will tell.
“What are you doing?” Kenzie asks me.
“I’m going to go lay out. It’s pretty nice out today.”
“The water in the pool is still cold.”
“That’s fine; I’m probably not going to get in anyway.”
“Okay, well I’m heading out shopping, so I’ll see you later.”
“Have fun,” I say to Kenzie as she heads towards the front door and I head towards the back door to the pool.
It’s a super nice day out, the sun’s shining and it’s only going on 11:00 a.m. I lay down on the chair already having lotion on; I enjoy the hot rays beating on me. I put my headphones on and soak in the sun.
About a half hour later, I feel a shadow, I cover my eyes and look up seeing Brody standing over me. “What’s up?”
“Do you mind if we swim?” he asks.
“No, go for it. Kenzie said it’s cold though.”
“That’s fine, we aren’t worried about it. Do you want to swim with us?” he asks kindly.
“No, I’m good, but thanks,” I say putting my headphones back in. I glance and see Meg and Liam at the other side of the pool putting towels down. Damn he looks hot in only swim trunks. I quickly shut my eyes not wanting to think about his body or how it felt on top of mine. Damn it.