I can hear Meg scream over my iPod, which I’m assuming is from her getting into the cold water. No way do I want in that. I no sooner hear Meg scream again and my phone starts ringing. I pull out my headphones and grab my phone to see Kenzie calling me. “Hey what’s up? What? I can’t hear you?” I practically yell into the phone.
“I need you to not repeat this out loud, but I need you to come and get me,” she says softly into the phone.
“Where are you?”
“Along Route 1 towards the outlets.”
“I thought you were shopping,” I say confused.
“I didn’t check the gas gauge and I’m out of gas Haley. Can you please come get me?”
I can’t help the laugh that escapes me, “Sure, I’ll be right there,” I say still laughing.
“Seriously Haley, stop laughing and don’t tell anyone. This is so embarrassing.”
“It’s also funny as shit. Where exactly are you?” I ask trying to control my laughter.
“Right before all the outlets, you can’t freaking miss me. Just hurry up,” she snaps at me.
“Fine, I’ll be right there,” I say hopping up and throwing my swimsuit cover on.
“Everything okay?” Brody asks. Liam and Meg wait on me to answer.
“Oh yeah, everything’s fine. I’ll be back, you guys have fun,” I say grabbing my stuff and heading inside.
I grab the spare gas can out of the garage and place it in my trunk before jumping in to go after Kenzie.
It takes about twenty-five minutes to get to Kenzie’s car. I get out and pop the trunk to get the gas can. I also grab my phone to take a picture.
“Here you go,” I say handing her the gas can.
“Oh my God, thank you so much,” she says as she dumps the gas into the car. I snap a few pictures without her noticing too.
“Anything else?” I ask laughing again.
“No, now would you stop laughing at me?”
“Sorry, this is just so you,” I say laughing again.
“Ugh, shut up. I never did this before.”
“I know, but you can’t say that anymore.”
“Stop it,” she says as she tosses the gas can in her trunk.
“Are you going shopping now?”
“Yeah, do you want to come with me since you’re here?”
“Do I look like I want to go shopping?” I ask pointing to my outfit.
“I guess not. How was lying out?”
“Fine. Brody, Liam, and Meg came over, they’re swimming.”
“Seriously in that water?” she asks like I’m crazy for saying it.
“Yep.”
“They’re all nuts.”
“I couldn’t agree more.”
“Well, thank you. I guess I’ll see you when I get home.”
“Sure thing. Have fun,” I say as I get into my car. I take the next exit so I can turn around and head home. It takes another twenty-five minutes to get back home. I park and head inside to drop my keys off. I decide I don’t want to lie out any longer; so I head upstairs to grab a shower.
I throw on a pair of denim shorts and a Michigan tee shirt and toss my hair up into a ponytail before heading downstairs. I can hear them still in the pool and decide to do something else, anything else than to go outside with them.
My phone chimes and I see a message from Hanna, “Hey bitch, what are you doing?”
So I respond back, “Nothing, being bored, what’s going on?”
“Come over and hang out.”
“Leaving now.” I run upstairs and grab my purse before heading back downstairs.
“Hey sweetie where are you going?” Mom asks.
“I’m heading over to Hanna’s. I’ll be back later.”
“Okay, be careful,” she says as I head out the door.
I get to Hanna’s and see a bunch of cars in the driveway. I park and head inside, surprised to see a party going on in the middle of the afternoon.
“Hey, you’re here,” she says excitedly.
“Yeah, what’s going on?” I ask looking around at a bunch of people I don’t know.
“A small party, do you want a drink?”
“Yeah sure,” I say as I take a seat on the empty chair. It doesn’t take her long to bring me a beer; I open it and take a drink. “Hanna, who are all these people?” I ask, noticing I don’t know any of them.
“Oh just some friends,” she says like it’s no big deal.
“Do you know them?”
“Some of them.”
“Where’s your mom?”
“Where she always is,” she says annoyed.
“A new boyfriend again?”
“Isn’t there always a new boyfriend?”
“Sorry,” I say apologetically. Hanna always throws parties and I think it’s more for getting attention from her mom, but her mom doesn’t ever seem to care.