The
movie finished and I glanced at the clock for a moment...
8:49 pm.
"OH MY GOODNESS, GAGE. IT'S 8:49 ALREADY. MY
PARENTS WILL BE HOME ANY MINUTE NOW. I NEED TO GET
HOME!" I exclaimed.
"I'm so sorry, Tara. I lost track of time
and---"
"Don't be sorry, it's not your fault! It's
all my fault. I should've kept track of time. I really
need to go though," I said quickly.
I grabbed my jacket and keys and opened the door to go out
to my car.
"WAIT!" I heard Gage say.
I turned around and he kissed me quickly. I smiled and
looked down at my watch.
"I'm sorry. I really have to go. Thank you for
everything tonight. I'm glad we got to do this," I
told him.
"I love you!" he called out.
"I love you too! See you soon!"
I quickly unlocked my car, sat down, buckled up, and
started to drive home. 8:53pm. All I
could hope was that my parents weren't home yet and
wouldn't be suspicious. As I came around the block on
my street, I was hoping and praying no car was in the
driveway. I pulled up to my house, and there it was. The
black Toyota Rav4. That could only mean
one thing...my parents are
home. As I walked up the stairs to my front door, I
prepared myself for the yelling that was about go down. I
paused at the door before opening it at last.
"You disobeyed us. AGAIN. Tara, I am absolutely fed up
with this. You can't keep sneaking out like this,
especially when we told you specifically to stay
here," my mom scolded. She wasn't yelling yet, but
I knew it was coming.
"I'm sor---"
"Sorry doesn't cut it anymore." My dad stayed
out of this argument, as he usually does.
"Then what does? Nothing I do makes you happy. All I
want is for you and Dad to accept Gage and I being
together. Have you realized that it's been almost two
years of my relationship with him? TWO YEARS. You STILL
haven't accepted it," I said.
"And two years too many," she told me
harshly.
"You're going to have to learn to accept us. I
love him. Get over it."
"Excuse me, young lady!?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I'm not a young lady. I'm
almost an ADULT. I can make my own decisions!" I
yelled.
"Neither of you are mature enough to make decisions
together! You're still too young!"
That's it.
"OH REALLY!? Well, I am most DEFINITELY old enough to
decide whether or not I want to be with him, and honestly,
I'd rather be with him right now instead of
you!"
"Then go ahead! Be with him! Go!"
I stormed out the door, got back in my car, and drove
straight back to Gage's. I called him while I was
driving.
"Hello?" he answered.
"Gage? I'm on my way back over," I responded
through short gasps of breath and with tears rolling down
my cheek.
"I'm so sorry. I'm here for you, always will
be."
"Thank you baby, at least you
are."
"Tell me, what's the
definition of
love?"
