The
Life of a Cardinal
(Chap. 2)
I pulled up to the party at Becca Rollinger's house
about an hour and a half after our game was over. I
wasn't the only one there though, in fact I came with my best
friend Tyus Jones. Tyus and I had been through thick and
thin. He was there for me when my douche bag of a father
had left my mother and I back when I was in grade school.
Tyus didn't grow up with much. His father worked
at the local factory and his mother passed away a few years ago
from cancer.
The party was already huge, and it
technically only started like 35 minutes ago. When Tyus and
I entered we were greeted with "D*** man! You made
Flash your b**** tonight!" or "Brah, the way you
played... That was tight dawg." I felt like the
king of the world, and that nothing would bring me down.
Right away, I was swept up into a game of beer pong.
My team, of course won because I'd been the champ of
the school for two years running.
Before I was about to leave, Becca came
running down the stairs of her house and said to me,
"Remember what I said at the game? Meet me in your car
in five minutes. Don't be a second late."
This was my break. The hottest girl in
all of my school, wanted to have s** with me. This had to
be the best night of my life.
I showed up to my car, and there she was
waiting for me. She told me to drive to my house so we
could have some "alone" time. After the 10 minute
drive to my house out in the country we went inside my room
because mom had to work a late shift at Bob's, the local
diner in town.
We went inside my room and stripped down.
Before we were about to get it on, I froze.
I just couldn't find the courage.
I don't know why. Maybe it was just her sheer
beauty. I'm not sure, but something happened that night
that I'll never forget.
Becca was accepting. She actually
accepted me and didn't push me away (which what I've
grown accustomed to). We just laid there, motionless in my
bed. Until she finally asked me, "Why didn't you
follow through? Why didn't you just do the deed and be
done with it?"
I answered her, "I don't know
Becca. I always thought that this would be what I wanted,
but when I realized how beautiful you looked with the moon
glimmering off your pale skin, I just froze. Your sheer
beauty stopped me dead in my tracks."
"You know Logan, that's honestly
the nicest thing I've ever been told. I'm so used
to being called worthless, and a sk*** that I was starting to
believe myself."
"All I was doing was saying what my
heart couldn't."
"Logan, what are you doing on
Saturday night?"
"That's tomorrow, and
nothing. Why?"
"How would you like to go see the
new movie that just came out? I heard that it's super
scary!"
"Yeah, I'd love too!
I'll pick you up at 7?"
"Okay, it's a date
then."
I couldn't believe this was
happening. Why would she want to go out with me? Of
all people, why me? Oh well... I hope to god I
don't f*** this up.
As I walked Becca to her front door,
the unthinkable happened. She leaned into me and I held her
in a tight embrace as I kissed her fore-head.
I was so ready for that date tomorrow
night.
