It was Sophomore year, Jonathan and I were still together, wild than ever, including my hair, Frankie came up to me,"I'm going to a store during lunch, the group's coming, you in?"
"Hell yeah, gimme the location where we're meeting up and I'm there" He gave me a fist bump, I went over to my Bio class which was boring as hell, definitely don't think I'll need this in my future. I was playing with one of my bracelets and one of the girls handed me a note, I opened it and it was from Jonathan
Hey babe, I miss you
I blushed bright red and smiled as I looked at Jonathan with his sexy smirk, he pointed at the teacher coming over with her arms behind her back, her glasses ridiculously oversized for her face and red lipstick that looks like that's been there for days, a dress that is so out of this decade, I quickly slid the note underneath my notebook,"Are you taking down notes I put up there?"
"I was getting to it"
"Humph" She walked away in disapproval and I exhaled in a relief way, I looked across the room at Jonathan, he flashed that perfect smile at me and I flipped him off. The school bell rang, I grabbed my books and walked over to him for him to put his arm around me in the hallway,"Did Frankie give you the Agenda?"
"Yeah"
"Cool" We walked the hallways about to meet up with the crew to go to this mini mart for lunch. We were at the corner of the store, I asked them,"Anybody bring money?" Dani scoffed,"No, we have a plan" Jon kissed my head,"You're gonna cause a bit of an accident in the bathroom, say if one of the handles broke for the faucet to cause it to keep the water running" He said to me as he gave me a tool,"I've been here a few times, I know they'll break easily, you'll be fine babe" I nodded, Reggie said to me,"Don't worry about us, as soon as we see the cashier run to the bathroom, we'll take what we can get and disappear into thin air"
"Go" I nodded and when I turned around, I realized that I never thought I'd do this, but I should go with it. I walked in, I felt the need to tell the cashier what was going to happen, but I can't do that to my friends, I went to the cashier,"I need to use the bathroom, can you show me the way…...Harold?" He lightly smiled,"Sure thing little missy, it's right this way" He showed this clean little hallway and the gender signs hanging on the right,"Here you go, it's a single bathroom"
"Thank you so much" I went in there, locked the door contemplating if I should do it. You know, maybe I was okay with smoking weed, sneaking out, trying cocaine and whatnot, but this feels like it's a new low. Before I even decided, I ended up taking off one of the handles and the water was running, clogging the pipe and began overflowing, I pulled out a lot of paper towels aggressively to make it seem like I was trying. I dipped my shoes in the water, splattered some water on my pants and shirt for effect. I ran out and told Harold,"I think the sink is broken, I am so sorry" I saw a group of my friends in the window, he rushed from behind the counter and rushed over to the women's bathroom. They rushed in taking Funyuns, M&Ms, Cokes,"Taking a 6 pack"
"Take two Gretchen, we should all share" I stayed at the counter, they were taking what they could get and before they even couldn't take anymore, Jonathan came over and showed me condoms,"Something for us later?" I smiled,"You know it"
"See you on the other side babe" He pecked me on the lips and I saw Yvonne taking cash out of the register before leaving. I rubbed the bridge of my nose and Harold came out,"That's quite a mess you got there"
"Sorry, I thought I wasn't that strong" He slightly smiled,"Don't worry, the-" He looked at the cash register and looked over at me,"Empty your pockets….now" I put my hands and slipped the tool into my long sleeves, pulling out the pockets,"Jean pockets"
"Sir I didn't-"
"Now" I sighed, taking out a few pennies and a couple scrunchies,"Sir I didn't take anything, I swear"
"This cash register is faulty along with those sinks in the bathroom, sorry little missy, thought you was a shoplifter"
"Oh God now, please now why would I do that?" He nodded and said I was right,"You know shoplifting can cause a permanent record, wouldn't be able to have a job. You'd be living like a bum"
"Yeah I know, that's why I dont want to do that, I would like to have a very promising future"
"Well anyways thanks for letting me know about that problem in there, you have a good day" I said the same to him as I walked out. I looked over at Yvonne,"She made it out" She celebrated,"Yvonne that stunt you just pulled with the cash register, he thought I pulled money out. I almost had my ass handed to him"
"Relax, it won't happen again" I sighed and Jonathan put his arm around me,"Hey don't worry, you made it out, now we can live a peaceful life, let's see that gorgeous smile" He tried to make a smile on my face and it did work,"With a help of Budlight" Gretchen said as she pulled out a bottle for me,"Hey how come she gets one?" Reggie asked and Gretchen said to him,"She almost got busted for us, this is her reward" I thanked her and popped it open
I showed up to my next class almost completely shitfaced and it was Math, I didn't care about that class anyway. I was spacing out, no recollection of what happened in that class. When I came home, I just grabbed another bottle from my mom's cabinet and drank all of it in my room, while she was working. The phone rang and I answered,"Hello this is the house of ecstasy"
"Wow you're really fucked up" It was Jonathan,"Heyyyyy, haven't seen you in forever"
"What do you mean? I saw you a couple hours ago" I shook my head and laid down on my bed,"No...no you know that's not what I mean" I did a shush sign and sound,"Oh really now?"
"I miss you so much, my southern state is calling out to you" He chuckled nervously over the phone,"Hold on" I heard him faintly and I think he was talking to his parents,"Uh it's one of my friends, Frankie, I'll be back" A couple minutes later, all I was hearing shuffling around and I heard his voice again,"Is that beer still taking effect?"
"It was for a little while there but then I came home and found another bottle that kept the buzz going,please come over, I am missing you like crazy" There was hesitation on his end,"Jonathan, babe? Are you there?" There was a deep breath on his end,"Yeah yeah, it's just hmmm it's late right now, my parents are keeping me on lockdown since they found condoms that I took today" I groaned playfully,"How…about over the phone?"
"I can't, they'll hear me you naughty girl" I giggled over the phone,"Guess who made me that way"
"Mmmm I have no idea, maybe-" He was interrupted by one of his parents, I could hear them faintly and he said to me,"Hey I gotta go, supper's on the table" I nodded and groaned again," Okay, I love you"
"Ditto" I set the phone down on the hanger and laid down on my bed still drunk and boredom was setting in, I was contemplating whether to drink more or just go take a shower and go to bed. I was stumbling to the kitchen and I heard the door open, it was my mother.
She was calling my name, I was scoffing each other,"I'm surprised you even remember my name" She went around the corner,"What in the hell are you doing?"
"Well look at you now, you're finally being a mom, not treating me as your roommate or a freeloader" I was boiling water,"Have you been drinking?"
"So? It's not like you ever gave a shit anyway, you go out on your days and nights off to get shitfaced and getting fucked by what's-his-name, you leave me here and I didn't think you would notice of one tiny bottle missing" She slapped me and I fell to the floor, I laughed it off,"Nothing you do to me hurts anymore…...I feel no pain" I said as I was lifting my upper body up and leaned against the wall,"All I can feel….is happiness" She walked away angrily leaving me sitting on the floor and even when I was smiling, a tear went down my cheek