(Carl)
"Carlton Stewart!!" My mom yelled
"Yeah.... I'm coming" I said as I sprayed my bed with bug begone for the fifth time before heading to the bathroom to soak in my bath filled with herbal water and soaked.
After the quick bath I got a ping on my phone and so I looked and saw that today is the day that my llama boy costume and glass llama should be arriving.
"Yes. Yes. Yes!! It's finally here" I jumped for joy. Not wanting to wait any longer I jumped on the first bus, making my way to the location to collect my package.
"Hello how may I help you?" The lady behind the counter said
"Hi I'm Carlton Stewart I'm here to collect a package. It should be under that name" I said
"Oh yes. Mister Stewart you're package hasn't arrived yet but you're welcomed to wait" she said
"Actually I have to head to school" I said
"It will only be a few minutes" she smiled
"Okay. I'll wait" I said
"Excellent there's a chair over there. Please seat while you wait" she said
"I thought it was only gonna be a few minutes why should I sit" Carl said
"Because there's a line behind you" she said before I sighed and went to a seat slouching down.
Forty five minutes passed before I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket.
"Great" I said sarcastically as I took out my phone and saw that I had gotten a text from Jimmy
*Jimmy🚀- where r u?*
*Stuck doing something. I might miss the first class*
*Jimmy🚀- Cool then I'll see you in second period*
*Yeah*
After that I put my phone in my pocket just in time for the lady to call me.
"Yes finally" I said as I went to the counter
"Your package is here. You just have to sign a few forms" she said dropping a tall stack of forms in front of me making me sigh
"A few huh" I said as I started to sign.
It took another five minutes before I was finished and finally got my package before I went to the bus stop.
"Let's see what I've got" I said as I opened the package but before I could get a good look the bus came so I got up but I couldn't get on because someone was coming off at the same time accidentally making us colide knocking the package out of my hands.
"Crap" I said as it landed hard on the ground.
I felt my soul get ripped out when I heard the glass shattered. The only thing I wanted to do was cry but I decided with my better judgement that I wasn't going to
"O.M.G I'm so sorry about that" she said
"Was there something important in there. It sounded like glass shattering into a hundred pieces" she said
"Can we not talk about this?" I asked
"Sorry. Can I pay you back?" She asked
"Depends do you have five hundred dollars on you?" I asked sarcastically looking up to see a blonde size three girl with fair skin and blue eyes searching her pink purse
"No but I do have fifty dollars and a gift card worth.... ten bucks" she said
"That it?" I asked
"Unless you want some makeup" she said giggling
"It's fine okay." I said
"No it's not fine. Um let me buy you something to eat" She said
"I'm seriously fine. I have to go I'm late" I said
"For what?" She asked
"School." I said
"Well maybe I could make it up to you another time. I'll buy you lunch. Please I really want to apologize" she said before I got a text
*Jimmy🚀- first period's over. Where r u?*
"Great" I said sarcastically
"What is it?" She asked
"School. I'm late for second period and I doubt a bus is going be here for awhile" I said
"Then let me give you a lift" she said
"No it's okay" I said
"Come on. It will be my way of apologizing"she said but I was still skeptical. I'm not too keen on the thought of sharing a car with someone i just met.
"Please. If you don't I'll just feel extremely bad. Let me drop you off.... for my sake" she pouted cutely
"Fine" I said before we got to her car which I was surprised to see was a yellow sportscar a Ferrari to be exact
"Come on don't be shy. Get in" she said forcing me to get into the car
"Alright let's go" she said
"Um where's your seatbelt?" I said
"On my seat silly" she laughed making me a little nervous and that soon turned to terror as she jetted off into the road which was luckily clear. The joyride from hell ended, thankfully, when she parked in the parking lot
"Wasn't that fun?" She asked smiling
"Um I think I'm gonna throw up" I said quickly sticking my headout of the car as I barfed out this morning breakfast and last night dinner
"Wow I didn't expect that" she said
"It's alright"I said getting out of the car
"Um I don't think I got your name" she said as I was walking off
"Carl. Carlton Stewart" I said
"That's so weird. I had an old friend named Carl back in elementary school. He had red hair, frickles, was a little chubby and was completely obsessed with llamas plus he wore glasses. Kind of like you" she said.
She's totally talking about me but the only other blonde I know besides Sophie is
"Brittney. You're Brittney Carter right?" I asked
"Oh my God how do you know? You must have seen my catalogs. So you must be a fan" She asked with a gasp
"No it's me Carl"
"I know you just said that silly" she said
"I mean I'm your old friend, Carl. You know Jimmy, Sophie" I said
"OH MY GOD!! I can't believe it! Carl it's been so long. How have you been?!" she said getting out of her car and hugged me excitedly
"Yeah I'm fine. How about you?" I asked
"I'm good" she said letting go and leaning on her car and then I suddenly realized something
"Um Brittney that's your car right?" I asked
"Yeah" she said
"So why were you taking the bus?" I asked
"Um well you see the bus stop was crowded this morning so I started waiting with the crowd and when the bus arrived I sort of walked on too." She answered leaving me wondering just how dense she was
"Well it's been nice catching up with you" I said
"Oh my gosh. I was totally thinking the same thing. Maybe we can meet up again" she said
"Sure. We can catch up more later" I said before the bell rang.
"Sorry got to go" I said before I walked away.
I walked down the empty hall when suddenly the janitors closet opened. Finding it weird I looked at the door watching Jimmy and Betty walking out while fixing their shirts
"Um...hi" I said
"Hey Carl" he said awkwardly
"I should get going" Betty said awkwardly before she turned around
"No it's cool. I was just heading to class anyway. You can just continue what you were doing" I said before quickly excusing myself from that awkward situation.
'That was weird' I thought
"Hey Carl. Wait up" Jimmy called out as he ran up to me
"Um hey Jimmy" I said before we went mute
"Um so this is weird." I said
"Well you just caught me walking out of the janitors closet with Betty"
"Yeah. So how long as 'that' been going on?" I asked
"Not long. A week." he answered
"A week!" I yelled shocked
"Dude" He shushed
"Sorry. I'm just surprised you've been secretly dating Betty" I said
"Well we're not dating.... yet" he said looking down on the floor
"Not dating? If you're not dating what are you doing?"
"It's complicated"
"So does Sophie know about this complicated relationship?" I asked
"No and she doesn't need to." he said
"Jimmy?"
"Carl it has nothing to do with her and plus no one knows and I want it to remain that way" he said
"Okay but I don't see what the big deal is. So you're dating Betty everyone knew that was going to happen at some point of this story" I said
"Except we're not dating. We're just friends" he admitted
"Oh yeah right. So how did that happen?" I asked
"Long story" he said before Brittney came running down the hallway
"Carl!" She screamed out getting us to stop
"Hey what are you doing here?" I asked
"You left your phone in my car" she said
"Oh thank you" I said taking my phone
"How did your phone get in her car?" He asked
"Long story" I said
"I see. Well I have to go-to class before they wonder what I'm doing in the bathroom so long. See you later Brittney" he said before he left with her waving
"So Jimmy and Betty huh" she said
"You overheard that?" I asked
"Yeah. Don't worry I won't tell anyone" she said.
"Thanks a lot. Hey maybe we can go out for that lunch today" I said.
"Awesome we can go now" she said pulling on my hand
"I meant after school" I said
"Yeah I knew that" She said letting me go
"See ya" I said before I went to class.
The school day went by and I was walking out of the school when I saw Britney waiting outside by her car
"Um have you been here all day?" I asked
"Yeah. Let's go" she answered getting into the car
"Sure" I said opening the door and we drove off.
We drove for a couple of hours and it was beginning to get dark
"Um where are we going? I thought we were going for lunch" I asked
"Yeah but then I heard the carnival was nearby" she said as she parked.
"The carnival?"
"Yeah" she nodded excitedly
Normally that would be nice if the carnival wasn't two towns over.
"We're here" she said excited. I looked around at the rides and gulped
"Let's go slowpoke" she said pulling me out of the car and into the park.
"Okay so what are we going to do now?" I asked
"Cotton candy" she said
"Sure" I said as we walked passed many food carts making my mouth water because of the many fragrant smells hitting my nose from all angles
"Um let's buy this first" I said.
"And that" I said moving to the next cart
"I don't think I've ever tried that"
"Maybe just a bit of this"
By the time we reached the cotton candy machine I was broke
"Um that was the last of my money" I said eating another corndog
"It's okay. I'll pay for everything else" she said
"You sure" I asked
"Yeah. I mean this is suppose to be my apology to you. So I should buy it anyway" she said paying for the cotton candy
"Okay so what do we do now" I asked before she smiled and pulled me to the rollercoaster which made me immediately go pale
"They call it the Devil's Greatest Creation" she said making me gulp
"Come on. Let's join before the line gets longer" she said pulling me into the line.
I was standing in the really long line. You'd think that the wait would give me time to mentally prepare instead it was like I was waiting for my execution. By the time we actually got on the ride I was soaked in sweat
"Are you okay. You look nervous" Brittney said
"Nope I'm fine. I'm totally fine" I said shaking as the rollercoaster started moving
"Well here we go" she said
"Carl calm down it's probably not that bad" I thought to myself and I immediately knew I was wrong. After the torture ride I was rocking from side to side as we walked away
"You okay" she asked
"Um.....sure" I said
"Then why are you talking to a brick wall" she giggled her voice coming from behind me
"Sorry" I said turning towards her.
"The earth is just spinning really fast right now" I said
"Come on" she giggled pulling me unto another ride which was the ferris
"This a slow ride so don't worry" she said
"Thanks" I said
"You're welcome." She said before I got a text from Jimmy
*Jimmy🚀- how's the date going?*
"Who is it?" She asked
"Jimmy he wants to know how's the date going" I said
"Oh tell him. The date's going marvelously" she said making me smile before I sent the text
"Hey can I ask a question?" I asked
"Sure" she said
"Why did you leave the school. I mean no one heard from you after that. You even moved out of town. You seemed to have up and disappeared without a trace" I said
"It was just.... I guess I was tired of always getting treated like I was stupid and getting left by the best friends" she said
"I'm guessing you mean Libby and Sophie?" I asked
"Yeah." She answered
"Well I guess I should tell you they aren't on the best of terms now" I said
"Oh please it won't last. I bet by Thanksgiving they'll be sitting at Libby's dining room table eating with her Dad" she said
"You're probably right" I laughed
"I know" she giggled
"So which school do you go to now?" I asked
"I actually dropped out" she said
"So what do you do?" I asked
"I'm a model" she said as we reached the top then the ferris stopped freaking me out
"Oh god no. Oh god it stopped. Is this suppose to happen?"
"I don't think so" she said calmly
"What's gonna happen maybe the machine stopped working"
"Probably" she shrugged
"Maybe a screw flew out" I said
"Pretty sure the opposite of stopping would happen if the screw fell out"
"Oh my God. What if it's something they can't fix. Maybe we'll be stuck here for days and have to receive food via delivery drone"
"You don't get food Amazon style" she laughed
"It's not funny. We might be in serious danger" I said as i started ranting to her
"Okay Carl. Calm down we're gonna be okay" she tried to came me down but it wasn't working
"How are you so sure. Maybe we'll-" I started before she interrupted me by doing something unexpected.
SHE KISSED ME!! 🤯🤯
And I don't mean just a little peck. I mean a full blown four minute kiss with tongue before she separated
"What was that for?" I asked staring at her with shocked eyes
"To calm you down. What you didn't like it?" She asked before I kissed her back and she wrapped her hands around me then the ferris wheel started working again and we kissed straight until we reached the bottom again
"I liked it" I said
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