Free Love Behind Lies by Anna L

Margaret.
“No! Explain to me about this date.”
“I don’t want to right now. Maybe later.”
“How old is he?”
“Senior, I think. Same age as you.”
“Fine. We will talk about this later young lady.”
“Ok.” I laughed a little. I was finally ready and I walked downstairs. I grabbed I piece of toast from dinner last night, that was sitting on the counter, and a bottle of water. It was really quiet downstairs. No one was up yet. I looked out the window and saw Brent walking up the sidewalk. I my heart leaped again. I guess I was happy to see him.
I opened the door before he knocked. He looked surprised but only for a moment. Then he shut the door and walked inside.
“Hey,” he said.
“Hi,” I replied, sounding more awake.
“How did you sleep last night?”
“Pretty good, I guess. You?”
“Yeah, I slept well too. I missed you a lot,” Brent said. I was pretty sure I was blushing. “Well, what do you want to do?” Brent finished off.
“I don’t care. Whatever you want to do.”
“Do you want to go somewhere or do you want to stick around.”
“William would have to come with us if we left, and he isn’t up yet. So, let’s just chill out here for awhile.”
“Ok. Sounds good to me.”
“We can go up to my room. I think that my sister is the only one that is awake.”
“Ok.”Brent sounded content. I led him up to my room and shut the door quietly. I didn’t want to wake anyone up.
As soon as I shut the door he grabbed me and gave me a hug.
“What was the for,” I asked.
“I’m so sorry. I feel so bad about all of this.”
I stared at him a quick moment before I spoke. “Don’t worry. It is ok. I think that we should make a deal.” I grabbed his hand and sat down at the end of my bed. “We won’t feel bad about anything that happens to each other from here on out. No matter how serious it is, we won’t get mad or feel bad about what happened. Deal?”
He smiled a little bit. “Deal,” he said, and then put his arm around my shoulder.
“So, I think that we should get to know each other a little more,” Brent said, sounding happier than before.
“I think that’s a good idea. You can start by asking me a question,” I replied.
“Ok. Well I know that you go to Evansville High School and I know that you are in 10th grade. So, what grades are your siblings in?”
“Oscar and Thomas are obviously in 10th grade, William is a junior and Margaret is a senior. What about you? What school do you go to?”
“I go to a small school right outside the cities. You wouldn’t know the name of it, it’s that small. I am in 12th grade. We are only a couple years apart.” Brent paused, trying to think of another question. “Ok. When is your birthday?”
“March 17th. You?” I was excited to learn about Brent.
“July 29th.”
“You’re lucky. I wish that my birthday was in the summer.”
“Yeah I like having it in the summer...”

We talked for a long time. We laughed as we shared stories from when we were little. I thought that it was weird that no one had come in my room yet, so I thought that I would go and look around.
“Hey, I’ll be right back. I am going to see if anyone is up yet,” I told Brent and let go of his hand.
“Ok. Hurry back.” Brent smiled at me before I left my room.
I laughed as I left the room. I opened the door and walked downstairs. My mom was working at her desk and Oscar and Thomas were watching T.V.
“Good morning sunshine,” my mom said as I walked in the door. Oscar and Thomas turned their heads toward me.
“Good morning,” I replied. “Where is everyone?”
“Well, we are here, Margaret is still sleeping as far as I know and I don’t know where William is. I think he might be in his room.” Thomas replied for mom.
“Ok. Thanks. I think that William and I are going to go downtown for the afternoon.” I informed my mom.
“Ok. Have fun!” I walked up the stairs and knocked on William’s door.
“Come