tomorrow night," Tara spilled to my mom.
Mom's eyes darted to my face and I glanced at her quickly. I saw shock in her widening eyes and something else I couldn't identify. "Wow ⦠this is a surprise. Who are you going out with?" she asked, acting nonchalant.
"His name is Will and he's new. He just transferred in this week from Fairview," I said, sounding more confident than I was suddenly feeling.
"I have to get going. My parents are probably wondering where I am. I'll see you tomorrow morning, Victoria. Bye, Mrs. Williams," Tara said, grabbing her coat and heading out the front door.
"Bye, Tara, drive safe," my mom said.
"See you tomorrow." I waved from the door.
I closed the door and turned around with the intention of going back to my room and starting my homework. My mom was still standing in the middle of the living room, looking at me with her arms crossed. "Victoria, are you sure that you're ready to date?"
"Honestly, Mom, I don't know. But Will is the first guy since Noah that I even have a slight interest in, and Noah has moved on, so I might as well, too. Right?"
She smiled at me. "I guess so. I just worry about you is all. Being your mom, it just comes naturally. Do you know what the two of you are going to do yet?" she asked.
"No. He's going to pick me up around seven. We'll probably just see a movie or something." I smiled back at her.
"Well, I hope that you have a good time. You deserve to go out and have some fun," she said, then turned to go to the kitchen and start dinner.
I escaped into my room and tried to concentrate enough on my homework. My thoughts were disjointed, and I had to keep dragging myself back to studying.
Sleeping wasn't much better. My dreams were all very strange and they all featured the same person in the starring role. If Will was taking over my dreams, how was I going to feel about him being in my life? But maybe I was getting a little ahead of myself. After all, it's just one date. How bad could it be?
Chapter Two
School the next day flew by faster than I wanted it to. The closer it got to my date, the faster the time on the clock seemed to move. Before I knew it there were headlights pulling up to the cabin, and then I could hear his footsteps on the porch.
I leapt to open the door before he had even finished knocking, smiling automatically when I saw his face. "Hey," I said, a little breathless. "Come on in and I'll get my coat."
"Thanks."
"This is my mom, Morgan. Mom, this is Will."
"Hello, Morgan, it's nice to meet you." Will said.
"It's nice to meet you as well, Will. I hope that you found the cabin okay. Sometimes people have a little trouble finding the right drive," she said.
"Oh, well, Victoria drew me a map when she gave me directions. I'm not sure I would have made it otherwise."
"You two have a good time tonight. Victoria, remember."
"I will, Mom. See you later," I said, surprising her by giving her a quick kiss on the cheek.
Will opened the door of a very nice, very shiny black car for me. After we were back out on the highway, he glanced over and smiled at me. "You and your mom seem to be really close. Was she trying to remind you about a curfew or something?"
"You mean the 'remember' comment?"
He nodded.
"It's something that we have been doing for a long time. She just likes to remind me that she loves me. It used to be 'remember that I love you,' and then when it got embarrassing for her to tell me that in front of my friends, she shortened it to just 'remember'." I gave him a grin.
"That's nice. Is it just you and your mom?"
"Ahhâ¦"
"I'm sorry. You don't have to answer that if you don't want to. I was just wondering," Will said.
"No, it's not a secret or anything. It's just a really long story."
"I've got time. I realize we don't know each other that well, but I'd like to get to know you a lot better," he said, flashing the smile that I was beginning to crave.
"Well, my mom got pregnant with me when she was sixteen, and her
Mom's eyes darted to my face and I glanced at her quickly. I saw shock in her widening eyes and something else I couldn't identify. "Wow ⦠this is a surprise. Who are you going out with?" she asked, acting nonchalant.
"His name is Will and he's new. He just transferred in this week from Fairview," I said, sounding more confident than I was suddenly feeling.
"I have to get going. My parents are probably wondering where I am. I'll see you tomorrow morning, Victoria. Bye, Mrs. Williams," Tara said, grabbing her coat and heading out the front door.
"Bye, Tara, drive safe," my mom said.
"See you tomorrow." I waved from the door.
I closed the door and turned around with the intention of going back to my room and starting my homework. My mom was still standing in the middle of the living room, looking at me with her arms crossed. "Victoria, are you sure that you're ready to date?"
"Honestly, Mom, I don't know. But Will is the first guy since Noah that I even have a slight interest in, and Noah has moved on, so I might as well, too. Right?"
She smiled at me. "I guess so. I just worry about you is all. Being your mom, it just comes naturally. Do you know what the two of you are going to do yet?" she asked.
"No. He's going to pick me up around seven. We'll probably just see a movie or something." I smiled back at her.
"Well, I hope that you have a good time. You deserve to go out and have some fun," she said, then turned to go to the kitchen and start dinner.
I escaped into my room and tried to concentrate enough on my homework. My thoughts were disjointed, and I had to keep dragging myself back to studying.
Sleeping wasn't much better. My dreams were all very strange and they all featured the same person in the starring role. If Will was taking over my dreams, how was I going to feel about him being in my life? But maybe I was getting a little ahead of myself. After all, it's just one date. How bad could it be?
Chapter Two
School the next day flew by faster than I wanted it to. The closer it got to my date, the faster the time on the clock seemed to move. Before I knew it there were headlights pulling up to the cabin, and then I could hear his footsteps on the porch.
I leapt to open the door before he had even finished knocking, smiling automatically when I saw his face. "Hey," I said, a little breathless. "Come on in and I'll get my coat."
"Thanks."
"This is my mom, Morgan. Mom, this is Will."
"Hello, Morgan, it's nice to meet you." Will said.
"It's nice to meet you as well, Will. I hope that you found the cabin okay. Sometimes people have a little trouble finding the right drive," she said.
"Oh, well, Victoria drew me a map when she gave me directions. I'm not sure I would have made it otherwise."
"You two have a good time tonight. Victoria, remember."
"I will, Mom. See you later," I said, surprising her by giving her a quick kiss on the cheek.
Will opened the door of a very nice, very shiny black car for me. After we were back out on the highway, he glanced over and smiled at me. "You and your mom seem to be really close. Was she trying to remind you about a curfew or something?"
"You mean the 'remember' comment?"
He nodded.
"It's something that we have been doing for a long time. She just likes to remind me that she loves me. It used to be 'remember that I love you,' and then when it got embarrassing for her to tell me that in front of my friends, she shortened it to just 'remember'." I gave him a grin.
"That's nice. Is it just you and your mom?"
"Ahhâ¦"
"I'm sorry. You don't have to answer that if you don't want to. I was just wondering," Will said.
"No, it's not a secret or anything. It's just a really long story."
"I've got time. I realize we don't know each other that well, but I'd like to get to know you a lot better," he said, flashing the smile that I was beginning to crave.
"Well, my mom got pregnant with me when she was sixteen, and her
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