for gas and noticed her mom had slipped some money in
her pocket with a note that said,
“ Have fun, be careful and we love
you.”
Abby took two 20’s from the pile of money and
filled up her Jeep Cherokee, it was a hand me down from her mom
when Abby turned 17 this past March. Her mom wanted an upgrade
although Abby had no idea why. Even though her mom did all the
errands and such she had only had the Jeep for two years and there
were only about 20,000 miles on the odometer. Her dad had put all
new tires on it when they had given it to her on her birthday and
she could still sometimes smell that New Car smell when she got in.
She paid for her gas and grabbed her and Holly a soda for the
ride.
“ Thanks Chicky” said Holly
“ You are most welcome Girly Girl”
replied Abby.
“ So” Holly said after a few minutes and
no luck finding a good song on the radio, “I hear the singer in
this band that is playing tonight is super cute.”
“ Oh good” replied Abby “because the one
thing I look for in a band is that the singer is cute, any word on
how the singing is.”
“ Nope I never thought to ask that.”
Holly joked.
They laughed as the continued North as they
hit the interstate in Hampden Holly asked,
“ So what are your plans for the
future?”
They had talked about this subject many
times, when they were seven they were going to grow up to be
Princesses and live in castles next to each other and their
Princes’ would also be best friends or even better, brothers, so
that they would finally be true sisters. By 10 they were going to
be fashion models traveling all over the world together breaking
hearts where ever they would go. Holly, in Abby’s opinion was the
epitome of beautiful, not just pretty but absolutely beautiful.
Long blonde, naturally wavy hair and slender features that would
only enhance as she got older. However, Abby wasn’t jealous, she
loved Holly as a sister and was very proud to be her friend. At 16
Holly decided she wanted to be in Public Relations and work for a
PR firm that handled Movie Stars and Rock Legends, Abby, at that
point had just starting dating Billy and was imagining getting
married right after graduation and having babies within two years
after that. There were no real thoughts on what other future she
wanted. At that point, heading to the University of Maine for a
weekend away after another break-up from Billy, Abby had no idea
where her life was headed. Possibly college, maybe getting a job at
the same bank where her dad worked, who knows really, for once in
her life she had no plan, fantasy plan or not, no plans. Abby
shrugged,
“ I really don’t know, what do you want
to do, still thinking of the PR route?” replied Abby
“ I think so.” Holly stated, “I think it
will be an awesome career choice and how exciting would it be to
meet all those famous people.”
“ True” chuckled Abby, “but how many of
those famous people reside in Maine? Of course there is Stephen
King in Bangor, Judd Nelson is from Portland and Patrick Dempsey is
from Lewiston, but I am not sure they actually use a PR Firm in
Maine, is there even a PR Firm in Maine?” she
questioned.
“ IDK” said Holly in text language
because actually saying “I don’t know” would be so 2005.
The thought of Holly moving away was actually
very frightening to Abby. To have her very best friend in the
entire world, not be 10 minutes away by car really was the worst
feeling in the world and Abby did wonder what she would do without
the person that has been there with her through good times and the
bad and especially the time when they were 14 and Abby thought she
would never recover from the tragic events that happened that
Spring. What would she do if and when their lives took them in
different directions? Abby shook her head at the thoughts and
focused on the song on the radio before she started to tear up and
put a damper on the weekend.
“ So you have no idea what you want to
do after