Chapter 11

Stepping out of the bathroom I check my cell for the time and to see if I have missed any messages from anybody to see that luckily, we still had plenty of time and I had no messages from anyone. Not even from Garrett. I take one last deep, calming breath before coming face-to-face with Chase so we can both apologize to each other. I walk back into my living space to see no Savannah but Chase pacing back and forth with his head down and hands in his pockets. After pacing a little longer, he looks up and spots me standing there watching him. He then rushes over to me almost tackling me into a hug only a brother could give to his sister. Speaking in unison, just like we used to and started doing again senior year in high school we said to each other “I’m sorry.” We stood there hugging each other talking and explaining everything, for it to end out that we both feel just as guilty as the other for how it escalated.

Just as everything calmed down my phone started ringing. It was Garrett. I answered the phone, and Garrett told me he was a few minutes away from my place. Even though we previously discussed about meeting there because I have my brother in town, I guess him wanting me to spend the night at his place gave him other ideas. I said to him I’ll wait for him outside so when he gets here, we can drive off. He agreed and said he can’t wait to see how I look in his gear just before he hung up the phone.

Telling Chase of the new plan after my phone call he said he and Sav would follow behind us, so he knows that I got to the party safely and not been kidnapped and took somewhere else. Sav chose then to come back into the room holding a small box. What is inside that small box? It’s not until she unzips my bag and throws the box inside that I see what the small box is. Condoms. Why has she put condoms in my bag? Surely Garrett would have a big stock of them if he is planning on going through with what he said.

Chase looked a little disturbed witnessing that and he asked Sav where she got them from. How did she find them? And why was she giving me an entire box of fifteen condoms? Sav said the honest truth to him that made him turn almost green to vomit. “Would you rather she has them as a just in case or accidentally catch something or get pregnant?” I don’t think Chase wants to think that his sister is a sexually active woman, I think he still hopes that I’m a virgin. But as far as he needs to know it’s none of his business. I lost my virginity to Greg during Spring Break senior year in high school, but he doesn’t need to know that. Nor should I know when he lost him to Candace, but I do, and again when he first had sex with Sav. Which was prom night.

With my overnight bag finally ready the three of us waited outside for Garrett to pull up. While we waited Chase took some pictures of me and Sav together outside, I took some of them together in their matching costumes, and Sav took some of me and Chase together. Just as Sav finishes taking some pictures of as she called us ‘The Lockwood Twins’ Garrett pulled up. Seeing what we were doing he asked if he could have some pictures of me and him to send to his sponsors for some sort of marketing. It then took another twenty minutes before the four of us were in our vehicles heading towards The Crowes Nest for tonight’s Halloween party.