The next morning I woke up not feeling good. My arm was still hurting, I didn't sleep good, and I wasn't ready to go to college. But I woke up and got ready. Brian, Kevin, and I were gonna load the truck up with our stuff. It was too bad we couldn't share an apartment. Kevin wasn't living in the dorm, so he was living in an apartment.
I put on a pair of jean shorts and a tank top, something I knew I would be comfortable in. I walked next door to Brian's house and rang the doorbell.
"Hey Amanda," Kevin said as he opened the door.
"Hey Kev," I said while walking in. "You guys ready to load up the truck?"
"Yeah. Do you wanna load up your stuff first or Brian's?"
"It doesn't matter. Brian's stuff is fine."
"K, cool. What happened to your arm?" Kevin asked while pointing to the red area.
"Oh, nothing."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"Brian!" Kevin yelled turning around to face upstairs. Brian came down the stairs caring a box.
"Hey Amanda," Brian said.
"Hey," I responded.
"I'll go put these out in the truck. There's more boxes upstairs. What happened to your arm, Amanda?"
"Nothing!" I yelled back.
"Ok, ok. Chill, I was just asking." Brian walked out the door
"Sorry, I've just been a little edgy lately. All this packing and starting college."
"Are you ok? Seriously now," Kevin asked concerned.
"Yeah, I'll be ok. Now let's get packing," I said starting up the stairs.
I went into Brian's room and picked up a box. Kevin was right behind me and he grabbed a box too. I walked out of Brian's room and back down the stairs. None of us talked much while we were loading up Brian's things. After we were done packing Brian's stuff, we went over to my house and started to pack my things. After I put one of my last boxes in the truck, I saw Andrew's car pull up. He honked his car horn for me to come over. I walked over to his car and he rolled the passenger side window down.
"Hey, baby," Andrew said. I leaned into the car window.
"Hey. What are you doing here?"
"I came to see if you were done loading the truck yet."
"Yeah, we're almost done. Then we're gonna drive to the college."
"Are you gonna drive your car?"
"No, I'm gonna ride with Brian. And Kevin's gonna drive the truck. My car still won't start."
"Why don't I drive you?"
"Thanks, but I'm gonna ride with Brian."
"No, I'm gonna drive you. Got it?"
"Ok, fine. Lemme just go tell Brian then." I walked away and walked towards the truck where Brian and Kevin were loading the last boxes. "Guys, Andrew's gonna give me a ride over."
"I thought you were gonna ride with me," Brian said.
"We'll I changed my mind. Andrew's gonna give me a ride."
"Whatever you wanna do then."
"We'll follow you, k?"
"Ok." I walked back to Andrew's car and got in. He kissed me on the lips, then I faced forward.
"We're gonna follow them," I said. I saw Brian and Kevin looking at the car and talking. Brian got in his car and Kevin got in the truck. They started up their cars and were off.
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