A BOY FOR ME

CHAPTER 3

"Morning girls,you all were quite a noisy bunch last night. Hope you had no boys over. Anyways breakfast is ready" we give mumbles of good morning in between groans and yawns. Stell's mum just chuckles and shuts the door.

After quick showers we help stell's Clean up the mess we'd made and head down to meet some mouth watering blueberry muffins, eggs and bacon, french toast and orange juice.

"Damn! Now this is what I call a complete breakfast" " thanks Mrs V" I say as we all grab a plate and dive in.

Stella's parents are probably like the coolest parents ever. Plus Stell's the only kid too so she pretty much gets everything she wants but that doesn't make her snobbish or anything. You can't easily figure out she's the only child.

"Can't believe we're all going to college.like damn girls! feels like we were just in high school yesterday" Kelly says in between munches

" I don't know Kelly, could that be, I don't know..... Maybe because we just graduated recently Kelly" I reply sarcastically

A message from my sister, Selena, saves me from whatever Savage comeback she already had planned

[Kish you're delaying everyone. Don't tell me you forgot about the stupid camping trip dad got planned for the entire family. Hurry up wherever you are and come back home ASAP ]

Oh s**t! I totally forgot all about the camping trip. My dad came up with a ridiculous camping trip to help us bond together as a family. God bless his gentle soul,I really love him, a lot but he alway just manages to bring up terrible ideas. Last time he made every single soul in the family, including our dog, peanut, go on a road trip.

Yh,yh,I came up with the name peanut for the dog. Not my proudest work either. Back to the road trip. I don't know why he thought keeping three kids who can't stand each other in a car together without a phone or laptop. In summary,the entire road trip was a disaster. Two hours on the road and I'd successfully managed to yank off some of my sister's brown hair, gotten shaving cream on my eyebrows courtesy of my lovely brother, the cars radio destroyed, dog poop in my mum's hair and a punctured tyre. A lot more happened but I think it'd be best if I don't go into the details cus they really weren't pretty .

" Umm,sorry guys but I've got to get going. Family camping trip' I whisper the last words. My friends just smile and say their goodbyes . They both already knew how my family was.

"Bye Mrs v" I yell before leaving

The Streets were quiet and empty with the exception of few barks here and there. Most people were probably already at work or school or something. The calmness and peacefulness makes me drift into my thought. I start wondering what if, just what if I'd told Marcel I liked him earlier. Would we have ended up together? Come to think of it Kish, he never showed any sign he'd ever been interested.

I mean there was that one time in fifth grade he'd kept taking my stuffs and trying to get my attention. I smile at the memory. And there was the day I'd been feeling down about my lost teddy and he'd noticed and tried to make me smile. Or when I'd asked him why he didn't at least say a happy birthday to me on my thirteenth birthday, he gave a boyish smile and apologized. Or the day he'd begged me to come for a school program which was on a weekend. I'd ended up coming only to see him getting cozy with some other girl. Maybe I'd just been reading too much meaning into all those little things, he probably just saw me as some girl and nothing more. I just wish I could go back in time and confront him. If he say a no, it'll hurt buh I'm sure I'll get over it.

My mood turns sour as all this crazy thoughts keep coming. I send a stone flying out of anger as my foot hits it.

"Hey" an extremely pissed grumpy voice snaps me out of my thoughts. I look up to see a tiny old man rubbing a red bump on his head. Oops! The stone I'd kicked was probably what had caused the bump.

"Oh my gosh, I am so so sorry. I wasn't looking, and I was thinking about a lot of stuffs and I got really angry and sad. I really didn't see you there,if I had I won't have kicked the stone or I would have been more careful" I blabber on.

I pause to find the tiny man staring at me with unblinking beady green eyes.

"What made you get angry and sad?" he asks, looking me straight in the eye.

"...umm ss.l"

"A person made you said" the man says

"You seek to know young child" he continues

"Not knowing is sometimes good" he lets out a low chuckle as he moves towards a bench and takes a seat.

I stay rooted to the spot, taking in the man's appearance. He wore an old brown coat and a pair of pointy blue boots.he held a stick in his left hand. His right hand was stroking his strangely long and white beard. His green eyes seemed to be looking everywhere at the same time and he hadn't for once blinked.

"You wish for a second chance, don't you?"

I stay muted, too shocked to move or speak.

"I haven't got all day girl. The warlocks would rip each other apart if I don't hurry back"

Warlocks? Who's this dude

"I'm going to take that as a yes" he strikes the stick in his hand on the floor twice.

"Oh well,my work here is done. Don't fear young child. I'll come by when I can" he says before vanishing.

What just happened! I yell into the empty space.

A call from my sister brings me back to reality

'where the heck are you!' are the first things I hear.

' I'm sorry,I'm almost home. Be with you guys in a sec" I hang up and burst into a Sprint all the way, not putting much thought into the old man and what had happened.

Reaching home,I receive four people's worth of scolding before we head off to the camp.

We arrive at the camp at 11pm without much incident. Just a broken tooth and a destroyed car door. Don't worry, peanut was the one that ended up with the broken tooth.

Too tired to start any adventures,we crawl into our sleeping bags after a meal of steak and mashed potatoes.