Dreams and Reality- Aqua's Version by Tammy (best novels for teenagers .txt) 📖

pizza guy?” I asked.
“Yes, his name is James.” She shouted back. Ew, of course, stupid karma trying to make me answer questions, well to bad for karma I wasn’t going to answer.
“Ew, get off the phone!” I shouted back, she would probably think that he was ugly and hang up. I wonder if I can get free pizza for flirting or something, besides I need something to get my mind off of Jake. Then I heard a pinging at my window, what is that? It’s really annoying. I went over to my window to see Jake standing down there, throwing rocks at my window, so I opened my window; he was going to go away.
“Go away Jake, no one here wants to talk to you.” I told him harshly, hoping that he would drop it.
“No, not until I get an answer.” He said, pleading with his eyes.
“To bad, you’re not getting one.” I told him, shutting the windows. Then I heard the doorbell ring, and I saw that it was a guy delivering the pizza so I ran down stairs. “I’m answering this one.” I told Elle as she looked confused, standing halfway between the couch and the door.
“Hey.” I said opening the door, looking as teary as possible.
“Hey, that will be $5.99.” He told me, trying to figure out why such a pretty girl was crying most likely by the look I saw on his face.
“I’m sorry, I don’t have any money, my dad just left us and my boy broke up with me, and my mom is never home, and might die from stress..” I said crying my best tears, making up reasons not to pay for the pizza, drifting off as if unable to finish my sentence.
“Oh, I’m so sorry. I’ll pay for this one for you. Good luck with your.. problems.” The guy told me, handing me the pizza and giving me a sympathetic smile.
“Thanks.” I said, giving him a watery smile, as I shut the door, as soon as I heard him get in his car, I did a victory dance. “Got the pizza for free.” I said, all smiles, setting it on the table.
“Do you just do that to see if you can?” She asked, shaking her head.
“Yup, pretty much.” I said, taking a slice and blotting it with a napkin. I ate about half of the slice and then threw it in the trash, distracted by my little problem upstairs. I went upstairs and stared at my reflection, wondering what I could do to make him go away. Then I started hearing the ping again, so I ran to the window and wrenched it open.
“Go away!”
“No, you are going to give me an answer.” He shouted back up at me. Then Elle walked up the stairs, great, now I have to do something about her to.
“What is going on up here?!” She asked, walking to the open window, and smiling when she saw Jake there. “Oh, hey Jake! What’s up?”
“Oh, nothing much, just trying to get your sister to talk to me.” He said, running his hand through his hair to cover up the rock in his hand. Then, I shoved her away from the window and threw a threatening glare at Jake, slamming the window shut. “Don’t let him in either.”
“Ok, I’m going to go see if I can get free pizza for the guys at the hospital.” She said hopping off my bed and leaving.
“No.” I told her and kind of Jake at the same time, it was one thing to get free pizza for yourself, but for others, come on, that was a little bit of taking advantage of young pizza guys and their vulnerability. Then I heard her get the pizza a few minutes later, for free of course and let Jake in, disobeying both of my orders. I heard her offer him some pizza before she left, and tell him where the key to my room was. Oh come on! She had to tell him where the key to my room was too! She could have told him to find it on his own, you know buy me some more time. I heard him get the keys and open the door, so I hid in my closet.
“Aqua, I know you’re in here, I’ll find you eventually.” I heard him say it, but I was hoping he would give up and go home. Though life isn’t that kind so, just a few minutes later he opened the closet door.
“Come on, get out of there.” He pleaded, holding out his hand.
“Fine.” I complied, not liking that he wouldn’t give up.
“What do you want?” I asked, playing stupid for more time.
“To talk, and you know it.” He said, sitting on my bed. “You have a serious problem with magazines you know. One day I’m going to get in here with a trash bag and get rid of all the ones you don’t need.” He said, picking one up and wrinkling his noise at the cover. It was that months GL and it had Miranda Cosgrove on it; he didn’t like her too much.
“I am only subscribed to five and my mom pays for them.” I defended myself. Then I heard Elle run upstairs and shout through the door, “That is not true! I’ve had to buy magazines before.”
“Why are you still here? Their pizza is going to get cold!” I shouted.
“Sorry. I’m leaving now, oh wait, Jake does Matt like Brooke?” She asked. What the heck? She is not helping the get rid of Jake thing.
“Yeah, he has for a while.” He said opening the door to let her in.
“Cool, in that case I need your phone, and on second thought yours to Aqua.” She said, holding out her hand expectantly.
“Fine, just go.” I said exasperated, handing her phone as Jake handed her his.
“Ok, I’m leaving for real now, bye. You will get these back when I’m done.” She said leaving, this time I made sure she left through the window.
As soon as she left I turned to Jake, “Do you really want to know?” I asked, biting my lip.
“Yes.”
“Ok, then, no I’m not. Are you?”
“No. What’s your number?”
“Umm, well, hold on..” I drifted off, heading to my draw of notes and reminders; I pulled out the paper that reminded me. “Seven, what’s yours?”
“Seven, wow that’s um well, ok I lied, I am a virgin.” He said it like it was a bad thing.
“Ok, well before you ask my first was James, but I really don’t won’t to do those things again.” I said, frowning at the memories.
“Ok, but before I can date you any more, you know I have to catch up with you right?” He asked. WHAT?!! No, he cannot call a break for something so stupid.
“No, you don’t. That‘s also not going to happen with me until you can say I love you and at least two years have passed.” I said, confidently.
“Yes, I do, I don’t want anyone to think I deserve you less than they already think.” He replied, ignoring the second part of what I said.
“Well, that’s not going to happen from me, so find someone else for your little problem.” I said, shoving him towards the door.
“Fine.” He called Elle and talked to her about something in the hall with our home phone. Then he came back in and handed the phone to me, “She wants to talk to you.” I gingerly picked up the phone, afraid of what she would say.
“JUST LET HIM CATCH UP WITH YOU! I’M NOT DOING IT FOR YOU!”
“No, but I’ll fix this.” I told her calmly, but on the edge of hysteria.
“Ok, but don’t let him call me about that anymore.” She said, calming at the sound of tears and anger in my voice.
“Ok, bye.” I said, the tears really coming now, knowing what I would have to do.
“Bye.” I put the phone down as I hung up and then turned to the closet and pulled out my box of Jake’s stuff and threw his sweater in it, then headed down stairs to talk to him.
“Jake, come outside with me.” I told him, not waiting for him to come outside before going out myself.
“What is it?” He asked, looking concerned and just making this that much harder.
“You are not catching up with me, or my sister, or Sapphire before you say it.” I said, holding up my hand when he tried to object. “Here’s your stuff and just do me a favor and don’t talk to me.” I said handing him the box, and waiting for him to take it. He didn’t so I just set it down at his feet.
“Are you breaking up with me?” He asked, his eyes wetting.
“I don’t know, but you need to go home.” I said, leaving him out in the cold and going upstairs to get ready for bed. I lit my no-flame candle, and went to bed with some soft Beethoven playing. At about Midnight, I got a hard shake. “What?!” I groaned as I woke up to my sister.
“Go out there and fix Jake. I’m trying to get to sleep and I can’t because all I hear is sniffle sniffle.” She said, angry about not getting any sleep.
“I don’t want to.” I said rolling over.
“To bad, you going to.” She said, yanking my blanket out from under me.
“Fine,” I told her, stumbling over to my closet and pulling out my sweater. I walked outside to see Jake with red-rimmed eyes, like my sister’s tired ones, but these were from tears.
“I changed my mind; I want your stuff back.” I said picking up the box.
“Really?” He asked, pinching himself to make sure that he wasn’t dreaming.
“Yes, really, but you need to go home now.” I said, looking around for the roses that were in the box when I gave it back to him earlier.
“Ok, but, oh your roses I kind of ruined them, you know does she love me? Does she me hate me thing. But, I wanted to say... I... l... I love you.” He said, trying to force it out.
“Aww, I love you to.” I said, putting the stuff down and kissing him, then pulling away slowly and hugging him before completely letting go.
“Wow, that’s great, I was worried you wouldn’t say it back, and I actually feel more open, it wasn’t hard at all. Are you happy now? You turned me gay, like Rye.” He said, smiling.
“Good job, now go,” I said, pointing to his car.
“Ok, bye, I love you.”
“I love you to,” I waited until his car was down the road before going in.
“Did you fix it?” Elle asked, waiting at the door, an expectant look on her face.
“Yes, and he turned gay! He finally said it!” I said, happy that we were fixed.
“Good, now go to sleep before I throw something at you.” She said, changing from happy for me to crabby from loss of sleep in like two seconds.
“Like..” Then I was cut off by a pillow hitting my face, I had meant to say like what, but I went upstairs before more stuff got thrown at me.
Chapter 7: Elle at school without Rye
The next morning, I was very happy and content, actually greeting the morning. I pulled out a pleated skirt and a red top with a white camisole underneath. I had started to do my hair and makeup when Elle walked in.
“I’m taking a shower.” She said, tossing me her clothes to inspect. She actually did good, a blue shirt with the cutest saying on it, even though it