The Trip by Jamie Tucker (top 10 motivational books txt) 📖

Introduction
I awake to the sound of my alarm clock. I glance at the clock after shutting off the alarm even though I know what time it is. The clock says 5:30 a.m. It’s July 16th, I sit up in my bed and fold over the edge of my blanket and rest my wrapped wrist on it. I can’t remember why I have the wrap on until I get a sharp, searing pain in my wrist. I fell yesterday, bending my wrist backwards, landing on it; I remember the loud crack I heard when that happened before bursting into tears, I also remember Mark scooping me up in his arms and me resting my head into his shoulder as he carried me to his car to take me to the E.R. I lay back down, I don’t want to move. I close my eyes, after a few minutes I reopen my eyes finding out that it’s now 5:43 a.m. I leap out of bed; I only meant to close them for a couple of minutes, not thirteen.
I ran into the bathroom, grabbing a towel and putting a plastic bag type of protector the doctor gave me over my wrist. Dropping my clothes at my feet I turn on the shower and jump in. The shower is hot and all I do is stand under the water. I get out of the shower and look at the clock again, now its 6:03. I wrap a towel around myself and go back into my room. I dry myself off and drop the towel. I open my closet and turn to my right to the mirror on the back of the door. I’m not the skinniest person in the world. I’m a size 10 but I’m not complaining. I sometimes look bigger because I like baggy sweatshirts. I have very light skin but black hair, and I have brown eyes. I look back into my closet and grab my boyfriend Mark’s practice jersey and throw it on.
I go to my dresser and pull open a drawer. I dig through it and pull out a pair of shorts; I pull them on and sit down on the edge of my bed. I have two days until my trip with Mark to his grandmother’s vacation cabin in Montana. We live in Colorado and it will take us about 11 hours to get there. We leave at 8 p.m. stop at midnight and finish the last 7 hours the next day.
Mark and I have been together for 3 ½ years now and I still have my virginity because he is the only one who understands that I want to wait. Mark is tough on the outside but on the inside he is the sweetest guy I have ever met. He has brown hair that just falls nicely on his head. He is muscular and was on the football team. Mark is 20, mom and dad don’t approve of the age difference but they do like Mark. He has deep blue eyes and knows how to treat me. He’s much taller than I am, him being 6 foot 1 and me being 5 foot 5. I don’t care though, I enjoy looking up to him and I know he enjoys looking down at me. I especially like kissing him, either he lifts me up or I stand on my tip toes and he shrinks just a little.
I run downstairs. I look around to find everyone is still asleep but considering how early it is I understand. My brother Sam is younger than me, I’m 18 and just graduated, and he is 13. He likes to go everywhere possible that I do. He wants to go with me and Mark to Montana, mom said it would be fine with her and dad. Mark said he doesn’t care either but I don’t know if I want him to go with, I mean I love my brother but I wanted this to be romantic for me and Mark, plus I don’t know if Mark would really be ok with him going. My mom and dad are kind of pushy; mom is 3 years younger than dad. He’s 42 and my mom is 39.
Chapter 1
I grab my keys and run out of the house, I have to go get Mark and then we are going to get some shopping done. When I start the car I look at the clock, its 6:37 now. Mark isn’t going to be awake right now so I’m going to go to Shoes R Us and get some new tennis shoes for hikes on our trip. As I’m driving I decide to invite my best friend Britney to come with me to the store, she’s always wanted to go there but never had the chance. The phone rings 4 times before I get an answer.
“Hello,” Brit says.
“Hey, what are you up too?”
“Just sitting on my bedroom floor, drawing.”
“Well, hey I was wondering, do you want to go to Shoes R Us with me? I need helping picking out cute shoes to go hiking with?”
“Sure, why not, I’ve always wanted to go to that store.” Britney said with excitement.
“Ok, I’ll be over in about 5 minutes to pick you up, okay?”
“Alrighty, bye”
“Bye,” I said hanging up the phone. I keep driving, taking every left and right turn necessary to get to Britney’s house going through each direction in my mind before I get to the turns.
As I pull up to Britney’s house, I have so many things going through my mind. Is my brother going to come with us, does Mark want him to come with, do I want to lose my virginity right now in my life and risk getting pregnant. I don’t know the answer to any of these questions. I’m scared of Mark’s reaction when I ask him about this stuff. I turn to see Britney running out of her house to meet me. She runs around the front of the car, yanking the door open and jumping in.
“Let’s do this,” Britney says. I start to pull away and Britney can see a sort of sadness in my eyes. “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing, just have a lot on my mind. Anyway, let’s just have fun.”
“Oh, if you’re sure,”
“I am,” I say quickly trying to change the subject, I know Britney has been keeping things from me lately and the way I see it is why should I tell her stuff if she can’t do the same. She is so distant lately. We used to talk about everything with each other and now she could care less if we talk or not.
“I’m pregnant!” Britney blurted out.
“What?”
“I wanted to tell you sooner, but I wasn’t sure or not, at least not until last night. You’re the only one that knows.”
“Are you going to tell Chris? He is the father right?” I asked puzzled.
“Yeah, why would it be anyone else?” Britney asked angrily.
“I’m sorry, I just wasn’t sure. I mean even though you too aren’t together are you still going to let him know?”
“I should, I know I should, but I just don’t think he’ll care at all. I mean, when he left me he said he wanted absolutely nothing to do with me.”
“But you never know and he should know if he is going to be a father. At least then you’ll know for sure if he wants to be involved in the child’s life or not.”
“I guess you’re right.” Britney said with a sigh.

I dropped off Britney with her new shoes she bought and my bag of shoes in the back seat of the car. I drive to pick up Mark, I sit out in the car waiting for a while. Just thinking, I mean I don’t care if Sam comes with but at the same time I don’t want him too because I want to have a romantic trip with Mark. I mean Mark and Sam bond very well but I just don’t know if Mark really wants him there or not. I get out of the car and slowly walk up to his house. I ring the doorbell and his mom answers.
“Oh hey, Alice, Mark is upstairs in his room if you want to go get him.”
“Okay, thanks.” I slowly make my way up the stairs. Taking each step one at a time. When I get to the top I turn to the right and go to the 2nd door on the left and I just open it. I find Mark sleeping on his bed with no covers and in his boxers. I climb into the bed with him and climb up over him and sit with one knee on each side of him. I bend down and wake him up with a gentle kiss. When he notices it’s me, he pulls me down next to him and we just lay there in the quiet enjoying each other’s company.
“So, babe what do we have to do today?” Mark asked.
“We need to get money out of our bank accounts and new swim suits for the lake.”
“Alright let’s get to it.”
“Do you really not care if Sam goes with us? I just want to make sure it’s ok with you.”
“Aly, I told you, I honestly don’t care if he goes with us.”
“Ok, just checking, that means we need to get him one too, we’ll surprise him when we

Publication Date: 02-05-2012

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