Love and War by Britta Irene (paper ebook reader .txt) 📖

me. Where am I taking you?”
“Well, it is early… lets go get some food. Im starving.”
“Oh thank goodness. I thought I was the only one who was starved. What do you want?” He asked as he unlocked the door.
“I don’t really care. Anything sounds good to me.” As we pulled out of the school, I climbed to the back to change into my girl clothes. I pulled the wig off my head, exposing my blonde-blue curls. I didn’t feel like straightening it today. I pulled off my shirt and corset and replaced them with my bra and white v-neck t shirt. I took off my gym shorts and replaced them with black short shorts that had so many holes in them that more skin was showing where the cloth was supposed to be.
I climbed back up into the front seat to see Blade pull into a Wendy’s parking lot.
“FROSTYS!” I screamed jumping up and down. I love frosties. They are the best thing on earth.
“I knew you would love it.” Blade said. I ignored him as I bolted inside to order my frosty.
After lunch, and my wonderful frosty, Blade and I headed over to Target. I was still 15 minutes early, but that was fine because I didn’t necessarily want Blade to know who I was meeting up with. I wasn’t that he wouldn’t trust him and haul me back to school; it was more that he would be curious to what was going on and hang around. This was a mission that Tanner and I needed to complete together.
I thanked Blade as I hopped out of the car and watched as he pulled out of the parking lot. I pulled out my phone and texted Tanner telling him I was here.
Hey. im at target. Wats ur eta?

He responded almost immediately.
im runnin behind. Be there in about 20. Go ahead and get milk, eggs, bread, lunch meat, juice, and vegetables?

Great… now I’m his grocery maid
fine… but I aint your grocery maid.

I responded.
I walked inside and grabbed a buggy. I strolled through the store and got the things he texted me to get. When I was done, I saw him wandering the isles looking for me.
“Here doggy doggy doggy!” I called out. I got a few weird looks from the people around me, but Tanner just turned around with a big grin on his face.
“Woof woof.” He said as he got closer. I enveloped me in a big hug, a hug that I was not expecting to get. But hey, we are in this together.
“Thanks for going ahead and getting our stuff. Molly was upset because I didn’t clean like I was supposed to. So I got a lecture. Again.” He said rolling his eyes.

“Eh, I don’t know how to clean that well. I don’t have the patience for that.” I replied.
“That’s the way to live.” We finished getting all the things on his list, and then headed for the checkout line.
“So how did you manage to get away from James?” Tanner asked me as I was playing with a slap bracelet in the checkout line.
“Lying. I told him that I was having a girls day out with Blade.” I said, continuing to slap the bracelet onto my wrist.
“What if Blade shows up at your doorstep to hang with him while we are gone?” he asked. He looked worried and nervous.
“It’s cool. I told Blade I had something I needed to take care of, and he agreed to be my cover. He said he had things to do today also.” I told him. He visibly relaxed.
Tanner paid them he pushed the buggy out to his car. I was astonished. He drove a Porsche 911 GT2 RS. I was in awe.
“Dude. I love your car. When we get this all sorted, you are taking me for rides.” I said. He just chuckled and got in the car.
“My dad’s house is about fifteen minutes away. I’m going to warn you, he isn’t a pleasure to be around. He is very strict, and doesn’t hold back on his opinions. But he is very wise, and can help up solve our problems.” He told me. I nodded.
“I don’t hold back on opinions either. I don’t think we’ll get along well.”
“Hold your tongue. If you piss him off, he’ll kick us out and will not help at all. He’s a busy man, so be grateful he squeezed in time to see us.” I saw his fists clench the steering wheel.
“You have to schedule time to spend time with your own son? How conceited...”
“Like I said, he is a busy man.” Right as he said that, we pulled up to a huge Victorian mansion. It must have four floors, a balcony for each. It was a dark gray, and from where we were the drapes inside were a blood red. There were multiple rose bushes, and they would have been beautiful it they weren’t dried up and splattered with brown rotting spots.
It was still a beautiful place, just creepy. But I had a feeling in the pit of my stomach that told me something was way off. Something was going to happen, and I didn’t know what.

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Text: everything is from my own imagination!
Publication Date: 02-09-2012

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