Ch. 4 - Help From High Places
One week later…
“It’s that serious? Alright, I’m coming,” Mr. Chapman said, hanging up the phone.
“Okay, Laura take care of Tessa. I’ll be back later.” Then he was gone, leaving Laura alone with her eleven year old sister. But that wasn’t what young Laura was worried about. It was her mom that worried her, she hadn’t been home since Laura had seen her three weeks ago. Now, her dad was gone, and she had to be the grownup and take care of her sister. Would she be next?
“Laura?” Tess asked, tugging on her sister’s shirt.
“Hmm?” she said, shaking.
“Um….are you alright?”
“Yeah, I’m fine. What’d you need?”
“Nothing anymore. Maybe you should see Sam.”
“Stop mocking me Tessa!”
“I’m not mocking you this time I promise!” Laura was cautious, but she kept listening. “You’re not?”
“No. I’ve noticed you’re always so peaceful when you’ve just been with Sam. Plus, you haven’t seen him in over a week.”
“That’s true.” But, then again, I just left him in not the best of circumstances. He’ll definitely want to get a confession out of me now, and I’m just not ready for that!
“So, go see him! Laura? Laura!”
“Oh…sorry, what?”
“Ugh! Nevermind!” Tessa yelled, stomping off to her room to watch TV.
Good. She’s gone for now. I won’t have to tell her my every thought, but I have to wonder. Is she right? Should I see Sam?
………………………………………………………………………….
“So…..you were saying?” Brian asked Sam at a nearby café.
“Hmm?”
“About Laura?” he said snickering.
“Oh yeah,” Sam said glancing away. “Laura.”
“What?” he asked seriously.
“Something’s wrong,” Sam said, looking directly into Brian’s eyes for all of his attention.
“What is it?” he asked, now worried.
“Well…she made out with me in the middle of the street, so,” he said smirking. “That part is good.”
“You two are the perfect couple, you know that, right?” Sam smiled, remembering their last kiss, but it faded once he recalled the aftermath.
“So, what’s wrong?”
“She won’t tell me something.”
“What?”
“I don’t know. That’s the funny part. She admitted loving me, and so did I, but then she totally broke down and started crying over my ignoring her cause she was with these guys and…”
“Whoa, whoa, wait a minute? Whose these guys? Is she cheating on you already? Man, you really should shave. I mean that’s gotta be it!” he said, breaking out in laughter.
“It’s a long story.”
“Oh, do tell.”
“Get comfortable.”
“Already there.”
And so, Sam spent the rest of the afternoon telling Brian everything that had happened precisely one week ago in great detail. Brian listened patiently, taking everything in, and when it was all good and done, he had but one thing to say.
“Sorry man.”
“I know me too.”
“Sounds like it has something to do with her family.”
“You think?”
“Yeah, seems like it. If it was something to do with her as a person, she’d tell you. She knows you’re head over heels for her. So, that wouldn’t be it.”
“Oh. So, what should I do?”
“I’m not really sure,” he said, standing up. “Wait a few more days.”
“Then what?”
“Give her a ring,” he said walking down the street towards his car, as Sam nodded. Great! Where am I going to get a ring?
“Oh! A ring, as in a telephone call, Sam!” Brian shouted from across the way.
“Oh thanks!” Now, that I can definitely do.
“It’s that serious? Alright, I’m coming,” Mr. Chapman said, hanging up the phone.
“Okay, Laura take care of Tessa. I’ll be back later.” Then he was gone, leaving Laura alone with her eleven year old sister. But that wasn’t what young Laura was worried about. It was her mom that worried her, she hadn’t been home since Laura had seen her three weeks ago. Now, her dad was gone, and she had to be the grownup and take care of her sister. Would she be next?
“Laura?” Tess asked, tugging on her sister’s shirt.
“Hmm?” she said, shaking.
“Um….are you alright?”
“Yeah, I’m fine. What’d you need?”
“Nothing anymore. Maybe you should see Sam.”
“Stop mocking me Tessa!”
“I’m not mocking you this time I promise!” Laura was cautious, but she kept listening. “You’re not?”
“No. I’ve noticed you’re always so peaceful when you’ve just been with Sam. Plus, you haven’t seen him in over a week.”
“That’s true.” But, then again, I just left him in not the best of circumstances. He’ll definitely want to get a confession out of me now, and I’m just not ready for that!
“So, go see him! Laura? Laura!”
“Oh…sorry, what?”
“Ugh! Nevermind!” Tessa yelled, stomping off to her room to watch TV.
Good. She’s gone for now. I won’t have to tell her my every thought, but I have to wonder. Is she right? Should I see Sam?
………………………………………………………………………….
“So…..you were saying?” Brian asked Sam at a nearby café.
“Hmm?”
“About Laura?” he said snickering.
“Oh yeah,” Sam said glancing away. “Laura.”
“What?” he asked seriously.
“Something’s wrong,” Sam said, looking directly into Brian’s eyes for all of his attention.
“What is it?” he asked, now worried.
“Well…she made out with me in the middle of the street, so,” he said smirking. “That part is good.”
“You two are the perfect couple, you know that, right?” Sam smiled, remembering their last kiss, but it faded once he recalled the aftermath.
“So, what’s wrong?”
“She won’t tell me something.”
“What?”
“I don’t know. That’s the funny part. She admitted loving me, and so did I, but then she totally broke down and started crying over my ignoring her cause she was with these guys and…”
“Whoa, whoa, wait a minute? Whose these guys? Is she cheating on you already? Man, you really should shave. I mean that’s gotta be it!” he said, breaking out in laughter.
“It’s a long story.”
“Oh, do tell.”
“Get comfortable.”
“Already there.”
And so, Sam spent the rest of the afternoon telling Brian everything that had happened precisely one week ago in great detail. Brian listened patiently, taking everything in, and when it was all good and done, he had but one thing to say.
“Sorry man.”
“I know me too.”
“Sounds like it has something to do with her family.”
“You think?”
“Yeah, seems like it. If it was something to do with her as a person, she’d tell you. She knows you’re head over heels for her. So, that wouldn’t be it.”
“Oh. So, what should I do?”
“I’m not really sure,” he said, standing up. “Wait a few more days.”
“Then what?”
“Give her a ring,” he said walking down the street towards his car, as Sam nodded. Great! Where am I going to get a ring?
“Oh! A ring, as in a telephone call, Sam!” Brian shouted from across the way.
“Oh thanks!” Now, that I can definitely do.