"That sounds like a good idea with the photos, I really hate standing in line when there's so much other cool stuff going on," you tell Katherine.
"Ok cool, I'll go tell Carla and I'll meet you by the front door in a minute or two," Katherine replies before heading off. You watch her leave and finish your Coke. It her takes a while to get to the door as she makes a point of saying good-bye to pretty much every single person at the party. She has always been very popular at school. Not just because of her looks either. Katherine has one of the nicest personalities of anyone you've ever met. It wouldn't have been more than two days she'd been at your school and she already knew everyone's name, what they did and anything else they could think to tell her. You waited a bit before leaving via the side-gate. Sure you knew everyone also but you liked to go around unnoticed more often than not. Being a starter on the schools football team didn't exactly make it easy to do.
Katherine eventually arrived out the front of the house, ten minute longer than she said she was going to be. "Sorry, I had to say good-bye to everyone and then Carla wouldn't let me just leave. She wanted to know where I was going, who with and to make matters worse she forces me to check my hair and make-up looks perfect," Katherine explains rather indignantly.
You can help but smile about Carla once again. You have a good idea why she wanted Katherine to check her appearance. "It looks perfect to me," you tell her as you start to lead Katherine towards your vehicle.
"Thanks that's so sweet," she says as she takes you arm in hers.
You're about twenty meters from the 4 wheel-drive when you press the button on the key ring to open the doors. The park lights flash as the doors open. "Wow is that yours?" Katherine asks. You nod your head in acknowledgement. You have never liked to show off. "How did you afford that?"
"A sports agent gave it to me. He seems to think I'm pretty good and because I'm still at school they can't sign me to a contract. What they can do is give me use of the jeep until I'm able to and then it's turned over to me for good."
"I'm very impressed, I can't wait to go for a ride," she tells you as she hops excitedly into the passenger seat. You start it up and pull out onto the road and begin driving towards the school. You have about two miles to go when a cop car that has been following you switches on it lights and flashes you to pull over. You stop and the driver gets out of the vehicle and starts walking towards you.
You turn to Katherine and say, "I don't know why they pulled me over. I don't think I was doing anything wrong."
"Don't worry everything will be fine," she says to comfort you. |