Chapter EIGHTEEN

  Theme: We are friends

  (FLASHBACK TO TEN YEARS AGO)

  WINSLOW, ARIZONA.

  (NIGHT TIME: BY BEACH )

  Ace decided not to pester her about it. “If you don't want to share your problems then why don’t we play for sometime before you leave? Don’t worry I will take you back home if it is too late.”

  “No! You can’t take me home!” She objected in a raised tone until she realized that she just over reacted.

  Even Ace Clark was taken aback by her sudden outburst.

  “Oh sorry..I didn’t mean to say it that way. I just..don’t like the idea of you taking me home.” She apologized.

  “I understand.” He answered.

  She turned away and looked back at the sea. She hasn’t been doing anything with a boy but her mom thinks she has been sleeping around. Her mom would definitely nag her if she sees her talking to a boy not to talk of letting a guy walk her home.

  They both lapsed into silence lost in their respective thoughts.