SWAPPED

ng on. Eric, her brother, was frowning and seated on the couch with his arms crossed. Her father was pacing the living

could have gotte

to say "Dad-" when the

ge, he yelled at Eric, "

c commence

t thinking, were you?!" "You put yourself

id I was sorry!" "And nothing bad happened!" From the mome

y stiffening. With clenched teeth, he declared, "You wi

way. Practices for football begin this w

thought of that before drinking and

sibling was never really that careless. When he we

ned to face their mother. He be

"I apologize, Eric.

ced Kelly, he stopped abruptly. He stepped closer to her,

t she recoiled in actuality. "What

ident bitterness. "I believed we were supporting one another. Seems like I was mistaken, my dear," he

ulder, but he brushed it off with a firm shrug and walked down the

emarked, "You know he needs time to cool off." "Let's get

e who dared to drive after drinking. It's a good thing he got off so lightly. Extra work for the next

they were both reading. Every month, just the two of them-Kelly and her mother

in the room, so Kelly and her mother had a friendly conversation about ordinary things. Eric tightened his jaw visibly and smashed his fork on the table when

ding next to him. She said, "Why are you upset

on me when I called and didn't respond to any of my texts!" he scr

e. "I'm so sorry,

d with a cold demeanor,

't have my ph-," but he ignor

made it clear that he didn't wa

ever he drank when he first started going out in high school. Reaching over to the nightstand, Kelly picked up the phone and called her

s? Can't speak at th

ight, you hung up o

g, he called. Naturall

spoke last n

and your voice

remarks would make her feel special. She was shocked that throughout their entire conversation, he had

n if you had! He ran afo

blem, swee

ove home intoxicated and is now upset w

is a douche. The intox

to provide an apology. Kelly was eager to

gether to swap phones? It is best to

ay, I left for f

? Did he go? The second infuriated her more.

t me know that last night? We could've

t. Would that you had n

ery little! When will y

r sounds reall

ly tenacious! That's what I want in

uld I do in the

l I get back, we'll just forward

is not being us

very adorable ;) You really do need a li

mother entered Kelly's room, said, "Mark's

you pick up when I ca

eld by a jackass. She promised to find Tess and murder him. He didn

k enquired,

Would you like to vi

Mark said sadly, "I've been

th a matter-of-factness. Her best friend's olive skin tone made her enviou

s arrive, it can never harm

rnia. It reaches as low as fifty de

stand no chance," she joked. It was common knowledge that the majority of their classmates frequented the beach in an attempt to make out with the college

lly let out a cry. "They are like soooo dreamy!" Kelly returned to her usual tone of voice. In

, "See you then," an

finish the look, she applied a little layer of waterproof mascara and pink lip gloss. Kelly grabbed her phone and went downstairs after packing a bag with a book, her iP

aby doll? Aww. -T I

l. After you knock one down, turn them around

ocking one down, you flip them around and find 98 beer b

s was the wisest course of action

ever get dropped o

deed! I did

ng football instead of

ave three hours left to go to cam

able to bother you

jority of girls would giv

them the

one? Are we really not the s

ho kicks and bites teammat

slapping your ass;) I suppose I will dream

l athlete who believed that just because he played football, all girls should fall in love with him. For a whole week, how in the hell was she sup

She tried to persuade herself that she could handle this. "I can do this," she said. Kelly banged h