Sadie
We are supposed tobe leaving soon to drive to the cabin, but the guys are taking their time getting ready. They are finding far too much excitement out of fucking with me this week. All of them, really.
Everyone is at our house. They all stayed here last night after we watched a movie. Naturally, they spent the entire evening messing with Stacy and me. She and I ended up ditching them to go sleep in the guest room. We even made sure to lock the door so they couldn’t come in and fuck with us.
“We should have left half an hour ago,” Stacy complains.
“We could just get in my car and go,” I laugh.
“That’s… a good idea,” she grins. “Let’s see if we can sneak our stuff out.” I nod happily, and we casually walk to the living room where everyone is talking.
“We are going to take our stuff down,” I say.
“We aren’t ready for that yet,” Todd says simply, looking at his phone as he sits comfortably on the couch.
“I know. Take your time. We are just bored,” I say as we pick up our bags. Todd looks up and glares at us, but we remain serious. “We’ll be back.”
Stacy and I get all of our stuff out of the house and into my car before Todd comes out onto the porch as we are getting into my car.
“You little shits,” he laughs. “What are you two doing?”
“Going to the cabin,” I say. “Hurry up… or don’t. We can have plenty of fun alone.”
“Does anyone know you’re leaving?” he asks.
“Nope,” Stacy giggles.
She and I both yell and jump into my car when Todd leaps off the porch to stop us from leaving. I get my door locked just as he gets to the car, so I roll the window down a few inches.
“Yes?” I ask.
“If you pull out of this driveway without telling anyone, both of you will be punished,” he warns.
“Okay, okay,” I laugh. I pick up my phone and send a text.
Me
Stacy and I are headed to the cabin. See you there ;)
When Todd’s phone dings to indicate a text, he growls at me as he pulls it out. Before he can retaliate to my bratty behavior, I roll my window up and shift into gear. He steps back, and we wave to him as we pull out of the driveway.
The cabin is three hours away, overlooking a lake. We have been coming here for years. Last year we didn’t come out here, so this is the first time without Leo and with Stacy.
It would be a lie if I didn’t say it’s going to be weird not having him here. I have so many good memories with everyone here, especially Leo. He would take me out on the lake, and we’d talk about… everything. When we got back, he and I would build a fire so everyone else could come out and enjoy the evening with us. It hurts to think that I won’t have that, but it hurts more that I never knew the awful things he wanted to do to me.
Leo was the type of friend who would attentively listen to everything you had to say, then promise you that everything would be okay. How fucked up is that? How can someone be so evil yet pretend to be so sweet? In some ways, Leo is worse thanPaul. I knew what to expect from Paul… but Leo? I have no idea what he will do to me.
I am bummed out and sad by the time I stop my car in front of the cabin. A flood of memories, good and bad, hit me when I step out and walk into the yard. I walk down to the dock where Leo’s boat used to be tied up and take my shoes off so I can sit with my feet in the water.
“Hey. You okay?” Stacy asks as she sits beside me.
“No,” I say tearfully. “I have sat on this same dock countless times with him. I trusted myself alone with him for years… And yet the entire time he wanted to hurt me.”
“I know, sweetie,” she says as she wraps her arm around my shoulders, squeezing me.
“I’m trying not to make myself paranoid, but he knows we come here around this time,” I say. “If anyone else got hurt because of me… I don’t think I could survive that.”
“We will all be just fine, Sadie,” she says. “Yourself included.”
