Calla in Cali
I’m standing in front of my father’s house, miles away from home. I don’t know if I can do this
or not it took years to get here, standing here in front of his door. I knocked and it opened to the most beautiful eyes ever, they were a blue, so pale and vivid I have never seen anything like it before.
“Umm...can I help you?” question the blue eyed man. “ I’m looking for my father” I replied.
“ Who’s at the door Mase!” yelled a grumpy man.
Then came walking over an old man, I noticed his eyes were the color of mine a mixture like an oak tree here in California and his nose was petite just like mine and at that moment I knew it was him. He looked at me and stared at me for a long time, I think he knows too. I can’t believe it, that this time would come. Suddenly I feel panicked not knowing what he’s going to say or do.
“ Your Cassie’s....daughter aren’t you? Which means your.... My daughter.”
It's been hours since we all have been talking about me and my mother. I told him that mom
had died in a car accident when I was 14 years old and since then I’ve been living with aunt Blythe in Maple Grove, Minnesota. He looked really bitter like he was gonna be sick,but after a while he seems to have calmed down a bit. It’s then that I noticed that he’s married for about a year now and his wife who seems to have a son that's the same age as me, Mase. He’s been
looking at me for the past hour and it's starting to annoy me, but he’s the most gorgeous man I have ever seen.
It’s been about a week since I’ve been here and I feel odd, not because of my father ,but because of Mase. We’ve been talking a lot and he’s not exactly a good guy he’s more of a bad boy. He told me that today he’ll be taking me to a party at Mission Beach and I’m really nervous since I’ve never really been to a party. During my years in high school I was mostly independent and was a straight A student and was the head of the student council. Then I heard a knock and Mase came in.
“ Hey, you ready I’ve been waiting for 30 minutes. How long does it take for you to get ready?” He complained.
I quickly grabbed my purse and we walked out the door together to his car. When we got to the party which was at a beach house, it was packed! People everywhere, dancing, drinking, smoking, and loud music was coming from everywhere.
“ I’ll be right back I’m justing going to say hi to my friends real quick! Do you want something to drink?” Mase yelled over the music.
“ Nah, I’ll just get one myself. You go on ahead I’ll meet you back here.” I replied
When he left I went roaming around to what seem to look like a dance floor since there's so many people dancing there so I started dancing with a couple of girls. I talked to them for a little and had a couple of drinks, they were nice so I stayed with them. After waiting for so long for Mase I decided to just keep dancing, but I was getting a little fuzzy from drinking. Then I felt a pair of hands on my waist and turned around, except it wasn’t Mase it was a guy with hazel eyes
and brown hair. He didn’t have the wavy black silky hair Mase did or the big, strong, and muscular body that Mase had. When he touched me it didn’t spark.
Something yanked on the poor guy and that is when I noticed Mase was there and he look angry.
“ Hey man take it easy I just wanted to have some fun that is all” the drunk boy with brown hair slurred.
“ Ya well why don’t you have fun somewhere else you disgusting bastard!” Mase scolded.
All of a sudden the drunk guy punched Mase and they began to fight, I tried to get them to stop, but they won’t. It was getting out of control, more people started to join and that is when everything blacked out.
“ WEEEEOOOOWEEEEOOOO!!” I realized theres a sound of sirens, but I was numb and I couldn’t feel my body or move.
I opened my eyes and see that I am in a room. It is then that I noticed I’m in the hospital and I see my father talking to a nurse and he looked furious. Once they saw me sit up they came over.
“ Are you alright Calla? What were you thinking going to a party like that! I mean you could’ve died!” he yelled.
I winced and started to cry not knowing what happened at all after Mase started fighting. Its then when I start to panic about Mase, I looked around the room and found him sitting in a corner. He had bruises all over his face and his hands were wrapped with a cloth. He started to walk over to me.
“ How you feeling Cal? I was so worried about you I didn’t know if you’d make it or not. ” he croaked.
“ I don’t know what happened to me, can someone please tell me what is going on!” I cried.
One month later..
I’m sitting in an airport getting ready to leave California and back home to Maple Grove. The last month was crazy, it’s then that I found out that I was drugged during the party and I had no idea. I was lucky that Mase was there because if he wasn’t then...
After all that situation me and Mase got really close. I was in love with him he was the first guy to ever kiss me. Those last few weeks were breathtaking. Me and Mase spent every second together, knowing that when the summer ends we won’t be able to see each other till Thanksgiving break because of college. We both decided to give this boyfriend/girlfriend thing a try since he’s also never been in a relationship either.
Even after all that I was still terrified, I mean what if Mase had left me and didn’t come to check on me I would always think about it time to time. My father wasn’t happy with me and Mase at all, but he did get over it. My father and I built a really good relationship together this summer and it feels good to talk to him when I needed to. It was really hard to leave since for the first time in my life I felt like I had a family and a... home.