Chapter 4

As I reached for the doorknob the door bursts open. "DEETS!!!" Ruthanne screeches. Her dad, watching the news, doesn't appreciate this and yells at her to be quiet.
Instead of filling her in right there on the spot, I run up to her room. "SO," she says, "what happened!? I saw you guys through the peephole! So cute!" She screeches again and her mother in the next room tells her to be quiet.
"Well," I say, not knowing how to explain the wonderful--although many people would say we realy didn't do anything--time I had with Sidney. "We left because of Brittny. I guess she's stalking him."
"I KNOW THAT!" Ruthanne shouts, still very excited.
"ok ok." I say, trying to calm her down a little. "He drove me over to my place to get dressed and we went over to Max Talbot's apartment!"
"OH MY GOD! WAS TANGER THERE!?" She yells again.
I smile, "yeah. And guess what." She beams, but looks extremely jealous. "He's cuter in person!" I say. "So we hung out there for the rest of the night," I say, trying not to look overly excited about it. "And he's taking me out for dinner on Tuesday!" I can't contain myself any longer, I jump up and dance in a little circle.
"EEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!" She squeals, "I'm so happy for you!"
"Well, who set it up? You're the best!" I hug her quickly. "So, are we going to the mall tomorrow?" I ask.
"Heck yes," she says. "I heard there's gonna be a huge sale at Delia's." We dance around again, two giddy teenage girls who are having the time of their lives. We go to bed around 11:30, wanting to be able to get up bright and early for that sale.

The store was packed with frenzied girls just like us. We walked out with a few cute pieces, but we didn't spend much time there. We made our way to the food court, kinda hungry. And that's where we saw her again, hanging on some guy of course. "Um. Ruthanne. Let's not eat now." I struggle to say something comprehensible.
"Why?"
"Brittny & Friends." I point and quickly turn around trying to avoid the scene that she's gonna try and cause.
"You can't run from her forever you know." Ruthanne points out.
"um. Yeah I can." I say and duck behind a fake plant looking down and pretending to fiddle with my iPhone.
"Come on Caitlin." Ruthanne says pulling me out from behind the plant and leading me back towards the ice cream shop. "I'm Hungry." She says.
I end up ordering a mint chocolate chip and she gets strawberry. Yum. I have to admit that the ice cream was good, whether Brittny's burning glare was drilling the back of my head or not. She never did confront us, but she probably knew that the glare would get on my nerves more.

On the way back home I get a text from Sidney:
Sidney: Hey, what's up?
Caitlin: heading back to Ruthanne's. We were at the mall. you?
Sidney: nothing. I'm at Max's, chillin w/ some of the guys again. Do you guys wanna come out?
Caitlin: sure.
I turn to Ruthanne. "Sidney wants to know if we can come out. I already told him yes." I say, smiling wide. "Drive woman." I command, in a hurry to see him again. I tell Ruthanne where Max lives, getting directions from Sidney on the way.
I take a guess on which apartment is Max's and I'm not right, the door being answered by some gothic teenager. She lazily points to Max's apartment. "thanks!" Ruthanne and I gasp, jogging down the hall.