Chapter 8--New Beginnings
Chapter 8--"New Beginnings"
Friday ended up being a very good day. School went by quickly, and consisted of Donnie meeting up with Chloe every break between classes at her locker. He was wearing his jersey because they had a game that night, and all day Chloe could only tell him how adorable he looked. She said goodbye to him afterschool with a peck on the lips, and ended up walking home because it was such a nice day outside. Donnie had to go straight to the locker room to get ready for the big game. It would be their first of the season. He had been in a brilliant mood all day at school, and she was so glad to see that he had clearly forgiven her for her ridiculous actions the night before. She still couldnt believe how she had acted at that stranger's party, and acted dancing with the other stranger. She started feeling sick to her stomach when she even began to think about it.
Chloe was halfway home when a car next to her started honking, making her jump off into someone's yard and almost fall down. "What the..." "CHLOE! What's up girl?" Chloe immediately recognized the face hanging out of the driver's side window as Jeremy. She had a photography class with him, and he had volunteered on the first day of school to show her around the dark room and teach her how to properly develop film.
"Jeremy!! You scared the crap out of me, whatre you doing?" Chloe yelled while laughing. "I'm driving home, what do you think i'd be doing?" Jeremy smiled and hopped out of his car, walking over to Chloe on the sidewalk. "Do you not have a car?" Jeremy asked, "No I do but Donnie has been giving me rides to and from school the past couple of days. I'm walking home becau--" "Because he has a game tonight, I gotcha." "Do you know Donnie?" Chloe asked. Jeremy stifled an agitated laugh and looked away, saying "I think everybody at Permian High knows Billingsley, for one reason or another." "Oh...right." Chloe awkwardly said, looking away as well. Jeremy seemed to be giving her a suspicious look, as if he was wondering why on earth she would be dating someone like Donnie. This made Chloe a little annoyed, and she started walking away. "Well I guess i'll see you on Monday in photo class, later Jeremy." "Wait," Jeremy said walking back up to her, "Are you going to be at the game tonight? Oh, stupid question." "..yeah, ha. I will be." "Okay well i guess i'll see you there then," Jeremy said with a big grin on his face. "Later, Chloe." And Jeremy hopped back into his car and sped off, giving Chloe a wave out the window.
It was a couple of hours later when Chloe drove her small yellow Volkswagon to the game. It wasnt in super great shape, but she still liked to point out to Donnie that it looked a hell of a lot better than his ride. She found her way to the bleachers, wearing an extra one of Donnie's jerseys that he had given her that morning to wear. It smelled like his Old Spice cologne, and she loved burying her head in the collar to get a relaxing whiff of him.
The game went by quickly, and Donnie did an awesome job. She knew he had really been struggling at practice the past week, so it was a huge relief to see him jumping up and down with his teammates after he had scored the final touchdown passed by Winchell. After he finished jumping on top of his fellow teammates on the field, she saw that he turned around trying to find her in the stands, and she yelled "DONNIE!!" His eyes immediately found her in the center of the stands, and he gave her a huge grin and a big wave. She blew him a kiss in return. "What a cute couple of lovebirds," Jeremy said with a smile, sitting down next to Chloe and giving her a one armed hug. "Oh hey Jeremy" Chloe said in return with a smile. "Billingsley played a pretty good game tonight, eh?" Jeremy asked. Chloe turned back to the field and saw Donnie still standing and staring in their direction, but this time with a scowl on his face. He mightve even looked a little bit angry, but Chloe wasnt sure if that was just her imagination or not. Chavez then ran up to Donnie and pulled him towards the locker room, following the herd of the rest of the team.
"Yeah, he really did. I'm proud of him." Chloe said. "Hey, I know youre probably going to be busy celebrating with him after the game, but a few of the guys from photo class are gonna be holding a little celebration of our own tonight, at my friend Ted's house. He lives right off of Wicker, just a few min from the school." "I live on Wicker!" Chloe said, excitedly. "Oh wait, I had promised Donnie I'd get some dinner with him after the game. And I'm not sure what his plans are for later tonight...I'd feel kind of bad ditching him after his first win and all." "Yeah, I totally understand. I figured. Anyways, it was good seeing you Chloe, here's my number if you want me to introduce you to some more of my friends this weekend, we can all hangout, maybe go to the county fair thats coming here tomorrow." "Oh, wow, thanks Jeremy," Chloe said as Jeremy slipped a post-it note with his number into her hand. "I'll definitely hit you up." "Ok, good seeing you Chloe." Jeremy said before turning and and walking down the bleacher stairs, before talking to some of his friends and walking to the parking lot.
After the game was over, there were only a handful of cars left in the high school's parking lot. Chloe had only been waiting in her car for about 10 minutes when she saw Donnie trudging across the lot with his athletic bag hanging off of one shoulder and his baseball cap on, headed to his car that was just a row away from Chloe's. Chloe opened up her door and got out leaning against her Volkswagon. When Donnie saw her, he quickly picked up his pace and sprinted over to Chloe, yelling "My sunshineee!" and picked her up in his arms and squeezed her into a bear hug.
"Oh my gosh Donnie, you played such a great game!" Chloe said as he set her down, and she planted a big kiss on Donnie's lips. "Baby, it was so great. The whole team did awesome, dont you think? I can't believe it. After this week, I almost knew i'd totally bomb this game..but it was fucking awesome!" "I'm so happy for you," Chloe smiled. Donnie grabbed her face and gave her a few more long kisses before pulling away. "Are you hungry? You didnt load up on too many hotdogs while watching the game, did you? Cause you know...you really need to start watching your weight." Donnie said as he poked her non-existent tummy. "Oh, please Cowboy. I'm starving. Where do you wanna eat? WAIT a second, Donnie, i have a great idea!" "Oh and what is that?" Donnie said while pulling her to him. "How about we go back to your place and have dinner with your daddy? I'm sure he'd like to congratulate you on your game, and I can finally have the pleasure of meeting him."
Donnie immediately flinched away from her, letting his arms cross over his chest. He turned his body away from Chloe and kicked a pebble. "Uh, Donnie? Something wrong?" "Nah, nothing wrong, sweetheart. It's just...I dont know. I really dont know if my dad is someone you wanna meet just yet." "And why is that?" "Because, he's just someone you dont wanna meet, ok?" "Donnie, come on" Chloe said, walking back up to him and slinging her arms around his neck. "If he's related to you, he cant be THAT bad, can he?" "Ha. You'd be surprised, Chloe." Chloe was a little bit confused, and didnt understand how his father could possibly be bad enough to not introduce her to him. And then she realized maybe Donnie just didn't want to introduce her to him, because she didnt mean enough to him yet. "Donnie, I understand. I mean, we just started dating, I get that you probably dont really care about showing me off to people right now. I get it." "No, sunshine, thats not it ok? Here, if you really want to meet him so bad i'll take you to my place right now, but we're only staying 5 minutes. And we're gonna eat out after, not at my house." "YAY, Donnie!!" Chloe said and flung herself on him. "Ok, i'm gonna go put my stuff in my car, and then you can follow me back in your hot mustang?" "Shut your mouth Donnie when youre talkin to me." Chloe said and hopped back into her car, as Donnie made his way back to his.
Friday ended up being a very good day. School went by quickly, and consisted of Donnie meeting up with Chloe every break between classes at her locker. He was wearing his jersey because they had a game that night, and all day Chloe could only tell him how adorable he looked. She said goodbye to him afterschool with a peck on the lips, and ended up walking home because it was such a nice day outside. Donnie had to go straight to the locker room to get ready for the big game. It would be their first of the season. He had been in a brilliant mood all day at school, and she was so glad to see that he had clearly forgiven her for her ridiculous actions the night before. She still couldnt believe how she had acted at that stranger's party, and acted dancing with the other stranger. She started feeling sick to her stomach when she even began to think about it.
Chloe was halfway home when a car next to her started honking, making her jump off into someone's yard and almost fall down. "What the..." "CHLOE! What's up girl?" Chloe immediately recognized the face hanging out of the driver's side window as Jeremy. She had a photography class with him, and he had volunteered on the first day of school to show her around the dark room and teach her how to properly develop film.
"Jeremy!! You scared the crap out of me, whatre you doing?" Chloe yelled while laughing. "I'm driving home, what do you think i'd be doing?" Jeremy smiled and hopped out of his car, walking over to Chloe on the sidewalk. "Do you not have a car?" Jeremy asked, "No I do but Donnie has been giving me rides to and from school the past couple of days. I'm walking home becau--" "Because he has a game tonight, I gotcha." "Do you know Donnie?" Chloe asked. Jeremy stifled an agitated laugh and looked away, saying "I think everybody at Permian High knows Billingsley, for one reason or another." "Oh...right." Chloe awkwardly said, looking away as well. Jeremy seemed to be giving her a suspicious look, as if he was wondering why on earth she would be dating someone like Donnie. This made Chloe a little annoyed, and she started walking away. "Well I guess i'll see you on Monday in photo class, later Jeremy." "Wait," Jeremy said walking back up to her, "Are you going to be at the game tonight? Oh, stupid question." "..yeah, ha. I will be." "Okay well i guess i'll see you there then," Jeremy said with a big grin on his face. "Later, Chloe." And Jeremy hopped back into his car and sped off, giving Chloe a wave out the window.
It was a couple of hours later when Chloe drove her small yellow Volkswagon to the game. It wasnt in super great shape, but she still liked to point out to Donnie that it looked a hell of a lot better than his ride. She found her way to the bleachers, wearing an extra one of Donnie's jerseys that he had given her that morning to wear. It smelled like his Old Spice cologne, and she loved burying her head in the collar to get a relaxing whiff of him.
The game went by quickly, and Donnie did an awesome job. She knew he had really been struggling at practice the past week, so it was a huge relief to see him jumping up and down with his teammates after he had scored the final touchdown passed by Winchell. After he finished jumping on top of his fellow teammates on the field, she saw that he turned around trying to find her in the stands, and she yelled "DONNIE!!" His eyes immediately found her in the center of the stands, and he gave her a huge grin and a big wave. She blew him a kiss in return. "What a cute couple of lovebirds," Jeremy said with a smile, sitting down next to Chloe and giving her a one armed hug. "Oh hey Jeremy" Chloe said in return with a smile. "Billingsley played a pretty good game tonight, eh?" Jeremy asked. Chloe turned back to the field and saw Donnie still standing and staring in their direction, but this time with a scowl on his face. He mightve even looked a little bit angry, but Chloe wasnt sure if that was just her imagination or not. Chavez then ran up to Donnie and pulled him towards the locker room, following the herd of the rest of the team.
"Yeah, he really did. I'm proud of him." Chloe said. "Hey, I know youre probably going to be busy celebrating with him after the game, but a few of the guys from photo class are gonna be holding a little celebration of our own tonight, at my friend Ted's house. He lives right off of Wicker, just a few min from the school." "I live on Wicker!" Chloe said, excitedly. "Oh wait, I had promised Donnie I'd get some dinner with him after the game. And I'm not sure what his plans are for later tonight...I'd feel kind of bad ditching him after his first win and all." "Yeah, I totally understand. I figured. Anyways, it was good seeing you Chloe, here's my number if you want me to introduce you to some more of my friends this weekend, we can all hangout, maybe go to the county fair thats coming here tomorrow." "Oh, wow, thanks Jeremy," Chloe said as Jeremy slipped a post-it note with his number into her hand. "I'll definitely hit you up." "Ok, good seeing you Chloe." Jeremy said before turning and and walking down the bleacher stairs, before talking to some of his friends and walking to the parking lot.
After the game was over, there were only a handful of cars left in the high school's parking lot. Chloe had only been waiting in her car for about 10 minutes when she saw Donnie trudging across the lot with his athletic bag hanging off of one shoulder and his baseball cap on, headed to his car that was just a row away from Chloe's. Chloe opened up her door and got out leaning against her Volkswagon. When Donnie saw her, he quickly picked up his pace and sprinted over to Chloe, yelling "My sunshineee!" and picked her up in his arms and squeezed her into a bear hug.
"Oh my gosh Donnie, you played such a great game!" Chloe said as he set her down, and she planted a big kiss on Donnie's lips. "Baby, it was so great. The whole team did awesome, dont you think? I can't believe it. After this week, I almost knew i'd totally bomb this game..but it was fucking awesome!" "I'm so happy for you," Chloe smiled. Donnie grabbed her face and gave her a few more long kisses before pulling away. "Are you hungry? You didnt load up on too many hotdogs while watching the game, did you? Cause you know...you really need to start watching your weight." Donnie said as he poked her non-existent tummy. "Oh, please Cowboy. I'm starving. Where do you wanna eat? WAIT a second, Donnie, i have a great idea!" "Oh and what is that?" Donnie said while pulling her to him. "How about we go back to your place and have dinner with your daddy? I'm sure he'd like to congratulate you on your game, and I can finally have the pleasure of meeting him."
Donnie immediately flinched away from her, letting his arms cross over his chest. He turned his body away from Chloe and kicked a pebble. "Uh, Donnie? Something wrong?" "Nah, nothing wrong, sweetheart. It's just...I dont know. I really dont know if my dad is someone you wanna meet just yet." "And why is that?" "Because, he's just someone you dont wanna meet, ok?" "Donnie, come on" Chloe said, walking back up to him and slinging her arms around his neck. "If he's related to you, he cant be THAT bad, can he?" "Ha. You'd be surprised, Chloe." Chloe was a little bit confused, and didnt understand how his father could possibly be bad enough to not introduce her to him. And then she realized maybe Donnie just didn't want to introduce her to him, because she didnt mean enough to him yet. "Donnie, I understand. I mean, we just started dating, I get that you probably dont really care about showing me off to people right now. I get it." "No, sunshine, thats not it ok? Here, if you really want to meet him so bad i'll take you to my place right now, but we're only staying 5 minutes. And we're gonna eat out after, not at my house." "YAY, Donnie!!" Chloe said and flung herself on him. "Ok, i'm gonna go put my stuff in my car, and then you can follow me back in your hot mustang?" "Shut your mouth Donnie when youre talkin to me." Chloe said and hopped back into her car, as Donnie made his way back to his.