Kidnap My Heart - Chapter Seven

The next morning as she woke up Ivy stared at the ceiling. As she looked up she smiled lightly. This was it. The day of the reunion. She got out of her comfy bed and walked sleepily down the stairs. The smell of coffee made her smile and she walked faster. As she entered the kitchen she viewed her mom humming yet again and pouring coffee into a big mug. As her mom heard her come in, she smiled and greeted her. Ivy sat on a stool and watched as her mom moved around the kitchen dizzily. "Oh yeah mom I'm going to browse around the city today and later on I'm going to my high school reunion." She said enthusiastically. April looked her daughter as she smiled wide. She didn't see her smile in so long. Truthfully, she hadn't even remembered when the last time was. "Well that's good. You haven't seen those people in a long time. It's time to show them how beautiful you turned out to be. They're going to be so star struck." Her mom said giddily. Ivy stared as her mom moved around her animatedly.

Ivy grabbed a piece of bread on the table and quickly ate it. This is it, she thought, today is the day you show them all you're still here. "Thanks mom. By the way, did you invite Avery here last night?" she said curiously. Her mom smiled at her sheepishly. "I'm guessing you're upset about it?" her mom said. Ivy shrugged. "Not really. I was just really shocked. I mean Avery and I had a past that didn't end so great but it was nice seeing him." Ivy said plainly. April smiled at her daughter yet again. "You know you've become very mature." April said calmly. Ivy looked up at her mom and thought on her comment. Had she really become that mature? She hoped so. Ivy left the kitchen with a smile and ascended the stairs she had only recently descended. She headed to her room and tossed her suitcases onto her bed. She couldn't decide what to wear. Truthfully, all those girls she had hung out within high school were fit to be models. She knew she couldn't compete with them now but she decided she had changed. She waltzed to her wall full of pictures and viewed her old friends.

There was Evelyn who always thought she was the outcast of their group. She was nothing near it. The petite brunette had been shy and probably never changed. The boys came knocking on her doors quicker than ever, but she still never felt confident with herself. Next was Sunny. Just as her name, she was full of joy and happiness that sometimes it was too hard to resist smiling along with her. Her blonde hair complimented her blue eyes that were as blue as the sky when it wasn't raining. Lila was the firecracker of the group. She might as well have had no shame or humility. She didn't listen to others when they told her what to do. She usually flipped them off and screamed some curse at them while everyone just stared on. She was loud and reckless yet had a heart of gold. Ivy thought Lila should have had her bright auburn hair but her black sleek hair fit her perfectly. Her looks were sharp and set to kill. Then there was Julia. She was the mom of the group. If any of them had boy problems Julia was the first one they would consult with. She was pretty but didn't believe anyone who said so. Maybe now Mr. Right had found her and swooped her from the knowledge that she was ugly. They together were an interesting group.

Each one of them was different from the other. Ivy wished they hadn't changed as she had. She didn't want to catch up with them to know they had changed from their old selves. She moved to her other pictures of her close friends who were indeed guys. Truthfully at one point she had a thing for all of them. It was one of those tiny crushes that she remembered so well. Nate was the boy next door her whole adolescent life. He was that guy she might accidentally tell all her secrets to without caring. He was that close of a friend. He had that feeling around him that made her calm. He looked like any average, yet not so average, boy. Blonde hair and blue eyes topped off with his lean body. Too bad Avery was even more amazing. Nate was definitely drool-worthy. Her next friend was Chris.

He was that guy you would never expect was a jock. He was the nerd type of guy that had glasses to top it off but no one messed with him. Plus before senior year he had gotten contacts which made him look divine. Ivy had to help him beat off girls once too many times. He could shoot a hoop, make a touchdown, and hit a home run faster and better than anyone on his team. That was why Ivy had enjoyed playing sports against him. She was competitive and so was he. Mason was the next exciting friend. He was an artist. He was enthralled by drawing scenic things and was quite amazing at it too. He never talked surprisingly. He was a softy when it came to romantic things. Those girls Ivy had to fend off for his sake were left so heartbroken that he never answered their calls. Ivy had to admit it was fun to be with him and apparently be his muse for his drawings.

Truthfully for all three, Ivy had given them advice and taught them what a girl wanted and they explained a guy's perspective. Ah friendship was such a great thing. Her world full of indignant people melted away as she spent time with these people. Avery was part of their group. That was how she came about to like him. Knowing him for about 6 years before going out with him for 3, she learned more about him than anyone knew. She moved away and a fuzzy feeling expanded in her stomach. Within hours she would show them, she became what she wanted. She wasn't that naïve little girl they were so used to anymore. It was her time to shine.