My Own Little Jericho
August 2004
It was June of 2004; I was finished with 7th grade. And now it was time to relax with my friends this summer but we had no place to go. Luckily my friend Lauren offered up her place. I went over to her house that Monday. I rang the door while humming this new song by the Black Eyed Peas that was called “Let’s get it started” which I thought was perfect for the first day of summer. I walked in with the TV blaring; it was on MTV which would be on till the end of summer. Lauren who had the personality of a magnet, everyone always wanted to be around her. She tells me that her friend Nathan will be arriving soon and then my stomach turned to knots. The doorbell rang couple hours later and he walked in. I was watching a TRL interview with Carson. Nathan was a guy who basically causes annoyance and basically he was “Toxic”. I was just laying there possibly in a trace because I barely spoke a word with him. Weekes pasted of the same old same old. I was home and Lauren slept over my house. That morning my whole summer changed. She was speaking to Shawn who was my good guy friend. She asked me yes or no and I said yes. One, three lettered word now made me curious and confused. I picked up the phone and his voice on the other side and he said “Are you gonna be my girl” I acted normal then I realized why not? The first month passed and I was on the couch once again in a trace watching MTV. Nathan came over and was annoying me once again. Then he was had the nerve to comment on me being single as if it was a contest but what he didn’t know I wasn’t. Lauren blurted out “Shawn is on the phone”. I left the room to take the call. Lauren explains the situation between Shawn and I. Nathan walked up to me and said “Somebody Told Me” that you had a boyfriend. I ignored his comments and sat back down on the couch. I was over him bothering me and saying the most idiotic comments. And I said “You are the biggest “American Idiot””. He rolled his eyes and turned to Lauren and continued talking. MTV was showing a new video and I wanted to know what it was and it happened to be “1985”. It was a good song and was kind of funny. I slept over Lauren’s house for the hundredth time and we got to talking. I started to acknowledge her awards and she said she does it for her dad so he can acknowledge all her hard work. She sometimes thinks her father is emotionally “Numb”. Then he rang a bell and it was time for dinner. It was a delicious, thick steak that could probably give someone a heart attack. Luckily that night no one got one. Couple days past and I was cornered by Lauren & Alicia who wasn’t known to keep a secret of any kind. I was confused on why they both need to be speaking to me. Alicia was babbling about random stuff and I told her “Say” what you need to say because I’m too hungry to try and figure it out. So I walked down stairs and had Macaroni and cheese for lunch. Jacob who was now Lauren’s boyfriend and basically told Lauren “If I ain’t got you” then his life basically will end. He was quite the drama king of emotions. Nathan had a “secret crush” on Lauren but it wasn’t exactly a secret. He was talking to me and he was saying how much “This Love” he has this girl he knows is making him confused. Nathan wrote Lauren a letter saying he has a “White Flag” up and he surrenders and is going to be honest with her and tell her how he feels. I thought this was kind of funny, I know it’s mean but honestly anyone who had eyes could tell how he felt about her. Lauren called me and we spoke till sunrise. I told her I was getting sick of being around the same people except for you of course, “You and I Both”. I was talking to Nathan while watching MTV of course and he was telling me “After Tonight” everything will be different but the plans changed and he ended up not going out with Alicia that night with Jacob and Lauren on a double date. The summer was coming to an end and I realized that this house was my own little “Jericho”.
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