Chapter 5: Recovering…

I woke normally instead of being drunk. I remember only being forced to drink. I don't remember anything else after that; only meeting those girls and being forced to drink. The beer tasted really disgusting; another thing is that I'm never going back there and Brad and I aren't friends because he watched me being tortured. He watched me get knocked out by one of the strongest punks there. I remember him punching the lights out of me… and that's why I have a big black eye. When it was the afternoon, I had decided to go over to Carly's to talk to her. I saw my dad also heading out; I asked, "Hey Dad, where you heading?" He said, "Store. Where might you be heading?" I replied, "Carly's. I'm going to talk to her." He said, "Okay. I'll be back in an hour or so. See ya." I said, "Bye." We walked out at the same time, but in different directions. I looked at Carly's door, and there was a sign that said, "Freddie Benson is never allowed in here! Signed, Carly." I frowned at the sign and I asked myself, "Why can't I go in there?" I walked up to the door, and knocked on it. I waited and I heard Carly say, "Coming!" I looked at the door, and then Carly opened it. She gasped, "It's you! Get out of here!" I said, "I usually come here every day, and now I'm not allowed in here. Why can't I come in here? You always let me in!" She said, "No! You're officially banned from here!" I asked in concern, "Why?! What did I do to get myself banned from here?! I feel like I did nothing!" Carly angrily said, "Last night, you got drunk and you made out with a girl that forced you to drink and make out with her! You said that you loved her and that you want to see her every day! You were being a lunatic all night, Freddie! Like two days ago, you said that you loved me and Sam! You kissed us both! Were you just letting go of us?!" I pursed my lips and asked, "I made out with her?" Carly said, "Yes! I watched you! I made you come home!" I closed my eyes and I mumbled, "God, what did I do?" I looked at Carly and said, "I'm sorry. You know I don't love her. I honestly didn't like her at all. I'm sorry I acted weird and crazy all night. I guess that's the effect for drinking." She laughed, "Yeah, you think?" I smiled when she laughed and I said, "Please let me make it up to you and Sam. I really don't like that girl. You know I don't like her. You know I love you guys. Just please let me do something about it." She looked at the ground in thought, and I smiled when I thought of something. I slowly walked up to her, I lifted her chin, and then I kissed her. She smiled and I said, "There. That shows that I'm really sorry about last night. I'm never going to do that on you guys again." Carly said, "Okay. I forgive you. I'm sorry that I got really furious about it." I said, "That's okay." We just smiled at each other, and then Sam came up to us. She said, "Oh. It's you." I sighed angrily and said, "Sam, I don't love that girl. I don't like her at all! She forced me to drink and she let me get knocked out by those punks." She asked, "Is that why you have a black eye?" I nodded and said, "I don't like any of them. I love you guys. You know that. You guys know that I'll never love anyone else. I love you guys." They both smiled at me and Sam said, "That was… really nice." I shrugged, and then she gave me a kiss. I said, "Now, Carly, may I please come in?" She said, "Of course you can." I gave her nod and we all walked into her house. Thank God, I was able to convince them that I don't like that girl. I was drunk, which made me act weird. They are nice enough to believe me; that's why I love them. The bad thing is that I still have to choose between both of them… I'm going to go out on a date with both of them, and then I might be able to choose.