~Kari’s POV~
He shut the door and headed back outside. I sighed. I knew I was being kind of mean but I couldn’t help it. I was still mad about the day before. I headed back upstairs and chose some clothes. Once I had my clothes, I headed to the bathroom to shower. Before getting in the shower, I noticed that Axel’s number was still on my arm. I quickly put it in my phone then took a shower. When I was done, I went back to my room and blow dried and straightened my hair. I lay down on my bed wondering what I would do today. I looked over at the clock. I decided to go to the park that we were at the day before and take some pictures since I thought it was a good setting. I grabbed my camera and car keys and headed outside. I started the car and backed out of the driveway heading in the direction to the park. I pulled into the parking lot and got out of the car taking my camera with me. I walked up a small hill and stopped when I had a good view. I took a few pictures. It calmed me and cleared my mind about yesterday. I had just finished taking the last picture when suddenly I felt someone tap my shoulder. I turned around to face Axel.
“Hey.” He said with a smile.
“Hey.” I replied with the same kindness. I looked down to see that he had brought his dog. I smiled at it.
“So what brought you here today?”
“Umm not much just got done taking some pictures.”
“Oh nice. So since you’re done, you wanna hang out? I know I just met you, but it’ll give us a chance to get to know each other.”
“Oh umm sure…” I said remembering Tony’s insults. I don’t care what he has to say. He doesn’t control who I can and can’t talk to. We began to walk around the park just talking about random things. After going around the park a few times, I felt my phone vibrate. I looked at the I.D., which read ‘Dad’.
I picked up the phone, “Hey dad.”
“It’s Tony. Your dad wanted me to call you for you to bring a tape measure we forgot.1”
“Oh. Well why didn’t he call?”
“Because he’s busy. The address is on the fridge.”
“Fine. I’ll be there in a minute. Just let me go get it at home.”
“Where you at?” he asked as curiosity filled his voice.
“None of your business. Bye.” I said quickly hanging up the phone. Axel gave me a confused look. ”Sorry I need to take something to my dad.”
“That was your dad?” he said surprised because of the attitude I was giving.
“No that was someone else calling from his phone.
“Oh well you mind if I come with?” I didn’t want to be rude and say no.
“Umm no not at all. Come on.” I said. We drove to his house first to drop off his dog. We headed over to my house and I jogged inside and looked for the tape measure. Once I found it, I sprinted back outside to the car. We drove off to the address on the fridge listening to music on the way. Apparently Axel liked the same music I did.
We finally arrived, “I’ll be right back.” I said to Axel.
“Can I come?” I reluctantly nodded. We both got off of the car and headed inside. I walked inside, Tony being the first person I saw. He gave me a confused look once he saw Axel. He must’ve not recognized him. I walked over to my dad and handed him the tape measure.
“Who’s that?” he said motioning to Axel.
“Oh it’s just a friend.” I simply said.
“Ok. I’ll see you at home.” He said. I waved and turned around walking to the car with Axel.
Once we were in the car, he asked, “hey wasn’t that the guy who basically dragged you away yesterday in there?” He said referring to Tony.
“Oh…yea…” I said trailing off.
“Well is he related to you or like you or something?”
“No nothing like that. He’s just my roommate.”
“Oh. Well he sure cares a lot for being just a roommate.”
“What? No he practically hates me. Trust me.” I said as I started the car. We went to go get ice cream after that. We stayed there talking for a while. I found out that his favorite color is black and that he is 20 years old. I dropped him off at his house and then I began the drive to my own.