Meeting Ian Ice

I was 10 years old when I first met him. Ian Ice. My name is Kelsie Chin. He was very good-looking and talented at such a young age. I smiled at him every time I passed him. He was either reading a book or playing sports. Many years has passed. We are now in high school. He stands out in the crowd a lot, while I, on the other hand don’t. He was from a wealthy family, while I wasn’t. He gets to go party everyday and night while I have 3 part-time jobs. I don’t really care about partying or having fun, I focus in studying and working hard to make money to support my family. I never break the rules.

She was very lovely and kind when I first met her, Kelsie Chin. We were really good friends, till she shut everyone out in 8th grade. By high school, she was nobody. No one cared about her. I forgot about her. I once did look at my old photo albums to see how she used to be. Her smile always cheer me up. I just turned 15 while she’s still 14. How will I tell her I loved her since she was 11 years old?

There was notification sound coming from my phone. It was from Ian. I haven’t talked to him for a while now. What does he want?

“Wanna come to a mini get-together?”. I read the text. I’ve never been to one. It was tonight, I wasn’t sure if I should go.

“Sure”. I typed.

“I’ll pick you up at 6 pm, tonight”. He responded.

“Ok”. I responded back.

I sighed. I was really nervous, I’ve never been to one before. What will I wear?

It was 5:30 pm. I was almost ready. Just a simple top and shorts is fine, I guess.

It was my first get-together, and I don’t know what to do. I don’t really interact with anyone, I hope I don’t do any bad things tonight. I put on my shoes.

My phone rang. I declined the call, and walked downstairs. I saw him and his expensive-looking car, I’ve never been in one before.

“Why’d you decline the call?”. He asked.

“Because I know you’re here”. I responded and smiled.

He smiles back. “Well, let’s go then!”. I nodded.

He drove and speeded up half way there.

We’ve arrived to what was a bar, I wasn’t really sure what we were doing here. He grabbed my hand and walked into the bar. I never drank before and what is he doing here?

He was greeted when we first entered.

“Yo, Ian, why’d you bring a hot chick here?”. One of the guys said.

“She’s just a good friend and this is her first get-together”. He answered.

He sat down and I followed. “Here, drink”. He said. “I’m underaged”. I responded.

He held the cup in front of me,and took it back. He dranked it himself. “Won’t your parents be mad at you for drinking?”. I asked. He didn’t answer. “Drink and I’ll answer”, he told me.

I stared at the table for a second. It was my first time in a bar and drinking. I grabbed a bottle of wine out of curiosity and started drinking it. I was half way done when Ian told me to stop.

“Kelsie, are you trying to kill yourself?”. Ian asked.

“Dude, let the chick drink, she’s doing a good job anyway, don’t you think?”, another dude asked.

“Won’t you have fun with her tonight?”, the third guy asked, “I mean, she’s kinda hot”.

“She’s like a best friend to me, and she’s 14”. Ian told them.

I finished the bottle and grabbed the next one. I drank the whole night away, from bottle to bottle, I drank up to 4 bottles now. My vision started to get blurry but I continued.

“Ian, how much for a night with this chick?”. The fourth guy asked.

“You can’t buy her”. Ian told him.

I grabbed the next bottle but he knocked it out my hand. He took my hand and walked out. Everyone was laughing as he left.

He carried me to the car, and drove to his house. He carried me to his room and I started heating up. What’s wrong with me?

He touch my forehead, it was burning hot, but with his cold, icy hand, it soothes it. I put my hand on top of his. My vision was still blurry, everything wasn’t clear.

I woke up to see him sleeping by the side of the bed. I smiled and patted his head without waking him.

My stomach wasn’t well, so I rushed to the bathroom. I vomited everything out from last night.

My mind was full of crazy thoughts of what had happened.

A hand touched me from my shoulder.

“You okay?”, Ian asked. I nodded. I wiped my mouth. He hugged me. “You drank too much for your first time”. He told me. I got up and walked away. I didn’t look back.

I didn’t have time to go home and change into my uniform. My clothes smells like reeking alcohol. I just wore it to school.

“Oh my god, she reeks of alcohol”. One girl said.

“Did she sleep with any older men?”, the girl next to her said. She laughed.

“Slut!”. I heard many students call me that. I ignored them.

My hands were trembling, and I ran toward the back. I started crying. They mistaken me, this isn’t who I am. No one can help me now, I thought.

Near the front was Ian. Everyone was over there and I didn’t care.

“Ian, please notice me”. Many girls wooed.

“Ian, Ian”. Everyone shouted at the same time.

I walked to the entrance way and entered. He looked at me but I didn’t look at him.

I sat in the lonely classroom. Some guys entered the classroom, they seemed familiar.

“Yo, aren’t you that hot chick from last night that Ian, brought?”. One asked. I didn’t answer.

“How about you come and have a night with us, cutie”. The second guy asked.

I got up and left the room. I went to the roof, there were a couple of chairs there but I sat in the corner.

The bell rang for our first class.

“Kelsie Chin?”. The professor called. “Kelsie Chin, absent”. He said.

Ian was frustrated. It was her first time being absent. Was it my fault?

Ian was furious. He got up and stormed off the classroom, and headed for the roof.

He opened the door, and sat on one of the chairs. He saw the same shorts from last night.

“Kelsie?”, he asked. She didn’t answered. He walked towards her, and touched her arm, it was freezing cold, colder then his hand. She closed her eyes. “Kelsie? Kelsie!”.

He took off his jacket and put it over her. He carried her once more and headed down the stairs to the nurses’ office. She wasn’t heavy at all. He placed her on one of the beds and sat there beside her.

“How is she?”, he asked the nurse. “She isn’t that well”. She answered. “What do you mean?”.

“You see, there’s too much alcohol in her system, it isn’t good for her and the stress”. She told him. “Ok”.

I opened my eyes. Ian’s eyes were wide open and hold me to sit properly. I started crying and he hugged me. The nurse smiled and left. I moved the blanket out of my way, and got up. “You need to rest”. He told me. I ignored him. “When will you stop ignoring me?”, he asked. “I-I think it’s best if we should keep our distance away from e-each other”. I told him. I left the office.

I walked into the classroom. Everyone was looking at me, as I go to my seat.

They were all whispering.

“How’d she still show up?”.

“Look, it’s the slut”.

“I heard she sleeps and drinks with older men”.

Ian walked into the classroom.

“Where’s his jacket?”, one girl asked.

I held it in my trembling and cold hands. I turned back and put it on his desk.

“Look, how does this slut have his jacket?”.

“It’s Ian’s jacket”.

“Did she try to seduce Ian too?”.

“See, I told you she’s a slut”.

The second bell rang. Ian got to his desk and took his jacket still staring at me.

I got up and went straight to the entrance way. He looked at me and followed. “What are you trying to do?”, he grabbed my hand and asked. I shake it off. I left the school. He was standing there looking at the floor by his self.

“Look, even Ian fell for her”.

“What a slut!”.

“Why would Ian care for a slut like her?”.

I walked toward the same bar from yesterday. They recognized me and let me in. They told me everything I order today is free. I nodded.

I went to same table from yesterday and ordered some wine. I started drinking and drinking. I was on my 6th bottle, when one of the bartenders tell me to stop. I ignored him and continued.

He took out his phone and texted someone.

Ian got a notification sound from his phone.

“That girl you brought from yesterday, is in the bar drinking alone, she’s on her 9th bottle of wine, she won’t stop”. He got up and went toward the entrance and left.

“Where’s Ian going?”.

“What’s going on?”.

“What’s happening?”.

He headed straight for the bar downtown.

He entered and was panting.

I finished my 11th bottle of wine and tried to start in my 12th. He grabbed my hand.

“Kelsie Chin, what’s wrong with you?”, he asked.

I shake it off again. I took the bottle of wine and gave it to him. He didn’t take it, so I started to drink it, he took the bottle and threw to the ground. It smashed onto the concrete ground. I can see the broken glass and the wine on the ground and looked up to him.

“I’m just like a slut, everyone thinks I am”. I told him. I chuckled. I got up.

“Like I said, we should keep our difference far from each other”. I told him. I walked toward the entrance and left.

****. What did I do wrong? She’s hurt because of me. Ian thought.

I was wandering around, still drunk. “Ho, Ho”. I heard. Who was it?

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