All Chapters of The Curse of the Seasons: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Rhett "I love you so much I didn't think it was possible to feel like this." Her words were like a balm to my soul, the medicine that had healed me in more ways than I had the courage to even count.  At that moment I knew that she was the person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with, that I'd die to protect her from whoever or whatever wanted to hurt her. Even though we were both so young and had our lives ahead of us, for some reason I knew that I couldn't be without her. "I love you," I breathed, barely a whisper managing to leave my lips.  I thread my fingers in her hair and pulled her lips to mine, kissing her with all the emotion I could. She was my world, this chick who, but a few short weeks ag

Rhett The week went by slowly, each second dragging out until it felt like a day consisted of at least a hundred hours. I guess that's just the effect school had on time. The holidays fly by in the blink of an eye, but school terms drag out. "Pssst, Jerk face!" Willow kicked the back of my chair as she whisper-shouted, keeping an eye on the old grinch of a teacher we shared for English. "What's the plan for the weekend? I want to see my bestie for a change without you hogging her." "You tell me, Sparkles. I'll follow your lead," I whispered back, tipping my chair backward on its back two legs until it rested against her desk. I could almost hear her roll her eyes back into her skull, her mouth scrunched up for a sec

Rhett My head pounded steadily as if someone had taken a jackhammer to my skull, my eyesight blurry for a few seconds as I came to. Sitting up slowly, I rested my throbbing head in my hands. "What the hell happened?" I asked, looking around briefly before I closed my eyes to the blinding light, which only made my headache worse. "And why the hell are you driving my car, Sparkles?" The brief recap from the girls of what had happened put things somewhat into place, but for the most part, I had no clue. Lana had changed into a pair of gym shorts and a baggy t-shirt I had lying about the car, but she smelled faintly of smoke, which confused the hell out of my fuzzy mind. "When we get home, you're going to have to let my

Rhett After the discovery of Terry's body, we weren't exactly sure how it was all going to go down, but we all knew it wasn't going to be good. The cops had called my dad,  asking questions about his whereabouts after they had discovered that Terry was dating my mom. They had some theory about a jealous ex or some such bullshit, and the fact that they'd picked up a car registered to my dad on a traffic camera close to the scene didn't help. They soon discovered that I had been driving the car, not my dad. Thank goodness for Cole's decision for us to eat at McDonald's - although in retrospect I think he made us go there on purpose. I'm not sure what Cole had done but the cops determined Terry's time of death was smack bang the same time as when we were chilling in McD's.

Rhett It was still dark when Dan's convertible crept out of the driveway, he and the twins on a mission to get a message to Cole. I had barely managed to sleep, nervous tension clawing at my stomach throughout the three days the General had decided to "be a guest" in our home. I knew that once the military man vacated the premises, my father would immediately have me in his office explaining every little detail to him. Lana said it didn't matter to her if he knew, but I don't think her folks would be of the same opinion so I had to weigh the pros and cons very carefully. I mean, how would you feel if you discovered your best friend of more than twenty years had kept a secret and had lied consistently to you? Fortunately - or rather, unfortunately - it didn't seem as if the G