Unforeseen Circumstances: Day 11

Word Count: 66,107

Summary of Events:

Weston, Andie, and Shawn went on their canoe trip on Friday, finding a lovely little beach along the river a little beyond how far Weston and Shawn usually went to enjoy their picnic lunch on. The following day Weston, Andie, and his father went to the Rutledge farm for a farewell party, to which Andie brought an especially fancy dessert as a way to repay Mrs. Rutledge for generously giving her a gift for her mother, while Weston was confronted by Mrs. Rutledge's son-in-law, who told him that Darryl had been calling Sheri all week just to be a nuisance, prompting him — and Weston's father when he was apprised of the situation — to advise Weston to tell Darryl that Sheri wasn't his girlfriend, although Weston's efforts to do so were hampered by Darryl yelling at him before he could begin…

Excerpt of the Day:

Crossing his arms over his chest, Weston gathered his lips, angered that Darryl was trying to claim that he was the one who was the bully when it was, in fact, Darryl who was the bully, and always had been.

“It’s getting so bad these days that I might have to file a restraining order against you!” Darryl went on, continuing to swear. “I really don’t know why you have such an obsession with me, I could care less about you!”
Weston whispered a profanity of his own in dispute of Darryl. It was the other way around. Darryl was the one who had the inexplicable obsession with him, and he was the one who could care less about Darryl.

“You are one of the most intolerable people I’ve ever met!” Darryl exclaimed. “I really have no idea how anyone can possibly like you or live with you without going out of their mind!”

“Are you finished yet?” Weston asked.

“Why?” Darryl demanded.

“Because I came up to you in order to inform you — since you’re apparently too dumb to have figured it out from the abundant evidence — that Sheri Deering is not my girlfriend,” Weston replied. “Thus, I would like you to stop haranguing her and bothering her.”

“Then why did you say she was?” Darryl demanded.

“I didn’t say she was,” Weston replied. “When you asked if she was my girlfriend, I didn’t say anything to either confirm or deny whether she was or not. You just jumped to a conclusion.”

“You’re lying!” Darryl cried. “You’re trying to throw me off the trail.”

“What part of Sheri’s slapping you across the face at the auction and hanging up on you every time you call gives you reason to believe that she and I are dating?” Weston demanded.

“How did you find out that she did anything to me at the auction?” Darryl demanded profanely, his voice getting louder and angrier.

“I was an eyewitness,” Weston replied simply with a shrug.

“How!?” Darryl exclaimed, his voice even louder and more angry. “How did you see what happened? I didn’t see you anywhere! You couldn’t have seen it! There’s no way! How could you have seen it!?”

“That’s for me to know and you ti find out,” Weston replied with a slightly smug tone.

“You’re lying!” Darryl raged, going on to say more, but Weston had a hard time making out what most of it was, and he had to admit that the apoplectic way Darryl was reacting was not what he’d expected at all, in fact, he felt a little disturbed by it.

“We’re leaving!” Shaw’s voice loudly declared over Darryl’s hollering.

Weston turned and saw Shaw towing Kay along in one hand and Jessie in the other, with neither of them looking terribly pleased. Adams came along from somewhere else, not looking pleased either, but also looking like he didn’t want to be left behind, while Darryl gestured rudely at Weston before turning and stalking away with his family without prodding.

Silently Weston watched as they stalked across the yard to Kay’s car and got inside, the car starting, shooting backwards, and whipping around to surge out of the yard in a matter of moments.