“You really shouldn’t be doing this,” Ramona said as her best friend Andrew pulled two spray cans out of his back pack.
“Someone has to, why not me?” he asked pulling two more out of the bag, “are you going to help me or not?” He looked up at her with pleading eyes. She stood there for a beat and then squatted down to hold open the bag.
“You’re lucky that you’re my best friend, or I would already have called the cops right now,” she said looking up at him. He smiled and poked her nose. She recoiled and smiled a little. Andrew looked at her a moment more then pulled the last can of spray paint out of his bag.
“Ready?” he asked helping her up. She looked at him and then at the brick building in front of them. They were beside a dark alley, the brick building used to be an old grocery store back when their parents were their age. Ramona stared for a second and then looked at Andrew.
“Ready,” she said. They both looked at each other and smiled. Andrew bent down and got two spray cans, he handed one to Ramona. Andrew shook the can, removed the cap and started to make a big circle on the building. Ramona watched him finish his large circle. She climbed the ladder and shook her can of green paint.
“Andy, I can’t get the lid off,” she said handing her friend the can. He pulled the lid off in two seconds and handed it back to her. She smiled at him and turned back to the wall. She began spraying short green strokes, but as soon as her inner artist came alive, she was a pro.
After about an hour Andy stepped back and admired their work. It was amazing. The earth sat in the middle of the wall surrounded by bright red and orange lettering.
“One home, one life, one chance,” Andy read the writing from the building, “make a change. We did good Mona”
“I love it,” Mona said stepping down from the ladder. She must have been a little dizzy from the paint fumes because she almost fell over. Andy’s arms were right there to catch her.
“Your first time makes you sort of dizzy, you should sit down,” Andy said lowering her to the ground. She sat there and watched him pack up the paints. First red, then blue, then black, then orange, then green.
“We should get going, I don’t want to get you caught being in the middle of an alley with fresh graffiti,” Andy said helping her up. They walked back to his truck.
“You get in, I’ll put the ladder and the paints in the back,” he said helping her get into the passenger seat. When she got comfortable, he leaned over and kissed her nose.
“I’ll be back,” he whispered, then he went back and loaded up the ladder. Mona was just about to turn on some music when Andy came running back to the truck.
“What’s going on?” Mona asked him when he climbed into the truck.
“We’ve been caught, where’s the keys at?” Andy asked her looking around in the front seat. Mona had forgotten that she still had them in her hands.
“Here,” she said handing them to him. He pulled them out of her grasp and pushed them into the ignition. The truck roared up and the lights came on. Andy switched it into drive and speed off towards the edge of town.
“Where are we going?” Mona asked looking at Andy who kept his eyes on the road. They started going 50 out of town, then 60. They reached a dirt road and speed down it at 70 mph.
“We can’t go back just yet, they’ll know it was my truck, we’re going to have to stay out here for a couple of hours,” he said as he pulled into an old state park drive way. He got out, went to the other side and helped Mona out.
“It’s cold out here,” she stuttered, shivering. Andy pulled off his jacket and wrapped it around her arms.
“Better?” he said pulling her closer.
“Better,” she said huddled up against him to stay warm.
“Tonights one of those nights when I wished I had heating in my truck,” he whispered in her ear. They walked over to a park bench and sat down. Andy helped her sit down first and then sat down next to her and wrapped his arms around her.
“Why do I get the feeling that you were planning on coming out here anyways?” Mona asked looking into his eyes.
“Because I was. I wanted to show you the way the lake looks with the stars shining on it,” he said looking at her.
“How did you know that I would come?” she asked leaning closer. He smiled a little.
“Because you’re my best friend,” he said as he leaned in and kissed her lips then he pulled away, “you’d do anything for me.”
“Andy, you just kissed me,” she said smiling. He looked away and smiled then looked back at her.
“You’re pretty observant,” he said. He kissed her again, but this time she kissed him back. Andy could feel her shivering so he pulled her closer on the bench and held her close as she snuggled up against his chest. She laid her head on his shoulder and they sat there for about an hour.
“I thought you wanted to show me the stars on the lake,” she said pulling back and looking at him.
“This is much better than some silly stars,” he said kissing her nose, “I could sit here like this forever and nothing would compare to how beautiful the stars are in your eyes.”
This was a story I wrote for my Creative Writing class. We had to write a story with a lot of dialogue.. I really like this one.
