After she took a shower, got dressed and brushed her hair and teeth, she ran downstairs. She yanked on a pair of shoes and grabbed her coat. Then she ran over into the living room and packed up all her stuff into her bookbag and headed into the kitchen. Everyone was already sitting and eating breakfast.
"Ida, I'm leaving now. I need to study for a test today and I was hoping my friend could help me get a few minutes in before class starts." Hornet looked at Prosper who was giving her a smile which she returned with a smile of her own then turned her attention back to Ida.
"But Hornet, you haven't eaten breakfast. Look at all of what Lucia made." Ida began but Hornet just shook her head.
"I really need to go.I'll just grab a granola bar on my way.Bye." Hornet walked out of the kitchen and was about to leave before Prosper came up behind her.
"If you can wait a minute while I get my backpack and shoes together, I can walk with you"
"Sure I can wait a minute." Prosper ran upstairs and Hornet sat down on an armchair. She and Prosper had most of their classes together since they were both in 8th grade.
"Okay I'm ready." Hornet lookup up to Prosper suddenly in front of her with his bag around one shoulder and his coat laying on the other. He was smiling deeply at her as she stood up and grabbed her stuff from the floor. Prosper walked over to the door and held it open for her and let her walk through first. Then slowly closed the door after himself. They began walking normal-paced down the sidewalk in silence.
"So, how did you sleep?" asked Prosper breaking the silence. He looked over to see Hornet with a look of confusion on her face.
"I think Ida came in my room when I was sleeping, but before I could make sure it was her, she left." When Hornet said this, Prosper face began to flush a deep shade of red, but luckily Hornet didn't notice his sudden embarrassment.
When they walked into school, all Prosper could think of was what he would do with Hornet after school. He went to his locker to get his books for first period and started walking to homeroom. He had every class but science with Hornet and most of the classes he sat next to her too.
When he got to homeroom, he saw Hornet already sitting down, her face buries in a book. But there was something different today. Some boy from homeroom was sitting on the edge of her desk talking to her but not seeing she wasn't listening. Prosper felt like he had seen this face somewhere, but he couldn't quite remember. Instead, Prosper felt a sudden surge of anger spring through his body. Jealousy?
He walked over to her and took the seat next to her and placed his books on his desk. The boy talking to Hornet only looked up to glance at Prosper but then returned his gaze to Hornet.
When he walked away as the first bell rang, Prosper got up and started asking Hornet questions.
"What did he want from you, Hornet? he curiously asked as if it were a casual question, which was exactly what it was to Hornet. She put a bookmark in her book and gathered up her upplies for the next class.
"oh, he wwas just asking me some questions." she replied with a shrug as Prosper was walking with her to their next class.
"And" he asked, hoping for a more specific answer.
"So I gave him some answers." she said but it sounded a little harsh as if she were getting irritated and annoyed. He decided that this would now be a good time to stop so that he wouldn't get her mad.
For the rest of the day, Prosper didn't talk to Hornet at all, thinking about what that boy, who seemed so familiar, asked her. He was getting really impatient by the time the final bell rang out and everyone let out of school. He saw that boy again with Hornet after school, talking to her at the end of the stairs. He walked down to where they were talking and stopped, waiting for one of them to realise he was even there, but nobody did.
He stood there, listening to the conversation and was about to leave because he was obviously not going to be seen, when Hornet turned around to look in his face. She seemed surprised that he was there, but then she turned back around to say goodbye to the other boy.
Hornet didn't even turn back to Prosper or say anything, so he just followed. When they got to Ida's, she just walked in and went into her room to read. Prosper went into his room as well and layed on his bed staring at his ceiling. Maybe he would ask her tomorrow, but he couldn't think why he wanted to know why so much. Jealousy? NO WAY! He couldn't be jealous of that boy. He wasn't that kind of person and he already knew he was better. He went to bed early that night without dinner, having weird dreams that involved him, Hornet, and that boy.