Next school year...

All summer long I did not have one thought about Jace, but now that school has started again I see him everywhere. This year he is in my first period class and sits next to me. Since he is in my first and sits next to me he is always trying to talk to me. I gathered that him and Aline had split up and he was trying to get back together with me. I wish he would just leave me alone because I can already feel my will start to give.

Today after Simon and I split up to go to first Jace is standing outside our first and will not let me pass. He insists that I listen to what he has to say.

"Leave me alone," I say.

"No, not until you listen to me," Jace replies.

"Why should I? You broke up wit me, teased me, and ignored me when you got with someone. So tell me why I should even acknowledge that you are alive," I almost scream because my anger is getting the best of me.

"Because I'm sorry," he started, "I didn't mean to hurt you. Turned out that Aline just wanted to use me."

"Well serves you right. Maybe when you get another girl who actually cares you might keep her instead of throwing her away and ignoring her. Listen there is the bell we should get in class before we get a tardy," I finished.

The rest of the week Jace would not leave me alone. I had to deal with an "I'm sorry." I had hoped that since I had not seen him all summer that it would be easy for me to just forget about him this year, but he is making it very difficult for me to ignore him. Maybe over the weekend he will come to his senses and notice I do not want to care this year.

The weekend went by faster than I had hoped and we were back in school. Over the weekend my friend Izzy, Alec sister, asked if I would like to come over next weekend and hang out with her. I was so excited yet nervous to go over there because Izzy lives in the same place as Jace. I did not want to go over because of Jace but I could not tell Izzy that so I agreed to go. When I asked to go over there my parents said they did not care what I did as long as I did not come home pregnant.

The school week came and went, and I was surprised that when I went back to school and arrived in first that Jace left me alone. The whole week he did not try and get me to forgive him and he was actually very quiet and only spoke to me when he needed to ask me for the direction to the work or explain something to him. Before I knew it I was going over to Izzy's house to hang. I decided to wear clothes that I would wear when going out with my grandmother. A pair of blue jean short shorts and a thick strapped tank top. None of the kids at school had ever seen me in shorts so as we got closer I was getting self conscious of what I was wearing. But I totally forgot about that when I got there because Izzy was waiting for me.

When my dad let me out I asked,"What time will you be here to pick me up?"

"I don't know. 9 o'clock maybe," he answered a little distant.

"Okay bye," I said but he did not reply because when i closed the door he sped away.