I think this chapter might be kind of confusing. It kind of seemed that way while I was writing it, but that's for you too judge. :)
"I heard a rumor!" Katie said as she stepped in front of me. I had just gotten home from school and hadn't even put a foot through the door yet. "Don't listen to them. Your not what they say you are." I relpy, sitting my stuff on the counter. I was hoping she wouldn't hear what people were saying about the stuff with her and Drew. "I wasn't talking about rumors about me...wait, what have you heard?"
"Uh, nothing. So, what rumor did you hear" I stated turning towards her hoping she would drop it. She did, for now. "I heard that you had your eye on a certain hockey player." She said, not smiling, I don't think she was very fond of the hockey team. I blushed, though I don't know why. It's not like anything was happening with me and Cam. We just kept knocking each other down. "Where did you hear that?" I asked as I hid my face in the cabinet,pretending to look for something. "From Marisol, who heard it from Mo, who heard it from Zig, who heard it from Tori, who said she was there when you guys had, as she quotes,"A magic moment". And don't try to deny it. If it wasn't true you wouldn't be hiding your face like you always do when your embarrassed and you wouldn't be embarrassed if it wasn't true."
"When did you start talking so much?" I asked as she stopped to take a breath. "That's not the point here. The point is that you can't have a relationship with a hockey player!" I got mad at that. Whether Cam and I had a relationship or not- definitely not-was none of her buisness. "Why? Because I'm not popular like you? Or is it because I'm not as pretty as you?" I snapped at her. "Maya, you know that's not what I meant." I didn't want to hear it. I stormed out the door and walked to the park three streets down. I knew I probabaly shouldn't have snapped at her like that, I know most of the hockey players are jerks, and that she was trying to, in her own way, protect me. I'm just tired of being Katie Matlin's younger, less athletic and not as pretty little sister.
While I was wallowing in my self-pity, with my head in my hands, just staring at the ground, tears escaped my eyes. Would I ever be good enough to compare to my sister? Apair of worn out chucks came into my line of blurry vision. I looked up. "Great. Did you come to knock me down again?" I glared at Cam. I didn't like people to see me cry and here was the guy who started the whole thing that lead to me crying. I kind of hated him right now.
"Are you okay?" He asked sitting next to me. "Yes, I'm fine." I replied, wiping the tears from my eyes.
"You don't look okay. I don't think your okay."
"Then why did you ask?" I said looking at him annoyed. He shrugged. "It was the polite thing to do." I sighed. "I'm sorry I snapped at you. I'm just...frustrated." I wiped my hands over my face trying to get rid the rest of the tears. I forgot about my glasses though. "Ow!" I yelped as they slammed into my face. My face was now blazing. First he see's me crying, now he see's me doing something stupid.
"Are you okay?..again?" He asked, scooting closer. "I'm fine. Why did you come over here?" I asked, fixing my glasses.
"Well, one to see you if you were okay..."
"I'm fine...for the third time." I whisper the last part.
"No, your not. And two was, I need your help." He looks down at that part, like he's embarrassed he asked me.
"You need my help? On what?"
"French. I'm hopeless when it comes to it. I heard you were good at it." He said looking me in the eye. I thought about it. Tutor him? Wouldn't that just give everyone the wrong idea? I want to squash the rumor I'm into him,wouldn't this just help it? Well, if I do this for him maybe he can do something for me.
"I'll help you. We will work during lunch."
"Thank yo-" I cut him off.
"On two conditions." I said turning my body torwards him. "Anything." He said, doing the same. "One, you have to teach me to play a sport." "Wha-?" I cut him off,again. "Please?"
He thought about it for a minute. "Okay, what's the second thing?"
"You have got to stop knocking me down." We smiled at each other.
He took my hand and started to shake it. "Deal."
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The day was going great so far. First, in French class Cam was put in Tristan and I's group, which made it easier for me to tutor him. I couldn't wait for lunch. I was kind of glad I would be in the library with Cam, rather than in the lunch room Tori,Tristan and my sister. When I got home from the park yesterday Katie had already gone out and by the time she got back, I was asleep. I knew we had faught over something stupid,but I couldn't help but still be mad at her.
"Maya?" My head popped up at my name. I must have fallen asleep while waiting for Cam. Thank goodness he was here though. We had so much to go through.
"Yeah? Oh, hey Tori. What time is it?" I yawned. "It's time for class." Tori said handing me my backpack from the floor. I looked at the clock on the wall. "Oh. Well, I was supossed to meet Campbell to tutor him." I told her as we left the library. "Yeah? Well, you got stood up."
That dissapointed me for some reason. If Cam wasn't going to take this seriously, then I wasn't going to tutor him. I headed to class but afterward I was going to hunt him down and tell him that.
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