Notes
THIS IS AN ADOPTED STORY!
CAMMIE
After I walk in the lunch room, the first thing I hear is "Guess what guys, we're going shopping!" uh-oh there is no escaping macey, now that Bex and Liz know. When I reach the table I explain to Bex and Liz why I acted the way I acted.
Luckily for me they aren't mad about how I didn't tell them the other reason I broke up with josh. The rest of the day kind of went by in a blur, except for last period, the period I have with Zach.
Somehow I have enough bad luck that the teacher made me sit next to Zach…for the rest of the semester. As I sat down I felt his gaze on me, but I tried my best to ignore it. I started to take notes from what was on the board but when I looked down I found a note on my notebook. I opened it to see what it said, and this is what it said
Why do you hate me?
Z
I looked at Zach to see that he had started to take notes himself, and was now doing anything but making eye contact with me. I sighed and scribbled back
I don't hate you, you just remind me of someone I used to know…someone I don't particularly like
C
I tossed the note on his desk sneakily so the teacher wouldn't see. I went back to taking notes but out of the corner of my eye I could see Zach unfolding the note and reading it. He wrote something back and dropped it on my desk when the teacher wasn't looking. I opened it up and it read
What do you mean?
Z
Hmmm… I barely knew this Zach guy, something told me it wouldn't be best to write down my past on a small piece of scrap paper, so I wrote back
Meet me after class and I'll explain
C
After that he didn't write back for the rest of the period so I assumed that he got the note and was waiting until the end of class to talk to me. At the end of class I waited 'till everyone left, until it was just me and Zach left.
"So care to explain?" Zach questioned raising an eyebrow.
"I-I don't hate you it's just that like I said before you remind me of someone I knew that I would rather not be reminded of" I say slowly wording my response carefully.
By the look on his face I can tell he is about to ask for further details so before he can say anything else I say
"Look, I'm sorry for the way I acted earlier so…friends?" I asked hopefully, hoping I could set things right without hurting his feelings. He smiled and nodded, making me smile.
"Well, I'd like to stay and chat but I have to go shopping… with macey" I say shuddering, making him laugh. I give him a wave and head out the door to go shopping with my friends…yay!
When we get to the mall my friends proceed in dragging me into almost every store that the mall has. About an hour later we come to our last stop. I walk in the door surprised when I look around. The store is almost completely filled with clothing.
I walk around inspecting things until macey pops out of nowhere holding out a white sundress with little yellow daises bordering the bottom of it. I would have loved it… if it wasn't so short. I shook my head vigorously in denial.
"Awww come on Cammie sometimes you ruin all the fun" she says adding a pair of leggings to go with the dress. I just smile and say
"You know ya love me" Macey shakes her head but I can see that she is smiling. I grab the dress from her and head towards the dressing room. When I am done changing I come out for Macey to see. When I walk out she starts to squeal.
"It's perfect" she screams excited.
"Yeah, like all the other things I tried on" I mutter loud enough for her to hear.
"No, cammie seriously look in the mirror" she says sincerely. I just shrug and turn around to look in the mirror. When I see myself I gasp, the girl in the mirror isn't the same girl that came from California, this girl is smiling, this girl is dare I say it…pretty.
After we pay for everything we head to my house to put all the clothing away. When I walk up to my room with all my bags in hand I feel happy, something I haven't felt in a long time. I drop all the bags I am carrying on the bed as do Macey, Liz, and Bex. When I open the closet I gasp, all my clothing is gone!
"What the hell?" I shout surprised. I look back at the girls to see that they are avoiding my eyes. Hmmmm…..suspicious. "Would anyone like to explain why all my clothing is gone?" I ask them hands on my hips.
"Oh, umm… well after Macey told me we were going shopping for you I kind of got rid of all your other clothing because you don't need it anymore" Bex said sheepishly twiddling her thumbs.
"Oh" is all I say, they look up at me to see if I am mad I just smile at them and say
"You guys are the best" they all look up at me and smile really big and say
"We know" after that we start laughing. The girls stay over for the next couple hours and we chat and discuss what I am going to wear tomorrow.
After they leave I start on my homework…fun. After a while I am finished with everything I need to do for the day and so I open the shades of my window and sit by my windowsill and read.
I have always loved reading, I love the way authors take words and twist and mold them into stories, so in a way I don't really consider them writers, I consider them artists. Just as I am getting into my book I feel someone's gaze on me, but when I look out the window all I see is a shade being closed really fast. Huh. Oh well, maybe I just imagined it. I glance at the clock and see it is one AM.
I silently curse and go to bed exhausted.
(Again since you guys are so awesome here is a little treat)
Zach's point of view
After lunch all I could think about was cammie, I just met her but I already missed her. Each class I was first one in the classroom in hope that cammie would show up and I could talk to her. Finally, when my last class came I was delighted to see that the teacher made Cammie sit next to me.
Not wasting anytime I scribbled her note that said
Why do you hate me?
Z
Out of the corner of my eye I could see her reading the note and a guilty expression crossed her face as she scribbled down her reply that read
I don't hate you, you just remind me of someone I knew…someone I don't particularly want to be reminded of
C
I looked at the note confused, what was that supposed to mean? I wrote down a reply that said
What do you mean?
Z
Her response said
Meet me after class and I'll explain
C
For the rest of the class I have trouble paying attention, I was too focused on the clock. Finally, when class ended we both waited until the classroom was empty.
"So, care to explain?" I asked raising an eyebrow.
She sighs "Look, I don't hate you it's just like I said earlier, you remind me of someone I would rather not be reminded of" she says, still not really explaining, even though both her and I knew what I had meant when I had asked her to explain.
But before I could say anything she said
"Look, I am sorry about the way I acted earlier…friends?" she asked hopefully like she actually cared. My mind was screaming at me to ask further, but her big blue eyes were just too cute to deny so I just nodded and smiled.
"Well, I'd like to stay but I have to go shopping…with Macey" she said shuddering, which of course makes me laugh. She gives me a wave and leaves the room leaving one dazed Zach behind.
Later, when I got home I did my homework and to get my mind off Cammie I decided to go for a jog. I started jogging not really paying attention to where I was going and before I knew it I was at the mall. Huh. I wonder why I came here, and then I remembered how cammie told me she was coming here after school. Wow! I fell hard for her, not that I am a stalker or anything.
I kept jogging past the store windows until I saw cammie in one of them. I stopped dead when I saw her. She was dressed in a short white dress with daises that bordered the bottom of it; she wore the dress with a pair of leggings. This was the first time I had ever seen her in anything besides a hoodie and black jeans, and if it is possible I think she looked even more beautiful.
Speedily I ran away from the store before I was noticed by her, if that happened than our friendship might be broken and I do not want that. When I got home I showered and played on the computer for a while. By the time I was done it was around twelve thirty.
I walk over to the windowsill to close the blinds when I look out to see that cammie is sitting at her windowsill reading. When I see her I freeze. What the heck is she doing in the house next to mine? Then I remember my mom saying how we were going to be having new neighbors, I never realized cammie was the new neighbor.
I just stood there and watched her read, it was mesmerizing. I don't think she realized it but she was crying at one point in the book, and the next moment a big smile broke out on her face. It was so interesting to watch her read; she was so deep into what she was reading she didn't even realize I was watching her…until she did.
It was around one in the morning when she finally seemed to realize someone was watching her. She started to look up but before she could see me I closed the shades, turned off the light and jumped into bed heart pounding. I watched as her light turned off and I let out a breath that I hadn't realized I had been holding.
I sighed; this is going to be an interesting year.
