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I thought that night at the dance would be the last time I ever came in contact with Courtney. Man was I ever wrong. It was my first day of community service, helping the homeless. And of course she was there for fun. Who wants to do community service for fun?
"Why hello Duncan." She said approaching me.
"Hey." I said barely acknowledging her.
"Not to be rude, but why are you here?" she asked.
"Umm." I decided lying wasn't an option, her being the pastor's daughter and all.
"The whole thing with Trent. This is kinda my punishment." I said sighing.
"Oh. Well get to work Duncan, there's a lot of mouths to feed."
Ugh annoying much? And she was at the orphanage to! But the good news is she never really talked to me much. Just a simple hey how are you stuff like that.
Weeks passed. I was about half way done with my community service, and very close to getting Gwen back (haha I wish). I tried to talk to her everyday but she would just give me the evil eye and walk away. It always went something like this…
"Gwen babe come on talk to me!" I shouted chasing after her. She wouldn't even respond. Not even a go away or anything. She would just look at me and run away. For crying out loud it's been a month since! Forget that loser and come back to me! I didn't actually say that but I wanted to so bad. Oh and if your wondering about Trent, still not in school. He woke up from his coma but his parents don't think he's well enough to come back to school so he's being home-schooled for the time being. (I know this because pastor Herbert always gives us updates about him every week).
It was now a week before Thanksgiving. I was sitting at home lying on my bed. Trying to sleep and just forget everything. When suddenly my phone rang.
"Answer it Ma!" I shouted sleepily. That's when I realized, Ma's not here. Ugh! I hopped out of bed and ran to the phone answering it on the last ring.
"Hello?" I said a little angrier than I wanted.
"Um hello. Is this Duncan Carter?" the voice on the other end asked. And it was a girl's voice.
"Gwen! Hey! Oh babe I knew you'd come around! You got to know I-I love you still!" I said excited and very shaky.
"Um Duncan. This is Courtney." Embarrassment and anger washed over me. I thought it was best to just hang up now, but Courtney didn't deserve.
"Oh god Courtney I'm so sorry! I thought you were Gwen see I haven't heard her voice in so long and she's the only girl who ever really called me and-
She cut me off. "I get it Duncan. And please don't use the Lord's name in vain. But I need a favor." She said.
"What?"
"Well you know how the church is doing this big Christmas play this year?"
"Yeah, what about it?" I asked curiously.
"Well we need someone to be Joseph and it would really mean so much to me if you would do it. I really want this year to be the best Christmas ever." She said waiting for my response. I was going to kill myself for this.
"Sure, I'll do it. On one condition." I said.
"Yes?"
"Please don't tell anyone what I said to you when I thought you were Gwen." I begged.
She laughed. "Oh don't worry Carter, your secret is safe with me."
I laughed. "Thank you, so when are rehearsals?" I asked.
"Sunday evenings from five to six thirty. Please try your best to be there."
"Alright I'll be there fix o' clock sharp." I confirmed.
"See you then, goodbye Duncan."
"Bye." And with that she hung up. I better watch myself around her; she's got a lot of dirt on me. Not that I think she would tell anyone, it's Courtney Hamilton for crying out loud. But I mean Geoff; my best friend doesn't even know I still love Gwen. And this girl I barely know does.
Oooo! I am excited for the next chapter! Which I promise will have a lot more drama! But okay let me know what you thought! And again no rude or meanness please! Lots of love, ashbash13
