Chapter 4
"Chuckie! Wait up!"
Rushing through the hallways and weaving through the students walking in the opposite direction, it wasn't easy to keep track of one person. I wasn't sure if he'd not heard me or he was purposefully walking faster, trying to avoid me.
I began to close the distance between us and clapped my hand on his shoulder to stop him. "Chuckie please, I need to talk to you." I told him, hoping to solve this mystery and get on with my life.
Chuckie turned around slowly and a look of surprise was across his face "Tommy! It's been awhile. How are you? How are you? What have you been up to?" He asked walking more towards the edge of the hall as to not get in the way of passing students.
Realising it would be kind of rude to just start questioning him about Lil I tried to act as casually as I could. "Oh I'm fine, and what about you? Enjoying the new year?"
"It's been fine." He snapped while looking towards his left as if he had somewhere else to be.
"I-," I was stumped. How could I bring this up in casual conversation? I could tell I wouldn't have his attention for much longer so there was only one thing left to do, just come out and say it. "Kimi talked to me early today." I told him, trying to see if that would bring a reaction out of him.
He looked me straight in the eye and I could tell he knew what this was about. He knew what I wanted from him.
Suddenly he began walking backwards. "I-It was nice s-seeing you again Tommy! I've really got to get to my Chemistry class now." He stammered.
"Chuckie what's going on? What's going on with Lil? What's going on with the way you're acting? Or the way Kimi has a sudden interest in repairing the rift between us? I need answers." I questioned, getting desperate. I began to walk closer towards him but that set him off.
"It's nothing! Bye Tommy!" He yelped, turning around and almost running away from me, in the complete opposite direction to the Science classes. Suspicious much?
Well that didn't work at all and I was in no way closer to understanding what was going on, but was it so important? Did I really need to find out what had happened?
I began to walk to my calculus class. My one class with Lillian DeVille.
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Calculus seemed to be slipping by faster than it ever had before. This may be because I had to make a decision on what to do once it ended. Would I talk to Lil? Should I stop her? It was just too much to think about in an hour. I'd yet to even think about how she would react if I tried to talk to her.
I think other students in the class began to catch on. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't seem to drag my eyes away from her figure in the front row. I imagined I looked like a crazed stalker and yet I still couldn't avert my eyes.
It all came down to one thing. Did I want to help Lil, and the answer was yes. When we were little there would always be challenges for the group and I'd never backed down from one, not one! Why would I start now? It was final. I would try and talk to Lil and see if she needed my help. Report back to Kimi, that is if she even needed help. Once that was done I will try and talk to Chuckie again. Hopefully things will go smoothly.
A sharp ring of the bell shook me out of my thoughts and everyone began to rise and leave the class. It was game time.
Rushing out of the classroom I began to follow Lil out of the school, or at least tried to. She was walking incredibly fast and purposely down the halls, her hair swishing as she went by.
As I was just getting close a hand on my shoulder stopped me at my place.
"Heya there Tommy." Dil said, pulling me to face him. "Have I got a hilarious story to tell you!"
Turning around I couldn't see Lil anywhere. I'd lost her in the crowd. Tomorrow is just too long to wait though. If I don't talk to her soon I could tell that I'd be fretting about this for the rest of the day.
"Sorry Dil, This is ... an emergency." I told him while looking over all the students, searching for Lil. "Do you think you can get yourself home?"
Dil's eyebrows scrunched together. "Yeah, I guess," He said, disappointment seeping into his voice. "I really wanted to te-"
"We'll talk about this later." I cut him off and then began to jog towards the entrance and followed the route Lil took home, unless she'd gone somewhere else. I could only hope that Phil had some after school sporting requirement and that I wouldn't bump into him.
Rushing through the park I finally saw her head bobbing along to some song in her iPod with her shoulder bag hitched up. My footsteps began to slow and the nerves began to flutter. Who knew what would happen now. So I walked towards her and tentatively placed a hand upon her shoulder.
She jumped in surprise and began pulling out her headphones, without turning around. "Sorry sorry sorry! Did you say somethi-" Her eyes widened in surprise as she realised that it was me and she took one step back. Her mouth formed an 'o' shape as she continued to stare. "Tommy?"
"Please don't yell at me! Look I know you don't want to talk to me! I'm sorry, but I need to talk to you." The words just wouldn't stop. I couldn't control what I was saying. Just the sight of her was making me nervous. My hands were beginning to get clammy.
Her face was impassive as she stared at me as I continuously spurt off how I needed to talk to her. "What do you need, Tommy?" She cut in.
"I-I ... I just needed to..." Nothing was coming to mind, how was I supposed to ask her? "A-Are you ok?" I asked.
She stared at me incredulously. "What?" She asked in surprise.
"Kimi stopped me in the hallways today, she asked me to talk to you," I trailed off as recognition washed across her face and she nervously began to look behind me. "What's goi-"
"I can't talk about this now Tommy." She said, though she did not begin to walk away but rather stared at me.
"Look I understand, I'll never bother you or-"
"Tommy, you don't understand." She cut me off again. "I can't talk about this now." She said looking at me while raising my eyebrows, silently asking me if I understood, so I nodded. She leant towards me and lowered her voice to a murmur. "Meet me behind the bleachers during 3rd period and we'll talk." I nodded my approval and she began to speak again. "Look, I never... What I mean to say is..."
She leant back and I took that as the end of our conversation so I began to turn away to walk back home until I felt her hold onto my arm.
"I never believed what Phil said in the first place." She murmured earnestly. " I-I don't blame you."
All I could do was look at her in shock. She was on my side. After all this time I thought she hated me as much as Phil did. The shock was evident on my face.
She shook me slightly, concern etched upon her face. "Phil should be walking home any minute now. You better get going." She told me and began to walk away, but not before turning back around with her head to one side, biting her lower lip. "I missed you." And with that said she began to walk away.
She missed me? Smiling at the thought I began walking in the opposite direction to her. It was then that I realised that I still had no answers as to what was going on with her. Oh well. I'll find out.
Behind the bleachers during 3rd period.
A/N: New Chapter! WOOPEE! Hope you all enjoyed it, coz things are going to get exciting
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