I walked to my first class. Calculus. Chase was seated in the far back. Which he always did, just so he could sleep and/or make fun of people. I took my seat next to him. "Hey good looking!"I called.
"Well if it isn't my new best friend,"Chase replied.
I smiled. I looked at his hand. There was a huge cut on it. I went to grab his hand, but he pulled away and placed them in his lap. I didn't think anything of it. We sat through class, making fun of people. And getting yelled at. We spent lunch, throwing nachos at people. And then we spent after school, riding our bikes through the nature parks. We went to take a break on the nearby benches by the goldfish pond.
"Have you talked to Courtney?"I asked Chase.
"Yes,"Chase said. "Why?"
"Because she yelled at me in the hall and just was plain weird. What did you guys talk about?"I asked.
"About how she's glad Im back and how she misses Aaron so much and stuff like that,"Chase explained.
"Im so confused! Courtney never liked Aaron! When me and Aaron were going out, she tried her best to convince me he was wrong,"I said.
"Was she right?"Chase asked.
"Obviously,"I said.
"This is a hard time for all of us. Even if you didn't like Aaron. Maybe she's just shaken up,"Chase said.
"Well I'll tell you who isn't shaken up. Mercedes Leigh. Look over there,"I said, pointing to the hidden trail that you could only see between the trees that covered it.
Chase and I looked at Mercedes and that guy from the baseball team, flirt and kiss and all that other stuff. I was getting filled with anger now. I still cared for Aaron, of course. So I had to put a stop to his scheming "widow."I got up, with Chase following, and walked over to Mercedes.
"Hi, Mercedes! How's life treating you?"I asked, accenting the "life."
"Hey Issy. Hey Chase. Um, what are you doing here?"Mercedes asked, letting go of the jock's hand.
"We could ask you the same thing, but if you must know, we're just hanging out and catching up on old times. Remember Aaron. You know, your boyfriend. That died. Just a little over a week ago. Come on, you have to remember!"I said.
I saw Mercedes turn red. She knew that she was being her normal slut-self. She tugged on my arm and pulled me over to the side. Leaving the jock and Chase to just stand there.
"Hey cool it, Isabella. I have a right to move on. Some people move on quickly,"Mercedes said.
"Don't you think a week is a little too fast. Seeing how you had tons of tears at the funeral. That shows how much you really loved Aaron. You dump his memory for someone he was cool with,"I said.
"You're just mad. You're stuck on the fact that I took him from you! Leave me alone. Get a life!"Mercedes said, pushing past me, grabbing the jock's arm, and tugging him forward.
"I think she got my message,"I called to Chase, laughing.