On the way to school the next morning, I caught up with Patricia and started walking along side her. "Hey Patricia!" I greeted her cheerily. "Hi James!" she replied with the same tone in her voice. "How did you sleep?" I asked, trying to strike up a conversation. "OK thanks, you?" she asked. "Same." I replied. Before we could start talking about anything else, Eddie was all of a sudden on her other side. "Hi Patricia." He greeted, completely ignoring me.
The funniest thing was, she ignored him, and kept walking ahead faster. "Trixie, wait." Eddie called. "Don't call me that!" she shouted twisting around to face him. After her outburst, she continued her journey to school, but Eddie grabbed her arm and twisted her round to face him. "Look, I know things between us haven't been great since the break up, so how about we have lunch together today, maybe sort things out?" he pleaded.
He's so, so desperate! "OK, fine. Meet me outside the house at 1?" she asked. "Sure" he replied, and they continued their walk to school together, leaving me by myself. Well, the only thing I could do was watch them at lunch, and make sure Patricia's having a miserable time. For the rest of the journey to school I thought about this, and other ways to make sure Patricia saw that it would be wrong to get back with Eddie.
I could continuously remind her of the bets he made, when he slapped her, the arguments etc, it would be easy, as Eddie has a huge record of making an idiot out of himself. While I was thinking about all this, Joy came up behind me. "James. James!" she repeatedly called. I turned around quickly. "Oh, hi!" I replied. "Didn't you hear me? I've been calling your name for like five minutes!" she explained.
"Oh, sorry, I was just day dreaming." I explained. "About Patricia?" she asked. "How did you know that?" I asked her. "The last time you were here you were crazy about her, and I see the looks you give her." She explained, with a somewhat sad look on her face. "What's wrong?" I asked her. "Oh, it's just, I feel sorry for her, she has two guys chasing after her, and she's not exactly an expert on relationships." She explained. "Yeah, but that's one of the things I like about her. She doesn't try too hard, she just acts like herself." I explained.
"Well, like the last time you were here, i think it's a bad idea for the two of you to date." She warned me. "Why? She's single now, and I'm older and better looking, more mature, I actually have a chance with her!" I explained angrily. "I know, but Eddie's fighting for her too you know, and he has advantages." She explained. "Yeah, what does he have that I don't?" I asked her cockily. "Well, he's older, has had more experience and has known her longer. Oh, and has previously been in a relationship with her!" she shouted the last bit, which hurt my ear drums.
"Well, it's a new year, things have changed, and I'm going to make her mine." I finished angrily, leaving Joy standing there alone while I finished the walk to school by myself.