Chapter 7: Chapter 7
I'm soooo sorry! Last week I couldn't find any time and strength to write at all. Monday and Tuesday I was sick, and hadn't any strength to write. Wednesday I had to study for two tests, Thursday I had school band practise and Friday and Saturday I helped with the "femund race" (I think it's called that in English) I wrote a little yesterday and I wrote the last part of the chapter today!
Arisa Tokudome; Thanks :D
Fangirl24 (Guest); Oh! Thank you
n0T3Z k1LLz 3v3RYtH1Ng; Hair grip is Uk for bobby pin. Sorry for the confusing… but like I said, English isn't my mother tongue ;)
markstn41; Hehe, it's okay. Thanks for the Ideas :)
osa-chan; Thank you :D And I have planned that Jackie would do something to her hair :)
And here it is!
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Jackie;
After the confrontation with Aster, Jackie began to wonder. What had happened between them? Last week, none of them would care about the other and if something were said, they wouldn't care about it.
She walked down the hall. After she left the classroom, she had to get her history book from her locker. Normally she would have skated out of the school, but not today. Her feet gave echoes as she walked and she didn't even look where she was going.
"..my aunt told me something about Jackie.." Jackie's head snapped up as she heard her name been said.
".. I felt bad.." It was Aster's voice. Jackie walked to the voice and when she walked around the corner, she backed away. It was Aster and his gang that stood there.
"Did you just call her Jackie?" she heard Nick's voice said. No! Aster wouldn't call her by her nickname. He called her by her real name all the time.
"So Aster, something more you want to tell us?" Tina giggled. Jackie felt her cheeks heat up. Tina couldn't think that Aster…
"No! Yes I called her Jackie, you all do that, and yes I feel bad for what I said, but that doesn't mean I have a crush on her!" Exactly! Why would he have a crush on her? Well, she wouldn't care if he did have one thought.
"Who said something about a crush?" and the she heard them laugh. That was a good thing they laughed, because when she heard Tina said that, Jackie slammed her head against the wall and let out a little scream in pain.
"Shouldn't you be at training now?" Aster asked. She peeked around the corner and saw to her surprise that Aster blushed!
"See you tomorrow lover boy!" She heard Nick call after Aster as he walked away from his friends and then he laughed. Jackie slapped her face when she heard Nick say that. She waited a little before she began to walk. Now they couldn't know that she had heard their conversation. But before she walked, she pulled her hood over her head.
She walked silent past them, and hoped they didn't say something to her.
"Jackie?" Damn it!
Jackie turned around and smiled… er.. kind of.
"Ehm… Hi! So… uh.. So what are you guys doing here?" she asked a little nervously.
"Training, and you" Tina said.
"Oh, you know getting my book and.. uh.. stuff?" Jackie said. Why was she so nervous? It was Aster's gang!
"Oh really? It doesn't take 20 minutes to get a book and leave" 20 minutes!? Did it take 20 minutes to walk from her locker to the doors?
"Why am I even bothering? You don't need to know what I was doing. You aren't my friends!" she said a bit harshly.
They took a little surprised step back and looked at Jackie. She looked irritated back at them.
"If it was something more.. no, okay. Bye" and then she sat down her board and skated out. She came to the door and sighed a little. Even though snow was her favourite thing, she couldn't skate when it snowed, but the ski resort would soon open!
She began to walk home in silence. When she had walked in 10 minutes, her phone began to ring. She grinned when she read the name.
"Wass'up Leo?" She and Leo were on the same snowboard team. Last year, he helped her with her 720 spin.
"Hey, J! Guess What?" J, of course! He and the rest of the guys called her that nearly all the time now.
"A; you failed one of your spins, and is now dead and calling from the heaven, B; the team is on, or C; I'm awesome to talk with?" Jackie said as she laughed.
"1; No, I'm not dead (Damn) Ha ha… 2; Yes! 3; you're cool, but not awesome!"
"Hold on, the team is on?" Jackie asked with hope in her voice.
"Mondays, Wednesdays and the weekends 5.00 Pm to 7.30 from next Monday. Ready?" He asked.
"You bet, see you on Monday then" she laughed.
"Of course" and then he hang up.
Jackie threw her hands in the air and cheered! Next week, everything would be normal again!
Next day;
Aster;
Thursday! Nearly weekend, finally! This week hadn't been the best… and today it was history class. Double history class actually, and that meant that he had to sit with Jackie, and he had to try to apologies, again.
He walked down the hall with Nick and Sander since the bell hadn't rang yet. Tina had disappeared with some of the girls from the cheerleading team to do who knows what. Well it was good that she had some girl friends, and not just them, but it was a little forced that Tina had to hang out with the team. It irritated him that Tina was forced a little to hang out with them and not him and the other guys.
"So I heard you get the English test back today, is that correct?" Nick suddenly asked Aster. Aster eyes widen and he slapped himself, but with his right hand this time.
"I don't want that test back. I would rather stand on a snowboard than get that test back" Aster exclaimed. Sander raised an eyebrow at him and crossed his arms like an "Really"
"Yes really! I didn't understand anything from the text and I barely answered the questions!" It was true. He read, he wrote, but he didn't know what. They walked past the English classroom and Tina and her friends stood there. Since they stood there, Mrs. Malon hadn't come yet. When they saw Aster, they, except Tina, began to giggle… Again.
"Well, one way to find out, here's your stop" Nick said, and pushed him to Tina and her other friends, and then left them. Aster crashed into Tina so she stumbled and lost her bag and books.
"Crickey! Sorry Tina" He apologized and helped her pick up her books.
"Don't worry Aster. It was Nick's fault, that idiot of a Christmas tree" she said. Aster couldn't help but laugh at that. Nick's love for Christmas was nearly illegal. If he wanted, he could blow up a big party, just to celebrate that it was December.
"Yes, I nearly pity him" he said and gave her books to her.
"What would you laugh about? You are like that when Easter is near," she said evilly. Aster glared at her.
"My love for Easter isn't like Nick's love for Christmas. It is much smaller," he said and crossed his arms.
"Oh really? So if I said that Easter is the most boring season, you wouldn't say anything?" Tina said and poked him.
"Shut up. Easter isn't the most boring season. It brings new life and… Oh, ha ha," he said sourly as she grinned at him. The other girls giggled. Suddenly Aster's face broke out in a mischievous grin, and looked at Tina. Tina looked at him curiously.
"What?"
"And what about your love for teeth miss I-place-my-hand-in-everyones-mouth-if-they-have-beautiful-teeths?" he mocked and grinned at her evilly.
A deep blush covered her face instantly.
"I do not!" she exclaimed embarrassed. The other girls giggled more at that.
"Oh really? Didn't you do that to that Frost girl right after you met her? I swear! You nearly fainted!" a blond haired girl said. Aster had no idea what her name was.
"I-I d-did not" Tina stuttered and blushed even more and looked around and saw that someone had begun to listen on their conversation.
"And speaking of Frost" the girl said. The other girls looked at her, and she tilted her head in a direction. Down the hall, Jackie walked in silence. Aster felt the little ball of guilt in his stomach come back, but ignored it.
He heard the school bell rang, and the hall began to be emptier, except the students who waited for Mrs. Malon. The cheerleading girls whispered to each other and giggled.
Jackie had reached her classmates but had a distance to them. She herself towards the wall with crossed arms, her hood over her head and she looked down at her shoes. Tina's friends still whispered to each other, but know he could hear them.
"I don't understand why she actually uses that hoodie every day, just look at it" one of them whispered. Aster tried to ignore what they said, but couldn't help but listen anyway.
"I know, and what's her problem in the locker room? Every time we have P.E, she changes before we come or after we have left and she always use that sweater under her t-shirt. It's disgusting!" another whispered.
"Stop it! Maybe she doesn't like that we're watching her and maybe she just has many blue hoodies" Tina said in Jackie's defence. Aster smiled a little at that. Tina wasn't mean to anyone. He was glad that she wasn't like her other friends.
"Why are you defending her? You two aren't even friends. Does she have friends at all? Actually, I don't care. She's just a nobody" the blond haired girl said. Tina opened her mouth to speak, but the other girls just shook their heads.
"Watch this" The blond haired girl said, and then she turned around, so she could see Jackie.
"Hey Frost!" she yelled to Jackie. Aster watched the girl in wonder and disgust.
Jackie's head tilted up and looked for the voice in surprise. When she saw who it was, her face fell and she rolled her eyes.
"What?"
"What's with the hoodie? Don't your parents have any money to buy you new clothes, or don't you wear anything else?" she said rudely. The other students watched them with smiles on their faces. They knew that after Aster and Jackie's fights, fights between the two girls could get interesting. For a second, Jackie's face got an unreadable look, but it was gone before someone saw it.
"Hey! What's with your heels? Finally found some heels that are lower than your IQ Talia? I'm surprised that you even go to school, since you're just a stupid whore! I bet that the reason you're going to the school, is because you're a 'daddy's little girl'!" Jackie shot back. Talia! That was her name! Tina always complained about her, Aster remembered. He had to admit that Jackie had a good point. Talia was Principle William's daughter, and she was a whore.
"Why you-"
"Is there a problem miss William?" Everyone nearly jumped 4 feet. Mrs. Malon had turned up from nowhere and stood by them.
Talia turned around and looked at her teacher and smiled her little 'angel' smile. Aster saw that Jackie gagged soundless behind Mrs. Malon and he forced back a smile.
"Of course not Mrs. Malon, why would it be?" she said innocently.
Mrs. Malon looked at her and then she turned around and opened the door before she and the class walked in. Talia and Jackie glared at each other, and then Talia threw her hair backwards, smiled flirtatious to Aster and went in. Aster wanted to throw up when she did that and gagged a little. He began to walk in, but looked at Jackie for a second. Jackie's head hang down, but he saw a single tear slide down her face. He felt a little bad, but ignored it and walked in to the classroom without a word.
After everyone had sat down, Mrs. Malon began to speak.
"I'm sorry that you had to wait, but I had to correct two more tests. I can say at once that not everyone got a B- or over, so that means no ski tour"
The class groaned, but Mrs. Malon ignored it.
"You can pick up your test after class is finished," she told them and then she began to go through next week's homework. Aster half listened to her as he drew in his notebook. He didn't think over what he drew before Tina leaned over.
"What are you drawing?" she whispered. Aster looked at her before he looked at his sketch. He didn't know actually. It was a girl with a hoodie and she leaned herself over a book as she read it. He looked at Tina again.
"I don't know. A person I think…" he hesitated a little when he said it and looked at the sketch again. The person looked very familiar, but he didn't know who.
"Dose someone have a question?" Mrs. Malon suddenly asked. No one said anything, and then the school bell rang. Everyone got up from their chairs and walked to Mrs. Malon to pick up their test.
Aster just took his test and put it in his bag without looking at it. Then he and Tina walked to history class, where they would meet Nick and Sander. They talked a little about the homework, and then what they were going to do in the weekend.
Usually He, Tina, Nick and Sander used to meet to do something together every Friday or Saturday. This week, it was movie night and they're going to watch "Cold dance". It's about a girl who lost her family and grows up to be a shy and quite girl, but she has a big talent for ice dance.
It was Tina who had picked it, and none of the guys could say no. Tina had the sweetest puppy eyes and they hated her for that.
"So… History next. You have to meet Jackie now…" Tina suddenly said and looked at Aster. Aster didn't look back and his face had a blank look as he just kept walking. Tina sighed and followed him.
They met Nick and Sander, walked in and sat down. It was still 5 minutes until the class started, so they talked and laughed together. More students came in and chattered happily with each other. The last one in was Jackie. Aster saw that she looked at them or more exactly, him. He knew why. They had to sit together in class. She hesitated for some seconds and then she took a deep breath before walking over to them and sat down next to Aster.
She didn't say anything and just searched for her history book in her bag. She seemed a little frustrated when she dropped her bag down at the floor.
"Crap Mickey. You just had to take that book yesterday," she muttered quietly. He tried not to smile, but a little smile came to his lips. Mr. Bennet came in after two minutes.
"Students, I just got the news from our principle that we will lose two history lessons. That means you maybe have to work on your project after school," he said, and the students groaned. Aster didn't like that idea. Many began to protest against it.
"Quiet! I know it's frustrating but if you want to finish this project, you have to work with it after school. Now, you can go to the library to find out more about your topic" Mr. Bennet said and then he sat down.
Jackie and Aster looked at each other.
"I think we have to go there… and I… erm… I forgot my book at home. Sorry…" Jackie said and rubbed her neck.
"It's okay…" he said back and they looked away and then he heard her say that they should go to the library.
Other students had already left and someone stayed in the classroom, so they were the only one that walked down the hall. They walked in silence and Aster knew what he had to do. It was maybe the only time he could say it to her. He took a deep breath.
"I'm sorry."
Finally! Finally he said it!
Again, I'm so sorry about this late chapter, and it can happen that the next chapters are going to be late. It's 3 weeks until winter break, and we have a lot of homework and I have to take care for 2 horses now… it's just for 2 week but still…
I'm gonna try update as fast as I can, but can't promise anything…
I know that this chapter has a lot of gramma fails, but I will look at them and edit them in the weekend ;)
Until next time!
SyPews!
Edited; 11.03.2016
