Chapter Eight: Breakfast and The Call

Monday Morning

I woke up to a continuous beep and just put my pillow over my head to drown out the noise, when I realized it was my alarm clock. Now, you may think that I'm a morning person and just get out of the bed at the first ring.

Well, you'd be very very wrong if you thought that. I stay in bed until I either can't go back to sleep or I just don't feel like listening to the beeping anymore, and right now I was getting pretty fed up with the beeping. I checked the time, 6:30. Ehhh.

I stumbled out of bed and went to the bathroom to take a nice hot shower to wake me up. I stripped from my clothes and entered the shower with a sigh. The warm water felt so good on my skin and I just stood there, letting the soothing water run over my body for a few minutes.

"Hey Court, can you hurry up," I heard Bridgette say through the door. "I really have to pee."

I giggled quietly to myself at my friend's comment as I quickly stepped out of the shower and dried my body off. I put on a clean pair of underwear and bra then changed into my white tube top with a purple tank top under it, faded Aeropostale skinny jeans, and purple flip flops. Once I was satisfied with my appearance I stepped out of the bathroom while an overly excited Bridgette ran past me, making her way to the toilet.

I just laughed as I went to go get my tote bag, which I used as a book bag. I double checked and made sure I had plenty of pens, paper, notebooks, etc. When I was absolutely sure I had everything I needed, I checked the time. 7:12. Classes started at 8:00, so I had plenty of time to go get breakfast.

"Hey Gwen," I said, walking over to her bed nudging her. "You might want to get up now."

"Mmm. Five more minutes," she mumbled into her pillow.

"Alright, but don't complain to me when your late," I rolled my eyes as I walked away. "Hey Bridge, are you ready yet," I asked through the bathroom door.

"Almost," she yelled back. "Just meet me down in the cafeteria, I'll be there in two minutes."

"Okay, I'll save you a seat," I said back. I grabbed my tote bag, my room key, put my cell in my pocket, and checked myself in the mirror one last time before heading to the cafeteria for breakfast.

Even though I've visited the campus numerous times before, the cafeteria still seemed pretty big to me. It had two buffet tables, one for each school level, and a lot of tables. There were only a few people there this morning since it was kind of early.

I went to the buffet table and looked over all the delicious food; there was hash browns, pancakes, bacon, ham, fruit, sausage, and fried potatoes. I decided on a hash brown, two pancakes with some berries and syrup, and an apple juice. Once satisfied with my choice, I left the buffet to go find a seat around the large room. I spotted an empty table and just sat there until I saw Bridgette come in. She was wearing a red, dark pink, and white striped American Eagle spaghetti strap, white shorts, and red flip flops. I waved her over while she sat down with a tired expression.

"Did Gwen ever get out of bed," I asked as I stared eating my pancakes.

"Yeah," she nodded. "She just got up when I left the room." She looked around the room, then noticing the buffet table. "Hey, I'm gonna go get some breakfast. Be back in a few," she said as she got up to leave.

"Kay," I said as I started nibbling on my hash brown.

Not soon after Bridgette left, I felt a pair of warm hands over my eyes. "Guess who," said a smooth voice whispered in my ear.

"A criminal who's about to get his ass kicked if he doesn't take his hands away from my face right now," I said in a bitter tone as I felt his hands hands drop from my face.

"Touchy," he said as he clicked his tongue and sat down beside me. He was wearing a black t-shirt with an odd looking skull on it, dark jeans, and black and red DC's.

"What's up Court," Geoff said as he sat across from me. He was wearing an opened red and white plaid American Eagle shirt, faded jeans, and his usual sandles.

"Not much," I shrugged as Bridgette came back and sat down beside Geoff. She greeted him with a kiss and they just stared into each others eyes while me and Duncan sat there awkwardly until I cleared my throat. They looked up and Bridgette blushed in embarrassment.

"Oh, sorry guys," she said as she started eating her fruit.

"No biggie," I shrugged. "So, is anybody signing up for a sport," I said casually, trying to start a conversation.

"I think I'm going to try out for volleyball," Bridgette said with a smile. "I've always wanted to play, but being my parents could never pick me up after practice. Oh, and I'm definitely doing swimming."

"Cool babe. I think I'm gonna do ice hockey and rugby," Geoff said. "I've never played rugby, but people say it's basically football with out pads," he shrugged. "What about you Duncan?"

"I think I'm doing basketball, rugby, ice hockey, cross country, and soccer. I would do swimming, but then I'd have to wear a speedo," he cringed. We all looked at him with strange faces. "What," he asked in a pissed off tone.

"Nothing man, that's just a lot of sports," Goeff said as he put his arm around Bridgette's waist.

"I'm athletic," he shrugged. "Big deal. So what about you Princess," he asked with that boyish smirk of his as he set his elbow on the table to get a better look at me. I just rolled my eyes.

"Uh let's see, volleyball, field hockey, basketball, swimming, and cross country. Too bad they don't have softball though, I love softball," I stated, counting them off on my fingers as I went. When I looked up they were all giving me the same look they gave Duncan not a moment ago. "What? I'm athletic too," I snapped. Truth is, I have been playing those sports since I was about nine, but it seriously sucks they didn't have softball, it's my favorite.

"We'll I'm gonna go grab some grub," Duncan said standing up. "You coming Geoff?"

"Yeah dude," he said getting up also and heading over to the buffet, but not before giving Bridgette a quick kiss.

"You're really lucky, you know," I told her with a smile.

"Why's that," she asked with a puzzled look.

"You have Geoff. I honestly don't think I've ever seen two people so meant for each other," I answered her with a smile.

She beamed at me. "Thanks Courtney. I just can't wait to see who your Prince Charming turns out to be," she said with a glowing smile.

"Me too.." I said, daydreaming about who my future guy turns out to be. I always pictured him as a tall, muscular guy with black hair, blue eyes, smart, clever, and a great personality. I guess I'll just have to wait and see.

I was snapped out of my daydream by Duncan sitting back down next to me. And the moment is ruined I thought.

"Hey Bridge, what's your schedule," I Geoff asked once he came back. She quickly got her blue book bag off the floor and searched through it for a minute, trying to find her schedule.

"Here it is," she exclaimed as she held up a wrinkled piece of paper. "Uh, let's see. I have Chemistry, English, Math, then PE today," she said, looking over the paper.

"Sweet. We have Chemistry and Math together," he cooed.

"What about you, Princess," Duncan asked me as he ate his bacon.

"Today I have English, Math, Chemistry, and PE," I answered ignoring his little pet name.

"Well well well, looks like we have Chemistry together," he purred as he wriggled his eyebrows and leaned in a little closer. I just rolled my eyes and pushed his face away.

He has really soft skin...

"We also have English and PE together. You know, I think today's going to be a good day," he smirked as he closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair.

Honey got a booty like pow pow pow

Honey got some moves like wow oh wow

Girl you know I'm lovin' your, lovin' your style

Check, check, check, check, check checkin' you out.

Everybody at our table and the tables around us stopped talking and just looked at me. Why did I have to set my ringer to level 8? I quickly put my phone on mute. "What," I snapped at the people staring. "You've never heard a ring tone before?" They just went back to eating and mumbling quietly.

"Jeez Princess, you think that was loud enough," Duncan chuckled.

"Oh, shut up," I mumbled. I checked to see who in the right mind would call me this early in the morning on my first day of school. I looked at the screen. Aaron. Aaron is my 18 year old cousin that has dirty blonde skater hair and deep green eyes. But why in the world would my cousin be calling me this early?

"Why did you call me this early Aaron," I asked into the phone with an annoyed and curious voice.

"Nice to talk to you too Shrimp," he said, you even could hear the smirk in his voice. Shrimp was his little nickname for me because he was well over a foot taller than me, even though I was taller than him at one point.

I just rolled my eyes as I smiled. "Yeah, I know I haven't talked to you in a while, but you calling just caused a really big seen," I replied in an irked voice.

"It wasn't that big of a scene until you yelled at everyone Princess," Duncan said as I shot him a glare that said 'if-you-don't-shut-up-I-will-kill-you-right-now'.

"Ohhh, who's that? Your boyfriend," he asked in a very amused and playful voice.

"What? NO," I screeched into the phone as I heard Duncan chuckle beside me.

"Uh huh, sure," he said, totally not believing me.

I was about to rant to him about how Duncan is just some pervert that annoys me, but I never got the chance. Duncan quickly grabbed the phone out of my hand and started talking to Aaron.

"Yeah dude, actually me and Courtney are going out. Have been for almost two years. And man, let me tell you, she is great in be-" I hit him in the head and grabbed my cell phone before he could finish his sentence.

"Duncan, when I get off this phone I am going to kick your ass into the next century," I said to him in the most lethal voice possible. "Okay so Aaron, two things; One, me and that idiot are not, repeat not-"

"Not"

Oh, Aaron. Always the smart ass. "Going out. And two, why did you call me?"

"Oh yeah! You and Amber are really close, right?"

Amber was Aaron's girlfriend of almost a three years. She was very pretty and had blond hair, deep chocolate eyes, very tan, and was quite smart. Ever since they started dating, me and her became really close. She was basically the sister I never had.

"Yeah, why?"

"Well, um, don't tell the family this yet, but uhh," he stuttered.

"Just spit it out!"

"I'm going to propose to her tonight," he said in a weak yet excited voice.

"OH MY GOSH," I exclaimed in happiness. "If you were here right now, I'd hug you," I squealed. I can't believe it! He was going to propose to her, TONIGHT! I was so happy, no words could describe how I felt.

"Owww. Next time, warn me when you're gonna do that. I think I just went deaf in my right ear."

"Sorry," I giggled. "I'm just so excited for you."

"Yeah, well, I need your help."

"With what?"

"You know Amber's favorite place, and her favorite gem, right?"

"Right," I said, wondering where this was going.

"Well I don't. I need you to tell me this so I know where to propose and what should be on the ring."

"Okay," I said in excitement. "Her favorite place is the bridge on the park about a quarter mile away from her house, and her favorite gem is an emerald. Is that good?"

"Perfect. Thanks Shrimp, love you."

"Love you too. Bye," I said as I hung up.

"Why are you so excited Courtney," Bridgette asked me with a perplexed face.

"My cousin is going to propose to his girlfriend," I said in a giddy voice.

"Um, yay," she questioned. I rolled my eyes and smiled at her statement.

"Well, they've been going out for three years and she's like my best friend, so him marrying her would pretty much make my life," I answered, still smiling like an idiot.

"Oh, okay. Gotcha," she said.

"Dudes, I think we should get going. Classes start in like ten minutes," Geoff said as he looked up at the clock on the wall.

"Yeah, plus I have no idea where English is," Duncan said as he got up to dump his tray.

"I can show you," I said, turning to look at him. He sat back down beside me and raised an eyebrow. "I've been here quite a few times, and I pretty much know where everything is," I shrugged.

"That makes more sense," he said with an understanding voice. "Well, let's go Princess," he said, hopping out of his seat.

"Well somebody seems a big eager," I said as I stood up, grabbing my tote and making sure my phone was off and on vibrate.

"Just a bit jittery I guess," he said as we walked out of the hall.

"Whatever," I mumbled.

We made our way across campus and to the classrooms. I memorized where each classroom was and quickly found the one that led us to our English class. As we stepped inside, I noticed something. Or rather someone.

"Courtney?"

Yup, I left you with a cliff hanger. Aren't I so evil? Well I hope this chapter was good enough for you, and I'm really sorry about not updating sooner. I may only post up one or two more chapters before Wednesday because I have a lot of packing and chores to do before I go to the beach, but I'll try to get at least two chappies in. So please bear with me until then. Anyways, please review and I seriously love you guys :)

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