Chapter 9
He stands there then walks away
My god if I could only say
I'm holding every breathe for you...
Standing at her locker again, it was the start of another typical school day. Moze already had a ton of homework and she had only gone to 3 classes. The day was barley half over. Little did she know that the day was about to get a lot worse, worse than she could have ever imagined it. It all started when she was on her way to 5th period lunch.
Moze had just walked out of her English class and had been handed another huge essay to work on, this one was due next Monday. It was about the story "The Odyssey" they were supposed to be reading every night as part of their homework. Moze truly despised the book. She would rather read "Romeo and Juliet" again, and that was saying a whole lot!
No one really cares about Greek Mythology any ways. She though to herself. Sure the Ancient Greek myths were created to teach us all moral values, but they sure could have worded things a lot differently. Ever since her rocky start with iTeahcer back in the 8th grade Moze had never really taken a liking to her English classes.
As she continued her walk down the hall she ran into a very angry looking Ned. He was coming right towards her. She gave him a questioning look as he neared her. What ever it was that he was mad about, she knew it had to be big. Ned was not the type to become furious very often.
Behind him she could see Cookie; he was mouthing something to her that she couldn't quite understand. It looked like he was saying "Leave while you have the chance." But she doubted that was what he actually had mouthed. She was terrible with reading lips.
Before she could really determine for sure what it was he had said to her, Ned was standing right in front of her. With out uttering so much as a hello he began to yell, startling her beyond belief.
"HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?" He seethed, after he had finally approached her.
Moze was completely taken aback. She had never seen him this angry, especially not at her.
She looked at him oddly. "What are you talking about Ned, I didn't do anything!" She said now becoming angry herself. It didn't take much to light up her own fire.
"DIDN'T DO ANYTHING?" He screeched, now drawing the attention of those around him.
"People are staring," She hissed through clenched teeth.
"Let them stare!" He shot back. "I've had people staring at me all day thanks to you. Some best friend you are!"
"Thanks to me? I don't even know what you're accusing me of doing Ned." She said her eyes drooping with sadness.
She recovered herself quickly. "If you're going to accuse me of something I'd at least like to know what this is about. Out of no where here you come barreling at me with out so much as a hello and the first words out of you're mouth are 'How could you do this to me?' How could I do what to you? What is it that I did that was so horrendous that my best friend has to scream at me about?"
Ned looked at her wearily. He grabbed her arm and forcefully dragged him behind her.
"NED BIGBY!" She screamed. "I DEMEND TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING THIS INSTANT!"
Her own little outburst had caught even more people's attention everyone was looking to see what was going on between the two.
He didn't even so much as flinch. He continued walking, with her arm still in his grip. She could feel his hand tightening as they neared closer to the side stairwell that lead up into the junior hallway. No one used it anymore so they were safe to argue with out everyone staring at them. As long as they kept there voices down they were unlikely to get caught.
Since 5th period was both of their lunch periods they couldn't get busted for ditching either, which was always a plus.
"I don't understand how you can be so angry with me when I didn't even do anything." She explained. "I should be the one angry at you for causing such an uproar back there."
Ned just stared at her, his blue eyes fierce.
"I trusted you Moze," He said simply. "When my dog died I expected you not to tell anyone, but now the whole school knows that Daisy's dead, and to top it all off they all heard about me locking myself in my room and crying afterwards."
Moze could feel her own brown eyes softening a bit at the mention of the day before. "Ned you have to believe me, I would never tell anyone about what happened." She said gently.
"I didn't think you would, but you're the only one who knew. There is no other explanation."
"No other explanation? Do you really believe I would tell everyone about your dog dying and that you wouldn't leave you're room because you were so upset? You should no me better than that."
She could tell he was refraining himself from making an out burst he knew he would regret. It was silent for a couple of moments, as she waited for his response.
"I hate how you always make me look like the bad guy! If you told everyone would you just admit it already?!"
"I didn't tell anyone!" She said. "And if you're too stupid not to believe me than that's your fault."
"It is my fault, my fault for trusting a conniving self centered brat like you who won't admit her own mistakes." And with that he turned his back and stood there for a couple of seconds, as if waiting for her to say something else, he then walked off.
As she watched him stand there for a moment or two and then walk away, she noticed that she had been holding her breath during the last part of their argument.
She could feel her eyes start to water as what he said finally sunk in. She silently slid onto the cool tile floor and let her tears fall.
When Moze finally got home from school she crashed. It had been one Hell of a day. She was beyond furious with Ned for what he had said to her earlier in the day. After the fiasco in the junior stairwell he had avoided her for the rest of the day. She even asked Suzie Crabgrass for a ride home, that's how bad their little argument had been.
After the way he had acted she wouldn't care if she never saw him again. She walked into her kitchen and pulled out a bag of microwave popcorn from the cabinet. She needed something to drown her sorrows in and Popcorn just happened to be her weakness. She shoved the bag into the microwave and hit the popcorn button.
She grabbed a soda from the fridge and plopped down onto her couch. This had been an unbelievably awful day. Her dad was still at work and her mom was in the other room, working from her office, so the house was relatively quiet. The only noise was the popcorn popping in the microwave.
Just when she found her self in a comfortable position on the sofa her doorbell rang.
"Would you get that?" Her mother shouted from her office.
"Sure," Moze sighed pulling herself up off the sofa. The popcorn was bound to be done any second now anyway.
She peered through the curtain before opening the door. Standing on her porch was the last person she wanted to see. A certain mop-headed blue eyed boy, who had been her best friend for as long as she could remember. She closed the curtain quickly and decided it would be best to ignore him.
The popcorn finally beeped and she headed over to her microwave and pulled it out. She got a fresh bowl off the counter and positioned herself back on the sofa. From where she was sitting she couldn't help but notice that he was still standing there.
She grabbed a handful of popcorn and shoved in her mouth, just as the doorbell rang again.
"Jennifer would you please get the door!" Her mom called again from her office.
Before she could answer it rang again.
"Jennifer!" Her mom called out sternly.
She knew that not answering the door was not one of her smartest moves, but she figured he would eventually give up.
Unfortunately for her it rang again.
"JENNIFER!" Her mom cried, now walking into the foyer where Moze had planted herself. "What is wrong with you? Would you answer the door for god's sake?"
"Sorry Mom," She grunted.
Just as Moze was afraid she would, Mrs. Mosely opened the front door.
"Why hello Ned!" She said sweetly.
"Hi Mrs. Mosely, is Moze here?" He asked politely.
"Why yes of course. Come on in, why don't you, it's poring rain out there."
His usually messy brown hair was matted to his face and his clothes were dripping wet.
"Okay," He said slowly stepping into the house, not wanting to get everything all wet.
"Well I'll leave you two alone to talk for a little while." Mrs. Mosely said winking at Ned.
Moze gave her a death glare, but she didn't seem to notice.
"I see you refused to answer the door." Ned said quietly.
"What makes you think I would want anything to do with you after what you said to me?" She asked him curiously.
She had still not moved from her position on the couch.
"I guess that's fair." He mumbled. "I really am sorry. I talked to my mom this morning and I guess she and Loomer's mom are really close and she called her and told her how I wouldn't leave my room when I found out about the dog. So he was the one who told everybody."
He looked at her intensely a pleading look in his eyes.
"I'm really sorry Moze." He said softly. "You know I would never do anything to purposefully hurt my girl."
She just nodded, not really knowing what to say, 'my girl' echoing in her head.
"You didn't deserve any of that crap I told you in the stairwell." He said. "I shouldn't have over reacted. I let my emotions get the best of me and for that I am truly sorry."
Just by one look at him in his sopping wet clothes and the sad look in his eyes, she was done for. He was what kept her going; how could she not forgive him especially after his sweet apology.
"All is forgiven." She said.
Ned walked up to her and pulled her into a big bear hug soaking her own clothes as well.
"You know I couldn't stay mad at you." She told him. "You're too irresistible."
Ned let out a small chuckle that only made Moze want to laugh herself.
He stands there then walks away
My god if I could only say
I'm holding every breathe for you…
A: N YAY!! Finally! I am finally posting this chapter! I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did when I was typing it! More will be coming you're way soon!
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