The first couple hours of school seemed to have gone by in slow motion. Like everyone was talking slow, moving slow, and thinking slow.
But once I made it through Media Immersion and Math, it was lunch time. The bell rang and I was on my way to my locker; exchanging some books and grabbing my lunch. I then walked out the front doors and towards our usual picnic table. 'Our' being me, Adam and Eli. But today, only Adam was there. He looked so lonely without Eli sitting next to him.
Walking towards the picnic table seemed like an impossible task. Every time I thought I got closer, it felt like the table moved back 5 feet. Was God punishing me? Did you put my life in slow-mo today? I thought, looking up to the sky.
"What're you…Doing?" Adam asked. I brought my head back down and Adam was only inches away from me, I had already been sitting down. My thoughts just swirled around furiously.
"Woah…Ummm…Nevermind…." I stuttered.
"Ooookay?" He said, mocking my weird behavior. Can I help but talk to God in my head? Wow. How often do I do this? I thought, realizing I was doing it again.
"Umm, anyways…Did you see Eli at all in the halls or anything?" I asked, fidgeting with the brown paper bag my lunch was in.
Adam took a bite out of his cafeteria chicken nuggets, and shook his head no. After done chewing, he cleared his throat, "Here, I'll text him and ask where he's been. Not sure what good it'll do but it's worth a shot!"
I nodded, taking the sandwich out of the paper bag. I unwrapped it and took a huge bite. "Adam, I think we should go over to his house, after school? And see what's up." I looked over to Adam, who was intently looking off into the distance.
A moment later, he answered back, "Yeah! Good idea."
"Cool. I'll meet you at your locker after last hour and we can walk to his house," I said.
The rest of lunch, we just talked. Adam would occasionally ask questions about what exactly happened between me and Eli on Saturday…I ended up telling him everything except the talk me and Eli had about his parents. Even though Eli trusts Adam, I think Eli would want to be the one to tell Adam. Then the bell rang, warning us that next hour would be starting in 4 minutes. Me and Adam made our way inside, parting down different hallways, off to our next classes.
Out of the whole day, English class went by the slowest. Without Eli sitting in front of me, I could see the entire board. Would have to have to lean to the side, looking past his head of dark hair. Sometimes he'd purposely mimic my actions, causing giggles that usually got us in trouble. I didn't like it, I didn't like just sitting there, with everything out in the open.
I missed how he'd turn around to work with me during partner time. We'd pretend to discuss each other's papers, usually joking around instead. Lucky for me, Ms. Dawes didn't give the class any partner time today so I wouldn't be forced to work alone. Instead, she read aloud a passage out of the book we were reading as a class. I barely paid attention. I just looked down at my book, turning the page when I heard my classmates doing so. I just want the day to be over ALREADY! After I thought this, weird enough, the bell rang. Thank you, God. Ha, I knew these voices would come in handy sooner or later...I smiled to myself and shoved all my stuff in my bag, making my way to Adam's locker.
When I got there, I didn't have to wait too long for his arrival.
"You ready?" I asked him, making sure he wouldn't back out.
He smiled, "Let's do this."