Chapter 14
The adults finally come to their senses and we head out to the car. I look at my phone and see its 6am already.
"How old are you?''Syrus asks
"15"I say
"16"
So I was right he is 16. I'm still tired so I fall asleep in the car. I wake up and notice that I'm leaning on Syrus. I quickly move my head and look around. We finally get home and I walk to my followed me.
"Nice room"he says
"Yea I'm getting another room"I say
"You are?"
"Its not going to be a room where I sleep. Its more of a place that I would hang out in"
"Cool. So do you know which room I'm staying in?"he asks
"Yea across from mine"I say walking to the room
"Cool guest room"he says looking around
I nod then walk back in my room. I grab my laptop and get online. Its only 6:30 and Lexi gets up at this time so I try my luck. I must have good luck because Lexi was on. I sent her a video request and she accepted it.
"Hey girl"she said. Lexi had her hair in a messy ponytail and she was tring to brush it out.
"Hey we picked up my mom's friend and her son"
"Ok on a scale from 1 to 10 how cute is he?"
"I'd say a 10"I said shrugging
"Really? He's that cute?"
"I guess. Now would I date him? Maybe"
"Cool! But you better watch out word on the street is that Alex is planning to ask you out"
"How do you find out these things?"
"I have my ways"she says smiling. I could hear her mom yelling at her in the background
"Crap. I got to go get ready. Imma text you when I have free period. Bye"
"Bye"I say logging
I look up at the vents. Maybe I should go there today. Yea I'm going up there. I walk downstairs.
"Hey mom can I go out for a morning walk?"I ask
"Sure but don't walk near your school. I don't want to hear the principal talk on and on about you skipping school"she says
"Yea mom"I say walking out
I close the door and slowly walk to the backyard. I lean on the wall and the circle opens. I crawl in and close the circle up. I climb up the ladder and finally make my way into the vents. I crawl towards Syrus's room. I crawl slowly and look down. He's talking on his phone.
"Ok and look she goes into her room and gets on her laptop and I hear her talking to her friend. She said that on a scale from 1 to 10 how cute am I and she said I'm a 10 and that she would maybe go out with me. How am I going to ask her out now thats what I need help with" He said
Wow he was planning on asking me out. Its awesome but I wonder why he wants to go out with me. I crawl back outside and close up the circle. I walk into the woods. Most people don't come here and I can only come when I'm not busy. I climb up a tree and lay on the branch. The sun is shinning and its peaceful. If I could freeze this moment I would.
Flashback:
"Mamma why are we here?"I ask
"I wanted to show you the woods"she stated
"Its very pretty mama"I say looking around
I walk over towards some rocks and sit down.
"Mama?"I ask
"Yes?"she says sitting next to me
"Why do the birds stop to listen when you sing?"
She looked at me and smiled. "I get it from my dad"
"I want to sing just like you when I get older"I say
I got up and climbed up a tree."I like this tree"I said
"I can see that. I might start calling you tree monkey"she says teasing me
I'm in the same tree that I climbed 9 years ago. I lay on it for a while longer then grab hold on a branch and flip over. I hang on to the branch then jump and grab another on thats lower to the ground. I finally jump down and land on my feet. I walk back to my house and open the door.
"Jasmine you got your skirt dirty!What happened to it?"she asked
"I was just climbing a tree no big deal"
She smiles at me and I just walk upstairs. I go into my room and lay on my bed. I hear someone come in my room and I have a clue who it is.
"Hello Syrus"I say not turning around
"How you know it was me?"he asks
"Just a lucky guess"I say turning around
He walks over and sits on my bed. "So whats up?"he asks
"Nothing just relaxing"I say laying back down
"You seem so tired"
"Well yea I had to wake up at 5am to pick you and your mom up"
I stand up and go in my closet and grab my guitar.
"You play the guitar?"he asks
"Yea and I play the keyboard. I kinda sing to but not often"I say while tuning my guitar.
"You know anyone would be lucky to go out with you"
"Yea right. My own crush told me that I'm not the least bit pretty"
"What an idiot. He just doesn't see what beautiful is"he says
I look up at him. Did he just call me beautiful? I mean I know he likes me but does he really think I'm beautiful?
"Whats your favorite song?"He asks me
"Defying Gravity form that play called Wicked" I say
"You wanna sing it for me"he says smiling
I look at him and roll my eyes."Fine let me find my keyboard" I say
I walk downstairs and look in the closet. I grab it and run up to my room.
"Ok if I suck at singing just tell me to stop"I say starting to play
Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by the rules
Of someone else's game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes and leap!
It's time to try defying gravity
I think I'll try defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye I am defying gravity
And you wont bring me down!I stop because I notice my mom and Annie listening.
"Great voice there. You sound just like your mom"Annie said
"I do?"I ask
"Yea you do"she says
My mom smiles at me and Annie smiles at me and Syrus is just looking at me like he just saw something amazing. My mom and Annie walk out and Syrus is still looking at me.
"Umm you ok there. You look like you are having a mini heart attack"I say laughing
"Yea yea I'm fine"he says unsure of himself
Its taking forever for him to ask me out. I mean maybe he convinced himself not to ask me out. Ughh, I think to much.
I put down my keyboard and grab my laptop. I start playing these games but I have to pause it because someone is video chatting me. It Lexi.
"Oh so you finally got that video chat app on your phone?"I said
"Yea I couldn't find it but guess whose with, my?"she says
"Umm... Jamie?"I say
"Yea! Melissa got mad today in class and she threw a tantrum"she say smiling
"She needs to grow up. No one likes a girl with an ugly personality"I say
"Hey who's that in the back ground?"
"Oh thats my mom's friends son Syrus"I say
"Oh yea thats the one that you would maybe date"she says
"I look at her and roll my eyes. Syrus probably heard what she said. "Whatever Lexi. You wanna come over so we can start decorating my room?"I ask
"Yea I'll bring Jamie. I'll see you after school"she says
"Bye"I say logging off
Syrus was just looking at me again. This is killing me can he just ask me out already. We just sit there looking at each other when I finally make a move.
I kissed him
Who's your two favorite characters? Ya'll have some guesses on who will die but sadly your guesses are wrong. That chapter when the person dies will most likely be chapter 18. One of ya'll said that Johanna and one of Peeta's workers should date. I like that idea so I will do that. Thanks for Reading and Reviewing my story. :)