Annabelle rolled over as her alarm clock began to beep louder. She slammed her hand onto the off button and slowly sat up in her bed. She walked into her bathroom and turned the shower on and patiently waited for the water to reach the perfect temperature. She took a twenty-five minute shower and then hurried to finish getting ready. She put extra makeup on and made sure her long brown hair was perfectly curled. She grabbed a slice of toast that her aunt had made for her before hurrying out the front door.
She walked her usual route to school and was perfectly happy except she had planned to talk to K.C. today and that made her nervous. K.C. had quickly became a friend and she hated to loose that over something so stupid. She knew that his feelings were probably more of an infatuation than anything else. She listened to him unlike any of his other friends. Annabelle approached the school as she saw K.C. walk into the main entrance. She waved over at Adam before running after K.C.
"K.C.!" She said as she hurried up behind him.
"What do you want?" He didn't even turn to look at her. He only kept walking down the hallway.
"We need to talk K.C." She grabbed his arm and forced him to look at her.
"Fine. Talk." He said shortly.
"I want us to move past what happened and just be friends." She said quickly.
K.C. looked around awkwardly. "It was a mistake."
Annabelle nodded her head and bit her lip, "I need to be your friend K.C. You're the only friend I have besides Adam and Clare. You were like my escape from those two." She laughed quietly.
"How could I possibly not be your friend after that." K.C. said with his usual smirk.
Annabelle extended her hand to him with a smile. "So friends?"
He happily took her hand and shook it gently. "Friends."
Annabelle and K.C. walked to their class together and took their appropriate seats. Annabelle smiled over at Adam briefly before the teacher called for their attention to be at the front of the classroom. Annabelle was extremely happy. She had K.C. back as her friend and Adam as her boyfriend once again. What more could she ask for? Clare. She needed to talk to Clare. Annabelle hadn't really been talking to Clare during the feud with Adam, so that was her next mission. Operation Apologize to Clare Edwards.
The class flew by and soon the bell was ringing it was time for class change. Annabelle stood up slowly and waited for Adam to join her by her desk.
"Hey." He said with a smile as he pick her bag up from the floor with her.
"Sorry about this morning. I had to talk to K.C." She said nervously. She knew Adam wasn't happy with what he had done, but she also knew he was going to have to accept him as her friend.
"And how'd that go?" He said sincerely.
"We're friends again." She smiled widely as Adam opened the gym door for her.
"Great." He said sarcastically.
"Hey! I'm happy about it Adam." She looked at him with a fake pout on her face.
"Okay okay." He laughed quietly as they as down on the bleachers.
"Now I've got to talk to Clare." She said sadly.
"And Eli." He added.
"I honestly don't think Eli even cares, Adam." She shook her head.
"He actually does." Adam told her honestly.
"Why?" She asked curiously.
"You were related to Julia, Annabelle." He took in a deep breath.
"I understand." She nodded her head and loudly exhaled.
The teacher whistled for their attention to start the activity of the day. Annabelle had more important things like apologized to Eli and Clare. She was nervous about it, but she knew that hopefully they would understand. The class dragged by for what felt like hours before the bell finally rang. Annabelle hurried out the door with Adam to wait for Clare and Eli to come to the lunch table.
"Clare!" Annabelle said as Clare came into view.
Clare smiled slightly. "So you're talking to me again."
"Listen, I'm sorry but I was upset and I couldn't even talk to you unless Adam was around." Annabelle was honest with Clare, she had no reason to be anything but honest.
"Annabelle you don't have to explain." Clare said nicely.
"Please say we're okay." Annabelle said nervously.
"We're fine." Clare smiled to her friend and they exchanged a friendly hug.
Annabelle turned to Eli, "And I'm sorry Eli for being like that."
Eli nodded head and a smirk spread across his face. "Water under the bridge."
The four of them went to the lunch table and ate lunch quickly after the friendly talk. Annabelle was happy and she knew she wanted her friends to come over to her house, but their was one problem. Her aunt and uncle would instantly recognize Eli, therefore, she knew she'd have to tell them about Eli first. She prepared her thoughts as she last bell rang and she sprang to her feet. She waved to Adam as she started the walk to her house. The talk Annabelle had been dreading was going to happen in only minutes.
'Don't screw this up' Kept repeating in her head.
A/n: Please review! I don't know how I like this chapter. but it'll do(:
