Chapter Three

Casey and Sarah walked out of the nurses office.

They walked in an strange silence for awhile until Sarah broke it.

"So you get a bloody nose and I get a broken finger, so unfair!" She sighed dramatically.

Casey laughed, "Least you got your broken finger for standing up for someone… Not being stuffed into a dumpster." She looked Casey in the eyes, she could see all his emotions clearly. Anger, hurt, innocence. Yes the innocence shines through. Sarah thought smiling.

"What? What are you smiling at?" Casey asked confused.

"Oh, nothing I was just thinking." She was still smiling and now trying to stifle a laugh.

"Okay, so what class are you going to now?" He asked looking ahead.

"Uh, Biology. And then History… Why?" She was now staring at her shoelaces. And Casey noticed her nodding off into her own little world.

"Cause, I have History and Biology too." Casey and Sarah turned towards they're lockers.

"So I guess we'll be seeing a lot of each other, huh?" Casey nodded as he tried to get his lock number correct.

"Locker number?" Casey glanced up.

"258. Yours?"

"260. Meh, we'll surely be seeing a lot of each other now!" She smiled at Casey which he in turn blushed.

"Yeah, guess so." Casey was now grinning at the sight before him.

"What? What is it?" Sarah asked him, she couldn't help but grin along.

"I think Delilah just had an accident with her drink, because she has the hugest water stain all over her pants." He was trying so hard not to laugh.

Just then Zeke walked past them, turning noticing a new face he smiled at Sarah.

"Hello." Sarah merely smiled back and replied with,

"Ah, hello." Casey looked at the two of them with a hint of jealousy.

"Um, Zeke… No you cannot target her for your next scat victim."

"Yeah, I'm clean, man!" Sarah replied to Zeke now glaring face, "May I ask why your glaring?"

"Just since I blew up my car in the little "accident" with Mary Beth and her whole "Alien" encounter I have been needing to buy a new car, which means, I need to get more customers to pay for that new car."

"Mary-beth? Aliens? I'm being left out here!" Sarah said glancing between Casey and Zeke which they both exchanged weird looks with each other.

"You've never heard about the alien invasion we had here?" Zeke asked shocked.

"God, that's amazing! The media milked that thing dry for the longest time." Casey replied reminiscing about when he used to be popular… It was very short lived.

"Really? Mary-Beth, Aliens, Media… Interesting." Sarah was barely audible. Yeah, she had heard about the whole story and everything… But she didn't want to help boost some guy's ego she hardly knew. Plus, she also wanted the inside scoop… First she had been scared when her dad's job transferred him here. But just being here a day and she already was having a fun time.

The bell rang signaling five minutes before they had to be in they're respectable places.

"Well I guess we'll see you around Zeke." Casey started to walk towards Biology.

"Yeah, See ya round Zeke."

"Yup, bye. Nice meeting you." Zeke turned as he noticed he had a customer.

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(After school.)

The rest of the day went without a hitch. It was great, the whole time Casey hadn't been bullied, (Well aside from being shoved into the dumpster in the lunch yard, and racked into the flag pole, that is.)

Casey and Sarah departed, and began to walk home. Sarah saw that black car that she had seen earlier. It was driving slowly right beside her, so she tried to ignore it. God knows what might happen if she looked. The horn honked and it made Sarah jump. The guy inside the car rolled down his window smiling.

"Hey! Need a ride?" It was Zeke.

"Zeke! You scared the shit outta me! I thought you were some perverted jock who wanted something…else." Sarah replied smiling. "Sure, I'd love the ride."

She hopped into Zeke's car and he squealed the tires, (Most liking to show off. As we all know guys do…) And they we're off down the street in no time. They had now been driving a few blocks and Sarah was wondering when Zeke was gonna ask her where she lived.

"Um, Zeke, are you going to take me home or abducted me?" Sarah smirked.

"Oh! Uh, dude… That totally slipped my mind. Yeah, so where do you live?"

"295 W. Maple street." Sarah glanced at Zeke and then looked out the window.

"You know, I'm driving you home, and I don't even know your name." Zeke grinned.

"Oh, you have got to be kidding! It's my turn to forget, huh?" Zeke nodded.

"My name's Sarah Jennings." Zeke pulled up to Sarah's house and got out and opened her door.

"Well, here is your stop, lady… And I hope to see you again tomorrow." Zeke was grinning like a mad man while saying this.

"Of course good sir. And I thank you most humbly for the ride." She said following suit.

"Oh it was my pleasure." And with that Zeke hopped back into the car.

"See at school tomorrow?" He asked.

"Most definitely! Because if I didn't… It would be illegal!" She smiled as Zeke chuckled.

"Well, til tomorrow." And with that Zeke was gone… With the smell of burnt rubber left behind.