Chapter 6
It was Monday morning; I was walking to school with Jo-Anne.
"Did your schedule change? Mine did," I said.
"Nope it's the same." She said holding her books against her chest.
"I have first period English now, and third period Art, but the rest is the same"
"Oh, I think Teddy has first period English"
"With Mr. White?"
"Yea, that's him . . . I think" she said. "There's a dance on Friday, are you gonna go?"
"I don't know, I'll be sixteen on Friday. Besides I'm not going, unless all of us are going, and I don't know about Michelle and Patricia." I said and teddy pulled up in his car. "I see you got your tire fixed."
"Yeah, "he said, "wanna ride?"
"Sure," Jo-Anne said and hopped in.
"No thanks, I'm not enthusiastic about going back to school," I said.
"Ok, see you later," Teddy said and they drove off.
"Guess I'll walk alone," I said to my self.
"You don't have to do that, I can walk with you, " it was Chris, he walked up to me. "You walk fast for someone who's not enthusiastic"
I shrugged.
"You ok?" he looked concerned, and put his arm around me.
"Jeremy and I didn't talk to each other yet,"
"Why do care so much for a asshole like him?"
"I don't know . . . he was different before, not like he is now." I said and it got silent.
"So you going to the dance?" he said.
"Unless I can find a date for Michelle and Patricia I'm not."
"What if, I can find dates for them, would you go?" he asked.
"Of course! Who do you do you have in mind for them?"
"Gordie and Vern of course, " he said. "Vern likes Patricia, so that won't be so hard,"
"And Michelle thinks Gordie is cute, so that'll work" I said.
"Jessica?"
"Do me a favor, don't call me Jessica, call me Jessi or Jess, or even Ica! But never Jessica," I said.
"Jess?"
"Yes?"
"Will you go to the dance with me?" he said and we stopped walking.
I looked at him as if he asked me to marry him. "Yes"
"Great!" he said happily and put his arm back around me. We started walking again and we soon reached the school campus. Chris had his arm around me and he walked me to my locker. I could already hear the rumors around me. I know that people in this town don't like Chris or his family much, but that's because they don't know him. They assume that he's just like his family, one of those "no good Chambers kids".
"I'll see you later, Chris?" I said walking into the direction of my class.
"Not if I see your first" he said with a smirk and went to go met up with Gordie. The bell rang and I was late for English. I walked into the Classroom and handed a note to Mr. White.
"Hello, Miss. Maxwell, just find an empty seat and get started on your bell work" Mr. White said. There was an empty seat next to Teddy so I took it. I took out a piece of paper and wrote on it and then handed it to Teddy. (A/n: teddy's parts are in bold italics, and Jessi's are in regular italics.)
I'm going in to the dance with Chris, Are you doing to the dance with Jo-Anne?
She says you won't go unless you find dates for
Michelle and Patricia, did you?
Chris is going to help me, we're going to get Vern to
Ask Patricia, and Gordie to ask Michelle.
That should work.
I got through the class with out falling asleep, which was hard. I went to my second period and third, and then to lunch. I met up with Jo-Anne, Patricia, and Michelle at the table where we usually sit.
"I'm going to go to the dance with Chris." I said.
"Teddy asked me," Jo-Anne said.
"What about us?" Michelle said speaking for herself and Patricia.
"I've got something planned." I said and the three, most preppy girls came to our table. You know the type, the popular rich kids, who expect everyone to treat them as if they were royalty.
"Chad Johnson wants to ask you to the dance, what should I tell him?" Ashley, the leader of their pack said.
"You can tell him that I already have a date, " I said not even looking at her.
"Yeah I hear she's going with that Chambers guy," one of them whispered to the other.
"I saw them at the movies" the other replied.
"His name is Chris," I said.
"YOU were at the movies with CHRIS?" Ashley said snapping loudly on her gum, "I would never be seen with trash like that," she said looking at her nails.
I stood up in front of her, and looked her in the eyes "take it back" my hand formed into a fist.
"What are you going to do if I don't?" he said and her two 'faithful monkeys' stood behind her giggling.
With out a second thought, I punched her, hard, and she fell on her knees. Now people had gathered around us and started chanting 'fight, fight, fight'. Michelle was holding me back as I tried to escape her grip, but couldn't.
Ashley got back onto her feet, "No wonder your brother beat the shit out of you," she mumbled and Michelle let go. I jumped on top of her and she fought back slapping and fighting back like a pussy, I got a few good punches in and someone pulled me off. I didn't see who it was, but the next thing I knew, I was sitting outside the principle's office.
It was Monday morning; I was walking to school with Jo-Anne.
"Did your schedule change? Mine did," I said.
"Nope it's the same." She said holding her books against her chest.
"I have first period English now, and third period Art, but the rest is the same"
"Oh, I think Teddy has first period English"
"With Mr. White?"
"Yea, that's him . . . I think" she said. "There's a dance on Friday, are you gonna go?"
"I don't know, I'll be sixteen on Friday. Besides I'm not going, unless all of us are going, and I don't know about Michelle and Patricia." I said and teddy pulled up in his car. "I see you got your tire fixed."
"Yeah, "he said, "wanna ride?"
"Sure," Jo-Anne said and hopped in.
"No thanks, I'm not enthusiastic about going back to school," I said.
"Ok, see you later," Teddy said and they drove off.
"Guess I'll walk alone," I said to my self.
"You don't have to do that, I can walk with you, " it was Chris, he walked up to me. "You walk fast for someone who's not enthusiastic"
I shrugged.
"You ok?" he looked concerned, and put his arm around me.
"Jeremy and I didn't talk to each other yet,"
"Why do care so much for a asshole like him?"
"I don't know . . . he was different before, not like he is now." I said and it got silent.
"So you going to the dance?" he said.
"Unless I can find a date for Michelle and Patricia I'm not."
"What if, I can find dates for them, would you go?" he asked.
"Of course! Who do you do you have in mind for them?"
"Gordie and Vern of course, " he said. "Vern likes Patricia, so that won't be so hard,"
"And Michelle thinks Gordie is cute, so that'll work" I said.
"Jessica?"
"Do me a favor, don't call me Jessica, call me Jessi or Jess, or even Ica! But never Jessica," I said.
"Jess?"
"Yes?"
"Will you go to the dance with me?" he said and we stopped walking.
I looked at him as if he asked me to marry him. "Yes"
"Great!" he said happily and put his arm back around me. We started walking again and we soon reached the school campus. Chris had his arm around me and he walked me to my locker. I could already hear the rumors around me. I know that people in this town don't like Chris or his family much, but that's because they don't know him. They assume that he's just like his family, one of those "no good Chambers kids".
"I'll see you later, Chris?" I said walking into the direction of my class.
"Not if I see your first" he said with a smirk and went to go met up with Gordie. The bell rang and I was late for English. I walked into the Classroom and handed a note to Mr. White.
"Hello, Miss. Maxwell, just find an empty seat and get started on your bell work" Mr. White said. There was an empty seat next to Teddy so I took it. I took out a piece of paper and wrote on it and then handed it to Teddy. (A/n: teddy's parts are in bold italics, and Jessi's are in regular italics.)
I'm going in to the dance with Chris, Are you doing to the dance with Jo-Anne?
She says you won't go unless you find dates for
Michelle and Patricia, did you?
Chris is going to help me, we're going to get Vern to
Ask Patricia, and Gordie to ask Michelle.
That should work.
I got through the class with out falling asleep, which was hard. I went to my second period and third, and then to lunch. I met up with Jo-Anne, Patricia, and Michelle at the table where we usually sit.
"I'm going to go to the dance with Chris." I said.
"Teddy asked me," Jo-Anne said.
"What about us?" Michelle said speaking for herself and Patricia.
"I've got something planned." I said and the three, most preppy girls came to our table. You know the type, the popular rich kids, who expect everyone to treat them as if they were royalty.
"Chad Johnson wants to ask you to the dance, what should I tell him?" Ashley, the leader of their pack said.
"You can tell him that I already have a date, " I said not even looking at her.
"Yeah I hear she's going with that Chambers guy," one of them whispered to the other.
"I saw them at the movies" the other replied.
"His name is Chris," I said.
"YOU were at the movies with CHRIS?" Ashley said snapping loudly on her gum, "I would never be seen with trash like that," she said looking at her nails.
I stood up in front of her, and looked her in the eyes "take it back" my hand formed into a fist.
"What are you going to do if I don't?" he said and her two 'faithful monkeys' stood behind her giggling.
With out a second thought, I punched her, hard, and she fell on her knees. Now people had gathered around us and started chanting 'fight, fight, fight'. Michelle was holding me back as I tried to escape her grip, but couldn't.
Ashley got back onto her feet, "No wonder your brother beat the shit out of you," she mumbled and Michelle let go. I jumped on top of her and she fought back slapping and fighting back like a pussy, I got a few good punches in and someone pulled me off. I didn't see who it was, but the next thing I knew, I was sitting outside the principle's office.
