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taken me so long to update. I have two chapters done and hopefully, since I
know what the gist of the 12th chapter will be, it won't take me long,
however I am taking more classes this semester so I don't know much time I
will have. Thanks again for the wonderful reviews everyone!! Ok on with
the story, hope you all like it!
Chapter 9:
Allison took her time getting out of bed Monday morning, she figured her parent's probably wouldn't even make a big deal out of her not going to school, but she knew she would have to face Andrew et all sometime. She slowly climbed out of bed and walked to her mirror. The bump on her head had grown just a bit and still hurt. Allison decided to wear her hair the same way she always had, to cover it up and pulled out her favorite baggy black sweater and dark denim jeans, she decided to leave her makeup the way Claire had done it since she did feel better without all black junk.
Andrew had also thought of staying home but his father drug him out of bed early to go eat a big breakfast at the local diner and to "discuss" what went wrong at the meet. After breakfast, Andrew's dad dropped him off at school so he could work out s little while. After showering and changing, Andrew went to his locker. People had started to come in but the halls weren't completely full yet. Andrew got the book he needed for his first class. After shoving all his stuff into his locker, he heard voice behind him.
Claire: I'm sure you enjoyed the rest of your weekend. Andrew: (sarcastically) Oh yeah it was a blast. You? Claire: Thrilling, you talk to Allison? Andrew: No, I tried calling a few times but. I'm sure you haven't talked to John. Claire: No, man how in the world did all this happen in a day?
Andrew shrugs and shuts his locker shut, they then see Brian walking down the hall, Brian is just as startled as Claire and Andrew and he stops.
Brian: Uh, hey you guys. Andrew and Claire: Hey Claire: Um. how was your weekend Brian? Brian: Oh uh well, it was ok, had to study you know but, how was the both of yours? Claire: Oh.you know ok/ Andrew: Yeah. Brian: Oh well that's.good. Oh uh thanks for the invite to the party, it was .interesting, (Brian catches himself) AND when I say interesting I mean, well I mean. Andy: Yeah we know.
Brian gives a nervous smile. Behind Brian comes his friend Ben.
Ben Brian! Hey you were supposed to meet me in front of my locker. Brian: Oh yeah, sorry, uh you know Andrew Clark and Claire Standish? Ben (puzzled): You do? Brian: Yeah we uh met Saturday in detention. Ben (tries to hide a smile): Oh really? Brian: Yeah (To Andrew and Claire) maybe see you guys around? Andrew (tries to hide his lack o confidence): Yeah. Brian: Ok Bye (drags Ben away)
Andrew does a sweep of the halls looking for Allison, but doesn't see her.
Andrew (sighs): I'm gonna go to class, you coming? Claire: I gotta go get my book, Mrs. Green blew a fuse last time I forgot it. Andrew: Right, See you in a few. Claire: Yeah.
Claire walks to her locker and gets her book; she looks up and down the hallway for John. She figured he'd be late or not show up but she still kind of hoped he'd be there. Shutting her locker, Claire walked slowly to class.
~~~ After what Andrew considered, the longest and most boring morning of classes ever, he made it out into the courtyard behind the school, where a lot of people hung out at lunchtime. Andrew was surprised but instantly got caught sight of Allison in the far corner, jamming something into her bag. It looked like she had gone back to what she looked like before what Claire had done, she had a baggy sweater on and her hair was in her face. Andrew honestly didn't care, he loved her hair away from her face because he thought she had a beautiful face and he loved seeing it but Andrew knew there was much more than her pretty face though, even though he hadn't quite figured her all out yet. All he hoped for now was that he get a chance too.
Andrew walked closer to her.
Andrew: Allison.
Allison looked up and walked past Andrew. Andrew went after her.
Andrew: Allison! Will you just stop?
He got a hold of her hand and turned her around. On closer inspection, he seen through her hair and that she had left her makeup the same.
Allison: (taking her hand away from him) Get your hands off me. Andrew: Well I want to talk to you. Allison: There's nothing to say. Go talk to that little sleaze that was all over you Saturday night. Andrew: Nothing went on with Sarah ok? We were just talking. Alison: Oh right. Andrew: Look ok, she likes me but I don't like her like her. not in the way I like you. Allison: Why should I believe you? Andrew: Because, I wouldn't lie to you. Allison: Really? You care about me that much after 2 days? Andrew: Yes, C'mon you know we, all of us, got to know each other pretty well Saturday.
Allison looks behind and Andrew and sees Stubby and a couple of his other friends who were at the party joking around.
Allison: What have you told your friends? Andrew: About what? Allison: About what?! About Saturday, about . us? Andrew: Well uh. Allison: You haven't told them anything yet have you? Andrew: Well um I haven't gotten a good chance to. Allison (nods toward Stubby and the others) Well here it is Andrew. Go tell them everything.
Andrew turns and looks to see them all. His heart kept telling him to run over there and just do it, but as hard as he tried, he had to admit to himself, he was scared.
Allison: That's exactly what I though Sporto.
She turns on her heel and leaves.
Andrew (turns back around); Wait! Please.
Stubby comes up behind Andrew: Hey Clark! Who was the weird chick? Andrew: What? Stubby: The weird chick, C'mon don't tell me you've lowered your standards. Andrew (voce monotone, now icily staring at Stubby): That's Allison, the girl I brought to the party. Stubby: That's her?! Man, what happen you dump her and she go psycho on you? Good thing dude, with the way she was looking, she would've destroyed your reputation in no time. Plus after the last meet, you need to focus on wrestling anyways.
Something inside of Andrew just snapped then. He knew his friends were jerks and could be a pain. But right then he forgot about being scared.
Andrew: Oh man shut up! Stubby: Excuse me?! Andrew: You heard me! I'm sick and tired of this! First of all, get it through your head that wrestling isn't that important anymore ok? And I'm sick and tired of you and my dad and everyone else telling me how it should be my whole life! 2nd of all, take my reputation and shove it ok? Allison was the one to dump me! And you know, I can't say I blame her but let me tell you know, I like her a lot, hey who knows I might in love with her! You know she knows me better than any of you do. You know what she said? That I do whatever anyone tells me to do, and she was right. So let e tell you I'm tired of it!
Stubby and the little crowd of their friends that had gathered just stared at Andrew, as if he had just became a alien in front of their eyes.
Stubby (with a smirky smile): That weird looking freak did a number on you didn't she.
Andrew thinking this would be the only way of getting through to him, dropped his books and hit Stubby. Stubby stumbled and then gave Andrew a dirty look. He rubbed his jaw for a second and then hit Andrew back right in his eye.
Stubby: You must be as crazy as that chick! Let me know when your brain grows back ok?
With that Stubby left.
The little crowd just stayed hushed and stared at Andrew, Andrew feeling the pain knew his eye was going to blacken but didn't care. He picked up his stuff and left the courtyard.
Chapter 9:
Allison took her time getting out of bed Monday morning, she figured her parent's probably wouldn't even make a big deal out of her not going to school, but she knew she would have to face Andrew et all sometime. She slowly climbed out of bed and walked to her mirror. The bump on her head had grown just a bit and still hurt. Allison decided to wear her hair the same way she always had, to cover it up and pulled out her favorite baggy black sweater and dark denim jeans, she decided to leave her makeup the way Claire had done it since she did feel better without all black junk.
Andrew had also thought of staying home but his father drug him out of bed early to go eat a big breakfast at the local diner and to "discuss" what went wrong at the meet. After breakfast, Andrew's dad dropped him off at school so he could work out s little while. After showering and changing, Andrew went to his locker. People had started to come in but the halls weren't completely full yet. Andrew got the book he needed for his first class. After shoving all his stuff into his locker, he heard voice behind him.
Claire: I'm sure you enjoyed the rest of your weekend. Andrew: (sarcastically) Oh yeah it was a blast. You? Claire: Thrilling, you talk to Allison? Andrew: No, I tried calling a few times but. I'm sure you haven't talked to John. Claire: No, man how in the world did all this happen in a day?
Andrew shrugs and shuts his locker shut, they then see Brian walking down the hall, Brian is just as startled as Claire and Andrew and he stops.
Brian: Uh, hey you guys. Andrew and Claire: Hey Claire: Um. how was your weekend Brian? Brian: Oh uh well, it was ok, had to study you know but, how was the both of yours? Claire: Oh.you know ok/ Andrew: Yeah. Brian: Oh well that's.good. Oh uh thanks for the invite to the party, it was .interesting, (Brian catches himself) AND when I say interesting I mean, well I mean. Andy: Yeah we know.
Brian gives a nervous smile. Behind Brian comes his friend Ben.
Ben Brian! Hey you were supposed to meet me in front of my locker. Brian: Oh yeah, sorry, uh you know Andrew Clark and Claire Standish? Ben (puzzled): You do? Brian: Yeah we uh met Saturday in detention. Ben (tries to hide a smile): Oh really? Brian: Yeah (To Andrew and Claire) maybe see you guys around? Andrew (tries to hide his lack o confidence): Yeah. Brian: Ok Bye (drags Ben away)
Andrew does a sweep of the halls looking for Allison, but doesn't see her.
Andrew (sighs): I'm gonna go to class, you coming? Claire: I gotta go get my book, Mrs. Green blew a fuse last time I forgot it. Andrew: Right, See you in a few. Claire: Yeah.
Claire walks to her locker and gets her book; she looks up and down the hallway for John. She figured he'd be late or not show up but she still kind of hoped he'd be there. Shutting her locker, Claire walked slowly to class.
~~~ After what Andrew considered, the longest and most boring morning of classes ever, he made it out into the courtyard behind the school, where a lot of people hung out at lunchtime. Andrew was surprised but instantly got caught sight of Allison in the far corner, jamming something into her bag. It looked like she had gone back to what she looked like before what Claire had done, she had a baggy sweater on and her hair was in her face. Andrew honestly didn't care, he loved her hair away from her face because he thought she had a beautiful face and he loved seeing it but Andrew knew there was much more than her pretty face though, even though he hadn't quite figured her all out yet. All he hoped for now was that he get a chance too.
Andrew walked closer to her.
Andrew: Allison.
Allison looked up and walked past Andrew. Andrew went after her.
Andrew: Allison! Will you just stop?
He got a hold of her hand and turned her around. On closer inspection, he seen through her hair and that she had left her makeup the same.
Allison: (taking her hand away from him) Get your hands off me. Andrew: Well I want to talk to you. Allison: There's nothing to say. Go talk to that little sleaze that was all over you Saturday night. Andrew: Nothing went on with Sarah ok? We were just talking. Alison: Oh right. Andrew: Look ok, she likes me but I don't like her like her. not in the way I like you. Allison: Why should I believe you? Andrew: Because, I wouldn't lie to you. Allison: Really? You care about me that much after 2 days? Andrew: Yes, C'mon you know we, all of us, got to know each other pretty well Saturday.
Allison looks behind and Andrew and sees Stubby and a couple of his other friends who were at the party joking around.
Allison: What have you told your friends? Andrew: About what? Allison: About what?! About Saturday, about . us? Andrew: Well uh. Allison: You haven't told them anything yet have you? Andrew: Well um I haven't gotten a good chance to. Allison (nods toward Stubby and the others) Well here it is Andrew. Go tell them everything.
Andrew turns and looks to see them all. His heart kept telling him to run over there and just do it, but as hard as he tried, he had to admit to himself, he was scared.
Allison: That's exactly what I though Sporto.
She turns on her heel and leaves.
Andrew (turns back around); Wait! Please.
Stubby comes up behind Andrew: Hey Clark! Who was the weird chick? Andrew: What? Stubby: The weird chick, C'mon don't tell me you've lowered your standards. Andrew (voce monotone, now icily staring at Stubby): That's Allison, the girl I brought to the party. Stubby: That's her?! Man, what happen you dump her and she go psycho on you? Good thing dude, with the way she was looking, she would've destroyed your reputation in no time. Plus after the last meet, you need to focus on wrestling anyways.
Something inside of Andrew just snapped then. He knew his friends were jerks and could be a pain. But right then he forgot about being scared.
Andrew: Oh man shut up! Stubby: Excuse me?! Andrew: You heard me! I'm sick and tired of this! First of all, get it through your head that wrestling isn't that important anymore ok? And I'm sick and tired of you and my dad and everyone else telling me how it should be my whole life! 2nd of all, take my reputation and shove it ok? Allison was the one to dump me! And you know, I can't say I blame her but let me tell you know, I like her a lot, hey who knows I might in love with her! You know she knows me better than any of you do. You know what she said? That I do whatever anyone tells me to do, and she was right. So let e tell you I'm tired of it!
Stubby and the little crowd of their friends that had gathered just stared at Andrew, as if he had just became a alien in front of their eyes.
Stubby (with a smirky smile): That weird looking freak did a number on you didn't she.
Andrew thinking this would be the only way of getting through to him, dropped his books and hit Stubby. Stubby stumbled and then gave Andrew a dirty look. He rubbed his jaw for a second and then hit Andrew back right in his eye.
Stubby: You must be as crazy as that chick! Let me know when your brain grows back ok?
With that Stubby left.
The little crowd just stayed hushed and stared at Andrew, Andrew feeling the pain knew his eye was going to blacken but didn't care. He picked up his stuff and left the courtyard.
