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Can't Stay Away
Julia turned around, ready to snap back to the offender, but when she saw who had called out to her, her jaw immediately dropped to the floor. Standing in front of her, was her old best friend, Adam Dunn, who had moved to California before 7th grade. They had gone out until then, and he was what caused her unsteady track record with relationships. And the fact that her father deserted her and her mother the day after her 7th birthday.
Julia flung herself into Adam's arms. It reminded her so much of home, that her heart longed to be back in Rhode Island. She missed the color changing leaves, and cool mornings with frost layering the green grass. She missed trees, large masses of trees. Most of all, she missed her life.
"Adam?! What are you doing here?!" Julia yelled as she pulled away from him, Adam looking astonished to see his love in front of his eyes.
"Julia, is that you? What did you do to your hair- - wait. Why are you here?" Adam asked. So many things ran through his mind, that he couldn't comprehend everything. Julia was just smiling away. Adam had always loved her smile. It wasn't because it was so picturesque. It was because it reminded you of the glory of life. Some teeth overlapped each other in a way that reminded him of the days when they were young and it would take the ice cream guy five minutes to realize they were chasing him waving money to get ice cream, not for the amusement of it all.
"Yes, its me. I dyed my hair, and I moved here in August. I didn't know you went here!" Julia exclaimed. Every horrible thought about Gordo flooded out of her head, and she snapped into realization, that now her and Adam were acquainted once again, they could pick up where they had left off back in Lil' Rhody. But Adam wasn't thinking the same thing as her apparently, because a thin red head had slipped into the arms of Adam. Her Adam. The small girl's smile faded away as she realized the tension between the three.
"Uh, Adam? Who is that?" The small girl asked. She must have had the powers of reading minds, because Julia was thinking the same thing. "Yeah, who is she, Adam?" Julia asked folding her arms across her chest. She looked at Adam in disbelief. She never thought he'd get a girlfriend. Especially because they had never officially broken up when he left.
Adam was looking like a cork that was too big for it's bottle top. His face was getting very red, and nervous beads of sweat were making there was down his neck, like they always did when he was nervous.
"Um, Alexis, this is Julia Felter. And Julia, this is Alexis Carver. Julia is my friend from Rhode Island," he said calmly to Alexis. She nodded. A friend...just a friend? Julia felt like she was going to kill him. "And my little Lexi here is my, my girlfriend." Lexi was Adam's pet name for her. Alexis smiled uncontrollably. She was wearing a cheerleading vest, which indicated she was a cheerleader.
"Just great, I hate cheerleaders..." Julia thought. She gritted her teeth together and forced a smile. A very stiff smile.
"Well honey, I have to get to class now. Nice meeting you...eeh, oh yeah. Julia. Bye!" Alexis said as she hopped off, her sparkly ponytail bouncing along with her. As Alexis turned the corner, Julia turned on Adam.
"Hey! What was that look for?!" Adam exclaimed, surprised. It was a miracle to her that he didn't know what 'that look' was all about. Julia just stood in disbelief, her arms hanging like dead weight.
"I can't believe this. When had we decided to 'see other people' Adam? Don't you care about us at all? Or does, 'Lexi', mean more to you now? Cause if that's the way this works, that's fine. Just don't expect me to come back to you when she's off with the friggin' quarterback!" Julia held in, wanting to burst with her frustration. Adam was looking at her.
"You mean, all this time. You were waiting around, for me?" Adam asked, Unable to believe it.
"Well, yeah. We never officially broke up, did we?"
"I don't know. We were just so far apart...and come on Julie. We were in different area codes. Thousand miles apart. I don't know, I just figured what you didn't know couldn't hurt you," He said finally. He was looking at his feet the entire time, but managed to get a quick glimpse at her. She didn't seem too upset, which was odd, because Julia was always the drama queen.
"Fine," Julia said after she thought over it a bit. Adam snapped his attention to her, quickly.
"Fine...?" He said skeptically. He wondered what was going on in her mind.
"Yeah, fine. Not to surprise you, but I don't need you in my life to function," she said as she walked away feeling horrible. What if she did need Adam in her life? And what if she wanted to stay with him?
- - - - - - -
Lizzie sat uncomfortably at Will's table. She was being ignored for the most part, except for the occasional game of 20 questions on why Will Harter had invited her to their table. She was alone at that table, because all Will seemed interested in was talking about strategy for Homecoming. So it left Lizzie to play with the pizza crust left on her plate. She was about to get up to throw the remains away, when she heard someone to the left of her say her name.
Lizzie turned around in her seat to see Gordo standing awkwardly with his hands in his pockets.
"Yeah?" She asked, surprised. "Oh god," She thought. What were Will and his friends going to think if she got up and left them? She didn't want to embarrass herself.
"I need to talk to you," he said sincerely. Lizzie gathered up all the courage she had left in herself. "Come on McGuire, he did it to you, you can do it to him," she finished to herself.
"No, Gordo. Not anymore. Plus, can't you see I'm busy here?" Lizzie added. Gordo looked between the pizza crust and Lizzie, and smirked. It faded quickly.
"Come on, Lizzie. I need to tell- -" Gordo was cut off.
"Hey, you heard her. She's busy. Get lost, kid," Will said. He now had his long arm around Lizzie's small shoulders. She felt a shiver run down her spine at his mere touch. It was then she knew she had done the right thing.
- - - - - - Gordo approached his own table, feeling defeated. He had never felt so humiliated in his life. Maybe he had, but this made a dent. Miranda looked up at him, curiously.
"What did she say?" Miranda asked.
"Uh, she told me she was busy. Then Mr. Stud muffin, Will, over there told me to get lost."
Miranda's expression showed extreme pity, but Gordo didn't need that. "Ouch," she said. "Hey, earlier, I heard you talking to yourself. Can you please explain that to me?"
"Oh no, oh no..." Gordo thought panicked. "Do you remember what I said?"
Miranda's eyes were clearly amused. He just wished it had nothing to do with his daydream earlier...
"Well, it may be a little fuzzy, but went along the lines of, 'Elizabeth McGuire, one day I will marry you."
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Can't Stay Away
Julia turned around, ready to snap back to the offender, but when she saw who had called out to her, her jaw immediately dropped to the floor. Standing in front of her, was her old best friend, Adam Dunn, who had moved to California before 7th grade. They had gone out until then, and he was what caused her unsteady track record with relationships. And the fact that her father deserted her and her mother the day after her 7th birthday.
Julia flung herself into Adam's arms. It reminded her so much of home, that her heart longed to be back in Rhode Island. She missed the color changing leaves, and cool mornings with frost layering the green grass. She missed trees, large masses of trees. Most of all, she missed her life.
"Adam?! What are you doing here?!" Julia yelled as she pulled away from him, Adam looking astonished to see his love in front of his eyes.
"Julia, is that you? What did you do to your hair- - wait. Why are you here?" Adam asked. So many things ran through his mind, that he couldn't comprehend everything. Julia was just smiling away. Adam had always loved her smile. It wasn't because it was so picturesque. It was because it reminded you of the glory of life. Some teeth overlapped each other in a way that reminded him of the days when they were young and it would take the ice cream guy five minutes to realize they were chasing him waving money to get ice cream, not for the amusement of it all.
"Yes, its me. I dyed my hair, and I moved here in August. I didn't know you went here!" Julia exclaimed. Every horrible thought about Gordo flooded out of her head, and she snapped into realization, that now her and Adam were acquainted once again, they could pick up where they had left off back in Lil' Rhody. But Adam wasn't thinking the same thing as her apparently, because a thin red head had slipped into the arms of Adam. Her Adam. The small girl's smile faded away as she realized the tension between the three.
"Uh, Adam? Who is that?" The small girl asked. She must have had the powers of reading minds, because Julia was thinking the same thing. "Yeah, who is she, Adam?" Julia asked folding her arms across her chest. She looked at Adam in disbelief. She never thought he'd get a girlfriend. Especially because they had never officially broken up when he left.
Adam was looking like a cork that was too big for it's bottle top. His face was getting very red, and nervous beads of sweat were making there was down his neck, like they always did when he was nervous.
"Um, Alexis, this is Julia Felter. And Julia, this is Alexis Carver. Julia is my friend from Rhode Island," he said calmly to Alexis. She nodded. A friend...just a friend? Julia felt like she was going to kill him. "And my little Lexi here is my, my girlfriend." Lexi was Adam's pet name for her. Alexis smiled uncontrollably. She was wearing a cheerleading vest, which indicated she was a cheerleader.
"Just great, I hate cheerleaders..." Julia thought. She gritted her teeth together and forced a smile. A very stiff smile.
"Well honey, I have to get to class now. Nice meeting you...eeh, oh yeah. Julia. Bye!" Alexis said as she hopped off, her sparkly ponytail bouncing along with her. As Alexis turned the corner, Julia turned on Adam.
"Hey! What was that look for?!" Adam exclaimed, surprised. It was a miracle to her that he didn't know what 'that look' was all about. Julia just stood in disbelief, her arms hanging like dead weight.
"I can't believe this. When had we decided to 'see other people' Adam? Don't you care about us at all? Or does, 'Lexi', mean more to you now? Cause if that's the way this works, that's fine. Just don't expect me to come back to you when she's off with the friggin' quarterback!" Julia held in, wanting to burst with her frustration. Adam was looking at her.
"You mean, all this time. You were waiting around, for me?" Adam asked, Unable to believe it.
"Well, yeah. We never officially broke up, did we?"
"I don't know. We were just so far apart...and come on Julie. We were in different area codes. Thousand miles apart. I don't know, I just figured what you didn't know couldn't hurt you," He said finally. He was looking at his feet the entire time, but managed to get a quick glimpse at her. She didn't seem too upset, which was odd, because Julia was always the drama queen.
"Fine," Julia said after she thought over it a bit. Adam snapped his attention to her, quickly.
"Fine...?" He said skeptically. He wondered what was going on in her mind.
"Yeah, fine. Not to surprise you, but I don't need you in my life to function," she said as she walked away feeling horrible. What if she did need Adam in her life? And what if she wanted to stay with him?
- - - - - - -
Lizzie sat uncomfortably at Will's table. She was being ignored for the most part, except for the occasional game of 20 questions on why Will Harter had invited her to their table. She was alone at that table, because all Will seemed interested in was talking about strategy for Homecoming. So it left Lizzie to play with the pizza crust left on her plate. She was about to get up to throw the remains away, when she heard someone to the left of her say her name.
Lizzie turned around in her seat to see Gordo standing awkwardly with his hands in his pockets.
"Yeah?" She asked, surprised. "Oh god," She thought. What were Will and his friends going to think if she got up and left them? She didn't want to embarrass herself.
"I need to talk to you," he said sincerely. Lizzie gathered up all the courage she had left in herself. "Come on McGuire, he did it to you, you can do it to him," she finished to herself.
"No, Gordo. Not anymore. Plus, can't you see I'm busy here?" Lizzie added. Gordo looked between the pizza crust and Lizzie, and smirked. It faded quickly.
"Come on, Lizzie. I need to tell- -" Gordo was cut off.
"Hey, you heard her. She's busy. Get lost, kid," Will said. He now had his long arm around Lizzie's small shoulders. She felt a shiver run down her spine at his mere touch. It was then she knew she had done the right thing.
- - - - - - Gordo approached his own table, feeling defeated. He had never felt so humiliated in his life. Maybe he had, but this made a dent. Miranda looked up at him, curiously.
"What did she say?" Miranda asked.
"Uh, she told me she was busy. Then Mr. Stud muffin, Will, over there told me to get lost."
Miranda's expression showed extreme pity, but Gordo didn't need that. "Ouch," she said. "Hey, earlier, I heard you talking to yourself. Can you please explain that to me?"
"Oh no, oh no..." Gordo thought panicked. "Do you remember what I said?"
Miranda's eyes were clearly amused. He just wished it had nothing to do with his daydream earlier...
"Well, it may be a little fuzzy, but went along the lines of, 'Elizabeth McGuire, one day I will marry you."
