Chapter 3
"Excuse me?" Jamie asked, "I don't understand what you're talking about." Jamie answered Belinda confused.
"You know exactly what you're doing, you're trying to take Landon away from me, and you know what, it's not going to work. You and your little brown sweater, and plaid skirt can back off of him. He's mine." Belinda warned Jamie angrily.
"Landon? Haha, I'm sorry, thatâEs funny. Landon and I just met. He wanted to talk to me, don't worry, I'm not going to steal your boyfriend." Jamie told Belinda kindly.
"Well, you just need to back off, he's mine." Belinda said angrily and then shifted her chair over to Eric, and began talking to him.
'Whoa, I wonder what her problem is.' Jamie thought quietly to herself.
As Jamie sat in her chair during class, thinking, her thoughts were interrupted when a blonde haired girl began talking to her.
"So you're Jamie Sullivan, from England?" The girl asked.
"Yes, I am. And who are you?" Jamie asked sympathetically.
"I'm Sally. It's nice to meet you. Can I ask you a question though?" Sally introduced herself.
"Sure, what's on your mind?" Jamie smiled.
"Why were you talking to Landon? I mean, I know, it's none of my business, but Landon is one of the most popular guys in school, and he doesn't usually talk to new people, let alone anyone out of his circle of friends. I mean, he does, but he usually talks to them behind his friends back, so no one knows." Sally whispered to Jamie.
"Oh, it's ok. I was talking to Landon, because, well, I was walking down the hall with Tracie, and she was showing me around school. We ran into Landon in the hallway, and I left him with Tracie, and when I was walking down the hall, Landon came down the same hall and started walking with me. He was looking for his friend Eric, or something, and couldn't find him, so we started walking together, and he walked me to class." Jamie said with a pleasant tone of voice.
"Oh, ok, I just wasn't sure. I mean everyone knows Landon has tried to break up with Belinda numerous times before, but she doesn't listen. She doesn't wanna face reality, she's too concerned with her popularity status, and she thinks she might lose her popularity if she and Landon broke up." Sally told Jamie, almost saying that Landon only walks the girls he's interested in to their classes.
"Yeah, Landon told me he is trying to break up with her again. She's so mean, and cruel." Jamie whispered back to Sally.
"Yeah, I know. What's your next class after lunch, I mean." Sally whispered, so their teacher wouldn't hear.
"I have Math after this class," Jamie started to say, until the ringing of the bell cut her off, dismissing them to their next class.
"Oh, I have Chemistry, but we have lunch right now. You can sit with me if you like." Sally offered Jamie, as they exited the classroom and headed off to lunch.
"Are you sure you have enough room at your table? I mean, I wouldn't want to intrude on you and your friends." Jamie asked.
"We have more than enough room. I sit with Eddie Zimmerhoff, and 2 other people from the drama department." Sally began, "and we definitely want you to sit with us."
"Ok, yeah, thank you so much!" Jamie thanked Sally, as they made their way through the halls to get to the lunchroom.
As Jamie made her way through the lunchroom, she got a few greetings, and a couple people even stared at her, but knew whom she was, this was a small town high school, what would expect. Jamie and Sally made their way through the lunch line, paid for their food, and went to sit down at the table.
"Everyone this is Jamie, she's new. She's from England." Sally greeted the table occupants with an introduction.
Hello, Nice to meet you," Came from the other peers at the table.
"Hi!" Jamie said cheerfully, as she began to sit down.
"Hi, I'm Eddie, and that's Alice, and Mike." Eddie said sweetly to Jamie.
"Hi Eddie, Alice, and Mike." Jamie said she started to stare down at her food.
Jamie lifted her head, and found Alice, Mike, and Sally in a discussion about this years play, and found Eddie staring at her attentively. Trying to get out of Eddie's staring, Jamie began looking around the lunchroom, and caught Landon also staring at her, but when she looked his way, he turned back and looked at his friends.
'Why are they looking at me,' Jamie thought as she ran down the list of reasons they could be staring: something on my face, my hair is a mess, something on my clothes, is something sticking to me? Nope, can't be any of them.
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Meanwhile, at Landon's table, he was talking to his group of friends, until he saw the drama queen Sally walking in with Jamie. He watched as Jamie bought her food, and how she walked over to her table, and at how Eddie was staring at Jamie like she was a piece of meat.
'Damn that Zimmerhoff! Why does have to stare at her like that? No, wait, I'm staring at her just like he is. Oh, shit, she's turning her head; she's looking at me, quick, turn around Landon, before she sees you, oh shit, to late, she saw you.' Landon thought to himself as he saw Jamie.
As Jamie turned to face Landon, he began listening to his friend's conversation that was going on between them, and the subject was Jamie Sullivan.
"I mean have you seen her clothes!" Belinda was saying. "They're so plain! I bet she shops at the Salvation Army!"
Every one at the table laughed, except Landon.
"Yeah. Hey, how about that book she always carries around! Hs anyone guessed or seen what it is?" Dean said, laughing.
"Yeah! I saw it! Ahahaha. It's a Bible!" Traci replied, laughing.
Everyone else in the group laughed, this time Landon joined in, he didn't want them to think anything was wrong, since his they were already suspicious of him hanging out with Jamie.
"Plus she's so quiet! And polite, it's like freakish." Dean said.
"Hey, it's the quiet ones you gotta watch out for. I mean, hey man she might put it on a brother like a pop tart." Eric was saying, as everyone rolled their eyes, "But maybe she wouldn't look to bad you know?" At this point everyone laughed, Eric and Jamie Sullivan that was too funny.
"Plus you know she," Belinda was saying when the bell cut her off.
Landon was grateful, as he ran to catch up with her.
"Belinda, wait up!" Landon called, to her.
"Huh?" Belinda turned around and smiled.
She walked towards him.
"I know what you want sorry baby." Belinda said, pulling Landon over to the side of the hall.
She pressed her lips against his and began to kiss him. As the kiss deepened, Landon thought, 'this is wrong, you're about to break up with her, and right now your kissing her.' Landon pulled away.
"Baby, what's wrong? You actually wanna go to class or something?" Belinda said, laughing. She went in for another kiss.
Landon shook his head, "No Belinda."
She took a step back, "What's up with you lately Landon! Ditching me for the Salvation Lady! Staring at her during lunch, don't think I didn't see you Landon, because I did! Walking her to class! What do you think you doing, Landon?"
"Belinda, I've tried to break up with you so many times, and I've tried to be nice about it. But this is it, the last straw. It's over Belinda, we're through, and Salvation Lady? Belinda, maybe, just maybe, if you were a little nicer to people, more people would like you!" Landon yelled.
Belinda made a face; first it was sad, then hurt, then angry.
Landon started to walk off to his next class, leaving Belinda calling behind him, "You'll regret this Landon Carter. You'll see she won't want you! And you'll come crawling back to me!"
Landon shook it off, 'Yeah that'll happen Belinda. That'll happen, the day pigs fly.' He thought to himself.
"Excuse me?" Jamie asked, "I don't understand what you're talking about." Jamie answered Belinda confused.
"You know exactly what you're doing, you're trying to take Landon away from me, and you know what, it's not going to work. You and your little brown sweater, and plaid skirt can back off of him. He's mine." Belinda warned Jamie angrily.
"Landon? Haha, I'm sorry, thatâEs funny. Landon and I just met. He wanted to talk to me, don't worry, I'm not going to steal your boyfriend." Jamie told Belinda kindly.
"Well, you just need to back off, he's mine." Belinda said angrily and then shifted her chair over to Eric, and began talking to him.
'Whoa, I wonder what her problem is.' Jamie thought quietly to herself.
As Jamie sat in her chair during class, thinking, her thoughts were interrupted when a blonde haired girl began talking to her.
"So you're Jamie Sullivan, from England?" The girl asked.
"Yes, I am. And who are you?" Jamie asked sympathetically.
"I'm Sally. It's nice to meet you. Can I ask you a question though?" Sally introduced herself.
"Sure, what's on your mind?" Jamie smiled.
"Why were you talking to Landon? I mean, I know, it's none of my business, but Landon is one of the most popular guys in school, and he doesn't usually talk to new people, let alone anyone out of his circle of friends. I mean, he does, but he usually talks to them behind his friends back, so no one knows." Sally whispered to Jamie.
"Oh, it's ok. I was talking to Landon, because, well, I was walking down the hall with Tracie, and she was showing me around school. We ran into Landon in the hallway, and I left him with Tracie, and when I was walking down the hall, Landon came down the same hall and started walking with me. He was looking for his friend Eric, or something, and couldn't find him, so we started walking together, and he walked me to class." Jamie said with a pleasant tone of voice.
"Oh, ok, I just wasn't sure. I mean everyone knows Landon has tried to break up with Belinda numerous times before, but she doesn't listen. She doesn't wanna face reality, she's too concerned with her popularity status, and she thinks she might lose her popularity if she and Landon broke up." Sally told Jamie, almost saying that Landon only walks the girls he's interested in to their classes.
"Yeah, Landon told me he is trying to break up with her again. She's so mean, and cruel." Jamie whispered back to Sally.
"Yeah, I know. What's your next class after lunch, I mean." Sally whispered, so their teacher wouldn't hear.
"I have Math after this class," Jamie started to say, until the ringing of the bell cut her off, dismissing them to their next class.
"Oh, I have Chemistry, but we have lunch right now. You can sit with me if you like." Sally offered Jamie, as they exited the classroom and headed off to lunch.
"Are you sure you have enough room at your table? I mean, I wouldn't want to intrude on you and your friends." Jamie asked.
"We have more than enough room. I sit with Eddie Zimmerhoff, and 2 other people from the drama department." Sally began, "and we definitely want you to sit with us."
"Ok, yeah, thank you so much!" Jamie thanked Sally, as they made their way through the halls to get to the lunchroom.
As Jamie made her way through the lunchroom, she got a few greetings, and a couple people even stared at her, but knew whom she was, this was a small town high school, what would expect. Jamie and Sally made their way through the lunch line, paid for their food, and went to sit down at the table.
"Everyone this is Jamie, she's new. She's from England." Sally greeted the table occupants with an introduction.
Hello, Nice to meet you," Came from the other peers at the table.
"Hi!" Jamie said cheerfully, as she began to sit down.
"Hi, I'm Eddie, and that's Alice, and Mike." Eddie said sweetly to Jamie.
"Hi Eddie, Alice, and Mike." Jamie said she started to stare down at her food.
Jamie lifted her head, and found Alice, Mike, and Sally in a discussion about this years play, and found Eddie staring at her attentively. Trying to get out of Eddie's staring, Jamie began looking around the lunchroom, and caught Landon also staring at her, but when she looked his way, he turned back and looked at his friends.
'Why are they looking at me,' Jamie thought as she ran down the list of reasons they could be staring: something on my face, my hair is a mess, something on my clothes, is something sticking to me? Nope, can't be any of them.
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Meanwhile, at Landon's table, he was talking to his group of friends, until he saw the drama queen Sally walking in with Jamie. He watched as Jamie bought her food, and how she walked over to her table, and at how Eddie was staring at Jamie like she was a piece of meat.
'Damn that Zimmerhoff! Why does have to stare at her like that? No, wait, I'm staring at her just like he is. Oh, shit, she's turning her head; she's looking at me, quick, turn around Landon, before she sees you, oh shit, to late, she saw you.' Landon thought to himself as he saw Jamie.
As Jamie turned to face Landon, he began listening to his friend's conversation that was going on between them, and the subject was Jamie Sullivan.
"I mean have you seen her clothes!" Belinda was saying. "They're so plain! I bet she shops at the Salvation Army!"
Every one at the table laughed, except Landon.
"Yeah. Hey, how about that book she always carries around! Hs anyone guessed or seen what it is?" Dean said, laughing.
"Yeah! I saw it! Ahahaha. It's a Bible!" Traci replied, laughing.
Everyone else in the group laughed, this time Landon joined in, he didn't want them to think anything was wrong, since his they were already suspicious of him hanging out with Jamie.
"Plus she's so quiet! And polite, it's like freakish." Dean said.
"Hey, it's the quiet ones you gotta watch out for. I mean, hey man she might put it on a brother like a pop tart." Eric was saying, as everyone rolled their eyes, "But maybe she wouldn't look to bad you know?" At this point everyone laughed, Eric and Jamie Sullivan that was too funny.
"Plus you know she," Belinda was saying when the bell cut her off.
Landon was grateful, as he ran to catch up with her.
"Belinda, wait up!" Landon called, to her.
"Huh?" Belinda turned around and smiled.
She walked towards him.
"I know what you want sorry baby." Belinda said, pulling Landon over to the side of the hall.
She pressed her lips against his and began to kiss him. As the kiss deepened, Landon thought, 'this is wrong, you're about to break up with her, and right now your kissing her.' Landon pulled away.
"Baby, what's wrong? You actually wanna go to class or something?" Belinda said, laughing. She went in for another kiss.
Landon shook his head, "No Belinda."
She took a step back, "What's up with you lately Landon! Ditching me for the Salvation Lady! Staring at her during lunch, don't think I didn't see you Landon, because I did! Walking her to class! What do you think you doing, Landon?"
"Belinda, I've tried to break up with you so many times, and I've tried to be nice about it. But this is it, the last straw. It's over Belinda, we're through, and Salvation Lady? Belinda, maybe, just maybe, if you were a little nicer to people, more people would like you!" Landon yelled.
Belinda made a face; first it was sad, then hurt, then angry.
Landon started to walk off to his next class, leaving Belinda calling behind him, "You'll regret this Landon Carter. You'll see she won't want you! And you'll come crawling back to me!"
Landon shook it off, 'Yeah that'll happen Belinda. That'll happen, the day pigs fly.' He thought to himself.