Chapter 3
'I missed my chance' JT thought one night 'Now this anonymous guy has ALL her attention.' He was lying in bed staring at the ceiling. He had sent Manny an email apologizing for his stupidity lately and hadn't gotten one back yet. All of a sudden his computer beeped. He got up and walked over, he had a new email. 'YES it's from Manny' he thought as he opened it.
JT, It's okay I forgive you. Just tell me when you're upset next time. Love Always, Manny
'Love Always? Yea right' he thought as he deleted the email.
"James! Come down for a minute." His mom called form the bottom of the stairs.
"Coming mom!" he called and closed his email account.
"Sweetie, a girl named Liberty called for you earlier, I told her you'd call her back. Here's her number." JT's mom said handing him a post-it. JT sighed, 'oh great the only attention I get from a girl is from HER.' He thought not daring to say it out loud, his mom would make him be really nice to Liberty. He went back upstairs and called Liberty back.
"Hello? May I speak to Liberty please?" JT said forcing himself to sound happy.
"This is she, who's this?" Liberty's voice said.
"Hey, it's JT. I heard you called?" JT said forcing even more happiness into his voice.
"Oh, hey JT. How are you?" Liberty said nervously.
"Fine why'd you call?" JT said trying to get to the point.
"Oh, I was wondering if you wanted to go to the mall with me on Sunday?" Liberty asked bravely.
"Ummm, s-sure." JT winced.
"Great!" Liberty said excitedly.
"Great." JT said through his teeth.
"See you in school." Liberty said and hung up.
"Yea, great." JT said putting his phone down. 'Why do I have to be so damn nice?' he asked himself. The next day at school JT was sulking.
"JT what's with you today? You're totally pissed." Manny asked during Math.
"I'm an idiot, I said yes to a date with Liberty." JT said mincing after saying her name.
"You what?!" Toby said, "I guess that WET DREAM really got to you."
"Shut up Toby." JT snapped.
"WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, what's this about a wet dream?" Emma asked.
"JT had a wet dream about Liberty." Toby explained while JT hit his head against the table.
"Liberty?" Manny asked, "a wet dream about Liberty?"
"Manny shut up!" JT said.
~*~
"Jimmy, dude, why didn't you call me back last night?" Spinner said during lunch.
"I was busy doing something." Jimmy said not looking at Spinner but at someone across the cafeteria.
"It's okay, but we made plans to play b-ball after school remember." Spinner said.
"No, I can't I have to get home and do something." Jimmy said only now looking at his friend.
"You, Jimmy Brooks, don't want to play b-ball, you okay today buddy?" Marco said shocked.
"I'm just not thinking about sports lately, I have another hobby." Jimmy explained staring across the cafeteria again.
"And this hobby would be?" Spinner asked
"My business but not yours." Jimmy said.
"Someone's touchy today." Paige said sitting down with her salad.
"No offense Paige but shut up." Jimmy snapped.
"Okay hun, don't take your anger out on us." Paige said
"Yet again, shut up this is a guy conversation." Jimmy said.
"Poor lonely Jimmy." Ashley said, "We need to find you a girlfriend."
"Ash not your place." Jimmy said now really frustrated, he had a girl in mind but didn't want to tell anyone.
~*~
'Ash should leave him alone' Craig thought to himself. Just then Manny walked by in a blue mini skirt and blue tube top. She looked at Craig, he looked down at his feet. All the guys at the table looked at her retreating figure. 'Why the hell does she have to look so good in that?' Craig asked himself.
~*~
That afternoon after spirit squad Manny raced home to check her email. Sure enough there was a new one.
Dearest Manny, You looked DAMN good in your outfit today. I'm question mark and I'm wondering do you have any more like that to wear for me? Your friend, Question Mark
Manny walked over to her closet and looked through it. She found a white tube top and low-rise short shorts. 'This will have to do.' She thought to herself. Then she heard a beep on her computer. Question Mark strikes again.
Manny, I heard you like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, so I started to read Harry Potter and it's aight. The Lord of the Rings movies rock, the orcs are the coolest. Your friend, Question Mark.
She wrote him back
QM, I'm glad you like HP and LOTR. By the way this isn't Sean is it? Your friend, Manuella Santos.
Then Manny went on the school site to read the new journal entries. Chris Sharpe the new hottie had a new one:
There's this chica I'm crushin'. She's a grade 9 and a tight dresser. She's single and sweet. I'm totally into her and hope she's into me.
'wow maybe it's me and he's question mark.' Manny thought then her email alert popped up and snapped her out of her thoughts.
Dearest Manuella, No it's not Sean, that jerk treated Emma the worst. I could never do that to you. Your friend, Question Mark
'I missed my chance' JT thought one night 'Now this anonymous guy has ALL her attention.' He was lying in bed staring at the ceiling. He had sent Manny an email apologizing for his stupidity lately and hadn't gotten one back yet. All of a sudden his computer beeped. He got up and walked over, he had a new email. 'YES it's from Manny' he thought as he opened it.
JT, It's okay I forgive you. Just tell me when you're upset next time. Love Always, Manny
'Love Always? Yea right' he thought as he deleted the email.
"James! Come down for a minute." His mom called form the bottom of the stairs.
"Coming mom!" he called and closed his email account.
"Sweetie, a girl named Liberty called for you earlier, I told her you'd call her back. Here's her number." JT's mom said handing him a post-it. JT sighed, 'oh great the only attention I get from a girl is from HER.' He thought not daring to say it out loud, his mom would make him be really nice to Liberty. He went back upstairs and called Liberty back.
"Hello? May I speak to Liberty please?" JT said forcing himself to sound happy.
"This is she, who's this?" Liberty's voice said.
"Hey, it's JT. I heard you called?" JT said forcing even more happiness into his voice.
"Oh, hey JT. How are you?" Liberty said nervously.
"Fine why'd you call?" JT said trying to get to the point.
"Oh, I was wondering if you wanted to go to the mall with me on Sunday?" Liberty asked bravely.
"Ummm, s-sure." JT winced.
"Great!" Liberty said excitedly.
"Great." JT said through his teeth.
"See you in school." Liberty said and hung up.
"Yea, great." JT said putting his phone down. 'Why do I have to be so damn nice?' he asked himself. The next day at school JT was sulking.
"JT what's with you today? You're totally pissed." Manny asked during Math.
"I'm an idiot, I said yes to a date with Liberty." JT said mincing after saying her name.
"You what?!" Toby said, "I guess that WET DREAM really got to you."
"Shut up Toby." JT snapped.
"WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, what's this about a wet dream?" Emma asked.
"JT had a wet dream about Liberty." Toby explained while JT hit his head against the table.
"Liberty?" Manny asked, "a wet dream about Liberty?"
"Manny shut up!" JT said.
~*~
"Jimmy, dude, why didn't you call me back last night?" Spinner said during lunch.
"I was busy doing something." Jimmy said not looking at Spinner but at someone across the cafeteria.
"It's okay, but we made plans to play b-ball after school remember." Spinner said.
"No, I can't I have to get home and do something." Jimmy said only now looking at his friend.
"You, Jimmy Brooks, don't want to play b-ball, you okay today buddy?" Marco said shocked.
"I'm just not thinking about sports lately, I have another hobby." Jimmy explained staring across the cafeteria again.
"And this hobby would be?" Spinner asked
"My business but not yours." Jimmy said.
"Someone's touchy today." Paige said sitting down with her salad.
"No offense Paige but shut up." Jimmy snapped.
"Okay hun, don't take your anger out on us." Paige said
"Yet again, shut up this is a guy conversation." Jimmy said.
"Poor lonely Jimmy." Ashley said, "We need to find you a girlfriend."
"Ash not your place." Jimmy said now really frustrated, he had a girl in mind but didn't want to tell anyone.
~*~
'Ash should leave him alone' Craig thought to himself. Just then Manny walked by in a blue mini skirt and blue tube top. She looked at Craig, he looked down at his feet. All the guys at the table looked at her retreating figure. 'Why the hell does she have to look so good in that?' Craig asked himself.
~*~
That afternoon after spirit squad Manny raced home to check her email. Sure enough there was a new one.
Dearest Manny, You looked DAMN good in your outfit today. I'm question mark and I'm wondering do you have any more like that to wear for me? Your friend, Question Mark
Manny walked over to her closet and looked through it. She found a white tube top and low-rise short shorts. 'This will have to do.' She thought to herself. Then she heard a beep on her computer. Question Mark strikes again.
Manny, I heard you like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, so I started to read Harry Potter and it's aight. The Lord of the Rings movies rock, the orcs are the coolest. Your friend, Question Mark.
She wrote him back
QM, I'm glad you like HP and LOTR. By the way this isn't Sean is it? Your friend, Manuella Santos.
Then Manny went on the school site to read the new journal entries. Chris Sharpe the new hottie had a new one:
There's this chica I'm crushin'. She's a grade 9 and a tight dresser. She's single and sweet. I'm totally into her and hope she's into me.
'wow maybe it's me and he's question mark.' Manny thought then her email alert popped up and snapped her out of her thoughts.
Dearest Manuella, No it's not Sean, that jerk treated Emma the worst. I could never do that to you. Your friend, Question Mark