5
Joan found Xiao talking to Luke outside of AP Chem, Luke seemed a little starry-eyed during their conversation. Joan shook her head, 'what's wrong with these guys?' she thought.
"So that's what a catalyst is!" Xiao exclaimed, "Thanks Luke, what would I do without you?" Luke blushed, yes, Joan saw Luke blush,
"No problem, and if you need me at all, just call," he told her, Xiao smiled,
"Thanks." And Luke walked off, Xiao ticked off her fingers muttering, "Catalyst, speeds up reaction rates, without using up itself, without using up itself," Joan laughed,
"Whoa Xiao, what's up? Talking about catalysts and stuff," Xiao grinned,
"Just trying to understand what we learnt today, so naturally, I asked someone that would know,"
"Uh huh…" Joan said.
"So, am I allowed to know what our dear friend talked to you about?" Xiao asked, Joan's stomach churned a little,
"Um, no, top secret," she waved it off, Xiao smiled politely,
"Understandable, so should we get to History before we get out heads ripped off?"
"Certainly," Joan agreed.
"You know, I was gonna sing, 'Hands' by Jewel for the talent quest, but I can't find the chords, they somehow disappeared, I swear I wrote them down," Xiao told her, Joan raised an eye brow,
"Odd,"
"Yeah, and all I've got is this one song," she sighed, "It's good, but, I don't know if anyone would like it," she said,
"I'm sure we'd like whatever you play Xiao," Joan reassured her as they stopped at the room,
"Ha, you obviously haven't heard me before!" Xiao told her, Joan laughed,
"Oh, by the way, Kevin told me to tell you he says hi," Joan smiled, "I told him I'd consider it, and he seemed a little anxious," Xiao frowned,
"Oh shush Joan, he doesn't like me," Xiao said, Joan laughed,
"Ah ha! You didn't say you don't like him," Xiao bit her lip,
"Of course not! I mean he's your brother and he is nice," Xiao said a-matter-of-fact, Joan groaned,
"Yeah, keep fooling yourself Xiao and you'll lose your chance! He was a great athlete you know, tons of girls liked him," Xiao opened the door to the room,
"Well, if I did like him, I'd be no different," Xiao said bluntly,
"Oh yes you would," Joan said,
"Oh? How so?" Xiao asked, Joan smiled, thinking of Kevin now,
"Because you're different." Xiao didn't say anything, Kevin was… very nice. She thought.
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Xiao checked the time on her bedside clock; 1:03am, is said. She couldn't sleep, she never could, her mind always seemed to always have something to talk about. She turned on the light and turned to the first thing she saw, her precious guitar, her most prized possession in the world. She took it carefully out of its case, and started to strum softly, making it up as she went along:
It was a quite a long time ago/I was just a little girl/But sometime after/I got tired of being innocent
I was so good in my younger days/But I then thought it wasn't me/And now I wish I had taken time/'Cause the lil' girl's who I wanna be
I wanna shrink into small again./I wanna look up to the world./I wanna have no worries and be totally free./I just wanna be lil' me.
Happiness is from not knowing./Ignorance I say was bliss./The little girl has no worries./And that is what I miss.
I wanna shrink into small again./I wanna look up to the world./I wanna have no worries and be totally free./I just wanna be lil' me.
Xiao put down the guitar, should've written that down. She thought smiling to herself. She checked her clock again; 1:12am. She carefully put her guitar in its case and turned out the light. Shutting her eyes with one persons' face in her mind, for the whole night.
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