Sean stared back at Amya confused.
"Yeah?" He said. Amya shook her head.
"It's me!" Amya said pointing to herself. Sean blinked again.
"Amya," He whispered to himself. He saw the image in his head. The girl with short blonde hair. "You've changed," He added. Jimmy and Spinner looked at each other wondering what was going on. Amya felt her now long hair.
"Yeah, I know," She said. Amya, soon remembering the two's past, walked away. She put her hand to her head and started to walk faster pushing through everyone. Everyone stared at Sean as he watched her fade.
"What was that?" Spinner asked. Sean turned back, looking at the floor. Sean looked at the three and walked off, tracing where Amya had been. He walked through the halls trying to find her. Then he saw Amya going through her locker. She looked as if she had been crying but she wasn't anymore. Sean walked over to her.
"Amya," Sean said in a whisper as he got closer. Amya bit her lip as she turned to him.
"It's been. awhile," Sean started.
"For me it has. without any notice without anything you move away from me! I didn't know where you went!" Amya sobbed. "You don't know how that feels to lose your boyfriend. I thought we had everything and then I hear from neighbors you moved out of the Country without saying good-bye"
"We were young"
"Excuse me? What your saying Is that we didn't have anything?"
"I tried to tell you but I couldn't. they told me I had to live with my brother"
"So no calls? No E-mails. No post cards?" Amya said calming down. Sean let his head hang down. "I loved you, Sean and I have been missing you. It's been almost six years without you, and now I'm here with you, I'm happy. don't doubt that but I remember what you did," Amya said almost whispering. Sean's head darted up and looked at Amya with happiness.
"I missed you too"
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"Has no one helped me out here?" Emma said referring to the G.M. foods. Toby shook his head.
"I'm hungry!" He said stuffing a burger into his mouth. Manny shook her head also.
"Em, can't you like take a break from protesting?" Manny suggested.
"Manny if I did that, people will think I'm a joke!" Emma sighed. J.T. leaned over Emma's shoulders.
"People already think you're a joke. hey Manny are you going to eat that?" J.T. said stealing her small basket of fries. Manny rolled her eyes.
"Now, I'm not"
"Hey have you guys seen Sean?" Emma asked looking around the cafeteria. Manny shook her head.
"Maybe he's with Craig, after all, he still may need help with that MI assignment," Manny assured her. Emma shook her head.
"No, Craig's right there," Emma pointed. Manny looked over at Craig as well.
"Oh, well maybe he's just doing something"
"He always meets us at lunch"
"Wanna go look for him?"
"No, you stay here. I'll go look"
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"So, why did you come here?" Sean asked as the two sat down leaning against the lockers.
"My sick Grandma lives here, so we decided to move here. Although, we don't have a house so were staying with my uncle Joey until we get a house," Amya answers. Sean nods. "You have friendly buddies, by the way," Amya said referring to Spinner. Sean laughed.
"Yeah"
"I can't believe I'm seeing you again. You don't look any different. maybe more cuter," Amya giggled sliding closer. Sean chucked as she did. They gazed at each other, staring at one another. Amya felt her heart beating faster. Sean swallowed hard, he knew how much beautiful she had gotten. She grew up. He wanted to kiss her and hold her so bad. But he couldn't.
"Sean?" Emma called from down the halls. Amya and Sean looked at her. Sean quickly stood up and soon Amya did too.
"Emma," Sean said nervously, "this is Amya, an old.. Friend from uh.. Waseca Beach," Sean said helping Amya up. Emma walked slowly over to meet her. Amya smiled and held out her hand.
"I'm Amya," she said shaking her hand.
"Emma Nelson," Emma introduced. Amya nodded.
"Are you two friends?" Amya asked scared of the answer. Sean didn't respond. Emma turned to Sean then to Amya.
"No were. together," Emma nodded. Amya tried to keep her smile but couldn't
"Oh," Amya sighed. Amya shook the thought out of her head. "Well uh, I'm going to class. it'll be starting in a minute," Amya said walking away. Sean watched her walk away as Emma looked at Sean.
"Old friends, huh?" Emma asked. Sean nodded. Emma nodded back. Something seemed wrong. very wrong.
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Jimmy was happy the day was over. He tried keeping Ashley off his mind but couldn't. He took out his CD player and waited for Spinner. like he always did. Instead. he got Craig.
"Hey man," Craig said yanking the headphones off Jimmy, jokingly.
"Oh, hey," Jimmy said sliding the player into his backpack.
"You've been quiet like all day. What happened?" Craig asked. Jimmy shrugged.
"A lot on my mind," Jimmy answered.
"Like?"
"Ashley," Jimmy responded simply.
"Oh, what about her?" Craig interestingly asked. Jimmy shrugged again.
"Our date"
"Date? What date?" Craig swallowed.
"We went on a date yesterday." Jimmy bit his lip. Craig nodded.
"Hm, nice. I'll see you around Jimmy," Craig said patting Jimmy's shoulder as he walked away. Jimmy nodded as he stood there waiting for Spinner. He suddenly felt a drip of water on his face. He looked up at the dull sky as it started to rain quickly.
"Ah, come on!" Jimmy groaned. Jimmy ran up the stairs into the school looking for Spinner. Spinner stood there bothering Ellie as she went through her locker. "Spinner dude, let's go!" Jimmy said jogging towards the too.
"Save me please," Ellie said flatly. Spinner rolled his eyes.
"Ellie, one date. let's just try it!" Spinner asked. Ellie took out a magic marker and pulled out Spinners shirt. She spelled the word NO and walked away closing her locker behind her. Spinner gasped and Jimmy started to laugh.
"This is a new shirt! Mom's gonna kill me!" Spinner said trying to wipe it off. "It's not funny, Jimmy!"
"Dude, come one. it's raining already," Jimmy laughed. Spinner looked up.
"Yes!" Spinner said running outside, by then, it was raining hard. Spinner took off his shirt and started to try and scrub it off. Jimmy started laughing even more.
"Spinner you, you need to," Jimmy couldn't finish the sentence. He started laughing so hard as he ran down the stairs. The two started running to Jimmy's as the rain poured down, Spinner continued to scrub.
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Amya and Craig met at the house. Amya sat down with Angie playing a hand game. As Craig walked in Amya smiled at him.
"Your soaked," She chuckled. Craig shrugged.
"I need it. Hey Angel!" Craig said picking Angela up.
"Craig, this is Amya, Amya this is Craig," Angie smiled. Amya went along with it.
"Nice to meet you Craig," She chuckled. Craig nodded and walked over to Joey.
"Um, any calls?" He asked. Joey shook his head.
"No, expecting someone?" Joey smiled. Craig shook his head. He walked over to Amya.
"Um, not to get in your business but. what happened with Sean?" Craig asked sitting down next to her. Amya seemed dense but she explained.
"Me and Sean, Sean and I, use to date. Back when he lived with his parents. Everything was great! We'd call each other, give cute little kisses, and say 'I love you' like we knew what it meant. But now that I look back I did love him but anyways. he stopped calling. Stopped coming over and I hadn't heard from him in two days. Those two days, I knocked on his door constantly. nobody answered. When I asked around, they said he was gone. He moved. They didn't tell me where they didn't know. I cried so much. I missed him," Amya said staring at the floor.
"But now you have him"
"And now he has Emma," Amya reminded him. "And I have memories"
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Ashley sat down on her bed and continued to talk with Ellie.
"Yeah, Paige can be the little witch at times," Ashley said.
"Yeah I know yesterday she-" Ellie stopped for a second. "Lemme call you later, Marco is beeping in"
"Oh okay bye"
Ashley started to put all her stuff away. Suddenly, as she was putting away her black binder, the blue slip fell out. She picked up slowly and sat it near her computer. As she finished put everything away, she opened the note, which read:
Ashley,
We've been friends for a while. We've been real close and you know it's true. I see you differently now more than a friend to me. I'm guessing you don't since we haven't really talked about it. I think your perfect! I think we see eye to eye but I'm wondering. are we on the same level. the same thoughts.. I'm making this into a question, kind of. To make this less guessing, less weird.. Is a date in your agenda. because it's in mine! You know my number. let me know!
Craig M.
Ashley gasped for air. Taken by the note she quickly picked up the phone dialing the number printed in her head.
"Hello" a man called. Ashley knew it was Joey.
"Hi, is Craig home?" Ashley nervously asked.
"Yeah, hold on," Joey answered. Ashley waited patiently.
"Hello," Craig called.
"Craig, hey!" Ashley smiled. Craig swallowed.
"Yeah?"
"Um, I got the note," Ashley flirted.
"Maybe you should throw it away"
"What? No"
"Since you already have Jimmy"
"What are you talking about?"
"Jimmy, he told me about your little date"
"It was a mistake I wasn't suppose to be there"
"Ash, come on. I thought we were. nevermind"
"Craig, it was stupid"
"I like you, Ashley"
"Craig, I like you too!"
"But if you liked me, why did you go on a date with Jimmy?"
"Cuz I thought we were growing apart. but were not Jimmy and I are. I want to be with you Craig," Ashley grinned.
"So much for connecting," Craig chuckled. Ashley giggled back. "I'll talk to you later. that date on Friday," Craig said.
"Bye"
"Yeah?" He said. Amya shook her head.
"It's me!" Amya said pointing to herself. Sean blinked again.
"Amya," He whispered to himself. He saw the image in his head. The girl with short blonde hair. "You've changed," He added. Jimmy and Spinner looked at each other wondering what was going on. Amya felt her now long hair.
"Yeah, I know," She said. Amya, soon remembering the two's past, walked away. She put her hand to her head and started to walk faster pushing through everyone. Everyone stared at Sean as he watched her fade.
"What was that?" Spinner asked. Sean turned back, looking at the floor. Sean looked at the three and walked off, tracing where Amya had been. He walked through the halls trying to find her. Then he saw Amya going through her locker. She looked as if she had been crying but she wasn't anymore. Sean walked over to her.
"Amya," Sean said in a whisper as he got closer. Amya bit her lip as she turned to him.
"It's been. awhile," Sean started.
"For me it has. without any notice without anything you move away from me! I didn't know where you went!" Amya sobbed. "You don't know how that feels to lose your boyfriend. I thought we had everything and then I hear from neighbors you moved out of the Country without saying good-bye"
"We were young"
"Excuse me? What your saying Is that we didn't have anything?"
"I tried to tell you but I couldn't. they told me I had to live with my brother"
"So no calls? No E-mails. No post cards?" Amya said calming down. Sean let his head hang down. "I loved you, Sean and I have been missing you. It's been almost six years without you, and now I'm here with you, I'm happy. don't doubt that but I remember what you did," Amya said almost whispering. Sean's head darted up and looked at Amya with happiness.
"I missed you too"
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"Has no one helped me out here?" Emma said referring to the G.M. foods. Toby shook his head.
"I'm hungry!" He said stuffing a burger into his mouth. Manny shook her head also.
"Em, can't you like take a break from protesting?" Manny suggested.
"Manny if I did that, people will think I'm a joke!" Emma sighed. J.T. leaned over Emma's shoulders.
"People already think you're a joke. hey Manny are you going to eat that?" J.T. said stealing her small basket of fries. Manny rolled her eyes.
"Now, I'm not"
"Hey have you guys seen Sean?" Emma asked looking around the cafeteria. Manny shook her head.
"Maybe he's with Craig, after all, he still may need help with that MI assignment," Manny assured her. Emma shook her head.
"No, Craig's right there," Emma pointed. Manny looked over at Craig as well.
"Oh, well maybe he's just doing something"
"He always meets us at lunch"
"Wanna go look for him?"
"No, you stay here. I'll go look"
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"So, why did you come here?" Sean asked as the two sat down leaning against the lockers.
"My sick Grandma lives here, so we decided to move here. Although, we don't have a house so were staying with my uncle Joey until we get a house," Amya answers. Sean nods. "You have friendly buddies, by the way," Amya said referring to Spinner. Sean laughed.
"Yeah"
"I can't believe I'm seeing you again. You don't look any different. maybe more cuter," Amya giggled sliding closer. Sean chucked as she did. They gazed at each other, staring at one another. Amya felt her heart beating faster. Sean swallowed hard, he knew how much beautiful she had gotten. She grew up. He wanted to kiss her and hold her so bad. But he couldn't.
"Sean?" Emma called from down the halls. Amya and Sean looked at her. Sean quickly stood up and soon Amya did too.
"Emma," Sean said nervously, "this is Amya, an old.. Friend from uh.. Waseca Beach," Sean said helping Amya up. Emma walked slowly over to meet her. Amya smiled and held out her hand.
"I'm Amya," she said shaking her hand.
"Emma Nelson," Emma introduced. Amya nodded.
"Are you two friends?" Amya asked scared of the answer. Sean didn't respond. Emma turned to Sean then to Amya.
"No were. together," Emma nodded. Amya tried to keep her smile but couldn't
"Oh," Amya sighed. Amya shook the thought out of her head. "Well uh, I'm going to class. it'll be starting in a minute," Amya said walking away. Sean watched her walk away as Emma looked at Sean.
"Old friends, huh?" Emma asked. Sean nodded. Emma nodded back. Something seemed wrong. very wrong.
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Jimmy was happy the day was over. He tried keeping Ashley off his mind but couldn't. He took out his CD player and waited for Spinner. like he always did. Instead. he got Craig.
"Hey man," Craig said yanking the headphones off Jimmy, jokingly.
"Oh, hey," Jimmy said sliding the player into his backpack.
"You've been quiet like all day. What happened?" Craig asked. Jimmy shrugged.
"A lot on my mind," Jimmy answered.
"Like?"
"Ashley," Jimmy responded simply.
"Oh, what about her?" Craig interestingly asked. Jimmy shrugged again.
"Our date"
"Date? What date?" Craig swallowed.
"We went on a date yesterday." Jimmy bit his lip. Craig nodded.
"Hm, nice. I'll see you around Jimmy," Craig said patting Jimmy's shoulder as he walked away. Jimmy nodded as he stood there waiting for Spinner. He suddenly felt a drip of water on his face. He looked up at the dull sky as it started to rain quickly.
"Ah, come on!" Jimmy groaned. Jimmy ran up the stairs into the school looking for Spinner. Spinner stood there bothering Ellie as she went through her locker. "Spinner dude, let's go!" Jimmy said jogging towards the too.
"Save me please," Ellie said flatly. Spinner rolled his eyes.
"Ellie, one date. let's just try it!" Spinner asked. Ellie took out a magic marker and pulled out Spinners shirt. She spelled the word NO and walked away closing her locker behind her. Spinner gasped and Jimmy started to laugh.
"This is a new shirt! Mom's gonna kill me!" Spinner said trying to wipe it off. "It's not funny, Jimmy!"
"Dude, come one. it's raining already," Jimmy laughed. Spinner looked up.
"Yes!" Spinner said running outside, by then, it was raining hard. Spinner took off his shirt and started to try and scrub it off. Jimmy started laughing even more.
"Spinner you, you need to," Jimmy couldn't finish the sentence. He started laughing so hard as he ran down the stairs. The two started running to Jimmy's as the rain poured down, Spinner continued to scrub.
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Amya and Craig met at the house. Amya sat down with Angie playing a hand game. As Craig walked in Amya smiled at him.
"Your soaked," She chuckled. Craig shrugged.
"I need it. Hey Angel!" Craig said picking Angela up.
"Craig, this is Amya, Amya this is Craig," Angie smiled. Amya went along with it.
"Nice to meet you Craig," She chuckled. Craig nodded and walked over to Joey.
"Um, any calls?" He asked. Joey shook his head.
"No, expecting someone?" Joey smiled. Craig shook his head. He walked over to Amya.
"Um, not to get in your business but. what happened with Sean?" Craig asked sitting down next to her. Amya seemed dense but she explained.
"Me and Sean, Sean and I, use to date. Back when he lived with his parents. Everything was great! We'd call each other, give cute little kisses, and say 'I love you' like we knew what it meant. But now that I look back I did love him but anyways. he stopped calling. Stopped coming over and I hadn't heard from him in two days. Those two days, I knocked on his door constantly. nobody answered. When I asked around, they said he was gone. He moved. They didn't tell me where they didn't know. I cried so much. I missed him," Amya said staring at the floor.
"But now you have him"
"And now he has Emma," Amya reminded him. "And I have memories"
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Ashley sat down on her bed and continued to talk with Ellie.
"Yeah, Paige can be the little witch at times," Ashley said.
"Yeah I know yesterday she-" Ellie stopped for a second. "Lemme call you later, Marco is beeping in"
"Oh okay bye"
Ashley started to put all her stuff away. Suddenly, as she was putting away her black binder, the blue slip fell out. She picked up slowly and sat it near her computer. As she finished put everything away, she opened the note, which read:
Ashley,
We've been friends for a while. We've been real close and you know it's true. I see you differently now more than a friend to me. I'm guessing you don't since we haven't really talked about it. I think your perfect! I think we see eye to eye but I'm wondering. are we on the same level. the same thoughts.. I'm making this into a question, kind of. To make this less guessing, less weird.. Is a date in your agenda. because it's in mine! You know my number. let me know!
Craig M.
Ashley gasped for air. Taken by the note she quickly picked up the phone dialing the number printed in her head.
"Hello" a man called. Ashley knew it was Joey.
"Hi, is Craig home?" Ashley nervously asked.
"Yeah, hold on," Joey answered. Ashley waited patiently.
"Hello," Craig called.
"Craig, hey!" Ashley smiled. Craig swallowed.
"Yeah?"
"Um, I got the note," Ashley flirted.
"Maybe you should throw it away"
"What? No"
"Since you already have Jimmy"
"What are you talking about?"
"Jimmy, he told me about your little date"
"It was a mistake I wasn't suppose to be there"
"Ash, come on. I thought we were. nevermind"
"Craig, it was stupid"
"I like you, Ashley"
"Craig, I like you too!"
"But if you liked me, why did you go on a date with Jimmy?"
"Cuz I thought we were growing apart. but were not Jimmy and I are. I want to be with you Craig," Ashley grinned.
"So much for connecting," Craig chuckled. Ashley giggled back. "I'll talk to you later. that date on Friday," Craig said.
"Bye"