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Ch 2: To Talk or Not To Talk
The next day in school Craig contemplated talking to Ash, but he didn't know how to approach her. He knew that he broke her heart and that she never wanted to even see him again, but he had to at least try to apologize. He knew that it would be hard, after all Ash wouldn't even look at him and if she did she gave him a dirty look.
He turned the corner and walked down the hallway where Ash's locker was just as he did everyday, hoping that she would be there and hoping that he would have the courage to talk to her. He saw her standing there, facing her locker, getting her books that she needed for homework that night and his heart started to race. He was determined to talk to her and fix what he had screwed up like Elle said, but just as he was about to he stopped. He didn't know what to say. He knew that there was no explanation for what he did to her. Then again Ash was an understanding person so maybe she could forgive him. He kept walking. He came closer and closer to her. Just a couple more steps and . . . he stopped again. He couldn't do it. As much as he wanted to he couldn't. He just kept walking down the long hallway that never seemed to end. He turned around a few times wondering what would have happened if he had talked to her.
He continued down the hallway when he heard his name being yelled from behind.
"Craig! Craig!"
He turned around to see the teen barreling down the hall, waving his arms wildly and pushing everyone out of his way to reach where Craig had stopped. Greeting the familiar voice, he tried not to laugh at the sight. "Hey Spinner, what's up?"
"Nothing," Spinner said, mildly out of breath from his sprint down the hall. Giving him a supportive pat on the back he asked, "Did you try talking to Ash yet?"
"Ah . . . I tried, but I couldn't do it," Craig replied, a bit defeated. Suddenly his head snapped over in his friend's direction. "Hey . . . Wait a second, Spinner, who told you that I was going to talk to Ash?"
Raising one dark eyebrow, he eyed him suspiciously, "You told me yesterday Craig. Don't you remember?"
"Sorry," Craig said, "I've had a lot on my mind lately. I mean what was I thinking trying to get Ash back? She hates me with a passion."
"Don't tell me that you're just going to give up like that. I'm sure she'll learn to forgive you. So anyway how's Elle?"
"Crap! I forgot that I was supposed to meet her in the courtyard today. I can't think striate today. Listen Spinner, I'll talk to you later."
Craig could barely get the words out before his voice faded off down the long hallway. He left Spinner standing there confused, but with a big grin across his face. He was enjoying every second of it. Craig went from having two girlfriends to none in a matter of a few weeks and Spinner loved the fact that he still had a girlfriend. He turned around and swaggered down the hallway with confidence.
"Hey Elle, sorry I'm late. I . . . lost track of the time."
Elle stopped strumming on her guitar and looked up when she heard the familiar voice.
"Hey, it's no big deal. I haven't been waiting long anyway, only a few minutes. So Craig, Did you talk to Ash yet?"
"Well, no not really. I couldn't do it. How about you did you talk to her?"
"Actually, I did," Elle said with a confident tone. "I was shocked that she even let me say your name in her presence."
"And . . . ," Craig said waiting to get a response.
"Actually you'll be glad to know that we had a decent conversation about you and she didn't get mad once."
*Flashback*
Waiting for Ash, Elle leaned her back against the next locker, trying to think of a way to bring up Craig in the conversation that wouldn't upset her best friend.
"Ash, have you seen Craig any time soon?"
As soon as she heard his name she picked her head up, shocked to hear the words come out of Elle's mouth.
"No, why do you ask?"
"Well," Elle started, "he has looked like crap ever since he cheated on you. All he does is walk around the hallways moping all the time. And I heard that he has been trying to apologize to you, but he is worried that you'll blow him off. Then again, when you think about it you have every right to."
"Yes, I do seem to think so. I mean what he did to me was bull, but just because I never want to speak to him it doesn't mean that I'm going to blow him off or ignore him if he tries to apologize. It's just like him to assume that."
"So you mean that you would listen to him if he asked you to listen, even after all he did to you. Wow! You rock. I probably would have punched him in the face if he tried talking to me, but then again you're my most forgiving friend."
"Yeah I know," Ash said in a cocky voice, "I'm just like that."
She closed her locker and they walked down the hall to Mrs. Kwan's Class.
*End of flashback*
"She's going to talk to me? Elle, you're awesome!"
"Thanks. I'm glad someone thinks so." She mumbled the last words out soft enough so that Craig wouldn't here.
He gave her a fast hug and ran back into the school, leaving Elle sitting there. He was so happy, and she was happy that she could help her friends, but she didn't think it would be this hard.
* stay tuned for chapter 3!
Ch 2: To Talk or Not To Talk
The next day in school Craig contemplated talking to Ash, but he didn't know how to approach her. He knew that he broke her heart and that she never wanted to even see him again, but he had to at least try to apologize. He knew that it would be hard, after all Ash wouldn't even look at him and if she did she gave him a dirty look.
He turned the corner and walked down the hallway where Ash's locker was just as he did everyday, hoping that she would be there and hoping that he would have the courage to talk to her. He saw her standing there, facing her locker, getting her books that she needed for homework that night and his heart started to race. He was determined to talk to her and fix what he had screwed up like Elle said, but just as he was about to he stopped. He didn't know what to say. He knew that there was no explanation for what he did to her. Then again Ash was an understanding person so maybe she could forgive him. He kept walking. He came closer and closer to her. Just a couple more steps and . . . he stopped again. He couldn't do it. As much as he wanted to he couldn't. He just kept walking down the long hallway that never seemed to end. He turned around a few times wondering what would have happened if he had talked to her.
He continued down the hallway when he heard his name being yelled from behind.
"Craig! Craig!"
He turned around to see the teen barreling down the hall, waving his arms wildly and pushing everyone out of his way to reach where Craig had stopped. Greeting the familiar voice, he tried not to laugh at the sight. "Hey Spinner, what's up?"
"Nothing," Spinner said, mildly out of breath from his sprint down the hall. Giving him a supportive pat on the back he asked, "Did you try talking to Ash yet?"
"Ah . . . I tried, but I couldn't do it," Craig replied, a bit defeated. Suddenly his head snapped over in his friend's direction. "Hey . . . Wait a second, Spinner, who told you that I was going to talk to Ash?"
Raising one dark eyebrow, he eyed him suspiciously, "You told me yesterday Craig. Don't you remember?"
"Sorry," Craig said, "I've had a lot on my mind lately. I mean what was I thinking trying to get Ash back? She hates me with a passion."
"Don't tell me that you're just going to give up like that. I'm sure she'll learn to forgive you. So anyway how's Elle?"
"Crap! I forgot that I was supposed to meet her in the courtyard today. I can't think striate today. Listen Spinner, I'll talk to you later."
Craig could barely get the words out before his voice faded off down the long hallway. He left Spinner standing there confused, but with a big grin across his face. He was enjoying every second of it. Craig went from having two girlfriends to none in a matter of a few weeks and Spinner loved the fact that he still had a girlfriend. He turned around and swaggered down the hallway with confidence.
"Hey Elle, sorry I'm late. I . . . lost track of the time."
Elle stopped strumming on her guitar and looked up when she heard the familiar voice.
"Hey, it's no big deal. I haven't been waiting long anyway, only a few minutes. So Craig, Did you talk to Ash yet?"
"Well, no not really. I couldn't do it. How about you did you talk to her?"
"Actually, I did," Elle said with a confident tone. "I was shocked that she even let me say your name in her presence."
"And . . . ," Craig said waiting to get a response.
"Actually you'll be glad to know that we had a decent conversation about you and she didn't get mad once."
*Flashback*
Waiting for Ash, Elle leaned her back against the next locker, trying to think of a way to bring up Craig in the conversation that wouldn't upset her best friend.
"Ash, have you seen Craig any time soon?"
As soon as she heard his name she picked her head up, shocked to hear the words come out of Elle's mouth.
"No, why do you ask?"
"Well," Elle started, "he has looked like crap ever since he cheated on you. All he does is walk around the hallways moping all the time. And I heard that he has been trying to apologize to you, but he is worried that you'll blow him off. Then again, when you think about it you have every right to."
"Yes, I do seem to think so. I mean what he did to me was bull, but just because I never want to speak to him it doesn't mean that I'm going to blow him off or ignore him if he tries to apologize. It's just like him to assume that."
"So you mean that you would listen to him if he asked you to listen, even after all he did to you. Wow! You rock. I probably would have punched him in the face if he tried talking to me, but then again you're my most forgiving friend."
"Yeah I know," Ash said in a cocky voice, "I'm just like that."
She closed her locker and they walked down the hall to Mrs. Kwan's Class.
*End of flashback*
"She's going to talk to me? Elle, you're awesome!"
"Thanks. I'm glad someone thinks so." She mumbled the last words out soft enough so that Craig wouldn't here.
He gave her a fast hug and ran back into the school, leaving Elle sitting there. He was so happy, and she was happy that she could help her friends, but she didn't think it would be this hard.
* stay tuned for chapter 3!