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Chapter 5: I'm Sorry
Craig had trouble sleeping that night. He couldn't stop thinking about Elle and how upset she was about the fight she had with Ash. Craig was used to fighting with Ash by now, after all when they were still together they would have weekly fights over the stupidest things. He wanted to see how Elle was and he knew that he wouldn't be able to sleep until he found out. He rolled over on the bed and turned on his light. He picked up the phone that was on the night table next to his bed and he dialed her number. After the third ring she picked up.
"Hello," Elle said followed by a yawn.
"Hey Elle its Craig, sorry, did I wake you up?"
When Elle heard the voice on the other end of the phone she sat up and turned on her lamp. What could Craig have wanted at 11:30 at night?
"Yeah, but it's okay what's wrong?"
"Wrong?" Craig answered confused.
"I assumed that something was wrong since it is so late."
"Oh, well nothing's wrong and I really am sorry that I called so late, but I actually wanted to know if you were okay. I was worried when you left this afternoon. I should never have asked you to help me in the first place, and now you're involved and Ash is mad at you and........I'm sorry." Craig waited for her to answer. "Elle?"
"I'm here. I'll be okay, but I'm sorry that I just left you in the middle of the hall like that. It's been really stressful the last couple of weeks with my dad being gone and all and it just all boiled over when Ash and I got into the fight today. I tried calling her after school, but when she heard who it was she just hung up on me."
"Are you sure that you're going to be okay Elle?" Craig asked again.
"Yeah I'll be fine," Elle reassured him. "Thanks for calling though."
"No problem, I couldn't sleep anyway. Well....I guess I'll see you tomorrow. Bye."
"Bye Craig." Elle kept the phone to her ear a couple of seconds longer and then she hung up the phone. It helped talking to Craig. She suddenly felt a slight weight lifted off of her shoulders. She leaned over, turned off her lamp and then went to bed.
* * * *
Craig slowly approached the school looking for a familiar face. He saw Elle standing there with Marco and started to walk towards them. Elle was telling Marco about what had happened with Ash the day before, not that Marco was paying much attention. He was looking at Dylan and daydreaming. Craig walked over and started talking.
"Hey guys," he said.
"Hey," they responded back.
"So Elle, is Ash still giving you the silent treatment?"
"Yeah," she said, ", but we're working on a project together in Simpson's class so she is going to have to talk to me sooner or later."
"I'll see you in home room Elle, Bye"
"Hey," Marco whined "Since when does Craig talk to you more than me?"
"Since now I guess." Elle watched Craig walk over to Spinner and Jimmy followed by Marco who soon caught up with him. She watched them all walk into Degrassi, but she really was only watching Craig. Something had changed about the way she felt for him and she didn't know why. Could it have been that she was hanging out with him more lately? Or maybe it was the way he actually gave a crap about how she was feeling. She didn't know, but she liked him more now than she ever did.
Chapter 5: I'm Sorry
Craig had trouble sleeping that night. He couldn't stop thinking about Elle and how upset she was about the fight she had with Ash. Craig was used to fighting with Ash by now, after all when they were still together they would have weekly fights over the stupidest things. He wanted to see how Elle was and he knew that he wouldn't be able to sleep until he found out. He rolled over on the bed and turned on his light. He picked up the phone that was on the night table next to his bed and he dialed her number. After the third ring she picked up.
"Hello," Elle said followed by a yawn.
"Hey Elle its Craig, sorry, did I wake you up?"
When Elle heard the voice on the other end of the phone she sat up and turned on her lamp. What could Craig have wanted at 11:30 at night?
"Yeah, but it's okay what's wrong?"
"Wrong?" Craig answered confused.
"I assumed that something was wrong since it is so late."
"Oh, well nothing's wrong and I really am sorry that I called so late, but I actually wanted to know if you were okay. I was worried when you left this afternoon. I should never have asked you to help me in the first place, and now you're involved and Ash is mad at you and........I'm sorry." Craig waited for her to answer. "Elle?"
"I'm here. I'll be okay, but I'm sorry that I just left you in the middle of the hall like that. It's been really stressful the last couple of weeks with my dad being gone and all and it just all boiled over when Ash and I got into the fight today. I tried calling her after school, but when she heard who it was she just hung up on me."
"Are you sure that you're going to be okay Elle?" Craig asked again.
"Yeah I'll be fine," Elle reassured him. "Thanks for calling though."
"No problem, I couldn't sleep anyway. Well....I guess I'll see you tomorrow. Bye."
"Bye Craig." Elle kept the phone to her ear a couple of seconds longer and then she hung up the phone. It helped talking to Craig. She suddenly felt a slight weight lifted off of her shoulders. She leaned over, turned off her lamp and then went to bed.
* * * *
Craig slowly approached the school looking for a familiar face. He saw Elle standing there with Marco and started to walk towards them. Elle was telling Marco about what had happened with Ash the day before, not that Marco was paying much attention. He was looking at Dylan and daydreaming. Craig walked over and started talking.
"Hey guys," he said.
"Hey," they responded back.
"So Elle, is Ash still giving you the silent treatment?"
"Yeah," she said, ", but we're working on a project together in Simpson's class so she is going to have to talk to me sooner or later."
"I'll see you in home room Elle, Bye"
"Hey," Marco whined "Since when does Craig talk to you more than me?"
"Since now I guess." Elle watched Craig walk over to Spinner and Jimmy followed by Marco who soon caught up with him. She watched them all walk into Degrassi, but she really was only watching Craig. Something had changed about the way she felt for him and she didn't know why. Could it have been that she was hanging out with him more lately? Or maybe it was the way he actually gave a crap about how she was feeling. She didn't know, but she liked him more now than she ever did.