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Chapter 9:
Elle placed her book bag and coat quietly on the floor next to the door, hoping not to wake up her mother who was passed out on the couch just a few feet away. She gave a sigh and walked over to the refrigerator to get a drink. Elle grabbed a cup and the pitcher of water and then placed the things on the table and sat down.
Looking down at the table she visualized the fight with Ash in her head, but was startled when she heard her mom coughing. She looked over and shook her head at the sight. 'Doesn't she get sick of the constant vomiting from being drunk,' she thought to herself. She shrugged and took another sip of the tasteless liquid.
With much hesitation she stood up, walked over to where she had placed her things, grabbed her book bag, and started up the stairs to her room. 'I might as well get my homework done now,' she thought.
As much as she wanted to she couldn't get herself to concentrate on the work in front of her. 'I wonder what Craig....,' she started to think to herself, but was soon interrupted by the ringing of the phone. She stood up from her seat at her desk and walked to her bed.
"Hello," she said into the receiver of the phone almost as if it was a question.
"Hey Elle, It's me Marco," the voice on the other end of the phone replied.
"Oh hey Marco, what's up?"
"Nothing," he said back, "Sorry about Ash though, it's her loss not yours."
"Yeah well I'll have to just forget about it. You know what? I never though such a stupid thing could destroy a friendship."
She was so glad to be talking to Marco. Elle hadn't seen him in few days and even if she did he was to busy talking to Marco.
"So," Marco started, "guess who I saw walking home with Craig Manning today?"
"Ha-ha, very funny. You know you should really think of stand up comedy," Elle joked. "He asked if he could walk me home and I said he could. I'm not very big on turning people down. You know that."
"Yeah, especially when you like the person," Marco replied knowing very well that she was going to deny the fact that she did.
"I don't like him as anything but a friend, and even if I did it would never work because of Ash. She sees us together and she goes insane and automatically assumes something is going on between us," Elle said in such a convincing voice she almost made herself believe she wasn't gaining feelings for Craig.
"Oh so you don't have any romantic feelings for Craig? I see how it is." He laughed waiting for her next defensive comment, but it never came.
"Marco I have to get going. I have to finish all of this homework Mrs. Kwan gave us, but if I finish early enough I'll call you back."
"Okay Elle. Talk to you later, Ciao!"
"Bye."
She held the receiver to her ear a few seconds longer until she heard it click and then she gently hung up the phone. Elle sat starring at the phone wishing she hadn't told Marco she had to do homework so she could talk to him more. She missed not seeing him and she couldn't even imagine what would happen if she lost Marco, like she lost Ash.
She stood up and walked over to her desk that she was working on earlier and sat down, looking at the book she would have to write an essay on and dreading it more as each minute passed.
"I hope I'm not falling for him," she said to herself out loud. "That would be wrong, very wrong especially with everything that's happening with Ash. I won't let myself fall for him, or at least I'll try not to let myself fall for him."
She picked up her pen and began writing the essay for Mrs. Kwan trying to stay focused, but having a very hard time doing so.
Chapter 9:
Elle placed her book bag and coat quietly on the floor next to the door, hoping not to wake up her mother who was passed out on the couch just a few feet away. She gave a sigh and walked over to the refrigerator to get a drink. Elle grabbed a cup and the pitcher of water and then placed the things on the table and sat down.
Looking down at the table she visualized the fight with Ash in her head, but was startled when she heard her mom coughing. She looked over and shook her head at the sight. 'Doesn't she get sick of the constant vomiting from being drunk,' she thought to herself. She shrugged and took another sip of the tasteless liquid.
With much hesitation she stood up, walked over to where she had placed her things, grabbed her book bag, and started up the stairs to her room. 'I might as well get my homework done now,' she thought.
As much as she wanted to she couldn't get herself to concentrate on the work in front of her. 'I wonder what Craig....,' she started to think to herself, but was soon interrupted by the ringing of the phone. She stood up from her seat at her desk and walked to her bed.
"Hello," she said into the receiver of the phone almost as if it was a question.
"Hey Elle, It's me Marco," the voice on the other end of the phone replied.
"Oh hey Marco, what's up?"
"Nothing," he said back, "Sorry about Ash though, it's her loss not yours."
"Yeah well I'll have to just forget about it. You know what? I never though such a stupid thing could destroy a friendship."
She was so glad to be talking to Marco. Elle hadn't seen him in few days and even if she did he was to busy talking to Marco.
"So," Marco started, "guess who I saw walking home with Craig Manning today?"
"Ha-ha, very funny. You know you should really think of stand up comedy," Elle joked. "He asked if he could walk me home and I said he could. I'm not very big on turning people down. You know that."
"Yeah, especially when you like the person," Marco replied knowing very well that she was going to deny the fact that she did.
"I don't like him as anything but a friend, and even if I did it would never work because of Ash. She sees us together and she goes insane and automatically assumes something is going on between us," Elle said in such a convincing voice she almost made herself believe she wasn't gaining feelings for Craig.
"Oh so you don't have any romantic feelings for Craig? I see how it is." He laughed waiting for her next defensive comment, but it never came.
"Marco I have to get going. I have to finish all of this homework Mrs. Kwan gave us, but if I finish early enough I'll call you back."
"Okay Elle. Talk to you later, Ciao!"
"Bye."
She held the receiver to her ear a few seconds longer until she heard it click and then she gently hung up the phone. Elle sat starring at the phone wishing she hadn't told Marco she had to do homework so she could talk to him more. She missed not seeing him and she couldn't even imagine what would happen if she lost Marco, like she lost Ash.
She stood up and walked over to her desk that she was working on earlier and sat down, looking at the book she would have to write an essay on and dreading it more as each minute passed.
"I hope I'm not falling for him," she said to herself out loud. "That would be wrong, very wrong especially with everything that's happening with Ash. I won't let myself fall for him, or at least I'll try not to let myself fall for him."
She picked up her pen and began writing the essay for Mrs. Kwan trying to stay focused, but having a very hard time doing so.