Spinner
My mouth dropped. Did that just happen? Did.. did Alli just pull Paige down on her back and basically call her a whore?
So many thoughts were spinning through my head. What was going on?
"C'mon Spinner," Alli said, grabbing my arm and pulling me out of my thoughts, "let's get to class before we're late."
"Sure."
"Who is that?" she asked.
"Paige. She is, well, I don't know. In love with me I guess," I said.
"In LOVE with you?" she said, surprised.
"Yeah. She has been for a really long time. It's weird. I don't know, I used to like her a lot, but now I just can't stand her. She acts like she's better than everybody and it pisses me off."
"I hate people like that," Alli said.
"Yeah. Well just to warn you, you should look out. 'Cause Paige will make your life a living hell."
She rolled her eyes. "Yeah, because I'm so scared of her. I'm not exactly threatened by her or anything, in case you haven't noticed."
"Yeah. Well I'm just sayin. 'Cause you just started here, I don't want people to hate you or anything..."
"Look, I don't care what people think about me. And besides, I always have you, right?" she said, smiling.
I think I drooled... "Uh... uhhmm.."
"Okay.." she said laughing, "I guess I'll just talk to you after class."
And that was that, she walked up ahead of me and started talking to Simpson, leaving me dumbfounded.
Alli
After the school day was over, I headed to my locker. So far my day was going alright, considering my little run in with Miss Priss.
I shoved my books into my locker and grabbed a couple of folders to do math homework. I waited for Spinner. And waited. And waited..
The boy I saw right when I got to school, with the basketball, who I found out in my 5th period was Jimmy, came walking up to me. "Yo, Alli!" he shouted, nodding his head.
"What's up Jimmy?" I asked.
"Nothing. Hey, um, why are you still here?" he asked.
"Why are you still here?" I countered.
"Armstrong wants his basketball players to stay after now to stay in shape for next season if we aren't in any other sports. I'm on a half hour break right now cause tonight we are here until 9." He explained.
"Oh. Well, I was waiting for Spinner cause we were supposed to go to the skate park."
"Spinner? Oh, well, uhmm.." he started.
"What?" I asked, earnestly.
"Nothing. Hey how bout I ask Armstrong to let me leave early today and you and me can go to the dot or something to chill."
"Jimmy. Tell me what's going on. What's with you?" I asked, suspiciously this time.
"Nothing."
"Where's Spinner?"
"He's uhm.. at the gym. Yeah. The gym."
I grabbed my skateboard and my bag and started towards the gym. Jimmy grabbed my arm and said, "Alli, I wouldn't."
"And why's that?" I said, pulling my arm out of his grasp. As I turned the corner, I saw the gym. And Spinner.
And Paige.
My mouth dropped. Did that just happen? Did.. did Alli just pull Paige down on her back and basically call her a whore?
So many thoughts were spinning through my head. What was going on?
"C'mon Spinner," Alli said, grabbing my arm and pulling me out of my thoughts, "let's get to class before we're late."
"Sure."
"Who is that?" she asked.
"Paige. She is, well, I don't know. In love with me I guess," I said.
"In LOVE with you?" she said, surprised.
"Yeah. She has been for a really long time. It's weird. I don't know, I used to like her a lot, but now I just can't stand her. She acts like she's better than everybody and it pisses me off."
"I hate people like that," Alli said.
"Yeah. Well just to warn you, you should look out. 'Cause Paige will make your life a living hell."
She rolled her eyes. "Yeah, because I'm so scared of her. I'm not exactly threatened by her or anything, in case you haven't noticed."
"Yeah. Well I'm just sayin. 'Cause you just started here, I don't want people to hate you or anything..."
"Look, I don't care what people think about me. And besides, I always have you, right?" she said, smiling.
I think I drooled... "Uh... uhhmm.."
"Okay.." she said laughing, "I guess I'll just talk to you after class."
And that was that, she walked up ahead of me and started talking to Simpson, leaving me dumbfounded.
Alli
After the school day was over, I headed to my locker. So far my day was going alright, considering my little run in with Miss Priss.
I shoved my books into my locker and grabbed a couple of folders to do math homework. I waited for Spinner. And waited. And waited..
The boy I saw right when I got to school, with the basketball, who I found out in my 5th period was Jimmy, came walking up to me. "Yo, Alli!" he shouted, nodding his head.
"What's up Jimmy?" I asked.
"Nothing. Hey, um, why are you still here?" he asked.
"Why are you still here?" I countered.
"Armstrong wants his basketball players to stay after now to stay in shape for next season if we aren't in any other sports. I'm on a half hour break right now cause tonight we are here until 9." He explained.
"Oh. Well, I was waiting for Spinner cause we were supposed to go to the skate park."
"Spinner? Oh, well, uhmm.." he started.
"What?" I asked, earnestly.
"Nothing. Hey how bout I ask Armstrong to let me leave early today and you and me can go to the dot or something to chill."
"Jimmy. Tell me what's going on. What's with you?" I asked, suspiciously this time.
"Nothing."
"Where's Spinner?"
"He's uhm.. at the gym. Yeah. The gym."
I grabbed my skateboard and my bag and started towards the gym. Jimmy grabbed my arm and said, "Alli, I wouldn't."
"And why's that?" I said, pulling my arm out of his grasp. As I turned the corner, I saw the gym. And Spinner.
And Paige.
