Chapter 7: So irritating

Ellie walked into the house and logged onto the internet. There were a bunch of messages from Ashley, Sean, and Marco. She didn't check any of them. She just clicked SELECT ALL and then clicked on the trash icon and deleted them all.

She turned away from the computer and leaned back in her chair and tried to remember everything she thought about when she skipped her classes. But couldn't. "Ugh," she groaned. "This is so irritating! I can't remember anything anymore."

She sighed and jumped up as the phone rang. She ran down the hall and picked up the phone.

"Hello?" she asked.

"Ellie, it's um, me," a voice said. "I mean, it's Sean."

"Sean?" she asked.

"Yeah," he replied. "What's up?"

"Didn't you just see me?"

"Yeah," he said. "But there was something I forgot to ask you at school."

"What?"

"Well, tomorrow's Friday and I was wondering if you'd like to go to the movies with me or something."

Her heart pounded in her throat and she cleared her throat and said, "Yeah. I'd love to."

"Alright," he said. "Pick you up tomorrow at seven?"

"Yeah. That'll be fine."

"Alright. See you."

"See you."

Ellie hung up the phone and smiled. Maybe things were getting better for her. She ran to her room, closing the door behind her.