Chapter 14: Invitations
Charlie had been surprised to see her come to his house like that. She had never been to his house before. Maybe she was not unconscious when he had taken her to his house. It was strange. He did not have hockey practice today. He would probably do something with his friends. He liked Terra, but she did not like him. Or so he thought.
He missed Linda, but he could not talk to her or see her. She was in California. They would most likely never see each other ever again. He wanted Terra to like him back. He wanted to make good grades. He wanted a lot of things. He walked a small hill and sat down against a big tree. He sat there and looked up at the sky. The bell rang. He had first period with Terra.
He ambled along the hallways until he reached his classroom. Terra was already seated beside Fulton. Terra looked up at him in midst of their conversation, then quickly looked back to Fulton and kept talking to him. Charlie walked down the isle and took his seat. This was going to be a long day.
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Terra felt embarrassed around Charlie. She no longer knew what to say to him. She was very uncomfortable. So she sat there talking to his friend, Fulton. They were just talking about music and hockey. Mainly, he was the one talking about hockey and she sat there listening to him. The teacher cleared their throat, and interrupted their conversation. They had to stop talking and copy notes from the board. The class hummed with excitement; it was Friday. There was a hockey game tonight. It was Charlie's team.
"Are you coming to the game tonight?" asked Fulton curiously as he looked up from Terra's paper. Terra stopped writing and looked over at him.
"Uh..sure. What time does it start?" She replied. Fulton held up seven fingers. He said, "I am glad that you will be there. It will make me work harder to try and impress you so you can have a good impression of me. And besides...I know Charlie will be happy that you will be there." Fulton was watching her face to see her reaction. He saw the smile slide right off her face, which in turn made him frown. "What? Was that wrong of me to say? I just thought..you liked him..because I know he likes you."
Terra smiled and said, "No. It is fine. But I will not be coming to watch Charlie. I will come and watch you, since you invited me. Besides, I don't know what to say to Charlie." Fulton laughed and told her that Charlie was a little strong at first, but she could handle it.
Terra returned to copying the notes from the board, and Fulton returned to copying her notes. Charlie looked at them with disdain. The way they talked so easily to each other, made him really angry. He wanted to be able to talk to her like that. She was uncomfortable around him, and he had no idea why. Charlie huffed and wrote furiously. Class ended. He could not wait for the day to end. The bell rang and Charlie beat Terra to the door. This tim the would be the one to run.