Would You Still Call Me Superman? Chapter 2
Reader, Rose did find out there was no science project the same day Danny and Tucker left the lunch table. The same day, she first arrived at Casper High. She thought about it for a few days. Strange things have been happening with Danny. Then she ignored it for 4 full weeks when Danny and his crew had become very good friends with her.
"I'm telling you. Something is going on with him." Rose said into her phone. She was talking with her best friend from her old school, Melanie. "Hmm and what are you going to do about Andrew?" Melanie's voice emerged out of the phone. "I don't know, you told him we couldn't go out anymore when I'm half way across the country, right?" Rose replied. Andrew had been her boyfriend back in her old town. "No, he hasn't been at school for a very long time." Melanie replied. "Maybe he is sick." Rose said. She doubted that. Whenever Andrew missed school it was for a stupid reason. Like from a headache. "For 4 weeks? He must be throwing up every 2 minutes to miss that much school. The teachers don't say his name on the attendance list anymore." Melanie said. "They don't?? How strange. Well I gotta go see ya Melanie." She hung up.
The next morning at lunch Rose gasped. "Oh no!!!" she hid behind Danny. "What?" Danny asked. "It's Andrew! My boyfriend at my old school! Why is he here?" Rose screeched. Danny looked. There was a boy looking around. 'Red Head' thought Danny. Rose got up and sat down. "He didn't move here just to be with me did he??" Rose groaned. "That would be crazy man!" Tucker said. Rose put her head in her hands. Suddenly she felt a tap on her shoulder. She bravely looked up and of course saw Andrew and his goofy smile. "Hi Rose! I moved here to be with you! Isn't that great!" He looked around at Rose's new friends. "Who are these people?" he asked. "You didn't think I could make new friends could you?" Rose said. "Now you make me look stupid." Andrew said. Rose groaned. Danny and Tucker looked at each other while Sam looked at her food. "Look Andrew, it's great to see you and" she didn't finish. Dash came to the table and sat down. "How's it going at the loser table?" he laughed. "DASH GET OUT OF HERE!" Rose shouted. "Who's the new addition to the table?" Dash looked at Andrew. Rose opened her mouth to answer but Andrew answered for her. "I was her boyfriend back at her old place." Rose slapped her hand on her face. She couldn't believe Andrew made his family move all the way out here! "Andrew, why did you move all the way out here? You can't go keep doing stupid things just for me!" Rose ignored Dash, who was laughing insanely. "What you don't want me here?" Andrew asked. Rose ignored that. "Do your parents have jobs??" she asked. "Yes they do." Andrew answered. Rose's head dropped. Now it was going to be even harder to dump him now!
At the end of lunch Rose ran up to Sam, Tucker, and Danny. "Rose, you went out with HIM for 1 year and a HALF?" Sam asked with a voice full of shock. "It looks like he wouldn't care anything about you!" she added. "We've had a few problems..." Rose couldn't finish because Andrew popped up. "I'm back!" he said. "Great..." Sam said. Rose did like Andrew. It was just freaky how he moved here just for her!
Rose ran home. "Bye Danny! Bye Sam! Bye Tuck! See you tonight!" It was Friday so the three of them were going to hang out. As she burst in the house she grabbed the phone. She was going to call Melanie, but remembered her time was different then hers now and she was still at school now. The phone rang suddenly in her hand. "Hello?" Rose hated answering the phone because she was so bad at taking messages. "Hi," said a sort of familiar voice. "Hi..." Rose said. "What's up?" said the voice behind the phone. Now Rose knew who it was! Andrew. "I didn't give you my new number!" she said. She was just surprised, she was NOT saying she didn't want him calling. "Dash gave it to me." Andrew said. "How did Dash get it?" Rose said confused. "Who knows?" Andrew said. "Anyway, Rose I was wondering if you could come over later. My mom will tell you the directions. You could practically walk to every one's house in this neighborhood!" Andrew said. "Er...sorry Andrew I have plans with Danny and the gang today." Rose said nervously. "Darn it! What is with that Danny kid anyway?" Andrew said. "There is nothing wrong with Danny, Andrew. You aren't going to get like you were with Steven about Danny Are you?" Rose said annoyed. Steven was another one of Rose's best friends back home. He had a disability that made him act silly all the time. He was so much fun! She and him had cried so much when she had to move away!
"No, it's just that..." Andrew muttered. "What Andrew? What is wrong with another one of my guy friends?" Rose raised her voice. "I'm sorry Rose...it's just that...there is something weird about him. I mean he's weird." Andrew replied. "Well, you're weird. Everyone's weird. And I like how Danny's weird!" Rose was getting annoyed now. "Rose...sorry...I'm sorry." Andrew said. "I gotta go." Rose hung up. "What is the matter with him!??" She muttered to herself. She dropped her bag and sat on the couch and turned on the tv.
Later, Rose picked up the phone and called Melanie. "Hello?" Melanie answered. "Melanie! You WON'T believe this? Andrew moved HERE just for me!! Now he's HERE at Casper High!!" Rose screamed at the phone. "Yeesh, Rose that is weird! I always knew he'd do something stupid!" Melanie said. "Well, I feel like it was a stupid thing for him to do but shouldn't I be flattered?" Rose said. "Rose, he moved halfway across the country for you! Middle school kids aren't supposed to get THAT much in love! It's supposed to be for like people in their 20's in love movies when the need each other so they chase each other!" Melanie said. "Yeah...and on the phone earlier he was making fun of Danny." Rose said getting angry at the memory. "Jeez does he make fun of EVERY boy you're friends with?" Melanie said. "I dunno, he didn't say anything about Tucker yet. Well anyway, I gotta go I'm hanging out with Danny and everyone tonight! I hope I can come visit you and all the other soon!" Rose said. "Bye. Miss you!" Melanie said sadly. Rose hung up sadly.
Rose rode her scooter over to Sam's place. She met Sam and Tucker there. Danny was there too! She melted when she saw him. 'Wait a minute!' she thought. 'What is happening?' She put a hand to her forehead and felt dizzy. She felt sick. She fell off her scooter. And then woke up. "Huh?" she muttered. Danny was crouched over her. "Rose??? Rose!!! Are you sick?" He was grabbing her shoulders and shaking her. "No...no Danny I'm okay!" She closed her eyes and sat up. Then her eyes snapped open. She saw her friends around her. Just plain old Danny and posse...as Mr. Lancer called it. But she could have sworn Danny just had white hair.
Reader, Rose did find out there was no science project the same day Danny and Tucker left the lunch table. The same day, she first arrived at Casper High. She thought about it for a few days. Strange things have been happening with Danny. Then she ignored it for 4 full weeks when Danny and his crew had become very good friends with her.
"I'm telling you. Something is going on with him." Rose said into her phone. She was talking with her best friend from her old school, Melanie. "Hmm and what are you going to do about Andrew?" Melanie's voice emerged out of the phone. "I don't know, you told him we couldn't go out anymore when I'm half way across the country, right?" Rose replied. Andrew had been her boyfriend back in her old town. "No, he hasn't been at school for a very long time." Melanie replied. "Maybe he is sick." Rose said. She doubted that. Whenever Andrew missed school it was for a stupid reason. Like from a headache. "For 4 weeks? He must be throwing up every 2 minutes to miss that much school. The teachers don't say his name on the attendance list anymore." Melanie said. "They don't?? How strange. Well I gotta go see ya Melanie." She hung up.
The next morning at lunch Rose gasped. "Oh no!!!" she hid behind Danny. "What?" Danny asked. "It's Andrew! My boyfriend at my old school! Why is he here?" Rose screeched. Danny looked. There was a boy looking around. 'Red Head' thought Danny. Rose got up and sat down. "He didn't move here just to be with me did he??" Rose groaned. "That would be crazy man!" Tucker said. Rose put her head in her hands. Suddenly she felt a tap on her shoulder. She bravely looked up and of course saw Andrew and his goofy smile. "Hi Rose! I moved here to be with you! Isn't that great!" He looked around at Rose's new friends. "Who are these people?" he asked. "You didn't think I could make new friends could you?" Rose said. "Now you make me look stupid." Andrew said. Rose groaned. Danny and Tucker looked at each other while Sam looked at her food. "Look Andrew, it's great to see you and" she didn't finish. Dash came to the table and sat down. "How's it going at the loser table?" he laughed. "DASH GET OUT OF HERE!" Rose shouted. "Who's the new addition to the table?" Dash looked at Andrew. Rose opened her mouth to answer but Andrew answered for her. "I was her boyfriend back at her old place." Rose slapped her hand on her face. She couldn't believe Andrew made his family move all the way out here! "Andrew, why did you move all the way out here? You can't go keep doing stupid things just for me!" Rose ignored Dash, who was laughing insanely. "What you don't want me here?" Andrew asked. Rose ignored that. "Do your parents have jobs??" she asked. "Yes they do." Andrew answered. Rose's head dropped. Now it was going to be even harder to dump him now!
At the end of lunch Rose ran up to Sam, Tucker, and Danny. "Rose, you went out with HIM for 1 year and a HALF?" Sam asked with a voice full of shock. "It looks like he wouldn't care anything about you!" she added. "We've had a few problems..." Rose couldn't finish because Andrew popped up. "I'm back!" he said. "Great..." Sam said. Rose did like Andrew. It was just freaky how he moved here just for her!
Rose ran home. "Bye Danny! Bye Sam! Bye Tuck! See you tonight!" It was Friday so the three of them were going to hang out. As she burst in the house she grabbed the phone. She was going to call Melanie, but remembered her time was different then hers now and she was still at school now. The phone rang suddenly in her hand. "Hello?" Rose hated answering the phone because she was so bad at taking messages. "Hi," said a sort of familiar voice. "Hi..." Rose said. "What's up?" said the voice behind the phone. Now Rose knew who it was! Andrew. "I didn't give you my new number!" she said. She was just surprised, she was NOT saying she didn't want him calling. "Dash gave it to me." Andrew said. "How did Dash get it?" Rose said confused. "Who knows?" Andrew said. "Anyway, Rose I was wondering if you could come over later. My mom will tell you the directions. You could practically walk to every one's house in this neighborhood!" Andrew said. "Er...sorry Andrew I have plans with Danny and the gang today." Rose said nervously. "Darn it! What is with that Danny kid anyway?" Andrew said. "There is nothing wrong with Danny, Andrew. You aren't going to get like you were with Steven about Danny Are you?" Rose said annoyed. Steven was another one of Rose's best friends back home. He had a disability that made him act silly all the time. He was so much fun! She and him had cried so much when she had to move away!
"No, it's just that..." Andrew muttered. "What Andrew? What is wrong with another one of my guy friends?" Rose raised her voice. "I'm sorry Rose...it's just that...there is something weird about him. I mean he's weird." Andrew replied. "Well, you're weird. Everyone's weird. And I like how Danny's weird!" Rose was getting annoyed now. "Rose...sorry...I'm sorry." Andrew said. "I gotta go." Rose hung up. "What is the matter with him!??" She muttered to herself. She dropped her bag and sat on the couch and turned on the tv.
Later, Rose picked up the phone and called Melanie. "Hello?" Melanie answered. "Melanie! You WON'T believe this? Andrew moved HERE just for me!! Now he's HERE at Casper High!!" Rose screamed at the phone. "Yeesh, Rose that is weird! I always knew he'd do something stupid!" Melanie said. "Well, I feel like it was a stupid thing for him to do but shouldn't I be flattered?" Rose said. "Rose, he moved halfway across the country for you! Middle school kids aren't supposed to get THAT much in love! It's supposed to be for like people in their 20's in love movies when the need each other so they chase each other!" Melanie said. "Yeah...and on the phone earlier he was making fun of Danny." Rose said getting angry at the memory. "Jeez does he make fun of EVERY boy you're friends with?" Melanie said. "I dunno, he didn't say anything about Tucker yet. Well anyway, I gotta go I'm hanging out with Danny and everyone tonight! I hope I can come visit you and all the other soon!" Rose said. "Bye. Miss you!" Melanie said sadly. Rose hung up sadly.
Rose rode her scooter over to Sam's place. She met Sam and Tucker there. Danny was there too! She melted when she saw him. 'Wait a minute!' she thought. 'What is happening?' She put a hand to her forehead and felt dizzy. She felt sick. She fell off her scooter. And then woke up. "Huh?" she muttered. Danny was crouched over her. "Rose??? Rose!!! Are you sick?" He was grabbing her shoulders and shaking her. "No...no Danny I'm okay!" She closed her eyes and sat up. Then her eyes snapped open. She saw her friends around her. Just plain old Danny and posse...as Mr. Lancer called it. But she could have sworn Danny just had white hair.