Billie sat on her backpack on the curb outside of school. She needed to get out of there. It was boring and useless school work. Plus it's not as though anyone cared if she didn't stay. No one liked her and she didn't like them. They were goodie goodies. She couldn't believe no one would ditch with her! She could've sworn that the last time she'd ditched she'd had at least six people with her!
"Um... hello? This is where the ditch is being held right?"
It was Jesse, her one and only friend in the world.
"Yep. Sit down we got to wait for a ride."
Jesse sat down next to her. They sat in the silence for a moment. Suddenly Jesse said "Billie, did I ever tell you how my father died."
"Actually, yea Jesse...you have."
"Oh. Did I ever tell you my real name?"
"Jesse is your real name."
"No, it's not and I won't stand to be called Jesse anymore!"
"Jesse..."
"No, not Jesse," Jesse stood up from his backpack and yelled out, "David. From now on, I am David and I am not CHRISTIAN!"
"Jesse?"
"I'm not freakin Jesse! Ok? I'm David and I'm atheist!"
God had Jesse gone insane? Why was he making her call him David? David wasn't his real name. As far as she knew of Jesse had lived in New York and his dad was dead because of the KKK. So they moved here and kept a low profile. What was all this with Atheism and identification fraud. What the hell was going on?
A car pulled up then and Billie said "You coming David?"
"No...not today."
Billie climbed into the car and watched Jesse as he headed back into the building. God she hoped he was ok.