"I mean its not as if I hate him or anything Gretch. Its just I thought promises meant something to Teej." said Spinelli as she stood beside Gretch who was doing a experiment.
"I'm sure it does. Ok well it did to the old Teej. I don't know about the TJ we know now," said Gretchen.
Spinelli watched as Gretchen carried out the experiment and wrote down the results.
"Anyway I forgot to tell you Spin, I think Vin might ask me out." smiled Gretchen.
"Really?" asked Spinelli.
"Yeah. He said he wanted to walk me home so we could 'talk'." said Gretchen.
"Yeah and we both know what Vince means when he says 'talk.'" grinned Spinelli.
"Oi, don't be so mean." grinned Gretchen.
Spinelli watched as her friend blushed and smiled.
"So you going to admit you have a thing for him?" asked spinelli with a little grin.
"NO! Geeks don't go out with jocks spin. People like you go out with jocks..." said Gretchen as the two went back to their desks.
"Look Gretch me and TJ will probably never go out. You know how I feel about drugees." sighed Spinelli sitting down.
"But if you like TJ as much as I think you do then that shouldn't be a problem...you might even be able to stop his addiction." suggested Gretchen.
"Doubt it but nice try anyway Gretch." smiled Spinelli.
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The bell rang for the end of school and TJ eagerly gathered together his stuff.
"Hey Vin you want to go play maul ball?" asked TJ as the two filed out the classroom and out the school.
"I would man but I'm meeting Gretchen." said Vince pulling on his letterman jacket.
"Really? Well I'm sure you'll have a goodtime. I need to see if I can talk Spin." said TJ.
"Well good luck." said Vince.
"You too man." said TJ before he made his way through the crowd toward the chemistry lab.
Vince stopped at his locker to get his biology homework and hoped that Gretchen would wait for him.
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Spinelli walked out of the chem. lab where her fellow Ashleys was waiting for her.
Gretchen had disappeared in the crowd in the corridor probably to catch up with Vince.
"Like hey Ashley S. We're going to go to kelso's and grab some smoothes...you want to come" asked Ashley B.
Spinelli was about to reply when TJ burst through the crowd.
She cast her gaze to the ceiling and bit her lip annoyed.
"Like hey there TJ. You want to join us? We were just about to go to kelso's." said Ashley A.
"Actually I was about to ask Spinelli if we could talk for a sec." said TJ looking at Spinelli.
"You have to be kidding Teej." said Spinelli, narrowing her eyes.
"Can you leave us a sec girls?" asked TJ as his gaze was pinned on Spinelli's face.
"I'll meet you girls at kelso's." said Spinelli with a smile at her friends.
The other four Ashleys walked away leaving the two alone as the corridor cleared.
"Here to apologise again TJ?" asked spinelli crossing her arms.
"Spinelli please let me explain," said TJ.
"Why should I? TJ you broke a promise, I can't forgive you for that." said spinelli adjusting her bag.
"But Spinelli..." began TJ.
"We have nothing more to discuss TJ. Now excuse me I need to go meet up with my friends at kelso's." said Spinelli before she walked away.
TJ bit his lip as he paused before following her.
"I know your following me Teej. Just leave me alone!" said Spinelli not looking over shoulder as she carried on walking.
She walked out the school entrance and followed the lingering students down the road towards Kelso's.