Two: Not a Thing

Claudia walked down a hall with some other people, it was quitting time and she was on her way out. But, Andrew stopped her.

"Did you think about it?" he asked once she swung around and was looking him in the eye.

"About what?" she asked.

"The party. George's party," he said.

She smiled lightly. "Of course. How could I forget one of his parties." She began walking again, Andrew followed.

"So.."

"No. It's a no. Straight out. I'm not going. Not after what you did to me." She answered, not looking back.

He grabbed her shoulder and swung her back. He had a cocky grin on. "You owe me." He said.

"What? I don't owe you a thing. Not a thing." She protested.

"Oh, but I do recall that I looked after a certain snotty little girl and her little hyper pet cat." He said, remembering the time he looked after Claudia's little sister and her cat.

"But, I didn't say that I would pay you back for that." She protested again.

"So, it's only right."

"I don't owe you anything!" she said, stomping off.

He followed again. "You know you do! That's why you can't face me!"

She stopped then and just stood there, looking ahead for a second. Then, slowly turned around to face him. She glared at him hard. "Not a thing." She said, slowly and hard. He almost thought she was a demon then, the way she said it.

"Okay," he said, backing off. "Bye."

"Bye." She answered.

And with that, they both went their separate ways, Claudia's friends waited up for her, but Andrew was alone.