Chapter 6 – Back In Your System
"Cameron!"
I looked up and saw Jay sitting on the steps. I nodded at him, letting him know that I noticed him, and continued on into the school.
"Yo! Cameron!"
Jay, obviously not getting the message that I didn't want to be bothered, ran up to me and put his arm around my shoulder.
"Dude, didn't you hear me calling you?"
"Yeah, I heard you."
I dropped my backpack on the ground and opened my locker. Jay leaned his back on the locker next to mine, turned his head to face me, and continued talking.
"Well?"
I looked at him and he nudged me, winking.
"Well what?" I asked.
"I heard something happened between you and Ellie over the weekend."
I sighed heavily. After putting some books away and taking some out, I slammedthe locker shut.
"Where'd you hear that?" I growled.
Jay put his hands up. "Whoa man! Retract the claws! I heard it from Alex!" He put his hands down, picked up my backpack, and then handed it to me.
"And let me guess, Alex heard it from Ellie."
"Surprisingly no. See, Alex was talking to Paige, who heard it from Ashley, whom Ellie told."
"Wow. You really are a gossip queen aren't you?" I laughed.
"Ha Ha. You're hilarious. Anyway, so what really happened? Did you two…?"
I shook my head. "No, we broke up actually."
"Sorry man. That must suck ass. What happened?"
We started to walk and headed for our mechanics class.
"Well, it's stupid. I—What does it matter to you anyway?"
"Just curious is all."
"Well, you know what they say. Curiosity killed the cat."
Jay looked at me confused.
"What the hell does that mean?"
I rolled my eyes. "Have you ever paid attention in English?"
"English, you say? What ever do you mean? My precious mind can't handle such a word!"
I laughed at his stupidity and attempt at sarcasm.
"Dude, you really need to get laid."
"Yeah, I know. But Ellie won't put out."
Jay smiled. I glared at him playfully and punched him in his shoulder. He retaliated by putting his arm around my neck and put me in a headlock.
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I saw him. I always see him. I wanted to go up to him and let him know how I felt. Actually, I wasn't even sure how I felt.
I was fine with my life. Before he came in and turned my world upside down. My life wasn't exactly the perfect one to begin with, but it was something I had accepted. I had gotten used to it. Before, I never even thought twice about Sean. Why would I? We were on different parts of the social scale. I simply just couldn't explain this sudden infatuation with him.
I watched him as he horsed around with Jay. He looked so happy. Even if something were to happen, I would only make his life worse.
I sighed to myself. This is going to be a long day. I gave up and turned around into a face full of roses.
"Before you say anything, let me speak. I wanted to apologize for the way I acted the other night. I acted childish and the whole thing makes me sick for the way I treated you. I want you to know that I love you and I will never, ever touch you again."
Have you ever had those feelings that all tell you to say no? Your heart says no. Even your head is telling you no, but you end up doing it anyway? Yeah, this was one of those feelings.
"I love you too. It's my fault, really. I should have called my dad and told him I was going to be home later or something."
Rick smiled and handed me the roses. "Don't worry about it. We all make mistakes, right?"
He kissed my cheek and he walked me to my next class.
"Yeah, we do." I said.
And this is one of them.
AN. Hooray for the next chapter:claps hands: Ok, I lied in the previous chapter. To be completely honest, I have absolutely no idea where I'm going with this story. I guess you could say I'm just "winging" it. I just hope it all flows together and makes sense. :shrugs: Don't forget to review!
