Chapter 9: The Apology

When Sarah walks out of Rana's in tears Mark feels bad about what he did. He leaves shortly after that. That night he can't sleep and decides to call Sarah's cell phone. (Max put her number in his cell phone as a joke. Jake did the same to Sarah.)

"Hello?" Sarah answered still asleep.

"Sarah, it's Mark." Mark replied.

"Do you know what time it is?" Sarah asked him.

"Uh, three thirty in the morning." Mark replied as he looked at his alarm clock.

"What do you want?" Sarah asked him.

"I want to apologize for what happened this afternoon. It was mean and really stupid." Mark told her.

"Mark, save your apologies for someone who wants to hear them." Sarah told him as she hung up her cell phone.

Mark hangs up his cell phone and still can't sleep.

Jake can't sleep eithere because he keeps on dreaming that Justin is beating him up until he's dust.

At school Jake and Mark look terrible. Mark keeps on falling asleep during classes. In his English class Sarah kept looking at him but, he didn't even notice since he was so tired. Mrs. Thomkins wakes Mark up three times during that class. Sarah feels bad for Mark only for a second then she reminds herself what he did to her and gets mad at him again.

Jake falls asleep in Mr. Bombays class and Max keeps waking him up.

"Dude, I didn't get any sleep last night." Jake told him.

"Dude, Mr. Bombay looks like he's going to kill you." Max told him.

Jake looks at Mr. Bombay who gives him a dirty look. School ends, Mark is out of it and can't wait to get home. On his way home Sarah catches up with him.

"Mark, you look awful." Sarah said to him.

"It's not that bad." Mark replied with a yarn.

"Did you get any sleep last night?" Sarah asked him.

"No, thanks to you." Mark told her.

"That's gross." Sarah said to him.

"I couldn't sleep because I felt terrible about what I did to you at Rana's." Mark replied.

"You should." Sarah told him.

"Sarah, I can't argue now, I'm too tired." Mark told her.

Sarah walks Mark home to make sure he doesn't fall asleep on the way home. After Mark walks into his house Sarah goes to her house. When she walks in Jake is asleep on the couch.

"Wake up Jake." Sarah said to him.

"I didn't get any sleep last night." Jake replied with a groan.

"What is with people and not getting any sleep last night?" Sarah asked him.

"Who else couldn't sleep last night?" Jake then asked her with a yarn.

"Mark." Sarah replied.

"What happened his frog croaking keep him up again?" Jake then asked her.

"Not our brother Mark. Mark Mantia." Sarah told him.

"Why couldn't he sleep?" Jake asked her.

"He felt bad about what he did to me yesterday." Sarah replied.

Jake starts to laugh.

"What he did to me wasn't funny." Sarah told him.

"It's not what he did to you. It's how you feel sorry for him now." Jake replied.

"I don't feel sorry for him, he just looked terrible from not sleeping so, I didn't want to argue with him today." Sarah told him.

"You like him." Jake said to her.

"Okay, I like him." Sarah told him.

"I knew it." Jake replied.

"But, you can't tell Max." Sarah told him.

"Don't worry I won't tell him." Jake said as he fell back asleep on the couch.

Mike walks in and is annoyed.

"What's wrong Mike?" Sarah asked him.

"My teacher is mean." Mike replied.

"All teachers are mean." Sarah told him.

"Do all teachers give you homework on the second day of school?" Mike asked her.

"Some of them do." Sarah told him.

"Not two hours worth." Mike then said to her.

"Then you better get started." Sarah said to him.

"Only Mom can tell me when to do my homework." Mike told her.

Kate comes into the livingroom. "Listen to Sarah and start your homework." Kate told him.

"But, Mom." Mike whined.

"Mike, go start your homework." Kate told him again.

Mike sighs and goes upstairs to start his homework.

"How was your day?" Kate asked Sarah.

"It was okay." Sarah replied.

"Okay, that's it?" Kate asked her not believing her.

"This morning Mark called to apologize at three thirty." Sarah told her.

"He likes you." Kate said to her.

"I know he does but, he's afraid to tell me." Sarah said to her.

"And you like him." Kate then added.

"How does everyone know?" Sarah asked her.

"It's obvious Sweetheart. You two are always trying to out do it other with the pranks." Kate then told her.

"I should ask him out." Sarah said to her.

"You should if you want to." Kate told her.

Sarah thinks about it.