Last Time---Christy stood up hastily, as Hunter was still kneeling on the floor. She rushed past him and along the corridor. What was he playing at? 'It has to be a trick' she thought, as she entered her noisy English class.
Joy and Dave were sitting in the corner. He seemed to be in deep conversation with her. She was quiet, examining the tufts of her scarf. Christy was about to take another seat, not wanting to disturb them, until Dave waved at her.
"Hey Christy," Dave said, forcing a smile. Joy remained quiet.
After the lesson, Dave walked away toward the first floor, where John had vocal lessons.
"So…"Christy breathed, as her and Joy walked toward their dorm. "Hows things…"
"Alright…just hectic," she said, unlocking their dorm. "I talked to him…I want to trust him and all that but…im just so scared that he'll do it again…"
"Joy…"
"No, I mean I know he's not…what's the word…capable of it himself, but Stacy, she just…arg…"
"I think you should give him a chance," Christy said, shutting the window against the howling wind and rain. "I mean, he's beating himself up for it…shouldn't that be enough?"
Joy nodded. "I know…it's not his fault, but i… I should talk to him shouldn't i…"
Christy smiled and nodded, as Joy hugged her and headed out into the students infested corridor. So at least that, for what Christy thought anyway, was taken care of.
The next week passed in a confusion of studying, stress and resulted in Christy being extremely tired on Saturday night. She lay face up on her bunk, while Jackie was on the computer. The others were out.
"So Christy," she asked, turning around to face her. "Are you thinking of going to the bar next weekend? John really wants you to go."
Christy sat up, and almost hit her heard on the bed above her. She cocked her eyebrow.
"Did he tell you that?" She asked.
"Well no…but can't you see? Come on, you can't be that dim. Anyway you have to go."
Christy thought for a moment.
"You know this trip thing….don't the teachers know about it?"
Jackies laughed.
"They plan it. They give us this code of conduct form on how we are to behave. Crap like that," she added. "No one ever reads it, anyway."
Christy laughed, and nodded. Suddenly, someone was knocking on the door.
"Come in," Jackie said in a sing-song voice, turning back to the computer.
John walked in, and his head turned to Christy.
"Hey hot stuff," he said teasingly, as Christy held back her laughter. Jackie did not, and Christy shot her a look.
"Well girls, I think yall know about the trip coming up?"
"Speak of the devil," Jackie said, turning to face him.
"No, I just heard you two talking outside the door," he said, jerking his head toward it.
He is so tactless! Christy thought, feeling her face grow hot.
Jackie started laughing again, and Christy wanted to hit her.
"You didn't hear anything...else?" She asked, muffling her giggles.
"I might have heard some things," John said, watching Jackie with amusement.
Christy buried her head in her hands.
"Anyway," John said, covering up the uneasy energy, "I have this to pin up on your board...just so you don't forget," he said, grinning at Christy. He walked over to their notice board, and stuck up a red notice over the school rules pamphlet.
"That's for the trip this Friday night. See you guys then," he said, leaving out through the open door.
Jackie looked at Christy, and started giggling again. Christy chucked a pillow at her.
Sunday came and went, with the unease and guiltiness of not studying, sitting in the pits in many of the students' stomachs. Christy and Joy tried to do their English homework that night, with no success.
"Argg! This is useless. We'll just ask Mr Macintosh how to do this tomorrow…ok?" Joy said, collapsing back onto the window seat.
Christy nodded, and threw her pen and paper on the floor. She lay back on her own bed, and fell asleep.
AUTHORS NOTE: k guys..another chapter..r and r plz. This is off topic, but is anyone else having trouble selecting a catergory to upload a new story or is it just me? it says i hav to log in...but i am logged in!
