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"Hi, Zack. I think you should sit down for this..." Maddie said, getting ready for the worst. She lowered herself down, nervously then motioned for Zack to take a seat too. He didn't. That's when Maddie had to bite her bottom lip to keep it from quivering, "Okay, I don't know how else to put this, so..." she swallowed the saliva building up in her mouth and rubbed her thumbs in her clammy palms, "here it goes..."
"I already know." Zack interrupted, "Cody told me." his blue eyes dropped to the floor and he licked his lips, awkwardly.
The uncomfortable and tense feeling released itself from Maddie's shoulders when she heard him say those words, but they came right back when Zack's profile grew darker, "Are you going to be alright?" Maddie asked, after a minute or two passed.
Zack finally sat down, "Yeah, I think I'll be okay." that came to a shock to Maddie. She leaned away from him, trying to figure if what she heard was right. "What?" he asked kind of rudely. Her expression must have been more apparent than she would have hoped. She opened her mouth to say something assuring and level headed, but realized she had nothing.
"Are you upset?" she asked in a sort of panic.
He rose to his feet again, "Yeah, I'm upset!" he said, angrilly. Just when Maddie thought he was going to break out into a fit of complaints and rants and bellowing, Zack leaned closer to her face, gave her an affectionate smile and said, "I'm gonna to miss you a lot, Maddie." he blushed and stood up straight. "I had this whole speech planned out and everything... then I forgot it." he looked to the ceiling, trying to remember, but gave up. "Well, I hope you have fun in West Virginia."
Maddie frowned, "That's it?"
Zack tilted his head, "Yeah. What did you expect? Me, crying?" Maddie suddenly felt like an absolute moron. "I gatta run. My mom's gonna kill me for being late for dinner and stuff. See ya." he ran to the elevators and slipped into one that an elderly woman had just gotten off of.
London walked over right away, "How'd it go?"
Maddie stood up nodding, pretending that Zack didn't, in her mind, blow her off, "Pretty okay."
"No offence or anything, but he didn't seem like he was in love with you." London said, insensitively, "More like you've had a crush on him for the past four years and have been completely ignored and rejected ever since." Maddie, bitterly turned to London. She just shrugged and took off toward the ballroom, leaving Maddie all alone with her thoughts. London couldn't possibly be right, she was never right about anything. You basically had to beat her head with a coconut for three days before she understood even the simplest concept. But it still got Maddie thinking, Zack had liked her for four or so years. When he asked her if she was expecting him to cry, well, the truth was, YES.
It wasn't much to ask for, right? The words echoed in her mind over and over again as she sat behind the Candy Counter for one of the last times ever. Mr. Moseby walked over to her, "Maddie, you're moving to West Virginia, am I right?"
"Yes, you are." she paused, ruefully, still thinking about how Zack couldn't even shed a tear for her, "Don't worry, Mr. Moseby, you only have to suffer for eight and a half more days. Don't worry." Maddie smiled weakly.
Moseby chuckled, "Ah, yes. I only have eight and a half days to try to find a new Candy Counter girl." he said, sarcastically.
"Won't take you very long, all you have to do is yell out the door, remember?" the two employees laughed together, as Maddie realized that this was maybe the only time Mr. Moseby was really nice to her. Right before she left, great.
That was when the idea hit her: for those eight and a half days, she would be very nice to Zack. If Moseby could have a sudden change of heart, so could she. Besides, Moseby was the most stubbern man she knew.
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Ew, Moseby is being nice.
Okay, I have a confession, I don't know what the hell I'm going to write about next, so if anyone has any ideas, could you send some to me? It'll be much appreciated. I think I had something else to say, but I forgot. Alright, well, obviously, you already read (if you are down to here...) now you can review :3
