I was afraid Casey was avoiding me the whole day when I went to school on Monday. In fact he seemed to avoiding me and Cori. He didn't even talk to me during class. He just sat there awkwardly, not saying a word. At least I got to talk to Cori though. She recovers fast. Either that or she hides her pain remarkably well. I gave up hope on Casey until the end of the day. I was walking home with Irma when Casey showed up. He followed me and Irma. Finally I turned around and said "What do you want Jones?" He shifted.
He was wearing a black leather jacket that crunched when he moved. "I would like to talk to you alone." He stared at Irma while he said it. I sighed. "Irma, I'm sorry—" "No it's okay. I'm used to it. You two need a chat. See you tomorrow April." Irma walked away. I turned to glare at Casey. Although he had done nothing wrong she couldn't help but feel angry at him. "This better be good." Casey rubbed his neck. "I just wanted to say I'm sorry for exploding at you like that yesterday. I just lost my temper that's all." I relaxed my gaze.
"I'm sorry too. I just didn't want you to find out about Cori that's all." We started walking to the park where we usually hanged out at. "Man, you guys have a lot of company at that place. I mean first that Crow chic and now Cori." I couldn't help but face palm myself. "Casey, Crow is Cori." "What?" "Crow is Cori." "But I thought Crow was supposed to be like a hero. I mean Cori isn't fit enough to be a hero. And she's kinda unattractive." I whacked Casey with my book bag as hard as I could.
"What the hell was that for?" "First of all Cori isn't unattractive, she is pretty. Second of all, just because she isn't a model like the girl superheroes in the movies doesn't mean she can't fight." "You look like a model." He blushed. I would have blushed but instead I gave a smart remark. "Charming." "Ah, c'mon. I have to be hard on her; I'm supposed to be the only superhero around here." He smiled at me.
"You need to see a dentist," I said. "And you need anger management." I rolled my eyes. "Look who's talking Mr. Best buddy is Raph." Casey laughed. "Everyone needs an abusive friend. I bet Crow has one." "Whatever," I replied. I didn't feel like making a witty comeback so instead we just walked to the park together.