Chapter Nine - Jealousy

The next morning, I felt sick to my stomach. I knew today Heather would get Jacob. I couldn't sleep. I was recklessly tossing and turning during the night. This was becoming a routine thing I guess.

I wanted Auntie Rose to pick my outfit again.

"Again? Sure. What will you do when you're out on your own?" She joked around.

She picked a simple white long-sleeved shirt with jeans. Classic but nice. I left my hair fly naturally. It was too much work caring about it now.

I went down the hall to wake up Jacob. His bed was empty. I went into the room and searched. I went downstairs, nowhere to be found. He probably left already. I asked Dad to drive me.

"Of course. Anything for you, Nessie." I thanked him and went to the car.

Dad dropped me off and I kissed him on the cheek. "Bye."

I went to my locker and found Alyssa standing there.

"Did you see Jacob?" I asked her.

"Yeah." She looked like she had just seen a ghost. "He's taking Heather to the dance!"

"I know." She gave me a are-you-crazy look. "I told him to."

"Aren't you mad jealous?!"

"No. I'm fine." I took my stuff and went to my class. I didn't want to be reminded about Jacob and Heather.

I went to my class and sat down. I saw Jacob sitting in his seat. He waved. "Hey."

I sat down next to him. I glanced at him and stared at the front of the room. He nudged me to get my attention.

"Hey. Where were you this morning?"

"Askin' Heather to the dance."

My heart felt like it cracked into a couple pieces. I was the one who told him to go, so why am I feeling like this?

Then I was silent again. I tried to look distracted by stacking my books on the lab table. Jacob nudged me again.

"What, Jacob?" I said with a bit of rage in my voice.

"You seem…tense. Anything wrong?"

"No, I'm fine."

He made a questionable face as Heather walked in. I snarled quietly so no one could hear. As she walked in the middle of the aisle and looked at Jacob, my eyes flared with fire.

My faced turned to agony as I tried to calm myself down.

"You sure?"

"Nothing, my head just hurts." I lied partly.

"Start the experiment." Mrs. Woods said with a chipper voice. I wanted to scream at her for being so happy. I just started the experiment. The experiment is to decipher which compound was shown. I knew this from the first year of high school. I rushed through it without Jacob's consideration.

"Can I have a turn?" He asked after I finished.

"I already finished, go ahead."

He took out the slide and started writing down his answers.

Time for English. I was relieved that Jacob and I didn't have this class together. Alyssa scooted her chair to mine.

"How could you let Jacob go with Heather?!" She yelled more than questioned.

I shrugged, because inside I did not even know. "I didn't want him to not go because of me."

Her face went into astonishment. "Wow. You must be a really nice girlfriend. But how could you let him go with Heather?! She is so…uhhh!"

I walked out of the room and headed for the cafeteria. As I passed, I noticed a table in the way. It was for the ballots for homecoming queen and king. I walked away as soon as I could. I didn't want to think about the dance again. I sat down at the usual table and everyone was there. Except Jacob. I looked around the bland, plain, white room. From table to table, I couldn't find him. I finally looked at the door. I was waiting for him to show up.

He finally walked in…with her. My eyes flared again. I guess the twins noticed because they moved their chairs closer to mine.