Chapter 17 The apology from hell
Hey everyone! I must say before you read this that I hate Taylor in this chapter! I understand her of course, but anyway that's just one persons opinion. I hope you like it anyways! Bye!
I gave out a loud sigh after I had shared my feelings with Jordan in our fifth period. She comforted me the best she could of course, but it didn't help the slightest. The feeling of Warren using me was horrible. I feel really bad for thinking like this, but is there any other explanation?
"Hey Taylor." Said Jamie in a stiff voice and got a seat next to me on the bench outside. Her blond hair was hanging loose down her face that made her look rather scary.
"Hey Jamie, what can I do for…" I started a bit depressed.
"As my friend I find that it is your duty to do me a favor." She said sounding intelligent for once. Jordan suddenly looked up from her book.
"What am I, a distant relative?" she said sounding defended. Jamie ignored her.
"Sure Jamie, what is it?"
"I want you to ask Warren to be my boyfriend." She said seriously. I was about to give out a roar of laughter but stopped when I saw her face.
"W… What?" I stuttered.
"If I had had something in my mouth, I would've spluttered it out right now!" said Jordan shocked.
"He's kinda cute so I thought he might wana be my boyfriend." She simply said, showing her very passionate feelings for him.
"No way!" I said without thinking, my face heating up. She wasn't the one in love with him, I was! How could she be such a bitch?! I have been struggling for weeks to get his attention and now she is suddenly so in love with him?!
"Excuse me?"
"I said no! It's not gona happen." Jamie suddenly stood up, her nostrils vibrating.
"I thought you were my friend!"
"Look Jamie, you can choose anyone you want. Why does it have to be Warren?" I asked patiently. This was the last thing I wanted, another think to feel bad about.
"I don't care what you're saying. I'm gona have to turn my back to you now, but mostly because I'm going that way…" she said and turned to leave. I gaped at her, goggling.
"Blamey!" said Jordan just as puzzled as me. The bell rang and we went in for cocking. We were silent all the way in side. This was just to weir to talk about, if you know what I mean. And ridicules, can you really see dark, mysterious and hard Warren walk hand in hand with pink, stupid and happy Jamie?!
It was still a couple of feet to the kitchen and the hallway was so full of people that I didn't even notice that Warren passed me. He didn't look or speak to me but I could feel him put something in my hand without anyone noticing. I glanced at him, but he just kept walking straight forwards until I couldn't see him anymore. I tightened my hand around it and looked sideways at Jordan that hadn't noticed Warren passing us.
The kitchen was half full of people when Jordan and I got there, Mrs. Breeze on the other hand hadn't showed up yet so we used our time to get a seat. The kitchen was a big round room behind the school. It was full of kitchen equipment and smelled like fish. I saw Layla, Will, Ethan, Zack, Magenta and Warren stand by two tables further behind us; none of them looked at me. Jordan was too busy talking to Xavier that she wouldn't notice if Logan passed her. I took the one chance I had and opened my hand. It was a small note curled up like a ball. I opened it under the table and tried to understand the handwriting. 'Taylor, meet me behind the school after cocking. Warren' it stood. My hart was pounding like mad as I read the note over and over again.
"Good morning class. Sit down please." said a hors voice from no where. Mrs. Breeze had just entered the room wearing her large yellow apron that made her look thicker than she really was. (And she is fat!)
"We'll make fish stew today so put on your aprons now. C'mon I haven't got all day!"
The rest of the class when fairly well, if you look away from my many setbacks. First I dropped the entire saltcellar in our stew, and than I broke two classes, than I tripped and threw the three eggs I had in my hands on Mrs. Breeze. I apologized over a thousand times before she threatened to give me detention if I didn't shut up. My nerves had absolutely taken over my head. Warren wanted to meet me behind the school after cocking class? What did he want?
"What has gotten in to you?" asked Jordan after turning of the sink that was threatening to lap over.
"What?" I asked blankly.
"You're worse than Jamie today! Are you still startled at her confession?" asked Jordan quiet as Mrs. Breeze passed us, giving me a small look.
"It's nothing!" I assured her before I emptied the full sink. Jordan shook her head and walked away. I sighed in relief. I had decided to keep this a secret as long I didn't know what Warren wanted…
The bell rang and I hurried out without waiting for Jordan. I ran over a few people before I got outside. The sun was high on the sky which blinded me after being in a dark room for so long.
"Betty, how lovely to see you!" said a female voice behind me. I turned around to see Mrs. Mendes standing a couple of feet from me.
"Mrs. Mendes?!"
"Back already?" she asked and received a puzzled look from me.
"Back from where?"
"Sweden!" I looked confused at her for a couple of seconds before it hit me. I had told her that Warren and I were on our way to Sweden the day before!
"Oh! Yeah, I have a sick ant there and she, she, eh… Missed her, her CAT! Yeah her cat and we brought it to her." I said unaware of my own stupid words.
"What's her name?" she asked sharply.
"We call her Fluffy because she's so full of hair and…"
"I mean your ant Miss Cadwellski."
"OH! Oh, her name is, is eh…" I started looking everywhere for an idea. Than suddenly I saw a magazine not far from me. I read the front line that was 'Helga Summers lost 100 pounds in just a week' and glanced at Mrs. Mendes again.
"Helga!"
"Hm, interesting… Where is Warren by the way? Such a handsome boy don't you think?" she said, her eyes searching around the school, hoping to get a glance of him.
"Dunno." I lied.
"Well anyway, I better get going. I'm actually here to talk to the principal. Another time Betty." She said and threw her hair over her bony shoulders. I was so near fainting point that I almost fell off the school edge on my way to the back side.
The back side of the school was always dark and it was full of containers that smelled like Coach Boomers gym socks… A dark figure was leaning on the wall with his head down. I squinted at the person, but it didn't help a bit.
"Warren?" I asked to make sure that it was him.
"Taylor!" he said and came walking towards me. "You got my note right?"
"No, I always spend my interval here!" I said sarcastically. He smiled.
"Where were you? I've been waiting here for ten minutes."
"I met someone I didn't expect. It slowed me down…" He nodded and didn't ask anymore.
"So why are we here?" I asked dully.
"I just wanted to remind you about today." I raised my eyebrows.
"Dinner, you know?"
"Oh, yeah that…" I said, half relieved, half angry. What that all? Wasn't he gona say anything about what had happened the other day?
"And one other thing…" he hesitated. My eyes became wide.
"Eh, I just wanted to apologize about what happened the other day. I shouldn't have kissed you. Well, see you later Taylor." He said and left with a wave of his hand. I glared after him unblinkingly for at least five minutes. I was this close (holds up two fingers with only one millimeter from each other) from running after him and punch him hard in the face. How could he say he was sorry? I had kissed him as much as he had kissed me!
I wandered back till the front of the school where I found Jordan, leaning on the wall while reading saving of the mankind, womankind and animal kind. Advanced.
"Where have you been? I've been looking everywhere for you." Said Jordan and closed her book.
"I hope you know that is a senior book." I asked, hoping to lead the conversation far away from where I've been.
"I know I borrowed it from my cousin Lizzy. But seriously, where have you been?" I sighed and sank down on the ground.
"Warren apologized for kissing me last night." I mumbled through my gritted teeth. I heard her groan and sink down next to me.
"Perhaps he just thought that you didn't want him to kiss you so he apologized…" suggested Jordan in a low voice.
"Jordan, Jordan, Jordan… Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan, Jordan…" I said shaking my head every time I said her name. "I'm cursed! I'll never get a boyfriend."
"Oh you are SO positive." said Jordan sarcastically. I threw her a dirty look before I went back to my misery.
"C'mon Taylor. Let's go and find something to eat." suggested Jordan and got up.
"Yes!" I said happily and got up too. "I'll drown our misery in food and get fat, like they do on television!"
"Do let's."