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Not For Him
I'd stepped off the plane, the same plane in fact that'd taken me from this place, only to bring me back two years later, just so I could get into Penn State, and take the on hands courses to becoming a CSI. Looking back from two years ago, I realized my life was just as complicated going to public school, maybe just as much drama as here, at Spencer.
I had the uniform on, looking up at the height the school still was, remembering two years ago, then bitterly remembering why I'd decided to leave, wait scratch that, not why, who I'd left cowardly to avoid. I thought, 'I wonder if he's still the same. He still jealous of the fact Caleb is older, or not? Maybe Caleb's found himself a nice young woman, and is settling down. If not, he might just turn into the 40-year old virgin, heh, sounds like me, 'cept I have a ligitamate reason, all men are pigs! Yeah and they're just like -' "Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't see you there." Eyes widening, I noticed who'd knocked me off my feet. It was him, in all his blonde hair blue eyed glory, there Reid was, crouching to pick up my books I'd dropped.
When he turned back, I noticed his eyes widening, just like on that night. "I didn't know you'd returned, Hailey. Here" once he handed my books, he started walking towards the school, but on the top step, he turned, smirked, and said, "I knew you'd come back to me, Hailey" Angrily, I ran up those stairs, two at a time, turned him around and said angrily, "I didn't come back for you dick-head! I thought you knew that some of us have to work to get into college, unlike you, I don't have rich parents who has all the money for me to go to college! Now move, or I'll push you down the stairs, and watch happily as you're in agony!"
'Damn, world Lit. first!?' I thought. I stepped into the doorway right as the bell rang, and the door slammed behind me, all the kids looked at me like a scientist looks at a new telescope. The teacher then announced, "Miss Mitchell, you're late, and on your first day back, find a seat." 'Ass,' I thought, noticing for the first time that the only empty space was at the very top, next to the infamous Aaron Abbott. Just when I thought it could be worse, I noticed the slut Kira sitting to the right of him, as the only seat opened was to the left of him. Grudgingly I went to the seat anyways, knowing that I'd have to use every ounce of self-control to keep from punching the living daylights out of the real fur lover / slut / Aaron's slut.
As I was sitting through World Lit., I could tell Aaron and Kira looking at me with surprise at me. Not surprising, when you find your boyfriend in bed with your best friend, then run away to Ohio, and you come back, people should be shocked, but now it was getting annoying. What, sleeping with Reid wasn't enough, now you wanna dissect me like I'm some test subject, too?" I whispered to Kira, but in-advertedly talking to Aaron, too. Luckily, Aaron didn't say anything, 'course I'd say he was itching to say some stupid retort back at me.
At lunch, I'd just gotten through the line, when I noticed Caleb, Pogue, and Tyler all looking almost as shocked, if not more, than Reid had been.
"You're back!" Caleb said loudly. I smiled, though if anyone could tell, it was the fakest smile I could ever pull off. Finally, going to public school paid off for something... "Yeah, I'm back." and with that Caleb motioned for me to sit down at an empty seat at their table. Unfortunately, that seat was beside Reid, and by the time I'd sat down, I noticed Kate, and a girl with blonde hair, had occupied the other two empty seats. I tried, key word, tried, to scoot as far away from Reid as I could. While scooting, Tyler asked, "So, where've you been? You just up and left two years ago..." I looked at them in the eye, trying to not look Reid in the eye, and said, "Oh, sorry, I forgot to tell you, my mom told me that it'd be best to see my father in Ohio for a while, turns out that while was two years, though."
Then, the blonde haired girl spoke up, and announced to me, "Well, it's nice to meet you, I'm Sarah." I looked at her, and gave her a real smile and replied, "Nice to meet you, too, I'm Hailey." and with that, we shook hands, almost as if we'd known each other for forever. What I didn't notice was that Caleb, being the perceptive one, looked straight into Reid's eye, like he knew exactly why I'd left.