The rest of the day I was filled with adrenaline. After all this time, I never thought I would actually stand up for myself or a friend. Wow, a thought rushed through me. You actually do have a spine. I stopped cold. Adam sensed that I wasn't walking with him and turned around.
"Are you okay, Dani?" He looked slightly confused.
"Yea, sorry. Just thinking about the whole Bianca thing."
"I don't blame you!" He laughed. "It was about time someone put her in her place."
"And speaking of place," I said, hearing the school bell. "We're gonna be out of it if we don't get to class."
"Oh right. Ready for English?"
"Umm, I guess?"
"Don't worry. Ms. Dawes can come on strong sometimes, but she's really nice."
"I hope so." We walked in and Adam took a seat. I walked to Ms. Dawes's desk. She looked up and smiled when she saw me.
"And you must be Danigore," she said, standing up. She addressed the class. "Everyone, we have a new student joining us today. This is Danigore Black. I expect you all to be nice to her and make her feel welcome. Danigore, is there anything you want to tell us?" I looked around, startled. People were staring at me. Go ahead, Danigore. Say something. Don't fuck this up too- I know you have a tendency of doing that. I swallowed really hard and managed to stutter, "U-um, you can just call me Dani." I faked a smile, and people seemed to buy it. Game face, Bitch. It's working.
"Well Dani," Ms. Dawes continued. "You may take that empty seat next to Eli- right there in front of Adam." Adam seemed to stiffen. Did I do something wrong?
Adam's POV
Oh shoot she's coming. Act natural. I tried to look as normal as possible as Dani walked over. She tried to smile but was looking at me weird. She took a seat in the chair right in front of me, next to Eli.
"So," Clare whispered.
"What?"
"You look weird." I gave her a dry smile.
"Thank you Clare."
"You know what I mean." We laughed and then she continued. "Well you just seem nervous that Dani's sitting in front of you. What happened at the bathroom?"
"She was really accepting." Clare smiled.
"Oh really?"
"Yea. She took it a lot better than I thought. She didn't care at all."
"Kinda like me and Eli." I nodded.
"Kinda like you and Eli."
"Then why are you nervous?"
"Ahem." Ms. Dawes interrupted. "I'm sorry to intrude on your personal conversation, but this is a classroom. This is not The Dot. Pay attention."
"Sorry, Ms. Dawes," we said in unison. Dani turned around and smiled at the exchange.
"Nice going, Adam." We both laughed and then returned to our work.
Dani's POV
After Ms. Dawes's lecture, I heard the bell ring. I jumped up and walked out of the classroom with Adam, Clare, and Eli.
"So, Clare, what're you up to this afternoon?" Eli asked the young girl.
"Uh… homework? Like I always do?"
"Oh my goodness!" Eli gasped. "I'd forgotten how interesting your life is!" Clare blushed and said, "Well what did you have in mind?"
"Dot in 10 minutes." Clare looked thoughtful and nodded. "See you there." They both went their separate ways and it was just me and Adam.
"What're your plans after school?" He asked. I froze. It was such an innocent question, such an easy question, but I didn't know how to answer.
"Umm I have to go straight home. My mom needs my help." His face fell. "But another time?"
"Definitely." He smiled and I ran to my locker. I glanced at my watch. My mom would be home in 45 minutes. The walk home was only 20 so if I hurried I'd have time to prepare. I shoved my books into my bag and ran home.
"Mom?" I called, walking inside, checking to see if she had come home early. No answer. I hurried upstairs and opened my dresser. I shoved a warm coat and socks into my bag along with some of my allowance money. I ran to the kitchen and put in some vitamin water and a sandwich in along with the clothes, money, and school work. I set the bag by the door along with a blanket folded on top of it. I fished out my homework and started working on it. I didn't want to have to do it later tonight. I glanced over at my things by the door. Thank goodness I had time to prepare. It was always worse when I didn't. Because anytime now my mom would be home. Because no matter how my mom and I got to that point today, I knew that once again I would end up kicked out and sleeping on a park bench tonight.
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