Hey guys! Sorry about the lack of updates. I've been sorta busy, so hopefully I'll get to update over the next 2 weeks. Cross your fingers! :)
Okie dokie...here's chapter 5 of Hidden Secrets!
Hidden Secrets
Chapter Five
"How did it go?" Shane asked, right when Nate walked in through the door.
Nate sat down and ran his hands through his curly head. "Bad. Bad. Very bad. I hate your idea. I'm never listening to you again."
"Wow. That bad?" Shane said, sitting on the table in front of Nate.
"Steph was rude to Alex, then Alex said that I should go 'have fun' with Steph by myself! And do you know how much 'fun' I had?" Nate faced Shane. "Do you?!"
Shane moved back. "Nate, I think you need to calm down."
"I'm already calm!" Nate shouted.
Shane took a deep breath. Nate hardly ever got angry, and when he did, it wasn't a pretty scene. "Well why don't you go tell Alex? Right now?"
Nate looked at him as if that idea was the craziest idea in the world. "Are you kidding me?! She's probably mad at me for taking her to meet Steph!"
Jason came in whistling a happy tune. "Hey guys!"
Nate groaned in frustration and stomped upstairs. Jason looked at Shane. "What wrong with him?"
Shane shrugged. "Relationship problems."
Jason nodded. "Ah. Hey, did he break up with Steph yet? That girl's mean! The last time I saw her she said my hair was all dry and poofy!" He ran his hands through his hair. "And it is clearly not poofy!"
"Right. Not poofy." Shane agreed, grabbing a banana.
"So did he break up with her yet?"
Shane peeled the banana. "Nah. He's dealing with some pretty bad problems right now. I feel kinda bad for him." He took a bite out of the banana and chewed.
"Can I have a bite out of that banana?" Jason asked, pointing at the one Shane was holding.
Shane looked at him weirdly. "Get your own banana!"
"But I want that banana!" Jason cried.
Shane almost burst out laughing, but stopped himself in time. He held the banana out to Jason, who took it and happily bit a huge chunk of the yellow fruit.
"Yummy!" Jason said, running back to his TV. Apparently, a Spongebob Squarepants marathon was on and he'd been watching it for the whole day.
Nate came downstairs holding a shampoo bottle. "Did you use up all my shampoo?" He yelled.
Jason looked scared. "No!"
Nate glared at Shane. If it wasn't Jason, it was Shane. "Shane?!"
Shane shrugged. "Wasn't me."
"Ugh!" Nate groaned then stomped back up the stairs. Everything was so frustrating, from his girlfriends to his shampoo bottle.
Alex laughed as Harper told them another story about how her dad got his thumb stapled while sewing clothes. She could sure count on her friends to cheer her up.
As happy as she was right now, she couldn't help but wonder whether Nate was back yet. She'd checked half an hour ago but Shane said he was still out.
"Alex?" Mitchie asked, breaking into her thoughts. "What do you think?"
"Huh?"
"We want to know if you wanna go to the movies with us tomorrow. That movie with the zombies is still playing." Harper said.
"Oh, yeah!" Alex said, trying to sound happy.
Mitchie looked at her closely. "You're still upset about Nate and Steph huh?"
Alex looked around and tried to pretend she didn't care. "No, psh of course not!"
Harper looked at her skeptically. "I may not be the best dresser in the world, I definitely know when you are upset."
Mitchie nodded in agreement. Alex sighed and didn't answer. Her friends knew her too well and she couldn't pretend around them.
"So I'm coming over, okay?" Steph said. Without waiting for an answer, she hung up.
"NO!" Nate yelled at his phone. He dialed her number but she didn't pick up. It was the next day and Steph had just called, telling Nate that she was coming over and spending time with him for the whole day. She had nothing else to do.
Jason came running into the room carrying a baseball bat. "What's wrong?!" He said, looking around frantically. "I heard screaming!"
Nate sighed. "It's nothing. I was just talking to Steph."
Jason put down his baseball bat. "You mean your second girlfriend?"
Nate didn't answer, but knew that Jason knew what was going on.
"You know," Jason said, "If you don't tell Alex soon, she's going to be even more mad at you for keeping this a huge secret."
Nate looked at Jason in surprise. That sentence actually made sense. Jason shrugged and walked away, leaving Nate to think his thoughts over.
"Maybe I should tell her. Right now." Nate said out loud. "I mean, what's the worst that could happen?"
"Now today's lesson is transforming yourself into another person's body." Jerry said, pointing to the little chalkboard. He looked around the room, waiting for the excitement to begin.
To his disappointment, Justin wasn't paying attention, but moping over his dead hamster instead. Max looked bored and wasn't paying attention either, and Alex just looked miserable sitting there.
"Justin? Anyone?" Jerry tried again. No answer. He sighed in defeat. "Fine. We'll pick up this lesson next week. And I expect all of you to come prepared!" He stomped out of the lair.
Max jumped up. "When are you going to tell Nate that you're a wizard?" He asked Alex.
Alex looked up. "Why would I tell him that?"
"Because he tells you everything." Max said, making a 'duh' motion with his hands.
"You're right. Maybe he feels that I'm not being honest with him and that's why--" She stopped herself in time before spilling everything to her two brothers. "Okay. I'm going to go over to Nate's house and tell him that I'm a wizard."
"You should bring your wand just in case he doesn't believe you!" Justin piped up, then returned to crying over his hamster.
"Right." Alex said, nodding nervously. She grabbed her wand and ran out the door. "Here I go."
So...how was it? Review! I won't make you guys review a certain number because I made you wait for this chappy. :) Anyway, hopefully the next chapter'll be up soon, so keep checking back!
