As promised, here is the second update today. I really do hope this is good. I have heard good thinks and bad things about my story thus far. But anyways, enjoy!

Again, I am myself.

Chapter Five-History Class

~Arianna Wicks~

I stood behind the door as Caleb closed it on his way out. I was stunned. I was shocked. I was speechless. Did he just kiss my hand? Guys don't do that now-a-days. They kiss our cheeks or lips. I only saw guys kiss a girls hand in movies. And old ones at that.

I stood there for a few seconds, still trying to process things, when my phone vibrated in my pocket, scaring me. I pulled my phone from my pocket and looked down at it. Caleb had sent me a message. I opened my phone and the file.

I hope I did not offend you by doing that.

I giggled softly as I replied.

More shocked and surprised really.

I pressed send and headed up to my room. I got to my door when my phone went off again. I opened the file from Caleb as I sat down on my bed.

So, how did I surprise you?

When you kissed my hand. Guys now-a-days don't do that. I wasn't expecting you to.

I pressed send and laid back on my bed. It wasn't long before his response reached me. He was quick.

I hope I did not cross any lines by doing that. I was only trying to be respectful. That is how I was raised.

I laughed to myself at his message. He was really worried that he upset me by doing it.

Don't worry. You did not cross any lines. I told you. I am not upset. I am surprised, shocked, even speechless.

Just as I pressed send I heard the front door open. "Anya, kiddo. I got dinner."

"Ok. Coming." I went to drop my phone on my bed just it went off again. I picked it up and read the new message.

Ok. I was hoping I didn't offend you. I am glad I did not.

I will see you tomorrow. I have to go eat dinner now. I pressed send and dropped the phone on my bed, leaving the room. I went downstairs, the image of Caleb kissing my hand sent me into a daydream for the rest of the night.

That night, he was in my dreams. I walked through a forest. It was late in the afternoon. The sun was warm and bright. But in the canopy of the forest, it seemed to be almost night. It was darker down here as I walked. I walked quickly, but something told me that I was safe. That no harm would come to me in the forest. I walked forward, watching where I put my feet. I didn't want to fall. But I as came to a clearing, I wasn't too careful. My foot got caught on the root of a tree and I feel face first.

But I didn't hit the ground. Cool arms wrapped around me, holding me up, keeping me from hitting the ground. I looked up at their owner as I was turned around. I saw Caleb. He was standing next to me, holding his arms around me. He was smiling down at me. I smiled back up at him.

He slowly leaned down, bringing his lips closer to mine. I wanted him to kiss me. I wanted to feel his lips press against mine. But just as his lips were about to touch mine. My alarm clock woke me up, pulling me from my beautiful dream.

I sat up in my bed, throwing my pillow at the clock. I was mad at it for waking me up at the best moment in my dream. I rubbed at my eyes, getting the sleep out. It was 9:30am, too early to be awake for me.

I swung my feet out of bed and shuffled towards the bathroom. I took a long hot shower, letting the warm water wake up my body. I dried my hair quickly with the dryer then went back into my room, a towel wrapped around me.

I changed into a pair of faded blue jeans and a pink t-shirt. I grabbed my keys, my phone, and my bag and headed out to school.

I got to school a little about twenty minutes early. So I waited in my car. My first class was science. Not my favorite class. I pulled out my phone and saw I had a message. I left it on silent all night, so I didn't hear it go off. I opened my phone, and the message.

Good morning. I hope school goes well for you. I will see you this afternoon. Remember, it is still my turn to ask the questions.

I laughed softly at the message. Caleb was determined to finish his report before I could even start mine. I replied to his quickly.

Good morning to you too. And I have not forgotten. But when will it be my turn to question you? I need to do the report too, you know.

I pressed send, grabbed my bag and got out my car. People were beginning to show up for class, so I figured I would follow them.

I walked into the building that was labeled with a giant 'S' and took my seat in the back, like always. As soon as I sat down, my phone went off. I opened it.

You will get your turn. Don't worry. You will turn your report in on time. Oh, by the way, tell Teresa I said hi when you see her.

Teresa? Who was that? And why would I know her? But before I could reply to his massage, the bell rang to start class. The professor walked in. He didn't seem as pleasant as my English professor was. He was short and chubby. His face was hard.

"I am Professor Gidden. This is introduction to science 101. I am handing out a packet. This packet includes everything you will need to know for this class in order to pass. Consider this to be your bible. Read it, learn it, know it." He walked around the class, handing out a packet to everyone. When he reached me, I held my hand out to take if from him nicely. But he just plopped it down on the table in front of me. I had a feeling we were not going to get along.

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Finally, an hour in a half later, I walked out of my science class very happy. I hated that class so much and was glad to have it end, if for the day. I walked to my next class, to a building labeled with an 'L'. Again, I walked in and sat in the back. But I was not alone this time. A girl followed me. She was beautiful and reminded me of Caleb. Her hair was dark red, darker than mine, and short. And her eyes were lighter than Caleb's, almost gold compared to his light brown eyes. She took the seat next to me and smiled at me.

"Hello." She held her hand out to me. "I am Teresa Hudson. Nice to meet you."

This was Teresa?! I took her hand and shook it. "I am Anya. It is nice to meet you too. Um…can I ask you something?"

She smiled at me still, almost bouncing in her seat. "Of course."

"Um…so…do you know someone named Caleb?"

That stopped her bouncing for some reason. "Yes, I do."

I couldn't help but smile. "Oh, well he told me to tell you 'hi'."

"Oh. How do you know him?"

"I am his partner in his English class. We have to write a biography about each other."

Something connected in her head. Her face brightened up suddenly. "Oh. Anya. I remember know. He talked about you all night long."

I blushed. "He…he did?"

Teresa giggled as the bell rang, starting class. The professor walked in, placing a small pile of paper on the front desk. "Ok. I am Professor Green. This is Introduction to History 101. Now I want you all to take one of these. This will be your first assignment in my class. You will have two weeks to do it." He started at the front and walked around, handing one page to each person. "There person sitting next to you will be your partner. You two will do a little research about the other person. You will find out their family heritage."

I groaned softly. Another stupid project to do.

Teresa laid her hand on my shoulder as she slipped a note in front of me. Her hand writing was just as neat as Caleb's. "Are you ok?"

"I have another stupid project to do. And they both take two weeks."

"But I am your partner. It will be fun and easy. And don't worry. I am not like Caleb. I will let you have a part in it to."

I grinned up at her. Maybe she was right.

Class ended quickly. I headed to my car, wanting so badly to get home and get some sleep. But I wasn't moving fast enough. Teresa caught up to me. "Anya. We should start the project today. What do you say?"

"I already made plans to work on the other project with Caleb."I opened the back door of my car and tossed my bag in.

"Well, you can do both. You can come over to my place and work on our project a bit. Then you can meet up with Caleb work a bit on it with him."

I sighed. I didn't know how else to get rid of her unless I agreed. "Fine. I will follow you to your place."

"Yippy." She bounced up and down beside me. She skipped over to her car, got in and waited for me. I sighed deeply and climbed into my car. I now had no choice but to follow now that I agreed. I had a feeling that if I didn't follow her, she would turn around, drag me into her car, and bring me there herself. For some reason I had the feeling that, even though she seemed nice and bubbly, piss her off and you will die.

We finally got to her house. Although following her was really hard. She would speed up and vanish at some points, leaving me lost. Then reappear around a turn or something. I had the feeling that she really enjoyed speeding.

I pulled up next to her car and got out. There were five other cars, none of which I recognized. Except for Caleb's Nissan Pathfinder. Why was his car here?

I took a deep breath and followed Teresa to the front porch and inside. I was amazed by how the house looked. It was beautiful. I followed her up the stairs to the second floor and into the first room. Her room, I had to guess. She plopped down on the bed and gazed at me cheerfully.

"So, what shall we do?"

I looked at her confused. "I thought we were going to work on our project."

She waved her hand dismissively at me. "Yea. We will later."

I got annoyed at her. "You mean that I followed you over here with the impression that we would be working on our project. And now you tell me we will later. I could've gone home and ate, or taken a nap."

Teresa looked at me now confused. I guess I really went off this time. I took a deep breath. "Sorry Teresa. I'm just really stressed out."

She shook her head, smiling. "It's ok."

Just then there was a knock on her door. "Tess. What is going on down here? I heard someone shouting."

Caleb!

I looked back at Teresa, confused to see a grin on her face. She nodded towards the door, telling me to open it. I thought about it. He wouldn't expect me to open Teresa's door. I turned around an opened it, grinning up at a very unsurprised looking Caleb.