AN: I do not own Twilight. Any characters, places, events, etc. belong to Stephenie Meyer.
Chapter 8
It took me a while to do so, but I managed to get my homework done. My thoughts were continuously clouding up with the Josh situation. When I did finish, I went downstairs so I could get some food.
I was surprised to
find a pizza box on the counter. I peeked inside and found that it
had my favorite toppings on it; pepperoni, sausage and ham. I picked
up the box and carried it upstairs.
"THANK YOU!" I yelled it
so everyone could hear me. Alice emerged from her room smiling.
"Your father bought that for you. He went out hunting with Emmett, Rosalie, Esme, Carlisle and your mom, though." Wow. They all went hunting?
"Oh…okay…" My father was probably getting her a new Porsche to stay home and keep me captive. "Thanks, Alice." I went into my room and shut the door behind me, turning on the TV. It was nice to have my own room with everything I could possibly need. Plus, I had the kitchen, too. And the bathroom…
My thoughts were interrupted by Alice coming in and telling me I had a phone call. When I asked her who it was, she said it was Jeffery Newton.
I groaned and went to pick up the phone. I had only gotten to have a bite of pizza and now my meal was going to be ruined by Newton.
"Hello?"
"Hey Liz. What's up?" It was Josh who spoke.
"You little liar! I'm eating pizza and watching TV. Why did you call?"
"Well…I need help with my homework. Think you could help me out?"
"Over the phone?" I know he didn't call just for homework help. "Hm. Well, maybe I could go over to the school and we can eat pizza and I can give you homework help. How does that sound?"
"That sounds fine. I'll tell my father to bring me over so I can get homework help from Newton."
"And I'll say the same. See you later." I hung up the phone and rushed back upstairs, turned off the TV and grabbed the pizza box. I also picked up my backpack. When I ran back to the kitchen, I grabbed some napkins and tossed them inside the box.
"ALICE! I'm going to school so I can help Jeffery with some homework!"
Alice poked her head out of her bedroom and sighed.
"Okay…uhm, don't come back too late…"
And then I shot out the door. I was at the school within a minute, which meant I would have to wait a bit longer for Josh to get here. While I waited, I decided to eat a piece of pizza. Mmmhmmm...the sauce, the cheese, the toppings…it all tasted so good!
By the time Josh had arrived, I had eaten nearly the whole pizza.
"…forree…"
"It's okay. I already ate dinner. How did the whole, ehm…detention thing go with your dad?"
"We had an argument about it…I'd rather not talk about it. But, he did state the obvious."
"Oh? And what exactly is the obvious?"
"That nothing is your fault." I closed the pizza box and stood up. "Let's sit by the tree."
We walked to the tree in silence. When we got to the tree, we sat down and then I decided to ask him about his homework.
"So…what do you need help with?"
"Actually…I don't need help with anything. I just wanted to see you."
A light tint of red appeared on my face.
"Josh…we're going to see each other tomorrow at school."
"Yes…but when we get home from school, all we'll hear about is how we shouldn't hang out. I've only heard about it twice and I'm already fed up with it."
"Well, 'hanging out with Newton' isn't going to help anything."
"No…but Newton's not here to ruin anything." He took my hand in his and smiled at me.
"Josh, everybody in my house wants to push me away from you. But…"
"Their words only push you closer?" He understood exactly how I felt. We were both getting crap from the people we lived with. It wasn't fair, and we knew it.
I closed my eyes and leaned closer to him, pressing out lips together. I took my hands and placed them on his shoulders, while he placed his hands around my waist. Our kiss only deepened as we continued. We had no intentions of stopping. This was the first time we were able to express our love for each other without being interrupted.
When I pulled back and opened my eyes, we both let go of each other. I bit my lips to keep from smiling, but it was almost impossible not to see my happiness. Josh was biting his lips as well. I started to laugh, and he joined in.
"We're hopeless, Josh." I stated this after our laughing fit.
"Not necessarily. Not if Newton continues needing homework help."
"You know…I see where you're going with this."
"So…maybe we can set something up with our parents. We explain to them that Newton wants to be tutored after school every day and we would be glad to help him."
"But, instead of tutoring Newton…we can just use the time to get our homework out of the way and then when we're done…"
We both laughed.
"It sounds like a plan. I think we should take it into action immediately." Standing up, we walked to the front of the school.
"Is your dad coming to get you?"
"Yeah, he should be here any minute now. I told him he didn't need to leave me long because Newton already had most of his homework done."
"Ah, well. I guess I'll be going then."
"Aren't you getting a ride home?"
"Nah, I think I'll run." I winked at him and then I ran off towards home, ready to unleash the plan to my parents. There wasn't anything wrong with helping someone. Was there?
(Hehe. I hope you enjoyed that chapter. I'm starting to fall into a writer's block! HELP ME!)
