20. Too late

I opened the doors to the high school and walked in. Everyone was staring at me like I was the new girl.

Or some alien. I guess when you break up with the basketball captain everyone hates you.

I walked to my locker and put my books inside. I walked into the class for third hour. I had to sit beside Jace.

The teacher hadn't come in yet. I copied the instructions on the board.

I sat down at the lunch table. All my friends were saying something all at the same time to me. Mostly about Jace. "What happened?" Berkley asked then "Did he do something?" Paisley asked trying to talk over Berkley.

I hushed them all and took a deep breath. "I broke up with Jace. No he did nothing wrong I just- I don't know." I told them. They just looked at me. Jace didn't come to sit with us.

He sat with his basketball buddy's and this one girl.

I walked inside my house. The girlfriends and boyfriends were coming over tonight. Well my brothers and sisters were. They only went on a couple dates with them and we haven't met them yet. They were coming at four.

I went to my room and closed the door. I did my history homework and stared up at my ceiling.

I heard a weird noise. "Cambrey." The voice whispered and then heard a rock being thrown. I froze.

Who in the heck would be throwing rocks at my window? Unless one of my brothers were trying to scare me.

It didn't sound like one of my brothers voices though. I went to my balcony and opened the doors only to be hit in the forehead by a pebble. Ow!

Nice. I looked down. "Sorry." The voice said to me. "Jace what in the heck are you doing?" I asked. He was up my tree and by my side in a matter of seconds.

"And aren't you supposed to do this whole Romeo thing at night instead of at four in the afternoon?" I asked myself more than him.

"Yes but I need to talk to you." He said and took my hand. Yes I had dreamed about this since I was little. Prince charming throwing pebbles at my window and then run off into the night together and kiss under the moonlight.

Wow I was really fantasy like. I looked up at him waiting for his long drawn out apology. The one where he sat in front of the mirror doing for hours. Then I would tell him to shut up and kiss me. He would do it and we would ride away on his white horse. Okay maybe leave the horse out but you get what I'm saying.

I saw his mouth open. Here it comes the apology! "I have a new girlfriend now Cambrey." He stated.

Huh? Prince charming say what? That's not the speech I wanted. It was supposed to be long and had nothing to do with another girl.

"The girl you sat with at lunch?" I asked and he nodded. Oh. "You said you would wait. And it's only been one day Jace." I told him.

"I know but you were right we should break up. And after Hannah heard about our break-up I started to get to know her." So her name is Hannah.

His phone started going off in my wish by rascal flats. "It's Hannah." He stated. Of course it is. He got off the phone with her.

"I'm glad we had this talk Cambrey but I have to go." He said and kissed my cheek. He climbed down my tree and ran across the yard. What talk? I hardly said anything.

Landon's and Chase's girlfriend's arrived first. Landon's was named Sadie. Chase's was Becka. Then Sheyenne showed up which was Devon's girlfriend. Finally Danielle showed up which is Blake's.

Carter showed up with Mallory. Yeah she has a boyfriend. Lauren came home with a boy named Mason.

Lydia came with a guy named Shane. They were all nice guys and girls. I was the only one without a boy.

No one asked me about it though and I didn't tell them. We all ate dinner. Everyone got along really great.

All the boyfriends and girlfriends that were here liked our big jumbo jet family. Yeah Jace did to.

I went to bed when the rest of my family and soon-to-be-family were down in the living room talking. I went to sleep. I am going to find a new guy. One that I can rely on and that I love.