Chapter 15, here we go! So, Girl Meets Anna will probably end up being really long, just to let you know. Anyways, let's do this!
(Daisy's POV)
"What?" I asked, not able to comprehend what Forest had just said.
"We aren't working," he repeated. "You got me in trouble, I can't be with someone like that."
"Well," I replied. "If we're going to talk about getting in trouble, you told me to run away, again! Do you know how worried I made Anna and Maya!"
"My parents were going to send me to a boarding school!" he screamed.
"I don't care!" I replied. "You should go to a boarding school! Get out of my life forever!"
"Fine!"
Forest stormed out of the building, and I walked back into Riley's room. My eyes stung with tears, but I didn't want anyone to know. "You okay kiddo?" Maya asked.
"Yeah," I lied, nodding.
Maya put her arm around my shoulder. "Hey," she said. "Don't lie to me, open up."
The tears that had been stinging my eyes suddenly released themselves. "Oh Dais," Maya said, hugging me. "That's what boys do."
"Not for you," I said. "You have two boys fighting over you."
"Yeah, but I don't want either of them," Maya said.
"You don't want JD or Sam?" I asked.
"No," Maya replied. "I want a guy named Josh."
"Who's Josh?" I asked.
Maya put me up on the bay window with Riley and Anna. "Oh," Riley said. "Josh is my uncle, but he's only seventeen."
"Really?" I asked. "So, you'd be Riley's aunt?"
"Yup," Maya replied.
I giggled a little. "I really thought Forest was 'the one,' you know?" I said.
"Yeah, I know that feeling," Anna said. "Do you remember Ricky?"
"Yeah," I replied. "He was your boyfriend in seventh grade."
"Right," Anna said. "I used to think Ricky was the one."
"But Ricky turned out to be a jerk," I supplied. "He used to hit you and call you names."
"Right," Anna said. "Let's see, I'm in eleventh grade now, so that was four years ago, you were eight."
"Yep," I said.
All three girls hugged me. "The point is," Riley said. "Is that you can't just think someone is 'the one' without really knowing him first."
"Thanks guys," I said, breaking free of the hug.
I put my hand up to my head and let it rest there. After Forest's yelling I had realized how badly I had a headache. Mrs. Matthews walked in. "Girls, your mom isn't going to be home for two days, she's going to an audition," she said. "So you guys are staying here."
My eyes were trying to close while my head was still in my hands. Mrs. Matthews was the first to notice. "Daisy, honey, are you okay?" she asked, coming closer to me.
"Yes ma'am," I replied.
"Sweetie, you don't look okay," she said, sitting next to me on the bay window. "Come here."
I scooted closer to her. She put her hand up to my forehead. "Well, you don't feel like you have a fever," she said.
"I know, I just have a headache," I said.
"It's probably from that boy yelling at you," she said. "Do you want some Asprin?"
"Yes please," I said.
Mrs. Matthews walked out of the room to get me some Asprin. Maya looked at me. "Are you sure you're okay?" she asked.
"Yes," I replied. "Don't worry, Maya, I'm fine. I just have a headache."
"Okay," she said unbelievingly.
After Mrs. Matthews gave me the asprin, she brought out some sleeping bags for me, Maya, and Anna. I began to realize how tired I was. "Daisy, honey, are you sure you're okay?" Mrs. Matthews asked.
"Yes ma'am," I said.
"Okay, tell me if you need anything," she said, then walked out of the room.
Maya took the blue sleeping bag and spread it out on the floor. "Here, Daisy," she said.
"Guys," I said. "I'm fine, don't worry. I can roll out a sleeping bag."
All of the girls giggled.
That night, I lay awake, thinking about the punishment I might be getting, and how, if I went back to sixth grade, how different it would be. Plus, if I went back to sixth grade, I would be sent back to it again next year, since I would have missed it pretty much. I mean, we were about to go into ninth grade and all.
The next morning, I woke up to Maya gently shaking my arm. "Hey, come on," she basically whispered. "Let's go."
I looked at her like she had grown two heads. "Why are we whispering?" I whispered back.
"Anna doesn't have school today, remember?" she asked. "She's still asleep."
I nodded.
When we were all ready, we walked out the door and headed toward the subway. "Oh hello," said a familiar voice. "Look, it's the loser bunch."
We turned around to see Missy Bradford. I rolled my eyes at the sound of her voice. "And look, the new bad girl in school," she said, putting her hand below my chin and making me look up.
"Shut up Missy," Maya said, pulling me away by the shoulders.
"Oh, and why should I?" she said, not taking her eyes off me. "She's one of us now, of course."
Now it was my turn to speak up. "I'm not one of you, Missy."
Missy put her hand to her heart like she was offended. "Why, Daisy, whatever do you mean?" she asked in her fake voice.
"I'm not one of those people who turns on their friends and is mean," I said.
"But you ran away," she pointed out. "And you skipped class."
"I did it because I was stressed," I replied. "Not for fun."
"Look, Daisy," Missy said. "When you're ready to grow up and quit hanging out with losers, come and find me."
She turned away as if she had won. Well, maybe she had won the battle, but my friends and I were going to win the war. Maya, Riley, and I walked into the train, where DJ, Lucas, and Farkle were. Now that Maya and Farkle had made up, things in the bunch were great. "Hey Deej," Maya said as we entered.
"Where's Forest?" I heard myself asking.
DJ smiled a little. "He took the other train with JD and Sam," she replied. "How are you?"
"Okay," I replied.
The train stopped at the second stop. Ali and Andrew walked in. "Hey Daisy," Ali said to me, giving me a hug. "How's it going?"
"I'm good," I replied.
Andrew put his arm around Ali. "I would never hurt you like that Ali-Cat," he said to her.
I looked away, but not in time to see Ali take her arm off. "Dais," she said, putting her arm around me because of being best friends. "Don't worry."
I smiled at her. "Thanks Ali," I said. "Thanks to all of you."
A boy with dark brown hair got onto the train. He was taller, so he was probably older. Maya's knees buckled and she went down. I caught her. "That's Josh," she whispered to me.
I nodded. "Hey Riles," he said, walking up to his niece.
"Hey Uncle Josh," she replied, giving him a hug. "There's someone I'd like to meet."
Riley led him over to me and Maya. "This is Daisy, Maya's younger sister," she said, gesturing towards me.
"Hi," I replied. "You must be Josh, right?"
"Yep," he replied. "How'd you know?"
"Uh, Riley was telling us about her family last night," I lied, thinking quickly.
"Oh," Josh said, nodding. "Uh, well, this is my stop, see you later guys."
When we got to school that day, we were learning about World War II. Mr. Matthews told the class about how Hitler made some bad decisions, and how they affected his life. It got me thinking about how I had made a bad decision, it really got me thinking.
I had detention after that, and it was boring. Then, Maya, Riley, and I went home. What we saw was a problem we couldn't explain.
Cliffhanger! Anyways, I'm sorry for the late updates, I'm sick and have been puking everywhere. Anyways, please review! I really want to get 100 reviews by chapter 25. So again, please review! Thank you and Lacey!