Chapter 3: Three Years Later: Cece
These last three years were torture for all of us and surprisingly even Candy Cho and the Henssenheffers missed Rocky! My feelings for her haven't changed, in fact, they've gotten stronger!
After two hours in bed I finally managed to get up. I dragged my self into the lounge to find my mom packing things into boxes. "Mom, what's going on?" She looked from the cardboard box," Oh, morning sweetie, now this may come as a shock but we're moving. To DC." By that time a million thoughts flooded my brain. We're moving! What if Rocky comes back? I'll never get to tell her I love her. I was pushed back into reality when my mom pulled me into a hug. "*sighs* Cece I know what you're thinking but it's been three years, i don't think she'll be coming back." It always creeped me out how she knew what I was thinking, but I guess it's a mother,daughter thing. Though how could she think Rocky wouldn't come back? "Wait, why won't she come back?" Mom frowned," Cece her recovery would only take a year but it has been three." She was right so there was no point in arguing, I looked over at the clock and I'm late again!
After getting a detention I made my to class thinking of what to tell the others. I walked through the door with a frown on my face when the sound of Deuce's voice came from the back of the room. "Duh duh daaaaa, Jones is late again." I felt like punching the idiot in the face when Tinka decided to speak up. "Oh shut up Deuce! Look at her, she's upset!" I've got to admit I have grown to like Tinka especially since she is the one who helped me when Rocky left. She's also the only person who knows about my feelings for Rocky, aside from my mom of course. The female Henssenheffer walked over and took a seat next to me," Cece? What's wrong, is it Rocky again?"
I couldn't hide it, I had to tell her but not here, not around the others. We went outside and sat down, leaning against the lockers. "Tinka, I'm leaving, mom's moving us to DC."
I looked over and was surprised to see that Tinka was smiling," Tinks what are you smiling about? I'm leaving you and the others."
"Hey, I am sad your leaving but it will be a fresh start for you. You can get away from all of these memories you are constantly reminded of." She wrapped an arm around me in hope of giving me some comfort," Yeah, you've got a point. Thanks for being there for me Tinka." Tinka then pulled me into a tight hug." Not a problem girl with bad bangs." She smirked as I let out a small laugh and that's when the dim wit known as Duece Martinez showed up.
He walked over and sat down in front of us. He looked at me with face full of regret,"Cece, I wanted to apologize about before, I didn't see that you were upset." This sudden apology surprised me but I quickly got over it and decided to forgive him. One because I didn't feel like holding a grudge and two because I was leaving and I wouldn't be able to beat him up over it when I'm halfway across the country. Deuce's eyes widened in pure shock when I forgave him and for once he was actually speechless! "O...oo...kay? Ummmm, thanks Cece." And with that he got up and ran back into the classroom followed by me and Tinka. The rest of the day went pretty quick and it was soon time to go home for the weekend and have fun. At least for them, I had packing to do and a flight to catch.