CHAPTER 3
"H-hi!" I said. Smooooth, Sophie.
"I'm Fitz! I believe you know my dad." He said.
"Yes." I said.
"Anyways, are you lost?" He asked.
"Um, yes I was looking for the, um, nurse." I mumbled.
"Oh. Follow me." He said, smiling.
I followed him in silence through the winding halls. Finally, we reached the nurse's office.
"Elwin is nice! You'll love him." Fitz said. "I have to go. See you around."
He walked away down the hall. I turned towards the doorway. There were voices coming from the inside of the room.
"I'm telling you, my stomach hurts." Said a boy's voice.
"Mmmhmmm. Just like last week. And the week before that. And-" an older man's voice was cut off.
"For real this time!" Said the boy.
"So you admit it was fake before?" Said the man.
"Well, I never said that-"
I decided to stop standing in the doorway. I walked quietly into the room.
"Ah. How can I help you miss?" An older man asked. He turned away from a boy with blonde hair and ice blue eyes.
"Um, I, uh, hurt my hands." I mumbled.
"I'm Elwin. Here, sit down and I'll look at them."
I sat down and Elwin turned to the sink and washed his hands.
The boy looked over at me.
He was really cute. Wait, what?
"I'm Keefe. What's your name?" He asked.
"Sophie Foster."
Elwin turned around.
"Ok , let's look at those hands." He said.
I held them up. They were covered with burns. And they hurt. A lot.
"Oh my... how did you manage this?" He asked, raising his eyebrows at me.
"Uhm, well, we were studying color changing reactions in chemistry and...well..."
I was suddenly very aware of the fact that Keefe was staring at me.
"I-I might have caught Ms. Galvin's pants on fire...?" I said.
Keefe burst out laughing and I could tell Elwin was trying really hard to keep it in.
"You did?!" Keefe asked. "You're my new hero! I am now the president of the Foster fan club."
I blushed.
Keefe smirked.
"Here, put this on those burns and you won't have any scars." Elwin said giving me a small tub of ointment. I put it on and sighed in relief.
"Well, I should get back to class." I said, getting up.
"I'll walk back with you." Said Keefe hopping up too.
Elwin raised an eyebrow.
"I thought your stomach hurt." He said.
"It's all better. You really are an amazing doctor, Elwin." Keefe grinned.
"Uh huh." Elwin said skeptically.
We walked back to my class. Keefe was making jokes the whole time.
"This is where I leave you." He said. " See ya, Foster."
He walked away down the hall. I wondered why he bothered to talk to me. He was obviously popular. The way he walked, the way he wore his hair... wait. Was I thinking about his hair?
Snap out of it Sophie!
I walked into class and sat down. We took notes until the bell rang. I walked down the hall towards my next class, which passed uneventfully. Finally the bell rang for lunch. I walked out of the lunch line, and surveyed the lunchroom.
"Hey! Sophie!" Shouted a voice. I looked and saw Dex waving me over.
"Hey Dex." I said.
"Hey Soph- What happened to your hands?"
"Yeah I think we all want to know." said Marella.
Jensi nodded.
I told them the full story. By the end everyone was laughing. I couldn't help joining in.
"I can't believe you set her pants on fire!" Dex giggled.
"Uggh, don't remind me." I groaned.
The next bell rang and we all hurried to the next class. I suffered through my last two classes until it was time to finally go home. I met Dex and Marella by our lockers. We got in line to get on the bus to go home.
"Hey, Sophie?" Said a girl's voice from behind me.
I spun around to find myself facing Biana Vacker.