Author's Note

I hope you all enjoy this chapter! Have a nice week, everyone!

Jumping Through the Stars

Chapter Six

After dropping Locker Boy off at his house, Caleb and I returned to our own home. Inside, I headed up to my room to prepare for the horse show the next day. I took my showing outfit out of my closet and put my riding boots that I use for showing with it.

I walked over to my dresser and opened my jewelry box. I took out the charm bracelet that I wear to every show I compete in; I wore it to the first show, and every one since. I hide the bracelet underneath the jacket sleeve of my riding outfit. As long as the judges and Aunt Jeanine don't see it, I'm okay. My parents gave me the bracelet before they left for Alaska. They help the people there with many things, and aren't coming back here to Chicago for a while.

I quickly changed into my pajamas and then headed to the bathroom to brush my teeth. I returned to my bedroom and brushed through my hair, and then I tossed it up into a bun. I grabbed my phone and lay down in my bed. I burrowed under the covers and turned my phone on; I entered my password, which was 'PANSYCAKE', thanks to Uriah. He stole my phone when it didn't have a password and put that in as the password. He refused to tell me what it was for two days, but finally told me when I said that I would ban him from eating cake for a week. I clicked on my music app and went through my playlists. I eventually decided to make a new playlist and clicked on the 'Add Playlist' button that lets you choose from your songs to make a new playlist. I titled my playlist ' ' and scrolled through my music. I added 'Round and Round' by Imagine Dragons, 'All of Me' by John Legend, 'Let Her Go' by passenger, Ed Sheeran's 'All of the Stars', and Snow Patrol's 'Chasing Cars'. I also added 'Lost at Sea' by Zedd and 'This Love' by Taylor Swift. I tapped the 'Shuffle' button and set my phone down. I listened to 'Let Her Go' as I fell asleep.

The next morning, I woke up and immediately headed into the bathroom. I took a quick shower, brushed my teeth, and then slid into a pair of blue, slightly ripped on the front, skinny jeans. I pulled on a sunset orange colored tank-top and I wore a red, yellow, and sunset orange half-shirt over it. I slid on socks and I pulled on a pair of knee-high, tan, leather boots. They had pointed toes and looked a bit like cowgirl boots. Back in my room, I brushed my long, blonde hair and decided to leave it down. I grabbed my school bag off my bedroom floor, grabbed my phone, and walked out of my room and down the stairs. I set my bag down near the front door and walked into the kitchen to see Caleb and Aunt Jeanine sitting at the table. Caleb looked calm and determined, but Aunt Jeanine looked determined and slightly angry; I wonder why.

"Uh, 'morning," I said.

"Good morning, Beatrice," My aunt nodded to me.

"Hi," Caleb said. "I made eggs." He stood from his chair and walked over to the counter. He took a plate off the shelf and scooped cheesy eggs onto it. I poured myself a glass of orange juice and sat down at the table. Caleb set the plate down and I picked up the fork and took a bite.

"Thanks, Caleb," I said after I swallowed the last bite of eggs. "Those were good."

"You're welcome."

"You should become a chef," I said as I rinsed off my dishes and put them in the dishwasher.

"Thanks; maybe I will."

"Yeah, well, I hope you do. That way, when I'm married and have kids and everything, I can just call you and be like, 'hey, Caleb! I was wondering if you wanted to join us for dinner tonight?' and then you'll say, 'sure! Do you want me to bring something over?' and I can say, 'yeah; why don't you make a chocolate something for dessert?' and you would agree. Then, you would come over for dinner and we'd eat whatever I cooked, and then we'd eat the dessert you made. We would never be the same again because of how delicious the chocolate thing you made was."

"Uh, okay," Caleb said, looking at me oddly. "Anyway, I'm leaving for school in about five minutes. Do you want a ride?"

"Yeah, please," I said. Caleb nodded and walked out of the kitchen. I was already ready, so I just went into the living room where Aunt Jeanine was sitting, reading a book.

"Hello, Beatrice," She said and looked up from her novel.

"Hi." I sat down. "What are you reading?"

"I'm reading about origami; I want to learn how to make a paper turtle," She said and we both laughed.

Okay, well, once you figure out how to do it, will you make me one, too?" I asked.

"Of course."

"Okay! Well, I'll see you later," I said as Caleb walked down the stairs. I stood up and headed over to the door I picked up my bag. "So, what time is the horse show?" I asked.

"5:00, so when you get home, I want you to get ready to go and set Armor up in the trailer."

"Alright," I agreed. "Bye!" I walked out the door, followed by Caleb. We got in his car and headed off to C.H.S.

Once we got there, I thanked Caleb for the ride and headed off to find Christina. I found her at her locker and said, "Hi! I feel like I barely saw you yesterday."

"Yeah, me, too; so, how did the date go with Four?"

"What?" I exclaimed. "It was not a date!" I smirked.

"Okay; whatever you say." She rolled her eyes.

"Seriously; he just came over to watch me ride and we went out to eat with my brother."

"Fine. How did it go?"

"Well, it was okay, but guess what happened at Eric's?"

"What's 'Eric's'?"

"The restaurant Caleb, Four, and I went to."

"Oh; okay; what happened?"

"Do you know Peter? He's in our grade." Christina made a face.

"Yes; I know him. He used to follow me around and he asked almost every girl out last year."

"Oh; okay; well, it turns out that he works at the restaurant. On my way back to our table from the bathroom, he asked me out. I might've said 'yes' if I'd known him better. I only met him yesterday, so I said 'no' and I asked if we could be friends. He kept asking me if I was sure, which I was, and then he said that we couldn't be friends. He said it kind of creepily, though. It was a bit scary."

"Well, I think you made the right choice. If you said 'yes', you probably would've been one of about five girls he was dating at the same time."

"What?"

"It's true; last year in eighth grade he was dating six girls at the same time."

"Oh," I said. I frowned. "He seemed so nice, though."

"Yeah, he can be. Everyone has kindness, and everyone has evil. The only difference is that kindness always wins."

"Okay."

"Anyways, I have to get to class, and so do you. You haven't even been to your locker yet. Go!"

"Bye," I said.

"See you later." I turned and walked to my locker. I got out my materials for first period, and headed to class.

Author's Note

Tell me what you all thought! I hope to start updating faster from now on, but I don't know how that'll go. If you had a snow day today, Happy Snow Day!

~MoMaster