A/N: Sorry it's been forever since I've updated. I went on a long vacation but now I'm back. I hope like this chapter.
I arrive home in an awful mood. The whole day turned from amazing to terrible and the confrontation from Lacey made it 10 times worse. I run upstairs to my room and started my homework. It mostly math but there's a little biology. I finish in record time and go downstairs to get a snack. Jamie is already in the kitchen eating a pepperoni Hot Pocket. I'll never understand why he loves them so much.
"So, Jamie how was your first day?" I ask while I'm taking an apple out of the fridge. He doesn't answer me so I look at him until he does.
"It was fine." He says a bit too harsh for my liking.
"Did you make any friends." I question.
"Yeah, I'm not a loner" he replied.
"What are their names?" I ask.
"Why do you care?" he yelled at me as he ran up to his room.
I don't understand why he won't talk to me. He has completely shut everyone out ever since our parents died. It's like he doesn't care anymore, living his life going through the motions and there's nothing I can do about it.
The rest of the week past by fast, I listened to what Lacey said, so it was also very lonely. At the end of the week I was putting all my books away in my locker when Jared walks up behind me.
"Haven't seen you all week." He says to me. Something tells me that he's not happy about it.
"Yeah, I've been busy and everything, trying to catch up on all the school work I missed." I lied.
"Huh-uh, sure." He said clearly not believing me. He seems upset that I would lie to him. What else am I supposed to do? Tell him the truth? Tell him all the awful things that Lacey, his girlfriend, said? No, I can't do that, I just can't.
"What? It's the truth." I said
"No its not" he replied. "Please tell me what Lacey said to you." He knows how can he know about that? "I saw her talking to you and by the looks of it, it wasn't good. So I'm going to ask you one more time, please tell me what Lacey said to you." Should I tell him? I guess I should if I still want to be friends with him, if I don't tell him then he'll never trust me again.
"Okay fine. She told me that I have to stay away from you and everyone else in that group or else things wouldn't be looking good for me. And if I said anything to anyone she would make sure that my time here would be miserable." I say all in one breath.
"I can't believe she had the guts to do that! I specifically after told her not to." Jared was livid at Lacey. He kept yelling and yelling, saying that he couldn't believe her, couldn't trust her, and that he had to break up with her. Now that got my attention.
"Break up with her? Why?" I question him.
"Why? Because she did this. I don't want to be with someone who does this sort of thing, who ruins people lives, who picks on innocent people. Melanie you did nothing wrong, she had no right to come up to you and say those things. You were just trying to make friends, it was your first day and you didn't know anyone. Why can't she ever listen to me? It always has to be her way, the way she likes it, all the time. But you know what? I'm done with it, done with her."
"Done with who?" says a voice off to the side of us. We both turn to find Lacey there.
"Done with you!" Jared yells.
"Why?" questions Lacey. She gives me the nastiest glare ever. But she didn't do it very secretive because Jared saw it.
"That's why." Lacey gave him a quizzical look. "You are so mean to everyone. Why is that?"
"What do you mean?" Lacey asked.
"You know exactly what I mean! You pick on so many people including me, your boyfriend! Everyone at this school is scared of you, and not the good scare, the bad scare. So many people come up to me and ask why I'm dating you because you are so mean. And I always stick up for you saying that you're not that bad and they just don't know you as well as I do. But I finally realize what they were saying and they are completely right. You and I are over!" Jared screamed.
Jared grabbed my hand and walked off with me following close behind. We stopped when we reached his car in the parking lot. He was so angry he looked like he could kill someone. He took a couple deep breaths and started pacing to calm himself down.
"You didn't have to do that." I tell him.
"Yes I did, so I could do this." He walked over to me, grabbed my shoulders, and got the most genuine look on his face and asked "Will you, Melanie Stryder, go on a date with me, Jared Howe?"
A/N: Is Melanie going to say yes? I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Please review, it would mean a lot if you did.