Chapter Nine:
I woke startled by the dream that I had that night. Except it was the same dream from the night before, with the mysterious man in the field. I looked at my watch and noticed it was nine in the morning. I redid my hair and walked downstairs for some breakfast. I had to meet Jake at ten so I had an hour to get ready. I saw Cameron downstairs in the kitchen. He was always there. He loved cooking and you could always find him in a kitchen.
"Morning sleepy head." He said as I walked in.
"Hey" I said sitting down in front of him as he cooked. It was a stove, him, the counter and then me. I put my hands on my head as I sighed.
"Not much sleep again?" He asked as he worked at the stove.
"It was okay." I said reassuring him.
"Want something to eat?" He asked.
"Sure what're we having" I asked taking out the elastic I had in my hair and putting it around my wrist.
"Want a BLT?" he asked opening the cabinet.
"Sure" I said folding my hands across my chest. I turned and looked out the window to notice that it was going to be a cloudy day.
"So what're you doing today?" Cameron asked me.
"Just, going out with Jake." I said starring at the clouds.
"Going out with Jake?" He repeated in a questionable tone. His voice was a cross between anger and confusion.
"Not seriously dating him he going to give me a tour of the school and I am able to meet the principle.
"Oh so it's a big day?" He asked as he cooked. The smell of strawberries filled my senses and I turned back to him.
"Strawberries?" I asked confused
"Here" He said putting a plate with a BLT on it and a bowl with fruit in it.
"Oh thanks!" I said smiling at him. Fruit salad was one of my favorite foods.
"You're welcome, so you do have a 'thing' for Jake huh?" He asked leaning over the counter as I took a bite of the BLT.
I coughed and looked up at Cameron's smirking face. "You have to be kidding me!" I said
"I mean I guess he's a good kid if you like him but…"
"Cameron!" I said feeling head rise into my cheeks.
"Alright, alright." He said putting his hands up surrender like smirking.
I was almost done eating my breakfast when I heard footsteps down the stairs.
Cameron elbows me and I look at him and roll my eyes. "You're insane old man." I tease.
"You ready Alice?" I hear from beyond the door.
"Yeah" I say grabbing my bag I had brought down. "Let's go" I said than walk out the door to meet him.
I open the door and close it behind me. I turn and Jake stands in his school uniform. "What?" He asks.
"Nothing. Ready?" I ask and he nods as I walk up to him. We walk to the school without a word. Everything seemed so awkward between us that even when we got to the school and Jake said hi to students that walked by he still seemed tense. I stop as he keeps walking and I stare at his back. He stops not long after and turns to me.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
I take a step toward him. "Why are you so tense?" I ask confused.
"I'm not tense." He says gripping his neck at the place with the cut.
I walk up to him and he looks down at me. "Does it hurt?" I ask. I was about to touch him when he caught my wrist. He put it down.
"No it doesn't."
"But I just saw you cringed!" I implied.
"It's nothing…" He said stubbornly.
He walked away and I followed. That's when we arrived at the principal's office.
'Mrs. Karin' written on the glass door with a white tint.
srry it took so long and that it's a short chapter but I havnt had time to type I have cheerleading and doctors appointments but ill try to get the next a bit sooner and thanx 4 reading!