STILL MONDAY

Juli POV

Juli's first class was World History. She was having trouble concentrating though. Note-taking seemed a little trivial as she obsessed over if Bryce Loski had just asked her to be his date to the party or not. Why are boys so vague about everything?

"Juli, how about you answer the question?" It was the voice of Mrs. Burton, Juli's history teacher.

"Huh? Oh… proteins are made in the ribosomes," Juli said absent-mindedly.

"I was looking for when the French Revolution began, Juli. But thank you for that useful tidbit of information," her teacher said snidely. Giggles from the classroom.

I hate when everyone laughs at me.
The bell rang.
Thank goodness. I just need to get through this next class. Focus, Juli.

As hard as she tried to focus, it was not a very successful attempt. Bryce Loski was too tempting to think about. After her first two classes, Juli met up with Dana. It was lunch time. The girls walked down the hallway when Juli heard her name called. Hopefully it was Bryce!

"Hey, Juli." It was Garrett.

Am I on planet Earth, or is Garrett really saying something to me? He's been a jerk to me ever since I can remember. Since we were like four.

Juli looked at Dana for some kind of explanation as to what was going on. Dana just shrugged her shoulders. This was too weird.

"So, Bryce says you're going to the party this Friday, after the game."

"Yeah, he invited me and Dana. So I am going to go I guess."

"Well, you're missing one important piece of information Julianna."

Is he going to tell me Bryce wants me to go with him? Maybe Bryce is being shy and sent him as a messenger or something. Bryce had always been a little shy. "What's that Garrett?"

"Oh, maybe that you happen to be going with one of the cutest guys in school… meaning me."

Woah. What is going on here? Garrett is asking me to go with him to the party? And the way he asked. It's so cocky, and completely not charming. He is no Bryce though.

"What's going on here?" Bryce asked.

Juli panicked. Bryce had appeared all of the sudden. She had no idea what to say.

"I just asked Julianna to go to the party with me this Friday. I mean now that we're all friends Bryce." Garrett answered.

Bryce looked either like he was going to be sick or like he wanted to punch Garrett in the face. "Juli," he looked into her eyes. Those dazzling eyes were fixed on her's and they almost looked hurt. "Are you going to go with Garrett?" Juli was about to answer, just when her least favorite person entered the room.

"What a cute couple! You should go with Garrett Juli. Don't you think she should, baby?" It was Sherry Stalls, all over Bryce Loski.

She is so fake. Ugh, she still makes my stomach turn. What does Bryce even see in her?

"Yeah, babe. I guess they should," Bryce agreed looking at the floor.

Juli was shocked, and disappointed. That's it? Bryce wants me to go with Garrett? I can't believe it. He never wanted to go with me. He didn't say no to Sherry. He never asked me to go with him to the party, he just invited me. Bryce doesn't like me! This is pathetic, I need to just move on already. You've got to stop letting him to do this to you. You can't get your heartbroken again, Juli.

"So Juli, is that going to be a yes or a yes?" Garrett grinned.

Juli was broken away from her thoughts. It didn't really matter anymore. Bryce didn't matter. She had promised Dana to go to the party, and they would go. She was going to her first high school party; a party at her mortal enemy's house. And if she was going to go, she would not go alone. She would have a date. And she would go with Garrett. Juli was decided.

"It's going to be a YES. I will go with you Garrett." She directed this towards Bryce hoping to get a last minute response from him, but he continued looking at the floor, never bringing up his gaze to meet her's.

The bell rang. Time for class again. Juli was relieved to escape the situation. She wished the school day would end already. It had been a rough day.

Bryce POV

Bryce spent all his classes unable to concentrate because of a funny feeling in his stomach. It was a good kind of funny though. He hadn't felt like this in a long time. Not since junior high. And coincidentally, both times this feeling had something to do with Juli Baker.

Juli is amazing. She was willing to give me another chance and be my friend. She cares about people and she's not fake. She's so real. And she's smart. Who knew I could actually have an intelligent conversation with a girl? And she is so beautiful. How could I be so stupid and let that go? What an idiot.

The bell rang. Time for lunch. But where was Juli? If he was inviting her to the party with him on Friday, he would do this right. He would ask Juli if it would be ok to stop by her house and talk to her parents for permission to take her to the party. He wanted to make a good impression and somewhat apologize to the Bakers for not coming around all these years till now. He hoped they did not think anything bad about him.

Bryce passed through the halls and noticed Garrett talking to Juli and Dana. Weird. I know I asked him to make an effort to be nice. But this is almost too nice for Garrett. Bryce walked over only to overhear Garrett asking Juli to the party on Friday. His heart dropped. Did Garrett like Juli now? Bryce could not believe this was happening.

"What's going on here?" Bryce had to ask if this was really happening. No answer from Juli.

"I just asked Julianna to go to the party with me this Friday. I mean now that we're all friends Bryce."

This was really upsetting to Bryce. But he couldn't give up yet. He had to hear it from Juli. "Juli, are you going to go with Garrett?" Still no answer. Juli must really want to go with him. I guess she doesn't see us as more than friends anymore. Who can blame her? After what an idiot I was for letting her go… I don't blame her one bit. No wonder she wants to go with Garrett.

"What a cute couple! You should go with Garrett Juli. Don't you think she should, baby?"
Great, Sherry is here. This is just what I needed. Not really. I guess I better suck it up and go along with it. Then everyone will be happy. Everyone besides me. Garrett and Juli will go together and Sherry will have me.

"Yeah, babe. I guess they should," Bryce said looking at the floor.

"So Juli, is that going to be a yes or a yes?" Garrett seemed so confident about this.

Please say no, Juli.

A pause.

Please. I don't want you to go with him.

"It's going to be a YES. I will go with you Garrett."

Bryce could not handle this heavy feeling in his heart. He wanted to go back to the nice funny feeling he had in his stomach earlier that morning. Or better yet, no feelings at all. Before Juli Baker was back in his life, everything was fine. Why did she have to be back and make him feel all of this?
The bell rang. Bryce rushed to his next class. Juli probably just wanted to talk to Garrett anyways. He would leave them alone. All Bryce wanted was some peace and quiet at home. Hopefully his mom and dad would not be fighting when he returned home from school. He just wanted to get away from everything.

Sorry it took awhile to update! My life has been crazy busy, but my schedule will free up after next week so I will have more time to devote to this and update regularly. :] I edited this chapter a tiny bit... had a new idea about where to take this. Thanks for the reviews! I really appreciate it guys.