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Welcome Back!: Chapter 22

Mara's POV

What is he doing? I thought as I watched Alfie doing some weird dance move.

"What is he doing?" Jerome asked.

"I think he's trying to dance," I said, snickering. Jerome laughed.

"If that's his dancing, then what's his running look like," he said. I laughed. It was our inside joke.

"Hey, babes!" Mick said from behind me.

"Hey!" I said when I turned around to face him. I gave him a peck on the cheek.

"What are you doing?" he asked, eyeing Jerome suspiciously.

"We're watching Alfie," I said, pointing to the stage. We were in the drama room with a few other houses.

"What is he doing?" Mick asked.

"That's what we're trying to figure out," Jerome said. Suddenly, Alfie fell, causing a burst of laughter.

Alfie got up and said, "Thank you, ladies and gents!" He walked off the stage, smiling to himself. Everyone was still laughing. Then the bell rang. Alfie walked over to Jerome.

"Better get to class, mate!" Alfie said to Jerome.

"Yeah, let's go." Jerome and Alfie walked towards the door, as did many other students.

"Come on, let's get to class," I said to Mick. He took my hand and we walked to class together.

Amber's POV

I walked to class with Nina and Fabian. They are such a cute couple! I wonder what would have happened if I hadn't elected them prom King and Queen? They (probably) wouldn't be together right now, that's what!

When we got to French, I sat down next to Mara and Nina and Fabian sat together.

"So, how are things with you and Mick?" I asked.

"Hmm?" Mara said, looking up from her notebook. "Oh, fine."

"You said that a little hesitantly. Are you sure everything's okay? Because we could talk about it. I mean, I did date the guy," I said, then realized that that probably wasn't the thing to say.

"Well, okay. Mick seems a little jealous of Jerome," she said.

"He's jealous of you and Jerome?" I said, shocked. "Why? You haven't given him a reason to be jealous of Jerome, have you?"

"Well, last year, when Mick was at his scholorship program, Jerome and I did spend a lot of time together," she said.

"Well, there's only one way to get Mick to stop being jealous. Just confront him about it," I told her.

"But Mick should know better! Jerome is dating Patricia, for crying out loud."

"Mara, boys aren't that smart. Especially when it comes to their girlfriends and other guys." Mrs. Andrews came into the classroom.

"But I still don't see why Mick is jealous when Jerome has a girlfriend," Mara said.

"Because! Boys are jealous of every boy their girlfriend talks to, single or not," I said.

"Okay, I'll try it," she sighed. She picked up her pen again and started writing.

~After Class~

Jerome's POV

I followed Patricia and Joy out of the room

"Joy, you wouldn't mind if I stole Patricia away for a second, would you?" I said and took Patricia's hand to hold her back. Joy kept walking. "So, why was Joy so upset earlier?" I asked.

"I don't know what you're talking about," she said.

"You are a very good liar, but not good enough to fool me." I took both of her hands. "Seriously, what was wrong with her?"

"Come here," she said, leading me outside. We walked to the other side of the school, where no one was ever around. "Promise me you won't tell anyone?"

"Why?" I asked.

"Promise?" she said again.

She looked around to make sure no one was here.

"Joy kissed Fabian when they walked over today," she said.

"What? I thought she was getting over Fabian," I said.

"So did I. But Amber and I followed her and saw what happened. Fabian got really pissed."

"I would think so! Does Nina know?"

"I don't know."

"Then I'm going to go find out," I said. I started to walk away, but she grabbed my hand and pulled me back.

"You promised you wouldn't tell anyone!" she whisper yelled.

"But-"

"Jerome! Please don't tell anyone. Please? For me?" she said.

I sighed. "Okay, for you," I said. She smiled and kissed me.

"Good. Now, let's get back." She started to walk away, but I pulled her back.

"I don't see why we have to get back so soon," I said. Then I kissed her. I kissed her again. And again. We snogged behind the school until the bell rang.

Joy's POV

I decided to walk to class without Patricia, seeing as she hadn't come back yet. When I got to class, I sat at and empty table. Amber was sitting with Alfie, which I guess she did because Jerome wasn't here. Soon Patricia and Jerome came in and sat at the table behind me.

Mick came in and sat down next to Mara. I looked over at them and saw, out of the corner of my eye, that Amber was glaring at me. I started to feel really self-concious. I grabbed my notebook, picked up my pen, and started writing a whole bunch of random words.

It seemed like ages before Mr. Winkler came into the class. I saw a few girls from the house we were having class with-Athena, I think-bite their lips. I rolled my eyes. As if a teacher would fall for one of them.

Suddenly, the door burst open. Everyone looked up. Standing in the door frame was a boy with jet black hair and gorgeous green eyes.

"Justin, you're late," Mr. Winkler said.

"Sorry, sir," Justin said. He looked around for an empty seat, but the only one was next to me. He finally found it and sat down.

"Anyway, please hand in your homework assignments," Mr. Winkler said. As he walked the aisles collecting papers, he said, "Today we'll be learning about the acient Greek gods and godesses."

~After Class~

I stayed seated when the bell rang and let everyone else clear out. Mr. Winkler and I were the only two left in the room.

"Joy, is everything okay?" he asked, noticing I was still here.

"Yeah, just thinking." I grabbed my bag and stood up.

"About what?" he asked. I was putting my things in my bag.

"Personal stuff, that's all." I slung my bag over my shoulder and headed for the door.

As I was about to leave, he said, "Is this about last year?"

I stopped. "I guess you could say that," I said.

"Look, I'm sorry we had to take you away from your friends, but we really thought we were doing the right thing," he said. His voice was solemn.

"The right thing would be not trying to gain eternal life. Good thing I wasn't the Chosen One or else I would have died! Literally!" I said.

"I'm sorry. We really didn't know," he said.

"Well, you and your 'society' should really be more careful," I said. I left the room really pissed off.

This is where I stop. Joy's emotions are going crazy, huh?

The finale episode of season 2 was awesome and intense!

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*~apples~*