Kim

It's been two weeks. Two weeks since I saw him. But let me elaborate on that a little more-it's been two weeks since I saw Jared after he disappeared. When he stormed out that cafeteria last time to "cool off", he never even came back. He probably decided to ditch classes completely, and just go home, then meet his friends to hang out after school.

But that wasn't what the rumors were about, people went around saying that Jared had gotten ill when he got home-and that was the reason he didn't come back to school. He had gotten a flu or something, and decided not to come back to school till he had gotten better. But the weird thing was, Sam Uley had been rumored to visit Jared several times throughout that time. I didn't even know they were friends, and that's saying a lot, coming from "the girl that watches his every move"-at least, that's what Jennifer decides to call me.

"Oh my gosh! Kim!" Jennifer shrieked when I got to school.
"Ow." I glared at her. I covered my ears until she stopped shrieking so loudly, I didn't even hear what she had to say the entire time, it all just came out as one long word. "Are you done yet?"

"Well, someone's in a bad mood today." Katie pointed out. Thanks for noticing the obvious, Katie.

"I am not in a bad mood." I frowned. "Now… what were you trying to say, Jen?" I turned towards her, referring to her nickname I called her when we were younger. I didn't know how to write her name back in elementary school because I thought it was too long, so I just shortened it. The name's stuck with her ever since.

"I said that Jared is back in school!" She whispered, glancing at everyone else, like she had done something terrible and was worried about getting caught. It didn't matter if she gossiped about Jared anyways, it wasn't like that would expose my crush on him-everyone else was talking about how he changed drastically, and that he had finally returned to school.
"What Jen said, but she also forgot to mention that Jared got hotter!" Katie added.

I looked at her curiously. Jared was already good-looking, I couldn't find it possible to believe he could become any more good-looking than he already is. "Are you sure it was Jared?" I asked, I was still a little doubtful about the whole situation, even though every other student was gossiping about the same exact thing.

Katie and Jennifer shared a look, then rolled their eyes, turning to face me again. "Yes, Kim! We're sure!" They spoke simultaneously. That just earned my interest even more, it was like they had been practicing the perfect way to tell me Jared was back. It was like they prepared for every scenario they thought would happen when they told me. But seriously, did they not know me at all? They knew I wasn't the drama type of girl.

"Oh… Well, that's nice for Jared. But ladies, we're gonna be late for first period." I said, glancing down at my phone as I turned off the volume. Jennifer and Katie shared another look again, like they thought I was going crazy-they definitely didn't expect me to react that way.
"Umm… okay," Katie shrugged, confused, but still suspicious. She followed behind me, looking at Jennifer-I was pretty sure Katie was waiting for me to explode and start going into panic mode any time soon.
Jennifer, on the other hand, she wasn't willing to give up so easily. She walked by my side, not questioning me like a detective (which she usually would do), and instead, it was like she was waiting for me to react first. The three of us just walked to class together in complete silence.

I walked into the classroom, turning when I felt someone looking at me.