ask.
“Nothing,” I moped, “I didn’t get much sleep last night.”
“Your mother tells me that your girlfriend invited you over for dinner last night,” he told me, “How did it go?”
“It was alright,” I mumbled, trying to make it clear to him that I didn’t want to talk about it.
“Did anything happen?” he probed, which wasn’t like him at all.
“Mom put you up to this” I stated.
“You got me,” he laughed, raising his arms in surrender.
My mother came out from the kitchen, where she had obviously been eavesdropping.
“I swear you two are impossible,” she fumed, “How’s a girl supposed to get her daily dose of gossip from you guys?”
She seemed so genuinely upset that I had to laugh along with my father. Using the distraction, I grabbed my backpack and made my escape before my mother could stop and interrogate me any further.
I raced across my yard and past Eden’s house. I didn’t want to risk having a chance encounter with her, especially within eyesight of my parents. I still wasn’t sure how I was going to handle this situation and I didn’t want to be forced into a confrontation before I was ready.
Reaching the end of my block, I slowed down to a walk and rounding the corner, I soon met my friends at the bus stop.
“What’s up, Tom?” Drake greeted as I approached them, “How’s that hottie of yours?”
“She’s hot,” I agreed and left it at that.
“Tonight we’re going to Pizza Heaven, you in?” Matt asked always thinking of food.
“I should be around,” I said.
“Bring your girlfriend,” Kyle suggested, “We’d like to meet her.”
“Like I want her to know that you guys are my friends,” I joked.
“Listen to you,” Drake said, throwing a playful punch at me, “too good for us now?”
“I’ve always been too good for you,” I retaliated, dodging his blow.
His retort was cut short by the arrival of Howie and his Magic School Bus.
“Seriously,” Drake insisted, “when are we going to meet this girl?”
“I don’t know,” I replied, dodging his question this time.
Howie seemed to be listening to our conversation, so much that he didn’t even give us his usual morning greeting. I decided to use that to my advantage.
“What’s the matter, Howie?” I asked him, feigning disappointment, “No greeting this morning? How am I ever going to get through the day?”
Howie blinked and seem to re-enter reality and a shameful expression crossed his face.
“I’m sorry, Thomas,” he apologized, “I was just surprised to hear that you have a girlfriend.”
This confession seemed to amuse my friends, cries of “Even Howie is surprised” escaping their lips between the peals of laughter.
It was humiliating to be mocked by someone that we considered barely functional, but at least they had stopped hounding me about meeting Eden. As Howie pulled away form the curb and the bus began its way to school, I tried to block out the sound of my friends laughter.
I was daydreaming and staring out of the window by the time we crossed Route 22. I thought I had just caught a glimpse of Eden standing on the street corner across the street. My eyes barely had time to focus upon her when she disappeared. Gasping in surprise, I tried my best to locate where she might have gone, but to no avail; there was absolutely nowhere that she could have concealed herself in that short span of time. It was like she had just vanished in front of my eyes.
By the time we reached school, all thoughts of Eden had been erased from my mind. It wasn’t until my friends said their goodbyes and walked off to their home rooms, that I realized that I was going to be alone in class with Eden again. Yesterday it had seemed like a dream come true, today that dream had turned into a nightmare.
That statement may sound overly dramatic to you, but keep in mind that some guys are intimidated by women who are stronger than them; and here I was dating Wonder Woman.
“Hi
“Nothing,” I moped, “I didn’t get much sleep last night.”
“Your mother tells me that your girlfriend invited you over for dinner last night,” he told me, “How did it go?”
“It was alright,” I mumbled, trying to make it clear to him that I didn’t want to talk about it.
“Did anything happen?” he probed, which wasn’t like him at all.
“Mom put you up to this” I stated.
“You got me,” he laughed, raising his arms in surrender.
My mother came out from the kitchen, where she had obviously been eavesdropping.
“I swear you two are impossible,” she fumed, “How’s a girl supposed to get her daily dose of gossip from you guys?”
She seemed so genuinely upset that I had to laugh along with my father. Using the distraction, I grabbed my backpack and made my escape before my mother could stop and interrogate me any further.
I raced across my yard and past Eden’s house. I didn’t want to risk having a chance encounter with her, especially within eyesight of my parents. I still wasn’t sure how I was going to handle this situation and I didn’t want to be forced into a confrontation before I was ready.
Reaching the end of my block, I slowed down to a walk and rounding the corner, I soon met my friends at the bus stop.
“What’s up, Tom?” Drake greeted as I approached them, “How’s that hottie of yours?”
“She’s hot,” I agreed and left it at that.
“Tonight we’re going to Pizza Heaven, you in?” Matt asked always thinking of food.
“I should be around,” I said.
“Bring your girlfriend,” Kyle suggested, “We’d like to meet her.”
“Like I want her to know that you guys are my friends,” I joked.
“Listen to you,” Drake said, throwing a playful punch at me, “too good for us now?”
“I’ve always been too good for you,” I retaliated, dodging his blow.
His retort was cut short by the arrival of Howie and his Magic School Bus.
“Seriously,” Drake insisted, “when are we going to meet this girl?”
“I don’t know,” I replied, dodging his question this time.
Howie seemed to be listening to our conversation, so much that he didn’t even give us his usual morning greeting. I decided to use that to my advantage.
“What’s the matter, Howie?” I asked him, feigning disappointment, “No greeting this morning? How am I ever going to get through the day?”
Howie blinked and seem to re-enter reality and a shameful expression crossed his face.
“I’m sorry, Thomas,” he apologized, “I was just surprised to hear that you have a girlfriend.”
This confession seemed to amuse my friends, cries of “Even Howie is surprised” escaping their lips between the peals of laughter.
It was humiliating to be mocked by someone that we considered barely functional, but at least they had stopped hounding me about meeting Eden. As Howie pulled away form the curb and the bus began its way to school, I tried to block out the sound of my friends laughter.
I was daydreaming and staring out of the window by the time we crossed Route 22. I thought I had just caught a glimpse of Eden standing on the street corner across the street. My eyes barely had time to focus upon her when she disappeared. Gasping in surprise, I tried my best to locate where she might have gone, but to no avail; there was absolutely nowhere that she could have concealed herself in that short span of time. It was like she had just vanished in front of my eyes.
By the time we reached school, all thoughts of Eden had been erased from my mind. It wasn’t until my friends said their goodbyes and walked off to their home rooms, that I realized that I was going to be alone in class with Eden again. Yesterday it had seemed like a dream come true, today that dream had turned into a nightmare.
That statement may sound overly dramatic to you, but keep in mind that some guys are intimidated by women who are stronger than them; and here I was dating Wonder Woman.
“Hi
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