school.
What if everyone mobbed him?
“ Are you sure?”
He chuckled. “Absolutely.”
“ Okay. There’s a party
Friday night, but I don’t really want to go. I’d rather gorge on
junk food.”
His laughter brightened me a little, and
Lance’s rejection was slipping slowly out of my mind. “Are you
allowed to leave campus?”
“ Yeah. Curfew is 1:00AM on
weekends for seniors.”
“ Cool. I’ll get a room in
town, and you can meet me in the lobby Friday night. We’ll go do
something, then I’ll take you to this dance Saturday.”
A slow smile spread across my lips as my
heart filled with affection. I sniffed again. “Thanks, Jake. For
everything.”
“ Not a problem. It’s the
least I can do for carjacking you.”
I managed a sincere laugh, feeling somewhat
better. We chatted for a little while, and he told me about his
visit with his father. Finally, I declared I had to get my homework
done. We hung up just as Annie stormed into the room, obviously
having already heard the news about Lance and Krysti. Her dark,
angry face changed quickly to confusion at my nonchalant
attitude.
“ Hey,” I said. “I guess you
heard about Lance.”
She nodded, lips set in a firm line. I
decided to put her out of her misery and let her in on Jake’s
plan.
“ You can’t be serious!” she
exclaimed, eyes gleaming. I could actually see the wheels turning
in her head. “Wait until everyone hears this!”
“ No,” I said, grabbing her
arm. “Please, Annie, you can’t tell anyone.”
“ Why?” she persisted. “It’s
not like no one will recognize him.” Annie pouted, arms crossed
over her chest. She was personally vying to become the next great
tabloid editor, and with gossip like this, she’d definitely move up
a peg or two.
“ Because,” I answered. My
mind whirred, realizing what a disaster this could turn out to be.
Sure, I would absolutely love to see Lance’s reaction to my
replacement date, but I didn’t want to use Jake. How uncomfortable
would that make him? And what about when he was recognized? Doubt
crept into my mind and I gazed at the cell phone I’d dropped on my
bed. Should I call it off? “I don’t know if this is such a great
idea.”
“ What’s not a great idea?”
Cammy asked as she drifted into our room. She plopped on Annie’s
bed and watched us with inquisitive eyes.
“ Jake’s taking Bella to the
dance,” Annie blurted, ecstatic to be telling someone.
Cammy’s eyes widened as she gasped. “I
thought Lance was taking her?”
“ He dumped her for Krysti.
Can you believe that? Denise told me that Krysti was all jealous
because Lance was paying Bella so much attention, so she convinced
him to skip class and they talked all day. Supposedly Krysti had
some kind of meltdown in the cafeteria bathrooms, and Karen found
her and told Lance. Apparently, he forgave her, and now they’re
going to the dance.”
“ No!” Cammy exclaimed, hand
to her heart. “That’s not very nice.”
“ I know,” Annie
emphatically agreed. “So Bella called Jake, and he offered to take
her. How cool is that?”
“ How romantic!” Cammy
dreamily declared, head in the clouds. Did they even remember I was
in the room?
“ Yeah, I know. But Bella
won’t let me tell anyone,” Annie said, shooting me a dirty
look.
“ Hello, I am still here,” I said.
“ Sorry,” Cammy apologized.
“Jake Johnson is really taking you to the dance?”
I lowered my body to the bed and nibbled on
my bottom lip. “Yeah, he said he would. But I’m beginning to think
it’s a bad idea.”
“ Nonsense,” Annie said,
waving my concerns away. “Jake is used to the attention. Besides,
if he didn’t want to take you, he wouldn’t have
offered.”
“ I know,” I sighed. She had
a point. But that little cloud of guilt hovered inside my head.
“Maybe I should just hang out with him in town or
something.”
Cammy nodded. “That would be sweet.”
“ Oh no you don’t, Isabella
Ames,” Annie
What if everyone mobbed him?
“ Are you sure?”
He chuckled. “Absolutely.”
“ Okay. There’s a party
Friday night, but I don’t really want to go. I’d rather gorge on
junk food.”
His laughter brightened me a little, and
Lance’s rejection was slipping slowly out of my mind. “Are you
allowed to leave campus?”
“ Yeah. Curfew is 1:00AM on
weekends for seniors.”
“ Cool. I’ll get a room in
town, and you can meet me in the lobby Friday night. We’ll go do
something, then I’ll take you to this dance Saturday.”
A slow smile spread across my lips as my
heart filled with affection. I sniffed again. “Thanks, Jake. For
everything.”
“ Not a problem. It’s the
least I can do for carjacking you.”
I managed a sincere laugh, feeling somewhat
better. We chatted for a little while, and he told me about his
visit with his father. Finally, I declared I had to get my homework
done. We hung up just as Annie stormed into the room, obviously
having already heard the news about Lance and Krysti. Her dark,
angry face changed quickly to confusion at my nonchalant
attitude.
“ Hey,” I said. “I guess you
heard about Lance.”
She nodded, lips set in a firm line. I
decided to put her out of her misery and let her in on Jake’s
plan.
“ You can’t be serious!” she
exclaimed, eyes gleaming. I could actually see the wheels turning
in her head. “Wait until everyone hears this!”
“ No,” I said, grabbing her
arm. “Please, Annie, you can’t tell anyone.”
“ Why?” she persisted. “It’s
not like no one will recognize him.” Annie pouted, arms crossed
over her chest. She was personally vying to become the next great
tabloid editor, and with gossip like this, she’d definitely move up
a peg or two.
“ Because,” I answered. My
mind whirred, realizing what a disaster this could turn out to be.
Sure, I would absolutely love to see Lance’s reaction to my
replacement date, but I didn’t want to use Jake. How uncomfortable
would that make him? And what about when he was recognized? Doubt
crept into my mind and I gazed at the cell phone I’d dropped on my
bed. Should I call it off? “I don’t know if this is such a great
idea.”
“ What’s not a great idea?”
Cammy asked as she drifted into our room. She plopped on Annie’s
bed and watched us with inquisitive eyes.
“ Jake’s taking Bella to the
dance,” Annie blurted, ecstatic to be telling someone.
Cammy’s eyes widened as she gasped. “I
thought Lance was taking her?”
“ He dumped her for Krysti.
Can you believe that? Denise told me that Krysti was all jealous
because Lance was paying Bella so much attention, so she convinced
him to skip class and they talked all day. Supposedly Krysti had
some kind of meltdown in the cafeteria bathrooms, and Karen found
her and told Lance. Apparently, he forgave her, and now they’re
going to the dance.”
“ No!” Cammy exclaimed, hand
to her heart. “That’s not very nice.”
“ I know,” Annie
emphatically agreed. “So Bella called Jake, and he offered to take
her. How cool is that?”
“ How romantic!” Cammy
dreamily declared, head in the clouds. Did they even remember I was
in the room?
“ Yeah, I know. But Bella
won’t let me tell anyone,” Annie said, shooting me a dirty
look.
“ Hello, I am still here,” I said.
“ Sorry,” Cammy apologized.
“Jake Johnson is really taking you to the dance?”
I lowered my body to the bed and nibbled on
my bottom lip. “Yeah, he said he would. But I’m beginning to think
it’s a bad idea.”
“ Nonsense,” Annie said,
waving my concerns away. “Jake is used to the attention. Besides,
if he didn’t want to take you, he wouldn’t have
offered.”
“ I know,” I sighed. She had
a point. But that little cloud of guilt hovered inside my head.
“Maybe I should just hang out with him in town or
something.”
Cammy nodded. “That would be sweet.”
“ Oh no you don’t, Isabella
Ames,” Annie
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