It's Just That Crazy

Chapter 2- Why do Bad Things Always Happen to Good People

Chapter 2- Why do Bad Things Always Happen to Good People?

        On Tuesday I stroll into Home Ec with Krista and we take our seats next to each other at one of the tables in the back. The room is filled with six four person tables. We don't have assigned seats since Mrs. Kane announced yesterday that we wouldn't have to have them as long as we were on our best behavior.

        As I sit waiting for class to start, I think back to first period where I saw Matt leaning over his desk, to talk Angela Carmichael. I couldn't even concentrate on our assigned book. I can't even tell you what the first few chapters were about. I was distracted the whole period.

        I hate this part of the breakup. All my wounds are still fresh, and unhealed. From now on every time I see Matt with a new girl it's going to be like a bandage rubbing up against the raw flesh under my skin. I sigh. How am I ever going to manage surviving this year?

        "Good Morning!" Mrs. Kane's voice rings out so cheerful everyone has to look at her. It should be a crime to be so cheerful before lunch. My stomach growls just as I think of it and I internally groan.

        There are a few mumbles of hello that go around the room, but no one is as enthusiastic to be here as Mrs. Kane. I guess I can't blame her though. She has a lot to be enthusiastic about. She's tall, beautiful, and married to my P.E teacher, who is totally gorgeous by the way. He looks like a model for Calvin Klein underwear.

        I pull out of my thoughts of him and try to focus on what Mrs. Kane is saying. She opens a nearby storage cabinet and starts handing out books. Today is text book assignment day.

        She looks around the room for someone to volunteer to hand them out, but no one does so I end up being the one to get called on to do it. I take as many books as my arms can carry and pass them around the room. It's only then that I actually acknowledge who all is in our class.

        Most of them I don't know very well. Some of them are sophomores and juniors. The closer I get back to my table I notice more people in my grade. Melissa Kerman, a girl I shared a class with last year sits at the table ahead of mine. She smiles up at me and takes the book I hand to her. Next is, Tara Owen sitting beside her and then Scott Gill, and Chad Holland sitting opposite them at the same table.

        I stiffen a little as I hand Chad his book. I don't remember seeing him in here yesterday. As he takes it he ignores me and makes a joke to Scott about something I can't hear and both of them laugh. After I make it to our table and finish up by handing the books to the two girls sharing our space and I take my seat.

        Krista giggles next to me. I turn to her and stare.

        "What?"

        "You were scowling," she says still giggling behind her hand.

         I frown. "I was not."

        She nods. "Yes you were; directly at Chad."

        I huff and whisper. "Well, I can't help it. He's scum. Who dates their brother's girlfriend after they've just broken up? It's wrong."

        Krista's face becomes smooth again and her laughing finally ceases. "I think he flunked senior year last year just so he could stay here and date her. I always thought they had something going on behind Brent's back. I mean she was over at their house everyday and when Brent wasn't at school they were always connected at the hip."

        "Gross," I say. "Brent is so much better than him. I can't Sabine she doesn't see that."

        Krista shrugs. "Some people just aren't as smart as others."