Mistakes

Chapter 22

Valentine's Day!!! sucked. Part 1!

I walked into the locker room and said, "Happy Valentine's Day, I hate you all!" I meant it to all the people that werent there, yet. Gabrielle, thinking I was joking replied, "awww I hate you too, Alice!" I was joking with her. Sure, she had gotten Beth and James back together, but she was a reliable friend. "Wait you were joking, werent you?" I just replied, "ehh." She looked hurt so I said what I said to anybody that got hurt when I insulted the class, "Oh, not you, some others, though." It always worked, whether or not I meant it. Some people that were close enough to me understood that I didnt mean it, but I also didnt mean that I hated the class, that I just needed to push them out.

As soon as James walked in with his friends, I could tell that he was talking about his "awkward" expirience at breakfast with his girlfriend. The way he had the last two Valentine's Days. Everyone started taking selfies with their friends and I just stood there as the odd one out. Abigail was about the only person I actually sociallized with that morning. She was always there for me when I needed somebody. She was the only person I really ever went to. Anna and I still talked and I still considered her my best school friend, but we had gone through way too much to tell her somethings that I needed to tell someone, and I decided that she wasnt the someone.

We went to church that mornining because it was Friday and the entire school goes to church on Friday. James had to *serve. Every time I looked up to the sanctuary I was so close to tears too many times. I made it through the mass without crying, but Anna could tell I wanted to cry. When we left the church she just hugged me. I needed a hug.

I had basically put myself in a horrible mood on my own, because of James. Of course Id blame James! Anything to shove off the reason to say that I was the reason that I was sad. Anything to shove that onto James. In my head that counted as so many Mistakes.

I ended up pushing my feelings out of the way and I talked to James a lot, actually. I got him to start watching The Walking Dead, just like almost the entire eighth grade. We talked about that. I told him about this online Valentine's Day card that had to do with Merle. He found it hilarious and I found it was a conversation starter on kik.

Later that day, we had a Valentine's Day party. I was in a pretty shitty mood, even with talking to James a good amount that day. The party made up for my shitty mood pretty quickly. I hung out with Anna, Abigail, and yes, Miley. No matter how annoying Miley is, I can consider her a good friend. Every once in a while Id interact with James, Jacob, and a few of the girls that arent really my favorite people, but I had fun. No matter who it was with.

That was my Valentine's Day at school. It was a lot better compared to past years.

*serving is helping the priest prepare the altar and all that during the celebration of the mass

(A/N:

OK so some of the people from my class are planning on reading this. I just want to say that if you can recognize people in this, Ive said this before about Beth, that some of the things are just for readers' entertainment, so dont get pissed at me, please. A lot of this is true, except for some of my feelings towards others so yea... Just wanted to put that out there.

489 reads! 11 away from 500!!! Oh my frick a frack! I love you guys so much! Its been less than a week since the last hundred reads. This book has grown so much! And I have you guys to thank for that.

I love you! Continue reading! There is a really sweet interaction between James and Alice in Valentine's Day part 2, which I am really excited to put out for you guys to read!

Byee.

Xx.

~Tara)