Issues

Issues - Chapter 17

I'm not sure if i like this chapter too much. I mean, i know where the story is going and i just don't think i did my best job writing it:/ soorry for grammar or spelling mistakes if they are more than usual. thanks to all my fans who read thiss ahaha (:

Chapter 17

I stared at the clock waiting for my alarm to go off. The sound rang throughout my room and it took me a couple seconds for me to turn it off even though I had been up the whole night waiting for it to go off. I sat up, determined to be able to make it through to school and not run away like yesterday. It had been too overwhelming and I knew I couldn't do it.

I dressed like normal, and went to school just like any other day. The looks from everyone were even more wary than they had been yesterday. I couldn't blame them after my runaway yesterday.

"Am I going to see you at lunch?" Jaida asked putting her hands on her hips with a small smile on her face.

"Of course," I said playing everything off. Now I couldn't back out so I took a deep breath and plastered a smile on my face with much effort, and got ready to endure the day.

Her smile widened and she put an arm around my shoulder as we began to walk to first block. "That's my girl."

I waved goodbye to her as we split paths and I entered my art room, proud of myself. I had already gotten farther than I did yesterday, but it didn't mean much since I didn't see Taylor at all yet. I sighed and let my expression dissolve momentarily before I tried even harder to look happy to talk to Angelina who was waiting for me almost patiently.

"Girl where were you!" she practically screamed when I sat down.

"Mental health day," I half-lied smoothly. More like a breakdown-I-can't-do-this day.

"Oh, hooky?" she winked.

"Sure." I laughed going along with it. She was making it easier to lie convincingly since it was getting harder as the feelings I was trying to hide grew stronger.

"So I heard something about you," she said narrowing her eyes playfully a smile still in place.

I froze, I knew what was coming and I tried to save myself from the panic attack that I could feel coming on. This was part of dealing with it, so I told myself to suck it up.

"What did you hear?" I asked my voice slightly shaky and I silently cursed myself.

"Why didn't you tell me you and Anthony George are brother and sister?" I let out a huge sigh of relief and told myself to stop being paranoid. Of course, no one would really know we broke up, because no one had seen us not talking to each other since I skipped yesterday. "His ex girlfriend is my sister's best friend!"

"Oh really? Which ex?" I asked gaining my composure slowly.

"Kate."

"Oh yeah, that's cool," I smiled.

"Just thought I'd let you know, because he's been over and stuff and I never put the pieces of the puzzle together," Angelina rambled.

I nodded and began to work quietly on my art hoping this class would stretch on forever. I didn't want to go to chemistry. In every other class I could mostly avoid Taylor, except for cooking of course, but he was in my lab group in chemistry. I didn't want to face him at all but I knew I had to.

Of course the class slid by quickly and the next thing I knew I was trudging along to chemistry unwillingly.

"Hey Sam," I said trying to smile as I walked into the room. Taylor always came after me if I didn't wait for him. We had taken to walking to classes together in the last couple of months, but now it was all gone.