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How many ways, I love you Let me count the ways How many ways, I love you Let me count the ways
AALIYAH CHEWED down on her bottom lip as she thought of every little thing she would need for the sleepover she was hosting tonight at her house. She made a list and everything so she wouldn't forget an item on the paper as she has written down stuff that came to mind. On the side of her were school books and sheets of homework she would later attend to later. She had all weekend long to do her schoolwork. But right now, she planned on having a relaxing evening with her girls on a Friday and Saturday night of junk food, boy talk, and of course, a collection of movies from the eighties with Molly Ringwald and Winona Ryder in them.
She checked her wristwatch quickly to check the time. In a minute or so, she was expecting Rashad to come and pick her up so she could shop for things she would need before the girls came over tonight.
"Mind if I sit? Someone said as Aaliyah took a slip of the watered-down Cola on the table. When she looked up and saw who it was standing before her, she almost gagged everything out of her mouth. It was Chris Bennett from DSA. He chuckled and stepped back some so that any wouldn't fly on him.
"I'm sorry. She mumbled, wiping her mouth.
"Napkin?" He asked, picking up one off the pile of others.
Aaliyah slowly took a napkin and wiped her mouth shyly."Thank you, and yeah, you can sit if you want to. Chris took a seat as Aaliyah watched, but in the back of her mind, she was screaming. All of her friends knew about the big crush she had on him since I don't know.... forever, so why was he talking to her out of all people.
"You okay ?"
She nodded her head."I was just shocked to see you, that's all.
"Yeah, me too-well I mean you, I haven't seen you around in months, we have drama class with... Mr. Crosby together, right ?"
"Uh .... yeah, we do, and Geometry and English.
Chris knit his eyebrows up in confusion."Um... we do.
"Yeah.... well, usually you stay asleep in the back of the classroom till the bell rings or when Mr. Dundee bangs on your desk with his ruler. Aaliyah giggled as Chris laughed as it suddenly came back to him. Math period was not a favorite of his at all, and if he could skip the class as a whole, he would, but then his mama would whoop his behind with a belt old school style in front of the classroom of students.
