Middle School (Book #1 of the school series)

Chapter 25:She loves you,yeah,yeah,yeah

December 2nd,2018

Derek woke up to his phone, going off. Who would be calling him at six in the morning? He grabbed his phone off of his nightstand and looked at the caller's ID. it said: Unknown. He turned on his lamp, throwing the sheets off of him and sitting up in bed."I wonder who this is?" Derek yawned. "Hello?" a familiar voice answered on the other end. "Derek, is that you?" "Who is this?" stupid answer to that question, he knew who it was, it was Denise Adams, but how did she get his phone number? "Derek, It's me, Denise." He felt his heart dropped down to his stomach. "Who gave you my phone number?" he blabbed. "Andrew," Denise replied. "Oh." Derek knew Andy was trying to get Denise and him to talk more, which Derek didn't care 'cause he knew how bad Andy felt when he had that panic attack in the boys' restroom over Shelly saying, she only likes Derek as a friend, which hurt him badly, at the time, but he learned that Shelly was a waste of his time but now, he's talking to someone new thanks to Andy giving Denise his phone number, maybe this would be his chance to ask her why she say that she loved him.

"Yeah, Andy gave me your phone number and I just wanted to make sure it was the right number and the right person picking up on the other end." She said They both laughed. "Yeah, I was just sleeping, when you called, I'm glad you did too." Derek replied, "Hey, by the way, Remember when you texted me on Instagram?" "Yeah, what about it?" Derek put his glasses on his face. "Why did you say, you loved me?" "Uh...I have no idea, what you are talking about, Deek." "You sure?" "Yeah, I have no idea, what you are talking about." "Denise, I have the text messages, You did say, Love you to me, I'm not trying to be a jerk or a lowlife of right now as we speak, I just wanted to know why you texted me it, I will not get mad at you, I wouldn't fight with you, I will, I repeat, will not say anything bad, I will not get sassy, I will not raise my voice to you, I'm going to be nice about this, I care about you as much as I care about Cory, AJ, James, and Sarah, you can tell me anything."

"Okay, I do remember saying, I love you to you on Instagram." Denise began, "I didn't mean to say it either, 'cause I...I." Derek knew Denise was about to cry. "Denise, calm down, I wouldn't get mad nor yell at you."

"I was scared, 'cause I didn't know if you felt the same way after you and Shelly had that fallout and now you two hate each other, I knew how heartbroken you were when Shelly broke your heart, I thought you didn't want to deal with another girl, so I kept my mouth shut and then when you threatened to choke me, I was scared to tell you how I felt, You are a wonderful guy and any girl would be lucky enough to be with you." Denise said, "I know, I wouldn't be the lucky girl though, 'cause I see you all the time at lunch or in the hallways, girls coming up to you asking you for your snap, your Tiktok, your Instagram, your FaceBook and your phone number."

Derek couldn't believe what he was hearing. "So, What were you going to tell me at last week's play practice then?"

"That.....It doesn't matter now, I gotta go." She replied she ended the call shortly after.

'Well, That was odd." He sighed, getting out of bed and got ready for school.

At school...

Derek was at his locker, getting his things for 1st,2nd,4th, 5th and 6th period, Thoughts running through his head about what happened between him and Denise early that morning. Why was she scared? Was she secretly in love with him and she didn't want him to know? Why did she hang up so quickly?

"Hey, Deek," Andy said, coming up to Derek's locker. "Hey, AJ." He replied, "So, Denise called me this morning." Andy looked at him. "Really, how did that go?" Derek closed his locker, him and Andy walked down the hallway. "Good, She was telling me why she said, she loved me on Instagram." He replied, "She said, she was scared about telling me how she felt about me, She told me I was a wonderful guy and any girl would be lucky to be with me."