Rejection

Chapter 4: The Apology

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That annoying machine said for the hundredth time pissing me off

"Come on Wendy. Answer the phone" I said dialing the number again

{The person you are trying to call is-}

"Damn it!" I yelled throwing the phone across the room hitting the wall

"Alex! What's going on up there!" Mom asked from downstairs

"Nothing mom," I said

"Hurry down. You're gonna be late for school; come down and get your breakfast" mom yelled

"In a minute" I sighed before picking up my back and discarded phone and downstairs

"Good morning guys"

"Wow, Alex you look like shit. Did Wendy reject you again?" my brat sister laughed before biting into her burger

"Be nice Amanda" mom told her before looking at me

"Are you sleeping well Alex?" she asked

"Yes, mom. I'm fine" That was a lie. I had fallen asleep very late every night since the theme park because I stayed up late calling Wendy and talking to her voicemail

"That's good. Here's your breakfast" she said handing me a burger

"You know Mom. I'm actually not really that hungry" I said rejecting the burger for the first time

"You, Alexander Freeman, are declining a burger?" Mom gasped not believing her ears

"Yeah Mom I'm just not hungry," I said

"Not hungry? When as that ever stopped you?" she asked

"You love burgers" she added

"I know Mom but I'm just not in the mood for burgers. Right now I just wanna go to school" I said before she gasped and quickly put her hand over my forehead

"Is something wrong?" I asked weirded out

"You don't seem sick," she said

"Amanda, did your brother hit his head?"

"Maybe that hit he got Saturday made him delirious. That or he got rejected again" Amanda said looking at me as if I was an alien

"I didn't get rejected and I didn't hit my head. Whatever I'm going to school" I said leaving

I walked to the bus stop grumbling before I noticed Alex waiting for me

"Hey man," I said walking over to him

"Sup...Oh my god. What happened to your face?!" he asked pointing at the still bruised eye

"It's nothing. I got in a little fight" I shrugged

"Yikes! You okay?" he asked

"I'm fine. It's nothing. You should see the other guys" I said

"Well that's good to hear," he said

"So how was your weekend?" I asked

"It was freaking awesome. It started out annoying but nearing the end it happened" he said excitedly

"It?"

"Yeah, I finally got one over on my know-it cousin. We were playing Smash Bros and I kicked her ass four times in a row. So she said she wanted to play connect four and I still beat her four times in a row" he said absolutely giddy