Chapter Six
“How mad is he?” I asked Mitch the next day.
“Well…” he said as he closed his locker door.
“That bad?” I sighed. I started to nervously bit at my lip.
“Yeah,” Mitch sighed. “Don’t worry though; I almost have enough money to get an apartment. I am going to explain to my boss what happened and see if I can get a raise.”
“Okay, let me know how it goes,” I said.
“I’ll call your cell tonight,” Mitch sighed.
“Okay,” I said before waving goodbye and walking to the lunchroom. I saw Misty sitting at our normal table so, naturally, I walked up to it.
“Hey!” she said once I sat down. “How’s life?”
“You really wanna know?” I sighed before biting into my apple.
“Oh, it can’t be that bad,” said a voice behind me, a voice I recognized. A goofy smile played on my lips but was quickly wiped off so I didn’t look like a weirdo.
“It is,” I said frowning as I turned to see Drew. He sat beside me, Misty shooting me a quick smile, and wrapped his arm around me.
“Things will get better,” he whispered in my ear.
“I hope,” I sighed.
***
I sat on the bed in Misty’s guest room with my phone in front of me and homework scattered everywhere else. I watched the phone, waiting for it to light up with a call from Mitch. Suddenly my phone started to blast ‘Firework’ by Katy Perry. I snatched it up from the bed like the last cookie and put it to my ear.
“Hey,” I said into the phone.
“Hi,” Mitch sighed.
“What did you boss say?” I asked.
“Well,” Mitch sighed, “he gave me a raise!”
“Yay!” I shrieked. “Will you be able to get the apartment?”
“Already got it,” he said. “We move in on Saturday!”
“What’s today?” I asked.
“Thursday!” he replied. “I have the key now and we can move our stuff in anytime.”
“Does dad know?” I asked, suddenly worried about how I was going to move my stuff.
“Not yet,” he sighed. “I will tell him once everything is in the apartment.”
“How will I get my stuff?” I asked.
“He will be gone tomorrow, I don’t know why, but you can come by then,” he said.
“Okay,” I said.
“I got to go but before I do can you ask around and see if anyone has a truck we can borrow?” he asked.
“I will,” I promised. “Bye.”
“Bye.”
I pushed the end button on my phone and started dialing another number. I put the phone to my ear and waited while it rang.
“Hello,” said Drew on the other end of the phone.
“Het, it’s me,” I said.
“What’s up?” he asked.
“Nothing to important,” I lied. “Mitch got an apartment.”
“Cool, when are you moving in?” he asked.
“We are moving our stuff in tomorrow but not moving in until Saturday,” I explained.
“Need help moving in?” he asked.
“Maybe,” I sighed, “we do need a truck though. Know anyone who has on?”
“My dad,” he said. “Want me to ask him if we can borrow it?”
“That would be great!” I cried.
“Okay I will let you know if you can use it,” he said.
“Okay, bye,” I said.
“Bye,” he breathed.
I hung up the phone and looked around the room, after deciding there was nothing in the guestroom to do I walked over to Misty’s room.
“Hey!” I bellowed.
“Wazz up?” he asked, popping her ‘p’.
“Nothing, Mitch got the apartment,” I announced.
“Awesome, when you guys moving in?” she asked.
“Moving our stuff in tomorrow and moving in Saturday,” I confirmed.
“We have school tomorrow,” Misty reminded me.
“I guess I will skip,” I shrugged.
“Lucky you,” she snorted.
“Lucky me,” I said with a mocking grin. “Want to watch a movie?”
“Sure,” she said will she threw her homework to the side.
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Heartbreak
Teen FictionCassandra Deckers has had it ruff since her mom left. The best thing that has happened to her was Drew Turnner coming to her school. After Cassandra and Drew get together their relationship is challenged by ouside forces from both sides of the coupl...