Forever Young

Chapter 10

The next day, I just hung out by myself. I barely came out of my room, but Kelly was okay with that. Also, I didn't text Wesley.

I guess I am just scared that he doesn't really like me in the way that I think he does. I feel like I should get to know him better but for that to happen, I need to talk to him. I'm in a conflicting situation.

On Monday morning, I woke up at my usual time and quickly took a shower. I hurried to my room while thinking of choices for my outfit for the day. Looking through my closet and not finding anything to wear, I checked the weather. Since it was warm, I decided to wear a pair of destroyed, loose, light wash jeans folded up to my mid-calf, paired with a red and white, floral tank top. I took a look in the mirror and put on my socks, slipped into my white converse, grabbed my sweater and hurried to the bathroom. Unfortunately, James had already woken up and was currently in the shower.

"James!" I yelled loud enough for him to hear me.

"What!" he yelled back.

"Hurry up! I need to brush my teeth and wash my face!"

"I'll be out in a sec!"

Frustrated, I stomped back to my room and plopped myself into my dresser chair. Finally, after 3 minutes, James had gotten out of the bathroom. I ran in and began on brushed my teeth and washed my face on record time. Spritzing some water into my hair to keep it moist, I ran back to my room and began to fix my hair. I applied my daily hair products and decided to braid my old bangs with some other hair added to add thickness and pin them back so that they overlapped and looked like one. Quickly getting started, I braided one part, pinned it back, braided the other, and pinned it over the other part. I then applied a few spritz of hair spray, a light coat of lipgloss, and some powder and was ready to go.

As I was about to take my first step down the stairs, I realized that I had forgotten my bag so I sprinted to my room, grabbed my bag and sprinted down.

"Hey, your here early." Kelly laughed as she directed her attention away from the breakfast she was making.

"What? What are you guys still doing here?" I asked her and Courtney.

"We don't have to leave for another 15 minutes." She said as she chuckled lightly.

"What? I thought I was gonna be late because James was in the shower when I needed to fix my face!" I said.

"Hey, at least you have some spare time." Kelly said optimistically, as she turned back to the stove. She flipped a pancake and scrambled the eggs.

"You're right." I said, my mood brightening. I took a seat on a stool and placed my backpack on the ground.

"Would you like some breakfast?" Kelly asked me.

"Sure."

She placed a plate with scrambled eggs and a pancake in front of me.

"Looks delicious." I complimented.

"Why, thank you." She said as she poured me a glass of orange juice and the syrup bottle next to my plate. I shoved my food into my mouth. Courtney and Kelly took a seat next to me and ate their own breakfast.

"Good morning." James said as he walked into the kitchen, preparing himself his breakfast.

"Morning." Me, Kelly and Courtney answered in unison.

James took a seat at the island table and we all enjoyed our breakfast in silence.

After Courtney and Kelly had left for school, me and James still had 10 minutes before we had to leave so we just hung out on the couch and watched some TV.