A Million Dreams

Seven

As we rode to school, Jordan asked me if I was okay. "Yeah, I'm fine. It was just a nightmare." I say. Even though I told him I was fine, he continued to look worried. "Shouldn't you pay more attention to the road and what people are going to say?" I say. His face darkens. "Oh yeah, I almost forgot about last night. Well, nothing we can do now. You are the one who should be concerned about this. It's only your second day." he says. "Oh crap, your right. Well, I don't care about what other people think." I say. We rode for another 5 minutes until the school came into view. "Step on it or we will be late." I yell pedaling faster. We reach the school, chain our bikes and run inside. We make a mad dash for the elevator and take it up to the 5thfloor. When we get out, we run to our lockers to get our school uniforms and go change. When we walk out, somehow at the same time, we said our goodbyes and rushed off to class. "See ya later Ash!" Jordan yells. "See ya later Jordan!" I yell back. I open Mr. James's door and burst in panting. "Ah, glad to see you made it today Ash. Just on time too!" Mr. James says. "I'm g-glad I made it t-too." I say walking to my seat. I flop down trying to cool off. I have never run so fast to get to class in my entire life. I look back to when Jordan and I were parting ways. I focus in on his tie. It had stripes. I snickered because someone swapped out his tieand he was in such a rush to get to class, he didn't realize it. "What's so funny Ash?" I hear someone ask. I look up to see an impatient Mr. James. "Sorry, I didn't mean to laugh." I tried to stop but I couldn't. I kept imagining Jordan's reaction when he finally realizes it. "May I go to the bathroom?" I manage to say. Mr. James sighs. "Yes, you may." I get up and dash to the bathroom. I burst out laughing. After a minute, I calmed down and splashed water on my face. "I feel bad for Jordan. But it is his fault he didn't realize." I thought. I walk back into class and sat down. "Okay class, we are going to continue learning about Julius Caesar." I already know everything about the guy, so I sit back and just listen. Eventually the class ended, and I left. I had math next, but that class is so boring. I hate math but I'm pretty good. I sat through quadratic equations and tried not to fall asleep. The teacher droned on and on. Then I had art, one of my favorite subjects. We did some still life. Then finally, it was time for lunch. Today was pizza, cupcakes, and soda. I was walking to an empty table when I heard, "Ash, over here!" I looked in the direction it was coming from. I saw Jordan waving his hand to come over to his table. I felt everyone's eyes on me as I walked over. I sat down across from him. "Did you really need to yell out my name from across the café?" I asked picking up my pizza. "Well, you wouldn't have heard me if I said it normally. Do you see how big this is?" he asks. "Yeah, yeah." "Let me introduce you. Ash, this is Sam, Jaylen and Izumi. Guys, this is Ash." Jaylen spoke up first. "Did you notice that Jordan had on a striped tie this morning?" he asked. "When I sat down in my seat, something was bothering me, so I thought back to when we parted ways. Then I focused in on that and started snickering. Mr. James seemed mildly upset but I couldn't stop, so I asked to go the bathroom, where I had a laughing fit." I say, snickering at the memory. Jordan face went red, which made us all laugh. "It's not funny you guys!" he says kind of upset. "When the teacher pointed it out, Jordan said 'EEP which made the entire class erupt with laughter." Sam said. "Oh, how I wish I had been there to see." I say. After we calmed down, we continued to talk about video games. "I don't know how I just noticed but you guys switched hair colors. What's up with that?" Izumi asked. "I had to dye my hair pink because I lost a bet to him." "And she asked me if she could dye my hair, so we just dyed each other's hair. I needed to change my color anyway." Izumi, Jaylen, and Sam look at each other with a look I know all too well. "We are NOT dating." Jordan and I say at the same time. "Stop that. No, you stop." Izumi, Jaylen, and Sam start laughing. "IT'S NOT FUNNY! Why is this happening?" I'm getting irritated. "Stop. Stooooooo-" I cover Jordan's mouth. Then uncover it. "What's going on?" We both say. "Ugh. What are we going to do? We can't go to class like this." "Maybe you can go the nurse and ask him help?" Sam suggests. "I highly doubt that he will be able to do anything, but it doesn't hurt to ask." We say. Jordan and I get up, grab our trays, and walk over to the trash bin. A girl comes up Jordan. "Hey Jordan~. Can you come over today to help me study?" She asks. "I can't." We say. She looks at me with an annoyed look. "Who said I was talking to you?" she says. "We are talking unison right now and can't stop so he said I can't, not me." we say. Then we walk away.