Hurry Up and Wait

Chapter 25

With two days until her and Orla's party Erin hadn't heard from James or Michelle. They hadn't even spoke to her in school.

Well James had acknowledged her and said hello, while Michelle had completely blanked her.

Erin had sat with Orla for the week in class, during assembly and at break.

Clare, however, had sat on her own. Refusing to take anyone's side.

She had even taken to calling herself 'Switzerland' to emphasise her neutrality whenever she bumped into either pair in the corridor or in class.

After the fifth day of Michelle and Erin blanking each other, she had given up on being neutral and had tried to trick them all in to meeting the cafe one afternoon after school.

Her plan had ended up with Erin uninviting Michelle to her party.

It had partly been an accident. Michelle had overheard Erin taking about Jenny Joyce's party not hers and Michelle obviously got the wrong end of the stick.

Erin had got to the cafe with Clare and Orla before Michelle and James had arrived.

She had been sitting ranting about Jenny Joyce inviting the whole school when Michelle and James walked in unseen behind her: "She can shove that invite of hers where the sun doesn't shine!"

"Well, I was just coming here to give ours back to you Erin. Thanks, but we have better plans. I'm sure two of other many many mates you have will be only begging for an invite to shitest party of the year" said Michelle as she flung her and James's invite at her.

She stormed out of the cafe with James reluctantly following along behind her. He had given a brief look before he had went after Michelle. Almost if he was apologising for Michelle returning their invites.

"I wasn't even talking about her!" snapped Erin. "Well Clare the next time you see her tell I didn't even want her there actually"

"Tell her yourself! I'm not some a UN peacekeeper Erin!" replied Clare.

Erin knew she was being completely unreasonable. Especially with Clare. She had only been trying to help.

Erin had just been taking all her sadness and anger out on anyone that came near her.

She hadn't spoken to James in days. He had still said hello and was polite to her if they bumped into each other in school. Other than that, there had been nothing. No other contact. The closeness between them was gone. All because of her big mouth.

She was also annoyed at him. If things were finished between them the least, he could have done was pick of the phone and tell her. At least she had tried to talk to him at school.

She was still hoping that he would turn up to her birthday and they could talk, and she would apologise. She didn't think they could go back to being...what even had they been.

Had they been boyfriend and girlfriend? They had been together for 6 months and had behaved like boyfriend and girlfriend when they were alone.

However, they had never officially confirmed it.

If they had have been boyfriend and girlfriend, they weren't any more.