New Girl

Chapter 16

I wake up in the morning on my side facing Sam. She is still asleep and I don't want to wake her up. She looks tired. I look down at my phone I have a text message from Elliot.
Good morning Alex:)
Good morning Elliot:) I responded.
How's your sleepover with Sam?
Great. Thanks for asking:)
Do you want to hangout when Sam leaves?
Sure.
"Who you textin?" Sam says making me jump.
"Elliot." I say with a smile.
"What does he want?"
"He wants to hangout with me when you leave." I say with a sad look on my face.
"Oh." Sam looks really sad. Does she think that she's losing me? She knows she isn't right?
"Hey you don't have to leave for a long time. So worse comes to worse I don't hangout with him. It's not that big of a deal. I can see him some other time. I'd rather hangout with my best friend. Cousins over guys eh?" I say punching her arm lightly.
"Yeah just make sure he knows that your mine and he isn't taking you away from me. Got that?" Sam says in a stern voice while popping her hip out.
"Yes ma'am."
"Good now text him back and say I'm sorry I can't hangout for awhile because I don't get to see Sam that often so maybe later if it's not too late? Now go. Shoo shoo go text him back."
"Oof." I say as I lay back down on my bed and text him back what Sam said.
"Good now put your phone down and let's go eat breakfast."
"Okay." I say as we both start heading out my bedroom door. We walk down the stairs into the kitchen. "Okay so what do you want to eat?" I ask Sam as she is rummaging through my pantry already.
"Errm I don't know. How about we make chocolate chip pancakes?"
"Yum sounds good."

A little while later we are both sitting on my table eating chocolate chip pancakes. I look over to Sam shoving a pancake into her mouth. "So what do you want to do today?"
"Hmmm I don't really know. We could go back on the trampoline?"
"I'm in. Let's just finish up eating our pancakes and then get changed. Then we can head out."

Half an hour later we are both jumping up and down on the trampoline. We are jumping so high you could here the springs recoiling.
"So you and Elliot huh?" Sam says while we are both jumping into the air.
"Technically it's still just Elliot. And then there's just me."
"Well I wouldn't say "just me" it's more like the original and unique Alex!" Sam squeals.
"Yeah okay you can say that but I'm not like that." I then do a big jump and land on my back to look up at the sky. It's so beautiful. The clouds are so puffy they look like cotton candy. You could just reach out and eat them.
"How about you?" I look over at Sam and she looks confused. "Any boys in your life?"
"Nope. I'm still just Sam. Oh I've been meaning to ask you something."
"Yes?"
"How's school going? You know with the bullying and stuff?"
I look down at my nails. "Oh." Pause. "You know it hasn't changed that much. I mean ever since Elliot started being my friend I guess it got a tiny bit better because if he's around me Sarah doesn't bother me. But then again she could if she wanted to but she has a huge crush on Elliot. Soooo I don't think she wants to be a brat when he's around."
"Oh my goodness gracious!!! Sarah the one that's been bullying you has a crush on the guy who you like AND the guy who likes you back!!! Oh my gosh!!!!! Her boy life is like totally ruined then. Looks like you got her good."
"Well I wouldn't say that." I say looking over at Sam with a sad look.
"And whys that?"
"Because at any moment Elliot can turn on me. At any moment he can become the bad guy just like everyone else is to me in school. How do I know he's not just acting?"
"Well I can tell you one thing Alex, he is not acting. That guy got some major crush on you and I don't know why he wouldn't. You're awesome."
"Thanks Sam that means a lot."
"What are best friends for?"
"To love lots?" I put my hands up in the air as I'm saying it.
"Yup."
"So what do you want to do today?" I say as I put my hands back down to my side.
"I'm not really sure. How about you?"
"No clue." We then both start laughing at that. I look down at my watch on my left hand and see the time. "Sam it's already eleven o'clock!!"
"Really? Ugh!! We better get doing something! How about we do our hair?"
"Sounds good."