Science Boy

Chapter Two

When I got home I saw a note on the fridge, ‘Grandma had a fall, see if you can stay at a friend's house. -Mom’ after reading the note I went over to the phone and dialed Dustin's home number. “Henderson household,” I heard Dustin say over the phone. “Hey Dusty it's y/n, my mom is out of town and is wondering if I could stay at your house tonight.” I ask really hoping I could. “Let me just ask my Mom.” I could hear the conversation, “yeah you can come over whenever.” He said after about 5-ish minutes. “Okay, I'll pack my stuff then head over.” I hung the phone up then went to my room to get my stuff. I grabbed my favorite blanket and pillow, then my pj’s, and lastly some clothes for tomorrow. All being GhostBusters themed. I ran into my bathroom and grabbed my toothbrush and toothpaste, and I stuffed it into a duffle bag. Then I grabbed the duffle bag then my school bag and my Walkie. Before leaving I grabbed my hoodie from dad's old chair then left the house.

Knock Knock

I heard Mrs. Henderson yell for Dustin. There was some yelling before the door opened and I walked in. Dustin motioned for me to head to his room so I did. I dropped my stuff onto his bed and sat down next to it. “So, um. Mr. Clark.” Dustin muttered. “Yeah.” I said while nodding my head. “Do you think anything will happen with it?” He tried to keep a hushed tone. “I'm not sure, but I really like him and I hope it does.” I could feel that I might cry, and I couldn't do that. Not now, Dustin will think I'm crazy for crying over a man who is way older than me. “I hope it does too.” Dustin said with a smile.

“Dustin!!!!”

It was the walkie. “What?” Dustin asked. “Do you know where y/n is?” It was Mike on the other end. “Yeah, she's at my house, why?” Dustin was just as confused as I was. “Me and Lucus just saw Mr. Clark at her house and he asked us if we knew where she was.”  I looked dumbfounded, and I knew it. “Umm we’ll take care of it, don't worry.” Dustin turned off the Walkie and went to the phone in his kitchen. “Dusty, I'm heading to my meeting. Be safe, love you lots.” Mrs. Henderson walked over and kissed Dustin's forehead. Once she left Dustin turned to me. “Okay, I'll put the number in and then you’ll talk.” I looked at him and realized what he was talking about. “Okay,” he punched in the numbers and then handed the phone to me.

“Scott Clark.” It barely rang before he answered. “Hi, Um it's y/n. Mike said you stopped by my house.” I was glad he couldn’t see me because I was shaking. “Yes I just wanted to ask you something.”  He paused for a second “I know it's probably weird but do you want to come over and watch a movie sometime?” Was he asking me out? “Yeah sure.” I could feel my cheeks burning. “Okay, does tomorrow at 7:00 work?” I can't believe it! “Yeah, that's perfect.” I was so excited. “I'll see you tomorrow, bye”  I hung up the phone. “So?” Dustin asked. “He just wanted to talk to my mom about my behavior in class.” I hoped he didn't hear the conversation. But I knew he would ask me anyway. “If that’s all,” he said walking towards the door. “Come on, we have no parental supervision. Let's go.” I couldn't believe that perfect little Dusty buns was sneaking out. We got on our bikes and rode to Mike's house.

“What are you guys doing here?” Mike asked as we walked into his basement. “We are having a meeting.” Dustin said as he forced everyone over to the couch. “Now this is top secret!” Dustin warned “So y/n has this huge crush on this guy and you can't tell anyone!” Everyone leaned in so that Dustin didn't have to yell. “Does everyone promise not to tell anyone!” there was a mumble of yeses before Dustin got mad and yelled at them. “That is not how we make promises!” the other boys sighed and got ready to do the most disgusting promise hand shake in the world. Each boy spat on both of his hands then crossed it to shake with the hand next to it. We each made a vomiting sound. “Why do we do that?” Mike questioned our 11 year old choices. “Who came up with that.?” We all tried to remember. “It was Me.” I raised my hand. “Of course it was.” Will laughed.

“Time to get back to the point, now that we have all done the shake we can start.” Dustin pulled out some paper. “So y/n has this huge crush on a guy but they can't be together because of many reasons. So our plan is to give them as much time alone as possible so they can get to know each other and eventually actually date.” After Dustin finished his speech the boys were left with confused looks on their faces. “Well, who is it?” Lucus said with an annoyed look on his face. “Mr.Clark.” There was still no movement whatsoever. “Are we going to sit here or are we going to make a plan?”

We all decided that we would stay at mikes that night to plan. Dustin and Lucas rode back to grab me and Dustin's stuff. “So, you and Mr. Clark?” Will asked after we set up the beds. “Yeah, he likes me too so it won't be hard. But I still really appreciate the help. Sorry I'm rambling.” I said when he looked the tiniest bit annoyed. “No, it's fi-” Will was interrupted by Mike yelling for his help. I sat down on the couch waiting for someone to come down. “We’re back!” Lucus yelled while running down the stairs and threw my stuff at me. "Gee thanks." I replied to Lucas. Mike and Will came back down with loads of snacks. "The pizza will be done in like 10 minutes" Mike stated as he set down his load. Dustin came down with his stuff and plopped it down next to me. "Okay let's get started." Dustin said.

For an hour the boys were coming up with ideas on how me and Mr. Clark would get time alone. “I’ll cover for you on friday.” Will said “We can have a “sleepover” and im sure Ell will help to.” I was so excited. I was finally going to be able to be with him. We soon fell asleep, but that didn't happen for at least 2 hours after the pizza was done.