Do You Love Me, James Taylor

Ground Rules Part 3

Having been caught off guard I stuttered a bit

"W-w-what are talking about?"

"Nuh-uh, don't play dumb with me. I saw you and her together with some weird shady looking guy"

"Oh that's what you mean" I let out a sigh of relief

"Of course it is. Now tell me what happened"

"Nothing, we just had a little mix-up. We sorted everything out" I lied

"You punched him in the face. I was this close to calling the cops" she said

"It really was just a misunderstanding Libbs. We sorted everything out" I said

"I hope so. However, you should know i've seen her with that guy before James so be careful alright," she said

"Thanks for the reminder Libbs but I'm really okay"

"Alright"

"Now can I ask you something?"

"What is it?"

"What's exactly going on between you and Sophie?" I said

"I'm guessing Sophie told you about our fight?"

"She may have mentioned it in passing when I gave her a ride to school," I said

"You gave her a ride?"

"That's not the point. What were you guys fighting about?" I asked

"The inevitable," she said

"Should I even ask what that means?" I asked but she only let out a grief-filled sigh

"I'm going to class," she said walking away

(Liberty)

After my talk with James, we went to class however as I neared my classroom I saw Betty-Ann taking something from her locker so I confronted her

"I need to talk to you?" I said

"Um sure. You're... Sophie's friend right. I think your name's..." she said

"Liberty," I said

"Right Liberty. So what can I help you with?" Betty-Ann asked

"What's your deal?" I asked

"Excuse me"

"You once told Sophie you weren't interested in James. Now you're making out with him. What's the deal?"

"Look I did say that but you've got to understand, Sophie and James were like some child version of a rom-com couple come to life. It was as if they were some Disney true love couple"

"And?" I asked

"And I didn't want to get wrapped up with all that nonsense"

"So what changed?" I asked

"They broke up. I mean it's been what?...four years and they haven't gotten together" She asked

"Yeah, four years of avoiding each other now they can't do that. What do you think is gonna happen when they meet up. By the way, I should warn you the first time they were alone together they kissed and the second time they did it again. After that, he spent his time in detention with you. Now that he doesn't have detention, what's keeping it from happening again?"

"Sounds like I'll just have to keep him busy" she retorted

"Nice plan but, didn't you hear? James gave Sophie a ride to school today. I wondered what happened" I said leaving for my class