The Story of Cody Crosby and Me

Chapter One-Sneak Peek

"Jen."

My mind snapped back to the present and my eyes met my teacher's, Mr. Plaski. What were we talking about? Oh, yeah, the Jefferson Era, or whatever.

Mr. Plaski must have asked me a question, because he was standing there, patiently waiting for me to reply while the rest of the class was tittering. My ears started to burn in embarrassment. Seeing that I had no answer, Mr. Plaski raised an eyebrow, "I would love it if you joined out class again, Jen." He said disapproving, but moved on to someone else anyways.

He was getting annoyed, I knew. This was starting to become a bad habit. My mind would always drift away to where ever during class and my grades where starting to slip because of it.

It was hardly my fault.

My parents were planning on divorce. It's not that big of a deal, I know. Couples get divorces all the time now, but I just didn't think my parents would. I really didn't see this coming, at all.

We were happy. We all were happy. But then out of the blue my mom says that she needs a break or whatever and dad decides that he should stay at work all day. Tomorrow he's moving to some big apartment in Annapolis which was 55.7 miles from Bel Air. That was one hour and four minutes travel by car. I should know, I googled it the moment I heard he was moving.

Even after having three kids together, after nineteen years of marriage, they suddenly decide that they can't put up with each other. What makes it even weirder was that they hardly fought. My parents agreed on practically everything. They had so much in common people have actually said that it's like seeing one person in two forms. That its a freak of nature occurance where the soul was split in two and created the two of them.

What nobody could figure out was why they wanted to break up. I couldn't even figure it out and I was their daughter.

I heaved a sigh, finishing the doodle of a heart severed in two on my math notebook. Yeah, I wasn't taking the break up hard at all. I wasn't dying inside wondering if it had possibly something to do with me. Nope, not at all.

I glanced up at the ticking clock on the wall. Fifteen minutes left of math and then we moved on to English. Then gym. Then I'd get to go home. I started a new doodle. There was a circle, there was a face, there was-

"Jen," I glance up, startled. Ryan Sanders stood in front of me, a look of utter boredom written all over his face. "We're supposed to be working together." He explained stiffly and sat down in an empty seat next to me and glanced over at his friend, Johnny Pelinn who was talking animatedly to his partner, Carissa Harnsworth, who laughed at him and then smiled flirtatiously.

Ryan sighed glumly before turning back to me. "So what do we need to do?" He asked, ruffling his dirty blonde hair and eyeing me expectantly.

I wasn't really surprised that Ryan didn't like being partnered with me. I wasn't a very charming person, even I knew that. I was always awkward and quiet and what little conversation I ever tried with anyone died quickly, usually.

I just didn't have anything to talk about.

Carissa on the other hand always had multiple stories about her cheer club and random guys that'd try to hit on her.

I didn't really talk to Carissa much. Not only because I was a real conversation stopper, but also because I had something against her. It was a while ago but I still remembered it well.

She stole my best friend.

"Screw this," Ryan muttered when I didn't reply. He jumped out of the seat and eagerly jogged over to Johnny and Carissa, slapping Johnny on the back. The two of them welcomed him with warm smiles.

Slightly offended but understanding, I turn back to the picture I'd started. With a jolt I realized I'd finished the picture.

Blushing in embarrassment and annoyance I scribble out the drawing and turn my piece of paper over before starting on the assignment I was supposed to be working on with Ryan.

I'd drawn Johnny Pelinn.

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A/N: Not long at all, I KNOW! But that's why it'a a sneak peek.

But you did learn a lot of Jenny's story just in this small bit, which is kind of surprising...

Don't get your hopes up on any update (if you cared) because I'm not focusing on this story at all. And I mean, at all. So sorry.

Anyways, I have high hopes for this story, in my head its really dramatic, hopefully it'll be the same written.

Enjoy!

*-C.P.*