It's Billy's Favorite

Chapter XIII

   After the weekend I was wondering if I should go to school. I thought seeing Julia might be awkward, but at the same time I really don't need to chase a letter from school to home so my mom wouldn't get it. I went to school anyways. Before I dropped Jane off at school she kept looking at me.
  "You've been staring for the past five minutes, what is it?" "You seem off." "What?" "You seem nervous." "Why do you say that?" "Well, you're sweating, you're paler than usual, and your gripping the wheel so hard I'm worried you're going to break your fingers." "I have a huge test today. I'm nervous." "That's horse shit." "Language!" "It is. Something happened over the weekend I know it. Did you finally ask out that skanky girl?" "What?" "You know the girl you brought home from the party. She was drunk." "No it's not about her." "You sure?" "Yes I'm sure now be quiet." "I can't wait until I leave this hell hole." "Why's that?" "Because you treat me like a child and you think I'm dumb." "I think you're extremely intelligent." "So then tell me I'm wrong; something happened between you and that girl and now you're trying to get out of it but you're wondering if you should stay." "I don't want to talk about this with you." "That's all I needed to know, to know I was right." "Goodbye learn something at school." "Like how I picked your brain?" "Out!"
  She chuckled and got out of my car. I swore I never sped off faster than I did there. I kept thinking of how I could ignore Julia. I could be in the nurse all day, or go to class and act like nothing happened. But I feel like that would be a dick move. Shit shit I'm fucked!
  I got to school and Enzo was standing by the cross walk waiting for me. Once he saw me walking towards him he put his arm around me and kissed my cheek.
  "I'm so fucking proud of you." "Why?" "You and Julia." "Dude!" "What? I think it's awesome." "How do you know about that?" "Oh well she came to me on Saturday asked me where you work. I have a feeling some shit went down. Please tell me it did or kissing your cheek was meaningless." "Fine it did happen." "Yesssss!"
   Enzo jumped up and down and pulled me into a hug.
"My bird has left the nest." "Fuck off." "Like you fucked her?" "I don't think it went well." "Why is that?" "It was too fast I didn't expect it. I don't think I did it right. She said she was going to teach me shit." "That means you gonna have a great time with her." "Enzo. It's awkward." "No you did fine man. She probably just wants you to gain confidence with her. She's the type of girl that if you're confident with someone as confident as her. You can make it with anyone. Shall we get to class?" "I don't know." "Well you're going to see her anyway. Don't get nervous. That's why she wants you. She wants to help you. Build your strength." "How do you know all this?" "She's just that kind of girl. She's the one to be so powerful she makes every man bow down to her if they're too cocky, but at the same time any man who isn't confident will rise them to not above her but behind and next to her. Like a little pet. It's who she is." "Fucking great."
I went to first period but I couldn't focus on anything. I just kept digging my pencil in my notebook and constantly looking at the time. I had second period in fifteen minutes and I was seriously considering heading to the nurse. I don't know what to do I'm trapped. The bell rang. My head shot up at the clock. What the fuck? I grabbed my shit and headed to the hallway. Just go to class you'll be fine. I saw her walking down the hallway and right before she looked up I ran to the nearest supply closet and slammed the door shut. I can't do this. Not today, I can't fucking do it. I sat down on the ground putting my head in my hands. The room was small and quiet. I could hear my shoes scuffling against the dry painted floor, I could hear my breath slowly relaxing. I didn't know how long I was sitting in that closet all I knew was that I wasn't going to leave the closet for awhile.

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    I heard three bells before finally getting up and exiting the closet. It was now the beginning of fourth period and no one was in the hall since class started five minutes ago. I grabbed my stuff and wandered the halls. I was just going to head to the nurse and pretend I was sick so I could excuse my absence from second and third period. I got down to the first floor and began walking towards the old wood shop section of school. This section went under construction during the summer and was to be finished after winter break. However it was still empty in there and no one went in as it was it's own section in the school. Not to mention barely any lights worked and it was very creepy in there. Right as I was about to pass the old section someone grabbed my shoulder and shoved me out of the hallway into the construction area. The person threw me against the wall and I felt the wind get knocked out of me my eyes felt watery. As I got my vision to become clear I saw Julia across from me on the other wall with one leg supporting herself. Her arms were crossed as I focused my vision on her.
  "If you're gonna skip class you might as well be with me."