CHAPTER SIX
I woke up the next morning to my obnoxious alarm clock. FML; I have to go to school. I got up, feeling like a zombie, and went into the bathroom to straighten my hair. After that I got dressed, yada yada yada. I turned my iPod on shuffle before I went downstairs, feeling the need to get pumped up. Round Of Applause by Cody came on first, ironically. I’m glad it did though; his voice just makes me want to melt into the floor. I can’t believe that I, Ryan Sarnelli, was the girl Cody Simpson went on a date with last night. That I, Ryan, had Cody Simpson’s cell phone number, with his name with a wink next to it. I felt like I was floating on air. I was afraid someone was going to come up and pinch me and wake me up from a dream. Then I walked into my door and it hurt really badly, so I realized it wasn’t a dream….bitter/sweet moment I guess you could say. I was too happy this was all real to worry about the pain the stupid door inflicted on my face.
I got downstairs and I saw a note on the kitchen table.
Ryan,
I had to go in to work, something came up. If I’m not back by the time you get home from school can you please stay with Jen or Cody?
♥- Dad
My dad worked at a hospital. Lehigh Valley Hospital to be exact. Someone was probably having a baby or something; who knows? I ate some Cinnamon Toast Crunch then went off to the bus stop for another boring day at school.
ONE NEW MESSAGE FROM CODY.
*PHONE CONVERSATION*
Cody; haha you have school today loser. <3
Me; ew don’t remind me. I wish you could come with me.
Cody; I would want to go everywhere with you….besides school (;
Me; your a charmer. (:
Cody; I try. Have fun at school. Text me when you’re done. <3
Me; will do <3
He’s so lucky he is homeschooled. I thought about being homeschooled once, but I figured I would miss all my friends. I sat with Jen on the bus as usual, but neither of us talked much since we were so tired. Why do they make us get up so freakin’ early?! We got to school in about 10 minutes and then Jen and I made our way to our homeroom.
As soon as I sat down everyone started swarming me.
“Who was that guy you were with at Dorney, Ryan?” A girl named Kelly asked.
“Yeah, he was SO hot!” Rebecca Kenshi added.
I felt my face getting hot, but I couldn’t tell them who I was actually with. They would flip out, and some of them probably don’t even know who he is and just think I was making it up. It was time to put my acting lessons to good use.
“What are you talking about; I didn’t go to Dorney this weekend?” I said, trying my best to stay calm and convincing.
“Oh, come on, don’t lie. I know it was you. Don’t be shy Ryan, we’re friends right?” Rebecca said. Rebecca has always been the manipulative type. I never really liked her, and as far as I knew, she didn’t like me either. Everyone was always telling me how she says I’m a bad singer and stuff behind my back. I didn’t really mind though, I don’t take things like that seriously anyway. I never had.
“Yeah Rebecca, I guess. But I honestly wasn’t at Dorney. I was hanging out with Jen the whole weekend, go ask her.” I said.
“Fine….Hey Jen!” Kelly screamed across the classroom.
“Yeah?” She replied.
“Was Ryan with you all weekend?”
“Yeah why?” Jen said with a confused look on her face.
“Oh, just wondering.”
Then the bell rang and we all had to take our seats. I looked at Jen and silently thanked her for covering up for me. I love that girl. Jen just smiled and nodded and then we were off to first period.
I have gym first period. Ew. I hate gym with all of me. All it does is make you all sweaty and mess up your hair. It’s not that I’m lazy, I actually never sit still; it’s just that I just don’t like gym for some reason. Maybe if we could do something I was good at for once I would like it better. Like dancing. Why can’t we dance? That’s a physical activity, right? But whatever, it’ll never happen.
So I somehow got through gym class without breaking a bone or injuring any part of my body. I went the rest of the day denying being at Dorney over the weekend, and almost falling asleep in all my classes. The end of the day didn’t come soon enough. But the eventually the last bell finally rang and I was on the bus on my way home. Thank the Lord.
I text Cody as soon as I sat down.
*PHONE CONVERSATION*
Me; hey! (:
Cody; hey! How was school today? (;
Me; ew, horrible. I had gym. Kill me ):
Cody; no, I could never kill you, because then you wouldn’t be able to come over tonight!
Me; what makes you think I want to come over? (;
Cody; lucky guess? I’ll come get you at 5, and we can walk back together. Sound good? (:
Me; of course. <3 can’t wait!
I really couldn’t wait. Even though I sometimes felt nervous around guys, with Cody it actually felt right. It was like we were made for each other. Jen and I talked the rest of the way home and then we got off the bus and parted ways. I said hi to my dad, who had come home from work by the time I came home, and went upstairs to get an outfit ready. I only had 2 hours to make myself look amazing.
I decided to wear a red Coca-Cola t-shirt that I had cut to take the collar off and make it hang off of one shoulder. I put a white tank top under it, and wore white jean shorts from Abercrombie. I also wore silver hoop earrings, and a necklace with a big letter “R” on it. I was glad for warm weather since it was so cold just yesterday. Thank god it was almost summer.
I left my hair as it was since it looked fine straightened, and touched up my makeup. By the time I was all done it was 4:30. I headed out to the porch with my guitar to work on the song I had begun to write.
I did a voice warm up and tuned my guitar and then I began singing. I ended up finishing the song actually, and when I got done singing it all the way through, I looked up and I saw Cody standing and watching me. Why hadn’t I noticed him before now? I could tell my face was bright red. I hated sharing my songs with people.
“Um, hey. Sorry I was just….” I stammered.
“Sorry? Don’t be sorry, Ryan, that was amazing…did you write that?” He said in amazement
“Yeah, I did actually.” I said shyly.
“It was really good, and you have a beautiful voice, how come you didn’t tell me you sang?”
“I don’t know, it never really came up in conversation.” I laughed.
He laughed too and with that we were off to his house, my hand in his with my head on his shoulder. I’ve never been happier and I couldn’t stop smiling.
