My Sister's Boyfriend

Chapter fifteen

The sun was shining through the window. My eyes squinted as the light hit my face. The rain must've cleared up fast. I totally forgot it was a monday morning. I had school, the sun wasn't supposed to be there. I checked the alarm clock and it said 8:27, I was an hour late to school, my mom isn't going to be happy. I quickly got up and I threw on some sweat pants and a sweatshirt. I threw my hair up in a messy bun and then ran to the bathroom to brush my teeth. I ran into Kaley who was coming out of the bathroom. She looked fine, she looked like she wasn't sad at all.
    "I'm guessing you need a ride to school?" she asks. I look at her with helplessness, and she laughed,
    "Hurry up I've gotta get to work," she says quickly. I hug her in a swift motion and then walk into the bathroom. I look up into the mirror, and I start to think about what happened last night. Irst there was that tense moment at the bonfire, and then last night. Let me remind you that I was trying to get over him, and he obviously wasn't helping. Was he toying with me? Was he trying to get into my head, this was all so confusing and it was messing with me. Not to mention the way he left, it wasn't even a proper goodbye. I shook it off and started to brush my teeth, I really hope I could just forget about all of it. I left the bathroom and I grabbed my backpack, Kaley was standing there with a confused face.
    "Why do you look like you're about to pass out?" she asks. I stutter,
    "I-I'm fine, I-I guess I'm just tired, we should go, I'm already late," I say quickly. She furrows her eye-brows and then she says,
    "Alright then, let's go." On the way to school I was quiet, my face was turned towards the window,
    "You know Kara, I feel okay! I feel like this might be good for me, a sense of freedom, I feel good," she says with a free smile. I look over at her and nod with a smile.
    "That's good Kay..that's really good," I say quietly. She nods and sighs,
    "I wish it could've ended on a better note but it needed to be done, I hope Danny finds peace also,"Kaley says. I look at my hands and fidget with my fingers, I felt so guilty, I felt so bad, I haven't even done anything.
    "I'm sure he will, he loves what he does, that's why he went back to college, he is really good at it too," I say with a smile. Kaley looks over at me with a worried look.
    "I wasn't a bad girlfriend was I?" she asks. I go quiet. The thing was, she wasn't a bad girlfriend, but she wasn't a good one. She didn't even think twice about his needs or wants, she just wanted Danny.
    "You weren't a bad girlfriend Kay...I just think that you need someone who wants the same things as you," I say.
    "Yeah I guess so...I just hope it's not gonna be awkward with him now, he's still my best friend, and I also don't want to take him from you," she says. I look at her quickly,
    "Me why me?" I say nervously.
    "Because he's your best friend too, I would hate to have ruined that," she says. I breathe with releif and nod,
    "Yeah well, it will be awkward at first, but it should clear up, it'll all be okay I promise," I say.
    "Okay, have a good day at school Kare, don't do anything I wouldn;t do," Kaley says with a smirk.
    "Um that's gonna be hard...you don't do anything," I joke. She scoffs and then smiles. She drives off and then my smile dissapears from my face. I turn around and then enter the school. I go into the office to get a pass.
    "Late again Ms.Webster?" The principal says stopping me. I stop in my tracks and then turn around to face her.
    "I woke up late...hard weekend," I say. She favored Kaley in highschool, Kaley was even assistant principal for the day. She would never get in trouble ever.
    "I suppose I'll let you off this time, tell your sister I said hey will you?" she asks. I nod an then say,
    "Thank you Mrs.Obess, I really appretiate it," I cry out. She mumbles and walks away and I sigh with relief. My classroom was quiet today, everyone was reading as I entered. Lee's eyes shot up and met mine. She threw her head back and clutched her heart. I smiled and sat down in the seat next to hers.
    "I swear I thought you weren't coming today, I was about to come over and fight you," she says. I put my backpack on the ground and then look at her with a stressed look.
    "Babe? Why do you look like you're about to pass out?" Aleah asks. I chuckle breathlessly and say,
    "Why does everyone keep saying that?"
    "Because it's true, what's up...is it Danny leaving?" she asks while rolling her eyes. I flinch and then look at her with annoyed eyes,
    "Can we stop talking about him? I'm trying to get him off my mind, everyone keeps reminding me," I say. Aleah looks at me suspiciously,
    "There is something you aren't telling me, but I'll respect your decision," Aleah says. I nod and then put my head down to read my book. I feel myself start to drift off, I feel my eyes getting heavy, my brain starts to shut off, by that time I'm already asleep. I woke up to Danny walking in the classroom, he stared at me from the corner and then he walked closer to me. Why was he in my classroom? He walked towards me and bent down. He then put his hand on my cheek and grazed it softly...I closed my eys and smiled comortably from the feeling of his hands on my face. I opened my eyes and his face morphed into a confused look,
    "Why are you dreaming about me?"
I jump up from my desk and everyone looks at me with a confused look. I sit back down quickly with embarassment all over my face. I look over at one girl with blonde hair who was staring at me with a weird look,
    "What are you looking at?" I say to everyone as the look back to their books. Aleah looks at me and laughs a little bit. She pulls out her phone and texts me.
You should probably save your dreams for at home. I look over at her and she's smiling. I throw my pencil at her and groan while putting my head down on the desk again. I looked over and Liam was reading, he looked at me and waved. I waved also and smiled, I hope we were still friends. The bell finally rang and I started to pack up my stuff.
    "Heyy," Aleah says, I look at her assuming I knew what she was gonna say.
    "You wanna hav some fun this weekend?" she asks with a smirk. I sigh and start walking out of the door with her.
    "Another party really?" I ask. She nudges me and then says,
    "What, I'm a girl who likes to have fun, and you should too now that you're not focused all over your man," she says while taking a sip out of my water bottle.
    "He's not my man first of all, and second, I need to focus on school, I can't go to all of these parties and you shouldn't be either," I say. Aleah groans and then steps in front of me.
    "Come on, you say you're gonna step out of your shell and then you stay hidden, everyone needs fun," she says. I look into her eyes and she makes a pouty face. I hated when she did that.
    "I guess I could have some fun, It's just the last party wasn't a hit for me," I say. She grins and then pulls me in for a tight hug.
    "There's my girl, and don't worry I won't leave you this time, we'll dance and have an amazing time, and what happened to Liam, ya'll not a thing?" she asks with excitement.
    "No, it didn't work out, he sleeps with a teddy bear Lee," I say. Her eyes grow wide and she tries to hide her smile,
    "Well then...We'll have a great time, you won't regret it!" she says while walking down the hallway.
    "I love you!" she yells. I smile and roll my eyes as she disappears. The school day was long and drawn out. I couldn't get my mind off of that dream, all it took was a tiny little ounce of tension between us and now my brain can't function properly. I contemplated blocking his number but what if I need something in the future. I wish I never went fishing with him that one night, becuase then I'd never catch feelings, and then I wouldn't have to feel so bad about everything. The bell rang for the last hour of the day I walked out of my class and caught up with Karissa. Karissa looked at me and smiled,
    "Well hi," she says.
    "Hi! so I know you don't like to get out much, and I totally get that but...There is a party this weekend that you should totally go to," I say to her. She winces and purches her lips. I make a pouty face,
    "Trust me I know how parties are and I know you aren't that kind of girl but maybe it will be fun, get out of our comfort zone a bit more," I say. She makes a face that implies that she's thinking about it.
    "You don't have to say yes but if you do...let me know," I pat her shoulder and she smiles. Lee walks up to me and makes a weird face.
    "Were you just talking to Karissa?" She asks. I smile and look back at her as we continue walking.
    "Yeah, I invited her to the party, she reminds me of me, and I know that I'm trying to get out more so...I invited her," I say. Lee swings in font of me and pops out her bottom lip.
    "Aww, my baby is growing up!" She cries out. "To moving on!" She said pointing her fist up to the sky. I snicker and I cuff my hand over her's and bring it back down.
    "Wow you aren't excited at all are you?" I joke with a smirk. She pulls me in and kisses my head, "not at all! I'll see you tomorrow babe!" she says while running off to the bus. I walk over to the parent pick-up area and I see Kaley's car. I walk over and I open the door. She's smiling, she looks happy...this is good. I think to myself as I get in the car.
    "Hey my beautiful baby sis, you look ravishing this afternoon!" She beams and glistens while looking at me. Why is she so happy, I thought she'd be depressed for years.
    "Why are you so happy?" I chuckle a little bit nervously. She starts to drive and she shrugs,
    "Am I not allowed to be happy?" she asks. I roll my eyes with a smile and say,
    "Of course you're allowed to be happy but I wasn't expecting it because of you know D-" Kaley cut me off by putting her finger over my mouth.
    "I don't want to hear that name, I'm fine Kare, extra fine, I feel free, I could do cart-wheels!" she says. I nod with a half shocked expression. She's totally not okay. "Music?" kaley asks while giving me the aux. I wondered how long she'd keep up this act...but sometimes it was extra hard to read her. Was she actually okay like she said she was? Or is she spiralling and starting to sprout into insanity...all I know is, I don't want to get in the middle of it.