Just Good Friends

Chapter 42

DIGGY's POV

As soon as the bell rang, I grabbed my backpack and flew out the door to my locker. Khalil was waiting for me. The expression on his face matched mine: disgust.

"Yo... what the hell is this?!" I show him my Facebook page.

"Man, someone is spreading some crap and they're believing it," he replies.

"Who would've started it?"

Khalil shrugs and flares his nostrils, "Some punk."

I look at my phone and read over the comments again. Then it hit me.

"Yo... today I saw Chris, and he was talking about how he thought I was getting back together with Julie. He must've heard something. Imma have to talk to him..." I grind my teeth and stare down the hallway.

"Maybe at lunch, man. Come on, we gotta get to class... ignore this mess for now, okay?" Khalil pats my shoulder and looks at me.

I nod my head with a sigh. "Okay... at lunch."

SAM's POV

Our class was in the library getting books to read for SSR, or silent sustained reading as the teachers like to call it. We could check out any book from the given reading list and at the end of the term, we have to write a book report on it. I'm just glad to be out of the classroom for once. I'm glancing through People magazine at a table with Becca, who is reading a very thick book... her nose is practically in it.

I tap the table in front of her and whisper her name. "Becca."

"What?" She looks up.

"Look..." I show her a page in the magazine of this celebrity couple who is going through a divorce because of infidelity in their marriage.

"Cool." She looks down at her book again.

"You're no fun. Celebrity divorce is a very serious matter..." I say sarcastically, but with a pout on my face.

"Sam, you're supposed to be finding a book, not reading gossip magazines."

I roll my eyes. "Be glad I'm actually reading something."

"You're right... you want a cookie?"

I scoff and continue flipping through the magazine pages. "Speaking of gossip... what did you think of that thing yesterday with Julie? Those boys and the girls at lunch? That was so random."

"Yeah it was... they were so rude." Becca looks up from her book.

"If that was me... ha! All of them would've gotten a beat down."

Becca shakes her head. "Just some petty drama."

"Definitely trying to avoid that," I say.

My phone vibrates: It's a text from Jake... he wants me to meet him by the stairway nearest to the library. Luckily, I'm in the library, so that would be no problem.

"I'll be right back." I get up and hide my smirk, looking towards the exit doors.

"Where are you going?" Becca eyes me.

"Bathroom," I simply say.

I go and ask our teacher if I can use the restroom - he says yes - and I walk out of the library and into the halls where I find Jake patiently waiting by the stairway. He grins at me and I return the expression.

"What's up? I only have a few minutes - I told my teacher I'm in the restroom."

"It won't take long. Come with me." Jake grabs my hand as we go up the flight of stairs all the way to the top floor of the school building. I follow him through the halls... then we go into this room that says 'personnel only' and there's another set of stairs leading up to what looks like the rooftop. He leads me up the stairs that I'm pretty sure we're not allowed to be on and make it to the last step in no time. He opens the door and a chilly gust of wind welcomes us. On the rooftop, I see lots of patio chairs and dead plants covered with snow. Looking out across the horizon, I could see the surrounding neighborhoods and the downtown skyscrapers as well as the student parking lot. The view was... alright.