Getting Hooked (ON HOLD)

Chapter 8

I slug across the cafeteria to my corner table that overlooks out at Lake Palourde, just today it's only stormy, so now I can't enjoy my lunch like usual. I drop in my seat and take too huge of a bite out of my apple, soon having too much trouble trying to chew it, and decide it's easier to spit it out instead of attempting to not get jaw lock.

"What's up with you?"

"It's wet out." I take another bite, this time small enough to chew. I don't care about my image right now, I smack my jaw wide open and slam shut so people can see my anger.

"It's always wet here."

"Yeah, but they are talking about cancelling my competition. Dad and I were gonna pound all those old bait-licken' wanna-be fishing losers." I take another huge bite, and my apple is already down to the core. I work to take out two seeds that I accidentally bit.

"Well, you guys can go to some other ones." She looks around and eats a Cheeto from her bag, "Hey, guess what. Parker did ask me to come! That's good, right?"

I nod. "Sure..." I watch some lightening far in the distance. "But this one is the one that counts! The Lawrence Lobster Look doesn't make anyone fear you, if anything, it's a stepping stone to Pharr Flounder Find. Last year dad brought me to that, my largest competition was a twelve year old... A twelve year old! You hear me?"

She looks away from a marker tattoo she was applying and acts like she didn't just hear a word I said. "Sorry what?"

"Ugh, you're helpless! Anyway, I needed to go to this. " My arms flailing in circles with aggrevation towards my friend.

She laughs a little bit, and turns away so I can't nag on her for this. When she finishes shaking, she looks back at me, sipping some apple juice from a miniature juice box.

"Hey Cutie." 

Alyson and I look up in unison at Pakrer, who has come to the edge of our table.

I point at myself, since he is looking toward me, "Me?"

He laughs and shakes his head, checks his ginormous face pad (phone), then sticks it in his back pocket. "Looks awfully bad outside."

"Don't use bad as the adjective if aeful is more expressive." I tell him, using the best of my English knowledge to get him away.

"I know you're in the competition. Have you gotten word of what's going on?"

I shake my head. "What?"

"I don't know, that's why I'm asking you. Anyway, Alyson, if we can't go, what do you wanna do?"

Alyson blushes and looks to me for help.

But I don't help her. "Well, maybe not do anything, I guess..."

I smack her arm and look to her crush, "She wants to go to your place and eat pizza while watching something funny. No romance!"

Parker flashes me a smile and heads to his table once again. "Sounds good!"

"Why did you tell him "nothing"! That won't get you anywhere!" I whisper yell, which equals out to an aggressive-talk.

She looks at me shyly, "We didn't go over it, and I didn't want to make him wait."

"If he loves you enough, you can take a year to think! Take advantage of this, he likes ppeople who are more expressive."

"How do you know that?" She challenges. "I thought you hadn't gotten anything on Parker."

I hush her, and talk in a calm whisper myself, "Don't talk so loud; we can't have people figuring out, especially the guys." I scan the surroundings and we huddle closer to keep everyone out. "But one time, he told me his friend dared him to talk to me, and I can assume from that that his friends are more outgoing, and so is he."

A smile comes across her face, "Okay!"

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Alright! I know this is a really short chapter, but I have been writing it on and off during the school day.... See what I do for you? I skip school :P

Anyways, any of the typos are completely my fault, school computers don't have spell check.

And, I hope it held your attention, because I couldn't even stay on long enough to write in one sitting :P no, that's just the bells fault.  I'm talking to much, now let me get to my point--

I didn't really have a purpose for this chapter, it's just here because I needed to post something, and I don't really know where to go. I know what needs to happen in the long run, but I need something to happen now, so if any of y'all got an idea, just sprout it out in the comments and I will prolly put it in! Thanks for reading, and vote if you like it. Commment if you got an idea, see ya!

~Katy~