Always & Forever

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

2006 - Anth's POV

Walking into the school grounds, I can’t help but let my mind race round and round in circles.

I sent her a message last night.  <I had a really great time today, and I am so glad you said yes to me. You’re amazing Lou and all I want is to make you happy. I hope you’re as happy as I am right now. Thank you x>

She never replied.

Does that mean she regrets it? She looked happy, I know I was certainly happy... surely she couldn’t regret it already could she?

Oh god. She regrets saying yes. 

I thought I was doing the right thing asking her to be my girlfriend. I thought she felt the tingles and sparks when we accidently touched, I thought those longing looks she didn’t realise I saw, meant she liked me. Oh god. What if she only said yes to be nice? What if I’ve just ruined the friendship?

All these emotions are screaming around in my head, so much that I don’t even notice where I am. Looking up, I realised I’ve walked my way to her locker bay. Our lockers aren’t even in the same part of the school but somehow I still ended up here. Looking around the small cramped space, made even smaller by the ten million overly loud school students currently trying to get stuff out of their lockers whilst yelling over the top of each other to their friend on the other side of the locker bay, In amongst the chaos, I look for Louise. She’s normally well and truly here by now, but she isn’t anywhere to be seen. Carleigh and Louise are normally attached at the hip and I can see Carleigh over in one of the corners at her locker, so I wonder on over.

“Hey Carleigh” I smile down at her, man this girl so is so friggen short.

“Uh, hey, you’re Anthony right?”

Oh crap, I’ve heard all about her from Lou but we had never actually been formally introduced. “Yeah I am, Nice to meet you. Sorry to seem like I am being rude, but have you seen Louise today?” Carleigh smiles up at me and giggles quietly to herself

“She’s certainly got you entranced doesn’t she? She isn’t coming to school today, or if she is – she didn’t call me this morning”

“Oh, right. You two walk to school together don’t you?”

“Yup, and she didn’t call me this morning, so that usually means that she isn’t coming to school”

“Oh. Thanks anyway” Trying to hide my disappointment I turn back around and walk out. We’ve got Drama and Psychology today, so I’ll find out for sure if she isn’t here anyway. She still hasn’t returned my text either, and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t starting to get worried. She normally sends a quick message once she gets home to let me know she is safe. Surely now that we are together you’d think that she would be even more inclined to send a message. I hope she is okay.

Leaving the cramped locker bay, I walk back into the hallways and towards my first class.

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Walking into Drama in 4th period, I held no prospect for her being here. I had kept a look out in the hallways all morning, I hadn’t seen her at all during recess, and Carleigh was in the quad with a different group than normal. So I still assumed that she wasn’t there. Sitting down in the corner, I pulled out my iPad to hopefully drone out the annoying sounds of this class with all its pompous ‘cool kids’. Feeling someone sit next to me, I didn’t even look up. It would either be Chris or Adrian, they know what I’m like.

The minute her head rested on my shoulder, I felt the warmth radiate through me, I didn’t even need to turn my head to know it was Lou – well that warmth, and the fact that it would be a little weird if Chris or Adrian rested their head on my shoulder. Leaning down, I give her a quick peck on the top of her head.