Caleb & Sydney

Chapter 2

Caleb-
I ran to first period. My mind was racing, with images of the girl, her eyes were ocean blue, her hair a beautiful brown. I shook my head to try and get her image out of my head, I couldn't. Just then, the bell rings. Great. I turn the corner and run into Mr. Roberts room.
"Ah Caleb, late again I see."
"Sorry Mr. Roberts."
I look down at my shoes.
I slide into my seat.
I sigh. Long day ahead, only first period.
All of first period I daydreamed about the girl, too bad I didn't catch her name.
I've seen her before, but never talked to her.
I rarely talk to girls, except for Sydney, since she's Annie's friend.
I usually don't have a desire to talk or hang around girls, they have cooties ya know.

Sydney-
I couldn't hold back the tears anymore.
I walked into first period, and Kennedy was sitting at her desk.
I ran to her and hugged her and cried on her shoulder.
"Syd! What's the matter?" She asked all worried.
"Caleb!" I whisper in her ear.
She grabs my hand and we walk up to the teacher.
Kennedy says we need to speak to the counselor right away because it was an emergency.
I nodded and the teacher gave us a pass.
We walked into the bathroom.
"Okay what happened?" Kennedy asks.
"Caleb...well...knocked into this girl and knocked all her stuff out of her hands. Caleb started to pick it up, and the girl and Caleb's eyes met. They both like each other I know it!" Sydney tears up. "Oh Sydney! Don't cry! Caleb likes you I know it!" Sydney shakes her head. "NO NO HE DOESN'T!" Kennedy hugs her. Just then, the principal walks into the bathroom.

Caleb-
First hour. Check. Caleb says in his head. As soon as the bell rings, I bolt to second hour like there's no tomorrow. Science, I hate Science. Mrs. Deli calls my name, here, I say. She smiles at me, I smile back. I realize, it's second hour, Sydney is in Science class with me. I look around the room, no Sydney, that's weird. I think in my head, Sydney is never absent, ever. We get through Science, and I head off to third hour, French, I like speaking another language, I always feel so good about myself. After French, I head to lunch. My favorite part of my day. I grab my lunch out of my locker, and catch up with Luke in the hallway. "What's going on man?" I ask. "Nothing much." He replies. I tell him about Sydney not being in Science. "She probably got sick or something." Luke tells me. I nod. When we get to the lunch room, we start heading to our normal table, I'm looking down at my shoes and walking behind Luke. When I look up, I see her, the girl I ran into in the hallway. I freeze, right there, in the middle of the cafeteria.

Sydney-
Just as the principal walks in, I pretend to go into a stall to use the bathroom. Kennedy pretends to wash her hands. "Ladies," Mrs. Scott says. Mrs. Scott is the principal, here at our school. She was not that mean, but not super nice either. "I heard some crying in here, is everyone alright?" We both nod. "Ms. Sydney, why is your face wet?" I reply, "My face was a little blotchy, so I dabbed it with some water." Ugh, stupid answer Sydney. I say in my head. "Where did you two ladies come from?" Kennedy talks, "Mrs. Faber's room." Mrs. Scott nods. "Kennedy," she writes something down on a piece of paper. "I would like you to go back to class, here's a pass." Kennedy takes it. "Sydney, come with me." Kennedy gives me a worried look and heads off to class. Mrs. Scott puts her hand on my shoulder, and guides me right into her office.

Caleb-
There she was, sitting there, eating her pasta. I froze, I didn't know what to do. Should I go sit with her? Should I stay with Luke? A million questions flooded my mind. Being my nice and thoughtful self, I sat down across from her. She looked a little surprised, then she relaxed and smiled. I wasn't sure why she was sitting by herself, she looked so nice, is there something about her I don't know? I brushed it off and smiled. She asked me, "You can go sit with your friends! It's okay..i should be alright here, she smiles. I think, should i go back with the guys? The question fades. "I would love to sit here..if you don't mind?" She shakes her head. "Of course not!" She smiles. The whole entire lunch me and her are talking and laughing, her name is Amanda, I think that she is really pretty. I don't quite think I like her though. She seems nice in all, but I don't think I am ready for that kind of step. After lunch, I walk her back to her locker, we exchange numbers. I smile and walk away. I feel so much better, after I sat by her, she brightened my day.

Sydney-
Mrs. Scott calls my mom to the school. My heart was thumping so fast, 'Not my mom, not my mom, she can't come here, not now!' I scream in my head. Mrs. Scott hands me tissues, and I clean myself up right away. "Ms Sydney..I see you and your friend were in the bathroom..for what reason?" Sydney's hands shake, I um..uh..I was just very sad, and Kennedy was trying to cheer me up. I blurt out. "Do you need to go talk to the counselor?" Mrs. Scott asks. Counselor? I say in my head. "No thank you," I try to crack a smile. I honestly just wanted to go back to class! All of a sudden, someone calls Caleb down to the office. Oh great, I think in my head. He's gonna see me, he's gonna know I have been crying, ugh, can this get any worse?

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