Recollection (kinda on a sorta hiatus)

Homecoming?

|Chapter 14|

               We arrived to school and walked through the parking lot hand in hand, we got stares and whispers. I heard it all, left and right. 'Since when were they a thing,''He could do better,' 'She could do better.' All of it was just murmurs in the wind blowing past me. I usually cared what people said, that wasn't the case with Caden. He made me feel special, and loved. We walked into school and the whispers were replaced with slammed lockers and dropped books. 'Why was it such a big deal we we're together?' 

Mina and Lidia saw us and walked up, "Hey guys.." They both sounded hesitant as they spoke. 

"Can we talk to you?" Mina pulled me aside. 

"What's up?" 

"We didn't talk all weekends what's up with you?" 

"Sorry, I was with Caden and some stuff happened with his brother." 

"Well you could have called Arabella. We were worried, texted you about a thousand times. What happened with his brother anyway?"

"I guess my phone died and I didn't notice, you know that's a great thing to find. Someone who makes you completely forget that phones and social media exist. Not my stuff to tell okay. By the way, we don't have to text 24/7 I have a boyfriend now, I'll be busy." 

"Boyfriend????" They sounded so surprised I had to hold in my laughter. 

"Yeah boyfriend. You'll have to get used to it. I gotta go." I turned around to find a missing Caden I looked left and right then at my locker, of course. He had his back against my locker and he had put headphones in. I walked over and placed a kiss on his cheek, startling in. 

"Sorry babe." I chuckled and nudged him to the side so I could get in my locker. He didn't ask me about the conversation I had with them, I wasn't sure if he heard it or not. I brushed the thought to the back of my mind and closed my locker. He walked me to my class and took off to his class with only a few minutes before the bell. 'You make it? :)' I sent a quick text as I slipped into my seat. 'Just barely, slid in right as the bell rang. Babe I gotta go teacher hates phones. :(' I smiled down at my phone and pulled out my Binder. We hadn't been in school long so I had close to no papers. I wasn't able to focus in class, history was never really my favorite class anyway. With the unlimited thoughts racking my brain I hadn't noticed I was called on. My teacher knew it was my worst class, yet she still called me out everyday. My classes consisted of me not paying attention and waiting for lunch. I basically floated to the cafeteria when the bell rang. At my school we have an hour and a half for lunch and we are allowed to leave. 

'Meet me out front we will go pick up lunch. :)' I stopped at my locker and tossed everything in, slamming it in the process. I calmly walked (may have skipped slightly) out the doors and looked for Caden. I was wearing a jacket yet I was still cold, Michigan wasn't known for being warm in fall. I felt hands curved around my waist and lift me up. I squealed and looked at the owner of the hands at my waist. Caden's wide grin showed me he was proud of what he did. 

"Ha yes! You squealed." He was beaming with joy. 

"Let's go! Food isn't gonna find it way to us!" I joked with him skipping ahead. I could hear heavy footsteps coming behind me, as I started to turn my head he picked me up by my waist. 

"No. Stop. Ohmygosh!!!!" I choked out between laughs. He set me down and took my hand. 

"I'm freezing hurry up please??" after I said that he carried me to the car in a matter of two minutes. 

"Sorry babe. I forgot it was this cold." We got in the car and he immediately turned on the heat for me. 

"Want taco bell?" He raised his eyebrow. 

"Yeah sounds great." He pulled out of the parking. As we pulled into the Taco Bell parking lot he starts to put his car in park, as he tries to open his door I pull him back in. 

"I wanna stay a few, we have time. I interlaced our fingers and lean my head back sighing in relief. I felt so at peace with the dork I get to call my boyfriend. Not to long later I lean over to kiss his cheek, 

"Okay let's go." I jumped down from his big truck and slipped into the building. I told him what I want and went to sit down, avoiding conversation with the guy working the register. He knew from the time being with me I didn't like to talk to people. 

"Baby, I'm back with the food." He reaches his hand to my face, brushing my lips with his thumb. I flinched back and looked at him. He has pulled me out of a deep thought, my eyes met with a worried Caden. 

"Are you okay??" He started panicking, his eyes searching my face for a sign that I was fine. 

"I'm fine, don't worry, please stop. I was thinking and you scared me, it's okay. I promise." My very worried boyfriend nodded in relief. We took our time eating and headed back to school with time to spare. After we arrived at the building I wasn't starting to dread yet, we walked in and started walking around. It was too cold to stay outside and neither of us were in the mood to sit in the loud cafeteria full of people catching up. I was in a deep thought when Caden laced our fingers together snapping me out of it. I felt bad that I kept drifting  off but when I was in school I always worried about my mother, even though someone was with her while I was gone. She kept getting worse and worse over the years and even her caregiver suggested I enter her into a hospital or something along those lines, I couldn't remember. Lately I have been considering it, as bad as it sounds I wouldn't be home enough with it being senior year. 

"Hey." I stopped in place surprising Caden. 

"What's up?" I sauntered over to the lockers and slid down them. 

"My mom has a caregiver and she has been trying to convince me it would be better to check her into a hospital or clinic or something." He sat right in front of me crossing his legs. 

"Do you think it would be better? For her?" I played with his fingers and nodded. 

"It's starting to get bad, harder for me to help her, and I can't do it on my own." 

"Baby, if it will help her a lot it might be a good idea. You can still see her right?" I shook my head slightly keeping it down, not letting him see the tears escaping my eyes. 

"Yeah, I'll call Abigail today." I barely mumbled it. 

"Hey, I'm here for you, you aren't doing this alone. Alright." He pulled me in his lap, and held me while I fought back tears. I decided to look up at him and he was crying. I reached my hand up and wiped away the tears. He was crying because I was upset, seeing me like that really hit home with him. 

"It's okay, I'm okay. It'll all be alright." We got up and went to our class early. During this class I kept zoning out and I could always feel Caden looking at me intently, protectively. After our last class of the day, I walked to my locker to meet Caden. Instead I found Caden being interrogated by Mina and Lidia. If I was being honest, he looked a little terrified. 

"Are you kidding me?!?! Go! Stop interrogating my boyfriend." I practically shooed them away. I tossed my books in my locker and we left the school. In the car on the way home, it was silent most of it until Caden brought something up. 

"Hey, it might be a bad time to ask, but would you like to go to Homecoming with me?" I could almost hear fear in his voice, like I would say no. 

"Of course Caden, you know you technically didn't need to ask me. We were going together either way." "I felt like you would have liked to be asked." I kissed him as we pulled up to a red light, we both smiled into the kiss. 

"Thank you, it was very sweet of you."

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A/N

Oh My Gosh! First, Hey Guys!! Second, I am so sorry I haven't posted earlier (for those who read regularly) but here is Chapter 14 anf I hop you enjoy even though it took forever to get it up! Thank you so much and Have a nice night or day Love you guys!