My Next Door Neighbor is WHO?!

Back to School

Chapter 13:

Toby and I woke up around 6 o' clock in the morning. We sat there for a second and looked at each other patting our hands together. Toby and I went downstairs and got breakfast. Toby's mom made us French toast. After we finished we went back upstairs and brushed our teeth. Then, I got dressed in the bathroom and Toby got dressed in his room. Then I did my hair and Toby ran his fingers through his hair. I had to go get my backpack from my house. I walked across the lawn and went into my house. It looked weird coming in here anymore. It was just still, nothing moved, and it was quiet. The floor was extremely squeaky because the house was settling from no one being in it. I wondered what my dad and I were going to do when he got home. I wondered if we were going to sell the house or continue living in it. My dad makes really good money but I don't know if he'd be able to pay for the house himself. Anyways, I went upstairs into my room. My room looked so weird. The bed still wasn't made and I saw my billboard with all the pictures on it. I had a picture of my mom on there. I took it down and put it in my backpack. I also had a picture of that loser Julie. I ripped it up and threw it in the trash. I really hated her. After I cleaned some things up, I grabbed my backpack and left the house. I walked back across the lawn and into Toby's house. Toby was downstairs waiting for his mom to be ready. Just then, Toby's mom came downstairs, grabbed her key, and we got in the car. We got to the school and got out of the car.

"Have a good day back!" Toby's mom said.

"We will!" Toby and I said.

Toby and I looked at each other, looked down, and put our hands together. I took a deep breath and exhaled loudly. Toby did the same. We looked at each other one last time.

"Are you ready?" I asked.

"As ready as I'll ever be!" Toby said.

We started walking slowly towards the door. My heart was racing in anticipation. I hadn't been to school in 2 and a half weeks. I forgot what the school looked like. When I walked in, there was a huge group of people. Some I hadn't ever seen and some very familiar faces.

"WELCOME BACK!" everyone in the group yelled.

I laughed and smiled. This was ridiculous! I can't believe they did this. I looked at Toby, he smiled, and nodded slightly.

"Go ahead, have your special day back" he winked at me. I let go of his hand and hugged each person, one by one. Some of them were telling me things that happened during the weeks I was gone. The people I thought I hadn't seen before, I actually talked to them before I got stabbed by Julie. I didn't want to think back about that incident so I kept on talking to people. Eventually, the group gradually got smaller and I had to go to the administrative office to make sure that they knew I was here. The secretaries even welcomed me back. I smiled and said thank you. Afterwards, I left the office and went to my locker. Toby was waiting there for me. Even though this day was going to be full of people greeting me back and maybe forgetting Toby, I still wanted him there with me. He was my boyfriend and he saved me so, he was important in this celebration too. I opened my locker and there it sat the way I left it two and a half weeks ago. I looked at Toby and he looked back at me. I had a sudden urge to hug him, so I did.

"What's this for?" he asked me.

"I don't know. I guess I'm just really happy!" I said to him and smiled.

Then I turned back to my locker and got my books and binders. It was weird being at school. I felt like I was back from a really long summer vacation. I closed my locker, turned the lock, and walked with Toby. As I was walking down the hall, Kathryn came up to me and hugged me. She looked at Toby and smiled. Toby smiled back and then she hugged me again.