No, I Cannot Sleep Without My Teddy Bear

Chapter 24

Chapter 24

All the crying made my head hurt and my eyes felt heavy. Not being able to handle the physical and emotional pain anymore, I fell asleep, even though it was still 6:00p.m.

I didn’t wake up until my alarm went off the next morning. I woke up after more than twelve hours of sleep but I was still tired. Crying always does that to me.

I put on a pair of blue skinny jeans and a white shirt. I knew what to expect when I looked in the mirror. Yep, my eyes were red and puffy and I looked horrible.

But luckily for me, I know how to deal with this.

I washed my face with cold water and combed my hair. I took a deep breath and plastered my fake smile on my lips.

Perfect.

I walked to the kitchen and ate a cookie alone. Everyone was still sleeping. Mom and dad don’t wake up until 8:00a.m today and Brian doesn’t have any classes before 10:00a.m.

I took my bag, knowing that my English homework was still in there and incomplete. I closed the front door behind me.

I looked at Lucas’s house, wondering if I should go there so that we could walk to school together. I wasn’t going to back away. I want to know why he’s suddenly mad at me.

With a determined nod, I was about to start walking to his front door when I saw a familiar looking blond at the end of the street.

Yeah it was Lucas. He was already on his way to school.

My heart constricted in my chest.

I’ll talk to him at school, I thought to myself as I walked to school alone for the first time ever since he moved here.

I arrived to school and the first person I saw was Jackson. He didn’t have a girl with him this time. He was with his guy friends. A small smile made its way to my lips when he grinned at me.

“Hey,” he greeted me and gave me a soft kiss.

“Hey,” I replied.

“I’ll walk you to class,” he said.

“No,” I shook my head “It’s okay. I have to find Lucas.”

“Why?” he frowned.

“We had a little… misunderstanding.” 

“Oh. Okay then I’ll see you in class?” he smiled.

“Yep,” I replied before standing on tiptoes and planting a kiss on his lips.

He winked at me and I walked to my locker. Lucas’s locker was near mine so he has to be there.

He wasn’t there.

I sighed. Could he be in class? I wondered but that thought flew away when I saw the math class empty.

I saw Kyle passing by so I asked him if he knew where Lucas was.

“Yeah he’s in front of biology class with Miranda.”

Miranda?

“Okay thanks,” I said as I walked to the biology classroom.

Some students greeted me on the way but not one of them noticed my fake smile. I guess I’m really good at faking it.

I prepared myself for whatever hurtful thing Lucas was going to say because I’m not going to cry now. I will fight till he tells me why he’s mad. I’m going to get my best friend back.