so Awkward

A

"Lizzie is that really you," Joel said following her out of class.

She just kept walking, pretending she couldn't hear him. "Liz! I know that's you!" He said taking hold of her shoulder and spinning her around.

"What?!" She burst out. "What what what what what?" She said pissed.

"Do you not remember me?" He asked sympathetically.

"Oh no I remember you," she said lowly. "The fuckboy from camp right, Joel. Huh yea. Anyway great seeing you and all but yeah, bye," she said pulling away from his grip walking away.

Everyone who had witnessed that was shocked at Lizzie. She was the one person who didn't like the schools hottest and most popular guy. Joel chased her to her car, "Lizzie, why can't you just give me a chance?"

"cause I know exactly what happened." Lizzie snapped

"Yeah, but you know shit about what happened." he replied

"Okay then what happened?"

"heather asked me to help her, I was just being a nice person then she jumped on me." Joel explained.

"but you didn't push her away." Lizzie squinted angrily at him.

"I was shocked, I barely knew what was happening, I didn't have time to register what was happening."Joel pouted upset that she was so mad at him for something he didn't do.

"well, there's no proof." Lizzie stated climbing into her old beat up car.

"Lizzie, give me another chance. Please." he asked leaning on the frame of the car window.

"No." with that Lizzie quickly pulled out almost running over Joel's foot.

Heather then walked up to him smirking slightly, a laugh escaping her mouth. "desperate much?" she laughed at Joel.

"You know what! You're the one who caused this, why? Why can't you just let me be happy?" Joel asked Heather upset.

"You're not happy with me?" She frowned running her hand through his hair.

"No I'm not! I wanted Lizzie! But you had to go ruin it, just because I liked you at one point doesn't mean it will last forever!" Joel yelled.

Heather brushed it off though, "but you won't give me another chance?" She questioned as Joel realized how stupid she was for thinking he'd giver her another chance. But then he realized that that's exactly what he was asking Lizzie to do. To have another chance.

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Lizzie lied in bed, her arms crossed over her face as she cried. She barely knew so why did it hurt so bad, and why did she want to forgive him so easily. There was a light knock on the door, her little brother peeping in.

"Lizwee, are you okay? why awe you cwying." her four year old brother asked.

"No reason Damon. Just a rough day." lizzie replied smiling at his little face.

"do you wanna snuggwle wit my teddy? that always makes me fewl bettew." Damon asked putting his teddy on her bed and trying to climb up.

Lizzie moved over as her brother climbed on the bed handing her the teddy bear. She grabbed the bear with her left hand and pulled her brother next to her with her right hand. "Lizwee what hapweened?" He brother asked snuggling into her.

"Just stupid drama, nothing you would get yet," she told him as he peeked up at her.

"Tell me anyway," he said softly just trying to help her out.

"Fine, there was this boy at camp," she started.

"Oh noo," her brother said making her giggle.

"And sissy fell for him hard," she explained. "But he never really liked her," Lizzie told him as simple as she could.

"But lizwee why didn't he wike wou?" He asked.

"I'm not sure, he said he did," she explained.

"Then how did wou know he didn't?" He asked confused. Even though he was only 4 he sort of understood what was going on.

"Sissy saw him kissing another girl," she said exaggerating the word kiss.

"Ewww cooties!" He yelled burrying his face in a pillow as Lizzie laughed.

"Yeah, and now he's back." Lizzie sighed " and sissy still likes him."

"maybe he wikes you too, I wike you." Damon smiled then snuggling back into lizzie's side.

"maybe." Lizzie smiled slightly, pulling Damon close to her.

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Hey Liz - J
~10 minutes later~
Ummm Lizzie? - J
Dammit I forgot you had my # - L
That a bad thing? - J
That I forgot, no. That you're texting me now, yes. - L
Lizzie why do you hate me? - J
Really? - L
What? - J
"Why do you hate me?" - L
Yea, id like to know - J

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Lizzie walked into Target pushing Damon in the cart. Damon sung the wheels on the bus with Lizzie. Lizzie walked into the toy section.

"hi, do you need any help." the voice sounded familiar to her.

"Um, yeah. This little boy earned himself a toy, but he wont tell me what he wants. " Lizzie smiled pinching Damon's cheeks.

she turned to the person she didn't want to run into, Joel. "Oh hey Lizzie, I didn't know you had a child," Joel said shocked.

"He's not my child you dip," she said getting frustrated. "Can you just help me find the kid a toy,"

"Lizwee is dat da guy?" Damon asked.

"What?" Joel asked.

Lizzie nodded her head to Damon as she held up her finger to her mouth shushing him. She then turned back to Joel. "Will you just help me find him a toy,"

"well, what boy doesn't like a car?" Joel asked damon showing him a hot wheels yellow Hummer

Damon squeals snatching it from Joel's hand

"Lizwee, I want dis won!"

"okay baby, let's go pay." Lizzie smiled starting to push the cart.

"wait lizzie, I'm having a new school year kick off party, please come I'll text you the details." Joel smiled walking off waving to Damon.

"Are wou gonna go?" Damon asked.

"I don't know," I said as we payed for the toy and left.