Slowly Fading

Chapter 4

I see him. At his locker with her. Not just standing there talking. He was kissing her. The one I hated.

Why are you making me do this? You need to. Go do it.
Fine. Thank you.

I walk up to them. I immediately see Janette roll her eyes.
"Hey Katie, thanks for not ditching my note"
I just nod. I feel like sometimes I'm particularly quiet. And so he just continues to speak in his hot voice.
"I feel like you two need to do some talking"
"I'm not talking to her" I rudely remark
"Do I sicken you or something?" She says then does that bitchy hair flip with a forced fake laugh.

What a bitch. I agree.

"Actually it does. Someone like you does not deserve someone like Danny. He is great and you just put him through shot while he thinks you are" I put up air quotes "'nice' to him. When in reality you aren't."

I'm glad I got that out. I'm proud of you.

"Are you jealous?" She snickered.
"What if I am?" Then I see Danny's eyes go wide, "you are?" He asks
"Yes" then I spin on my heels and go to my study hall. I swear I have every class with Danny.

Did I just tell him that I'm jealous? Well actually you told Janette, he just overheard.
You're not making me feel any better. I'm not here to.
Then what are you here for? Well if I can't live as myself, I can at least live within you.

Then I turn into my study hall. I have to do my work from both periods I missed.

Ugh. I feel you.
Can you see in the future? Yea, that's the cool thing about being dead.
Do things work out with me and Danny? I'm better off not tell you that.
It's really that bad? I just think you should do your social. You have a packet to study for the finals.

Then I look at the packet. "Study Guide
1.) When did the Salem Witchcraft take place?"

"Dammit" I mumbled under my breath.

Luckily the smartest person in my entire school is someone who is head over heels for me. And my best friend. And sitting right next to me, I lean over to him.

"Hey Paul?" I whisper. I look at him and his eyes widen.
"Yea?"
"Can I use your social packet? I don't wanna do it."
"Yea sure" then he hands me his completed packet.
"You are my savior" I say as I lightly kiss his cheek and I see his eyes light up again. They were a bright green. And his brown hair was shaggy all pushed to the right of his head. His jaw line so sharp I swear I could cut my finger on it. And he was still taller than me, well I'm so short most of the freshman are too.

I finish copying the social packet without Danny even crossing my mind. And it only took me 5 minutes. Then I remember Science.

I tap Paul on his shoulder and I hand him his packet. "What did we do in science?"
"We have an end of the year project, I already told the teacher I'll be your partner, I could see in your eyes that you saw him and her again"

Oh yea, Paul knows that I'm in love with Danny. He's known since 8th grade when we played 7 minutes in heaven. I had to do it with him. That's when Paul told me he loved me. That's the same day Danny asked out Janette.

"Thank you so much!" And I kiss him again, "do you want me to come over today to help with it?"
"I already finished it and turned it in"
"Damn you're fast"
"Thanks, we got a 99 since I messed up on one question"
"Don't worry about it, it'll bring my grade up a lot, I feel like I owe you something"
"No no no that's ok"
"Nah I need to do something, is there anything you want?"
"No, I don't want to put you more than you've been through" he says as flicks his head towards Danny sitting with his head down on his desk
"Do you think I should go talk to him?" I ask Paul.
"Yea, lemme see your binder I'll get all your work done for the rest of the week for you, then you just have to worry about finals"
I kiss him full on, but just a peck.
"Thank you so much" and I see his face. He is dazed and surprised at what had just happened.

I quickly walk over to Danny and sit in the empty desk in front of him. He immediately notices and lifts his head up, and I see his year stained face.

"What happened Danny?" I whispered
"S-she w-won't let m-me break u-up with h-her" he manages to say through his sons.
"Danny. Breathe. And why won't she let you break up with her"
He takes a deep breath. "The thing is I've been trying to break up with her since a year after we dated" he took another deep breath, "she wouldn't let me"
"Well why wouldn't she?"
"She wanted to see you suffer"
"That bitch"
He nods in agreement.
"Can you tell her to meet you at your locker after school, but don't show up, cause I'm going to be there"
"But she's my ride home."
"I'll give you a ride, are you sure you want to break up with her?"
"Yes"