A Typical Teen Love Story

Chapter 13: Decisions

The bell rang and then people started to move to class. Josh had failed to come back to school early to give me my French vanilla latte. I honestly had come to the conclusion that Josh and I weren't going to be together. It just made things harder, plus I really wasn't sure that he wasn't going to hurt me again. I wanted to at least believe that he wasn't going to hurt me. I knew that there was no guarantee that he wouldn't look at another girl, but I wanted some reassurance that he would try not to hurt me. I grabbed my books from my locker and then headed off to Chem class. I put my books down and then grabbed the notes for class. I grabbed one for me, and then one for Karolina. Why should I have to sit beside him anyways?

"Aww, you got Josh a powerpoint?" teased Miguel as he walked past me.

"Nope, it's for Karolina!"

"Wait, Josh is sitting with me, I thought he said he was sitting with you..."

"Nope."

I looked up and Karolina walked in with Patricia.

"Karolina! I got you a power point,"

"Thank you!"

Karolina sat down beside me.

"Are you and Josh okay?"

"Just peachy..."

The second bell rang and Mrs. S went to go close the doors.

"Where is Josh?" asked Karolina.

"Don't know, don't care..." I said.

"So you're upset with him?"

"I'm not upset with him; I'm just choosing to close the door on our relationship..."

"Oh, okay!"

Just as Mrs. S was about to close the door, Josh jumped into the classroom.

"Look whose late..."

"I honestly don't care..."

I ignored Josh completely and only looked up when we started the lesson. Halfway through the lesson, I looked down and found a small paper ball lying down on my desk. I was tempted to pick it up, but then decided to look at it later. It was obviously from Josh. I continued to go through the lesson and passed notes to Karolina.

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~ Is that a note from Josh???

Yeah, I don't know what it's about...

~ Then read it!

I don't know if I should...

~ It's not gonna hurt if you do...

Well, I can guarantee if Josh wrote it, he'll be watching and waiting until I read it...

~ If you're pissed at him, read it and then rip it up, but if you're not then just read it...

I would read it if I were you!

~ B.S! You wouldn't! You would be just like me, wondering if you should open it!

Well, would you rather read a note now, or end up talking to him later...it's not like you can go hide out in the Art Room again!

~ Well...uhhh...I guess I will...

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I decided to just open up the small note. I wasn't sure what to expect. Was he annoyed? Was he paranoid? Was he just being friendly? I opened up the note and Josh's scribbly handwriting was all across the page as if he was nervous, and rushing.