The Secret Life of Me

Chapter three

CHAPTER 3

I walked up to him anyway. "Wait, Parker Where are you-"Chanler put his hand over Liz's mouth, and followed after me. Liz did the same. "Hi, I'm Parker. And this is my brother-"Chanler cut me off and extended his arm, "Chanler, nice to meet you and this is Liz." Liz shyly waved; "Hi" Axel took Chanler's hand, nervously. He shook and pulled away quickly, "I'm Axel, do you by any chance you can show me where room 3L12 is?" Chanler looked excited, "Oh yea, that's Chemistry, with Mrs.Ula, Can I see your schedule?" Axel handed the piece of paper to Chanler," Yea here." Chanler studied the piece of paper, "We have the same schedule, I can show you around today, if you want." Axel nodded, "That would be awesome, thanks man!"

"Well, let's get a head start, maybe we can be lab partners if we get there early enough." Chanler looked at me for confirmation. "Ummm ya, I agree, Liz and I have to get to Latin class, right Liz?" Liz looked at her watch. She had one just like mine and Chanler's, the one different with ours is mine is purple, Liz's is blue, and Chanler's is silver, but if we take them out of stealth mode, they turn black. "I guess so." Liz looked confused for a second but then realized what was going on. "Well, I guess we will see y'all in choir, bye!"

I turned around before they could say anything back. My heart was beating out of my chest; I have never felt so nervous around anyone. Liz and I dodged crowds of people to get to Latin, without speaking a word. When we finally got to class, Liz, tugged on my shoulder, "Parker, why are we in a hurry?" I turned around and gave her an annoyed look, but I made a lie quickly," I just wanted to get to class on time, don't want to be late on your first day, right?" She gave me the, "I know what's going on I'm your best friend," look, she normally only gave me this look when she knows I'm lying to her, and I'm not the best liar, so I get this look a lot. "Well then I hope Latin is your favorite class, cause we can show up 10 minutes every day, like we did today."

I got even more frustrated with her, "Fine, something feels off about this guy, I wanted to see what I could find out about him." She gave me a disappointed look, "Parker, I thought we talked about this, keeping school and work separate!" I swallowed a lump in my thought, the kind you get when you are about to cry, "Well you know what, not all of us are blessed with a family like yours. I have lost everything! My mom, my sister, my grandpa, they are all gone! Work is all I have left!" Liz's irritated face malted away as she pulled me in for a hug, "Hey don't say that, you have me and my family, you still have Chanler, and even though your dad is a drunk, you still have him, we all love you. Everybody has something, even when it's not right in front of them. I love you like a sister, and that will never change." I nodded, just as the bell rang, "All right class please find a seat"