Post it notes (Watty's 2016)

Chapter 16

I went to school the next week. I waited for James, but didn't see him. While I was waiting, Laden walked up to me.

"Hey." He said, as he walked up beside me.

"What? No hey girl? No babe? Just hey?"

"Yeah, just hey."

"What's up?"

"Not much, just waiting for James. By the way, thank you for apologizing."

"Apologize?"

"Yeah, for what you did to James."

"I didn't apologize to you."

"You didn't send me flowers with an apology?"

"No. I did apologize to James, that's when you and I ran into each other."

"So you aren't my secret admirer?"

"No, that sounds stupid, if you like someone you should just tell them."

"Then who is my secret admirer?" I asked, more to myself than anyone else. The school bell rang, to start the first class of the day.

"Bye." Laden said, as he walked towards his first class.

"Bye." I replied, also drifting to my first class.

Once I got to my class, I sat down in my seat. We waited for the teacher, who was later than usual. The tardy bell rang, and our teacher still wasn't there. The students, started looking around the halls, and it didn't appear that any teachers were in their classrooms. We waited a while, before she got there.

"Sorry class, I was in a meeting." She said, as she walked into the room. "Today, we are not going to continue with our lessons. I have an announcement." She paused. "A student in your grade-" A few tears slid down her cheeks. "Has passed away. He wasn't too popular, but he was special to his family and friends. James will be missed-"

My heart beat a million times per second, when she said James. I couldn't hear her talk anymore. everything was starting to blur, as tears streamed down my face. I was getting really dizzy, and I felt like I was going to pass out. I tried to listen to her talk, to get more information.

"If you would like, we have gotten some grief counselors for students to talk to. you can miss classes to talk to them, if you need to-"

By this point I couldn't take it anymore.

"NO!" I started. "James isn't gone, it's not true!" I paused. "It can't be." my voice got quieter and cracked during the last sentence. "I love James, and he loves me too. And he's just missing school like he always does!" I was full out bawling by this point, as I ran out of the classroom.

I ran to my house, and I ran up the stairs to my bedroom. I stood in the middle of the room, not knowing what to do with myself. Thoughts flew through my mind, tears flowed down my cheeks.

I stumbled and held onto the corners of my desk to steady myself. My whole world was crashing down. In one big motion, I slid my hands over my desk, and threw everything off of it. I turned around, and slid down the front of my desk, till I was sitting on the floor, with my knees against my chest.

I looked over to everything on the floor, and my secret admirer book was in the middle of the floor, and it was open to the last page. I scooted over to the book, and saw a small envelope taped to the inside cover. On the front, it said -my identity. I couldn't take it anymore.

"I have to know!" I yelled, as I picked up the envelope.

I tried to open it, but I couldn't. James' words ran through my mind. I thought of every time he told me to finish the book. I was almost done, so I picked up the book and kept reading. Every time I got to a post it note, a fresh set of tears streamed down my face. I didn't stop reading, until I finished. Once I finished, I picked up the envelope again. I looked at the writing, then turned it over and opened it. What I read, made me break into tears. I looked at the slip of paper, and the perfect writing that said James.

A/N

Hey guys, short author's note. Plot twist! I hope you didn't see it coming, and I hope you couldn't predict it. Hopefully it wasn't too obvious. I'd love to know what you thought, and if you did or didn't guess what happened.

There is probably one more chapter until it is over, then I'm going to enter this in the 2016 watty's awards.