"Sorry, mate." I knocked into my neighbor as she was carrying out a few moving boxes. "Do you need help?"
"Actually, yeah. Could you grab the two small boxed on my kitchen counter?"
"Absolutely." I walked in and her laptop was open and playing music but the page was open to an apartment listing for some place in the heart of London. "You're off to London, then?"
"Yeah," she said as she entered her soon to be old apartment, "I want to be surrounded by accents and hot tea." We shared a laugh and carried her last few boxes down the stairs.
"Have a wonderful time and send post cards if you'd like, I really do miss it there." I said while closing her car door.
"Will do. Have a wonderful life Celeste, it was a pleasure to live next door to you and your father. Your mother would be very proud of her wonderful daughter."
"Goodbye Miss. Steen." I gave her a hug and she drove away. I pulled out my phone to text my dad.
'Miss. Steen just left, did you know she was moving out?'
'Yes, I caught her moving boxes. She's going to the land of the Queen.'
'I know.'
***
Recently Gray and the rest of his crew avoided me. Instead of going to lunch they stayed in the classroom and today they hung back after school and waited for me to be on my way home before going to the track meet. I was not having that so instead I'm at home picking out a disguise, I'm going to the meet and will spy on them.
"Dad?" I called to the kitchen.
"Yes, love?"
"May I take the Rabbit?"
"What's wrong with your car?" He asked as I entered the room.
"Well nothing but Gray-"
"Ah. I understand."
"No, it's not that. He and his friends have been avoiding me since last week and it's been bothering me so I'm going to find out what is wrong and Gray has seen my Mini Cooper, it's bright yellow for crying out loud but he hasn't seen your Volkswagen so I could drive and not be noticed. Please please pleaseeee?"
"I guess that works in your mind but okay go ahead."
"Yay, thank you!" I squealed and ran back to my room to finish my look. I had shoulder length blonde hair so to change that I put in my extensions which made my hair fall nearly to my butt. I threw on a green hat and a green sweat shirt and even put on a pair of running shoes with my skinny jeans. I'm going to sit on the rival team's side of the stadium so they think I'm rooting for the others.
****
I rolled up to the school and bought my ticket and made my way to the other side. I saw Gray warming up. He looked pretty attractive in his running uniform, along with running he does pole vaulting. I would pole vault because I'm very small and could fly but I don't have the muscle.
Every time the running gun went off I jumped a little. I fake cheered when the opposing team ran so it would be more believable. Gray was up next against some kid from my fake school. I cheered for Gray but I didn't say his name. I cheered for real, like I was screaming. The kid was fast but Gray was faster, he won by a second and I was so proud. My throat was getting dry so I walked to the concession stand to get a bottle of water.
Gray walked up next to me and I turned away hoping he wouldn't see me. One of the team mates came up to him.
"Hey." I shifted my eyes to see if he was talking to me. "Have you herd any word from that girl you're seeing? Everyone is asking." I didn't move.
