The Space Between Us

Facing my fears (7)

"You have to keep your head up. Go in there and act like you don't even know him." I say to myself in the girls bathroom. I walk in Ms. Mills room and sit at the top. I make sure that I sit beside two people. So that he can't come up and sit beside me. I watch him walk in.

"Come sit beside me!" A blonde girl squeals.

"No come sit beside me!" Another blonde girl yells.

It ends up that each grab his arm and starts trying to pull him apart. He looks over helplessly. I could grab some popcorn and watch, but instead I walk and lightly tap each girl on the shoulder. They both let him go and look at me. I mouth 'go' and he does. He sits between some guys. I then look at the girls and run to where I was sitting. They look back and see he isn't there. They give me a glare. You know the glare, -you-better-hope-and-pray-you-don't-see-us-and-if-you-do-you-better-move-to-Australia-and-hope-and-pray-you-turn-into-a-kangaroo-and-we-don't-find-you. I ignore their murderous glare. My phone soon dings.

Jerk- thank you Muffin
Me- just because I saved you that doesn't mean you can speak or text me.
Jerk- if you hate me so much why haven't you blocked me?
Me- oops I totally forgot, I'll do that now.

I acted like I blocked him, but the truth was I couldn't. I knew he knew that because my phone kept dinging with new messages. I wanted him to think I blocked him, by not reading them. Maybe he would think that it was Peyton. I doubt he would fall for that though. When class ended he ran up to me.

"I thought you were going to block me."

"I thought I did."

"Well you didn't. You know it too."

I grab my phone go to his name and I hesitate. I need to show him I'm strong. I need to show him I'm not scared. I finally push block. Dang that was hard. I click my phone off and go to my next class; that thankfully he isn't in. I turn in my phone and unblock him. I can't do it. I go back and read his text messages.

"Miss Chapman, mind telling me about O.J" Mr. Taylor says.

"Well O.J is very good and-"

"I'm talking about the murderer. Not the drink."

"Right- he supposedly killed his wife. No one knows for sure."

"Your opinion?"

"I truly think he killed his wife, he was just famous. That's why he got out of it."

He nods his head, and goes on with the conversation. I hear those blond girls start to whisper.

"How stupid is she? What does have orange juice have to do with the law?" One says.

I roll my eyes and decide to ignore them. Eventually we get out and I go to my car. My next class starts in two hours. I go home and I decide to take Bullet and Rhino to a nearby dog park. When we get there I see many dogs. I see a Dalmatian, German Sheppard, and so many more.

I let them loose and sit down on one of the benches.

"Which one is yours?"

I look over to a boy that looks like Waldo from finding Waldo. He has the round glasses and everything.

"Hum the white husky and the white pit bull."

"Mines theGreat Dane." He says pointing.

"The black with Gray is Chaos." He says pointing.

"The husky is named Bullet and the Grey and White pit bull is named Rhino." I say

"Well my name is Nate, I'm gay, and I'm single Pringle with two dogs. I go to Marshall, I wanna be a doctor, and I'm twenty."

"I'm Isabella, I'm straight, I'm also single, I have a friend you might like, I have two dogs and a cat, I also go to Marshall, I want to be a prosecuting attorney, and I'm about to be nineteen."

"Well it's nice to meet you."

"You too."

"So about this friend..."