BLAKE:
After talking with Lily, I realize how much I miss Jackson. So I decide to give him a call.
Come on! Come on! Pick up. Please.
"Leave a message after the beep... Beep!"
"Yo, It's Blake just wanted to see what's up. Call back soon! Bye!" I say.
A few minutes later my phone rings. I look and it's Thomas.
"Hey man, wants up?" I ask.
"Oh ya know the usual. Dude it toke you long enough to call. I've been waiting for a call from you all week."
"I'm sorry man, I've just been really busy."
"I get it you just forgot about your best bro. I know how it is," he says joking.
"Come on man!"
"So any girls I need to know about?" he asks.
"Nah, not yet."
Evidently, Thomas had been listening from behind me and he runs in when he hears me say that. "He's lying!" Thomas yells into my phone.
I turn it onto speakerphone.
"Who is this?" Jackson asks.
"This is Thomas, Blake's new friend. And yes there is a girl." I glare at him as he walks away.
Jackson says, "I see how it is, you thought you could just lie to me because I'm not there and you already found a replacement for me."
"No, really though. She's just a friend. No one could replace you, your too weird."
"Thanks man. And is she cute?"
"Ya, cute, smart, athletic..."
"Anything else..."
I contemplate on whether I should tell him or not. "It's Lily from, Lincoln Middle School."
"One sec... Omigosh! You like her!"
He must have looked her up in our middle school yearbooks. Now here is the part where my friend makes fun of me. He starts laughing.
"This is some sorta joke right?" he asks.
"Thanks a lot, Thomas," I yell knowing he is listening in on this conversation. Plus it's his fault that any of this happened. "She changed a lot since middle school," I say to Thomas.
"Really..."
"So, um, are you going to come visit me sometime or do I need to send someone to kidnap you?" I ask trying to change the subject.
"You bet I am going to come and visit you, I have to come see this girl. I need to see if she's good enough for you or not."
"I guess I'm just chopped liver now, huh?" I say.
He laughs. "I guess I can come say hi to you if I have to." We both laugh.
"Blake! Football practice starts in like 2 minutes. Better hurry up!" Thomas yells. Omigosh, sometimes I'm convinced Thomas is my dad in disguise. But I know he's just trying to be a good friend.
"Football! Wow, dude! I never thought you would play football!" Jackson says.
"They don't have a soccer team, so I'm the kicker for the football team."
"Nice!"
"Ya, well sorry I have to go now."
"Okay, bye man! Hit me up soon!"
"Will do, miss you. BYE!" I say.
We hang up and I head off to football practice.
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Love Me?
RomanceLove? What's that? Lily, a freshman, is sent to boarding school on a ship. She she doesn't know anyone, or so she thinks. Blake, also a freshman, mother died when he was young and his father abuses him. He sneaks away to a boarding school on a ship...
