The World Across

Chapter 1.9

After an hour of practing the routines, Lyndon showed up from the bleachers.

"Okay guys. Let's go for one last round!" Sa5m instructed.

After another round of the routine, she instructed the squad and went off to meet Lyndon.

"Sa5m! Aren't you walking home with us?" Mike asked her.

"Nope. I'll be going with the newbie." She replied.

"Whoa! You're fierce, attacking an innocent. Fresh meat, huh?" Carter added.

"Shut up you guys." She blushed and the boys laughed.

"Okay." Mike said in between laugh. "We'll go first then."

"Okay. See you tonight at the party." Then she grabbed her bag. "And oh! Can you do me a little favor?" She asked.

"What?" Mike said slowly walking backwards.

"Call Katelyn and please be the one to bring her to the party. Can you?"

"Why?"

"Just do it. Okay? I'll be there."

"Okay."

Then Sa5m started to walk to reach Lyndon at the bleachers who is currently walking down the stairs to the school ground.

"So that is a cheerleading." Lyndon greeted Sa5m.

"You serious that you've never seen anything like that before?" Sa5m looks a little bit shock.

"Sorry but no." Then he stopped in front of her.

"Wow. You're a little weird you know." She half smiled.

"Trust me, you don't wanna know who I am." He said and obviously can't hide his charm.

"And why is that?" She asked.

"How can you even know others' self if you don't even know your own self." He said.

"What do you mean? I know who I am." Sa5m sounded a little bit puzzled.

"Nothing." Then he smirked. "Let's go?"

Sa5m stared for a while at him with an uneasy look. "Okay . . " She answered with dilemma.

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While Lyndon is driving, Sa5m spent the time to admire his car.

"Where did you got this car?" Sa5m said with a questioning eyes. "How did you even got this car?"

"Well, I never really asked for it." He just coolly answered.

"Wow . . . your family must be very rich."

"Not really." He said. "Or, maybe."

Then he got lost of his thinking for a while. "Are you okay?" Sa5m asked bringing him back to his senses.

"Ah yes. Sorry about that." Then he put himself up. "Tell me your story."

"What story?" She asked.

"About your life."

"Okay . . . Well, I grew up at our house, fully loved, cared and nurtured. Everything seemed to go in my way. Everyone seems to like me and few only hates me. Out of jelousy maybe. But unfortunately, my brother, Nate is one of them." Se said.

"And why is that?"

"I don't know. I feel so comfortable at everything. I feel like I really do belong where I am now. But with the way my brother treats me, everything feels so different. I feel like unwanted, unaccepted, useless." Then she lowered her head. "But I never stopped loving my brother despite of his attitude towards me."

"Well, does your family know how lucky they are to have you as a child?" Lyndon tried to comfort him.

Sa5m smiled. "Maybe." And he smiled back to her as he turned to their street.

"Oh, before I forgot. There is a party at the woods tonight, more like a spring party before winter comes. I would like to ask you if you wanna go."

"What time?"

"An hour ahead.

"Oh . . ."

"Please . . . pretty pretty please." Then she made a puppy dog eyes.

"Okay, okay. I guess I'll have to say yes for now." Then he smiled and pull over infront our Sa5m's house.

"Yes! Okay. Pick me up at 7 and bring your sister, okay?" Then she went off.