Can You Save Me? { Sam Pottorff }

Chapter 16 ~ Mr. I No Speak Espanol

Jazmin's P.O.V.

"I hate this." I covered my face and hid from the sun.

Marely picked me up, and we were on our way to school. I was not looking forward to it.

"This is our last time." Marley said. We've been waiting for this day to come for so long. Now that it's finaly here, it doesn't feel real. This is our last first day of school. There's still college, but we both know that college isn't a good subject to talk about with me.

"I just want to get it over with." I stared out the window. I got an unsettling feeling in my stomach as we passed all the familiar places we always passed on our way to school.

When our school came into sight, and I saw all the same faces of people I grew up around walking down the street, it hit me. All these years have led up to this. I've learned a lot of lessons. I needed to take what I learned and use it. I've spent so much time ignoring everything, when I could have done something about it.

"Ready?" Marley said after opening the car door for me. I stepped out and put my backpack on. I let him walk ahead of me, like I always did. He'd always meet up with his friends in the front and I'd just go my one way. But today e turned around and stopped. "Aren't you coming?"

"I-Aren- What?" I stuttered and walked up to him.

"Aren't you coming?" He asked again, making it clear to me that he was waiting for me.

"You can't be seen with me." I said while looking around at girls hugging after a few weeks of being away from each other. Reuniting and getting ready for the day with eachother. Probably catching up about what inside things. Things I've never done or talked about with a girl, because I never needed to.

"I can be seen with you if I want to be seen with you." He put his arm around my shoulder and started walking.

I started walking with him, making sure to look down as we walked the group of girls. I hoped they didn't see me, or were to busy with there conversation to say anything. We walked up the few steps and entered the school. The small room in the main building had less people in it than I had expected. We walked up to the second floor to our lockers. We were lucky enough to get ours a few lockers away from each other. Without a word we got what we needed and walked towards each other as soon as the bell rang.

"Good luck." He told me as I observed other students walking up and down the hallways greeting each other with more hugs and happiness.

"You too." I said being more calm than before.

"I'll meet you here after class." He said already walking away.

"Are you sure?" I couldn't help but ask.

"Yes." He clarified and walked to his class.

"Okay." i said to myself getting a weird look from some girl. I ignored it and turned around and walked to my class.

"Goodmorning Mr. Thomas." I said walking to my usual seat in the back corner of the room.

"Goodmorning, you wouldn't like a seat in the front this semester?" He asked motioning to all the empty seats.

"I'm fine here." I said sitting down and taking out my journal. I sat still thinking, playing with the sleeves of Sam's flannel. He knew I liked it and said I should keep it. I kind of felt like Sam was right here with me, even though he couldn't feel so far away at the same time.

After a few minutes the class was mostly full. With all the same peers, but they decided to change there seeting arrangements. Still no one sitting in the three seats around me. I kept my head down and began to doodle in the back of my journal. I was in the middle of drawing a carrot when someone caught my attention from the corner of my eye.