Ethan Haile

~Chapter Four~

As I made my way back to the class, my mind wouldn't stop running back and forth. Jayden, Myra, Hannah's phone, Myra, Jayden, Science, Myra. I turned a corner, almost running into an old friend back from my Jayden days. Alec O'Conner. He was always a good friend, probably my second best friend. After the... incident, he was the only one that stayed by my side. Everyone else kept me out of their lives, except for him. He was there, helping me got through it, until I went kind of crazy and said I didn't need him. We give friendly smile in the hallway, but that's it. I doubt he wants to talk to me anywa- "Hey Ethan." Wow... 

"Oh, hey Alec. What's up?" I asked.

"Not much, just going to the bathroom. You?"

"Oh, same. I'll walk with you." Now, I'm not afraid to admit... I'm Bisexual. I mostly like girls, but some guys... yeah. Alec is one of those guys. He just make me happy, I can't explain it. A few years back in seventh grade, I had  a 'crush' on him. Now, more than anything, I just wish we were friends again. 

"So, how have things been with you? You taking everything alright still?" He asked, walking closer to me. 

"Um, yeah." I replied awkwardly.

"Good." We just kept walking, until we were right outside of the bathroom. 

"Look." I said. He looked at me. "I'm really sorry about what I did... I really like you. Can we be friends again? Sorry if that sounds cheesy, I just feel really bad." 

"Yeah." He said, blushing a little bit. "That'd be nice. I don't have many friends either." 

"Cool." I said. "Well, now that we're friends... I didn't have to go to the bathroom. I just wanted to apologize. Heh..." Smooth Ethan... Smooth. 

He laughed. "Okay." 

"I'm gonna go to class now then." I said.

"Okay. See you around." He said, waving awkwardly as he turned into the bathroom.

"Yup!" I yelled after him. The door closed, and I took a deep breath.  That was great...  I took yet another deep breath and smiled. I was proud of what I'd done today. I turned and walked down the hall, up the stairs, and finally made it to the door of the classroom. Myra... I opened it, and all heads turned to me. 

"Mr. Haile. Good to have you back..." She said to me. Unlikely. "Take your seat." I nodded and walked back o my seat. Myra was smiling so much as I neared my seat. Our eyes locked, and it was like a huge wave of relief washed over me. I said down. Ms. Kylie was talknig in the background, but all I could do was look at her. She looked over at me and smiled. I felt my face get warm as I looked away, she giggled a little bit. I liked her laugh. 

After a few minutes of staring blankly into the front board, she slid a piece of paper in front of me. I looked over at her, and she nodded hear head at the paper, hinting that I should look at it. 

Hi :) was written on the paper. I wrote back. Hi. :).  I slid the paper back over to her. She read it, and I saw her smile. It was slid back to me, and it said, So. How was your office visit? I wrote, Interesting. I'll tell you later. Lunch? I passed it back to her. She looked at it and nodded. She opened up her binder and slid the piece of paper into the front pocket. We sat in silenec for about five minutes, until the bell finally rang. We grabbed our stuff and walked to the door. I opened it and let her walk through. She smiled at me as she walked out the door. I let the door close behind me, and I followed her over to her locker. 

"I'll meet you here before lunch, okay?" I said, leaning against the locker next to her

"Yeah, sounds good." She said. 

"Alright. See you in an hour." I said, as I turned away, walking toward my locker. This has been the best day ever. It's only been two hours so far. I was lost in my own thoughts, when I ran into someone. 

"Oh! Sorry about that." They said. I looked up It was Alec. "Oh. Hey Ethan." 

I laughed. "Hi." 

"Are you okay?" He asked, sticking out his arm. My stomach dropped. 

"Yeah." I said, as I reached up and grabbed his hand. He pulled me up. I barely had to do anything. 

"See ya' around." He said, hitting me on the back. My stomach. 

"Heh... Yeah." I said. He walked away, as I sat there staring blankly into the wall. I came-to, and finally made my way to my locker. My mind was racing again. Myra. Alec. Lunch. Hannah. English. Jayden. Myra. The warning bell rang, taking me back out of my thoughts. I opened my locker, grabbed my stuff, and made my way to my English class. My stomach still felt weird.