The Foster

part 17

I was woken up by Ross shaking me.

"Come on! We're gonna be late, Anna slept in. We have 5 minutes." Ross said, pulling me out of bed.

I jumped up and changed my clothes. Then I ran to the bathroom to comb out my hair and brush my teeth.

"Come on!" Ross yelled, barging into the bathroom.

We left about 10 minutes later than usual, and we usually leave as late as possible. We drove to school and quickly dropped off Bella and Brody.

"Hey, you've almost made it through an entire week at school." Ross said as we walked to homeroom.

"Almost. I've already asked Anna if I could skip but she said no." I whined.

"Hey, it isn't that bad, is it?" Ross put his arm around me.

"Stop. What are you going to do if Aubrey sees?" I whispered.

"I don't care about her." Ross said, leaning closer to me.

"If you cared about me like you said, you would dump her." I got out of his grip and sped up to get away from him.

Once in homeroom, I found Becca and Callie. They sit in the two desks right in front of me. When I sat down, they both turned to talked to me.

"Hey! Since the game doesn't start until 5 tomorrow night, maybe we could go shopping!" Callie said.

"Sounds fun. I can just ride with you guys after school." I said.

"Great!" Becca said. They both turned back around and now it was just Ross and I.

"Cam... you have to understand. What do you actually expect me to do?" Ross asked.

"I don't expect anything out of you anymore. You should be with who your heart wants and if it isn't me, fine. But when you finally get the balls to drop her and stop being a pussy, I won't be here waiting for you. I'm not going to waste my time on you." I whispered. After a few seconds of silence, before he got the chance to talk the bell rang.

Science class was a blur. Ross was talking to the guys the entire time and Becca was talking to me about some gossip. I couldn't keep track because I barely knew anyone.

Lunch was when something actually happened. Ross decided to sit with us today.

"Ross, you made it." Brandon said.

"We missed you yesterday." Cody told him.

"Gotta do what you gotta do." Ross sighed and looked at me.

"Becca, Camille, and I are going shopping before the game tomorrow. Ross, you should come and bring Aubrey so we can get to know her!" Callie suggested. No! Please don't ruin my first shopping trip with friends.

"He probably has a lot of stuff to do. Plus, he wouldn't want to hang around a bunch of girls with his girlfriend." I said, trying to keep Aubrey away. Ross looked at me and understood what I was getting at.

"I have to practice a little before the game. Anyways, Aubrey and I are going through a rough patch. We can hangout some other time though." Ross said.

"I heard my name! Hey babe." Aubrey said. Then she saw me. She leaned down and whispered something in Ross' ear. Then, she pulled his head back to intensely kiss him.

"I'll sit with you guys some other time." Ross said. And as simple as that, he got up and left us to sit with Aubrey.

"Oh yeah, and I gave you a warning already to fuck off. This is your last chance." Aubrey said quietly to me. "Nice talking!" She said nicely and left.