A Necklace of Hope

Chapter 6: The Text

Noah

I arrive in my classroom for first period. I lay my backpack down on my desk, emptying out all my homework. It's still about 7 minutes until the bell, so I walk back down the hall into Erica's room.

"Hey, Erica," I say. I notice there are a couple people in her classroom.

"Hey, guys. Did you hear anything?" She says to everyone in the room. Then, I notice that Jake is in the room.

"Nope," Jake says.

"Huh, then I guess we continue with our silence." She says.

"Listen, Erica. Why did you send me that text?" I ask.

"Wait, what?"

"You know, that text inviting me to your party." I say.

"What the fuck are you talking about?" She asks. Now I realize it was Jake who sent the text. Jake's an asshole, just to fill you in. He's always bullied me. It started off with some simple annoying things, then it got worse. He started calling me names, and not just him, Erica too.

"You know what, never mind." I say. I start walking away when Jake walks closer to me.

"Hey, asshole. I sent you that text and you better back off of Erica!" He says.

"Jesus Christ man! You know I could never get a chance at Erica." I say.

"Fine, but you better run outta here and stay away, otherwise I'm gonna whip your ass!" I run out of the room and all the way back to my class. My teacher is bringing his stuff in for first period.

"Why the huge breaths?" My teacher asks.

"Oh, nothing. Just thought I was late for class." I say.

"Ok, remember, today we are going g to have something after school." He says. I just nod my head.