The last chance: ON HOLD

chapter 9

“Jacob, seriously just tell me” I said again.

“There’s nothing to tell Paige, I don’t know what you’re talking about.” He replied staring out of the window.

“Fine well I’ll see you at school tomorrow then, night” I said as I got out of the car. We have been sitting in his car in my driveway for the past half hour.

“Paige wait a minute, Paige would you just wait a minute” he shouted as he got out and followed me when I didn’t quit walking.

“If I thought I could tell you I would but I can’t, not now.” He said.

I stopped walking and slowly turned to look at him “goodnight Jacob” and I turned and went inside my house.

I ran up to my room and look out my window and saw him standing there just staring at the spot where I had been just moments ago on the porch.

When he turned around and slowly started to walk to his car I went to turn around when I saw someone run at him. With a closer look I realized it was Scott. “Dude did you tell her” is what I barely made out. “No man I couldn’t do it” is what Jacob replied. “Dude grow some balls already this has been going on for years and everyone but her knows it already.”

After hearing that I went into my closet and changed then sat on my bed and thought about what had happened that night.

It was just me and Jacob but that’s not new we always went places just the two of us.

After thinking for awhile and not coming up with anything I decided to go to sleep because I had dance tomorrow after school.

“Ugh I do not want to be here anymore” I complained, again. We were at lunch and it was Allisa, Tyler, Claire and I with Jacob nowhere to be seen.

 “Have any of yall seen or talked to Jacob today?” I asked the group. They all shared a few glances at each other then looked at me and said “no” at the same time.

“ya’ll to, geesh why is everyone acting weird around me lately?” I asked. My reply was three shrugs of shoulders then the bell. “Whatever later weirdoes” I said and left to go to my next class.

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I walked into dance class that day feeling really energetic and ready to start. I always love to dance but today had been a long weird day and I was just ready to dance.

Today was hip-hop and I was glad you had to have a lot of energy for it so I was pumped.

“Gary”! I shouted where was that man? “Oh hey Paige you ready today’s hip-hop”.

“Yep!” I replied. “Okay well I have some competition news I signed you up for a hip-hop one and before you say anything I know you don’t usually do these but please just try it out.”

“Sure it’s better to know more than just one style of dance, right, the more you know and do the better chance to get discovered.” I replied. 

“That’s right and I have three routines for you so do your warm ups while I get the music ready”. He said

“Great that was awesome, good job today” Gary told me after I was done.

“Yeah well I like the music “I said. The music was ‘want you back’ by Cher Lloyd, ‘Aint no other man’ by Christina Aguilera and ‘Can’t hold us down’ also by Christina Aguilera.

“go home and get rest you have been here for 4 hours and its dark out” he said.

‘Wow’ I thought, it hadn’t felt like I had been here for 4 hours.