Think Again

"You told me having friends was fun."

Chapter 3 : "You told me having friends was fun."

* Friday

 

I needed to talk to Chris. I needed to tell him the truth.

I spotted him by his locker but when I was about to approach him, a girl stopped me in my tracks.

“Don’t even think about trying, honey. It’s not going to work.” She told me, looking somewhat sympathetic. I recognized her. Angel. I mean, Angelica.

“What’s not going to work?” What did she mean? Did she know? Had everybody already found out?

“Don’t play dumb, newbie. He’s not gonna take you back.” She shook her head, pouting. She was so obnoxious I wanted to cut her.

I squeezed past her and jogged up to him.

“Chris.” He looked down at me, blankly.

“Hi, Analiese.” He nodded, still expressionless.

I cleared my throat awkwardly as his friends hanging around him decided to walk away.

“Can we talk?” I asked, hopefully.

He shook his head and picked at the hem of his sweater.

“I um, gotta get to class. Maybe, later.” And then, he walked off.

I waited and waited and waited. Still hadn’t gotten a chance to catch Chris at all.

He didn’t even sit with me during lunch. I was all alone. I’ve never cared about being alone before but since I met him, I didn’t want to be alone. I wanted to be with him and his friends. I really messed up.

I was slumping to my last period, which was Science when I realized my lab partner was Mike. The only brother of Chris that was in my year. Maybe he could help me. He had to. He was my only hope.

I slid onto the stool next to Mike. He looked up from his notebook and smiled at me, sheepishly. Like he had been caught doing something embarrassing.

“Hey, Analiese. I saw you alone in the cafeteria just now. I wanted to go over, I really did. But um, Chris wasn’t quite fond of the idea so I decided, better not. I’m really sorry. Is everything all right?” He looked at me, eyebrows furrowed, forehead creased. He was so sweet about the situation.

I sighed.

“I need your help – “