Curls and Caramel

Chapter 20

Carissa

The cafeteria is bustling with people talking to each other. I look around to find Izzy at a table.There's no sign of her so I go sit to an empty table. I decide to wait until she comes. She probably needed something for her next class or had to go to the bathroom. 

After waiting for five minuets I get up to get my some lunch before I starve. I sit back down with my tray filled with food. Izzy would probably judge me on how that doesn't look like a good food combination then take something off of the tray. After a while of her not showing up I've come to a conclusion that she bailed on me.

"Where's your friend?" Liza asks concerned sitting in front of me. I don't know why she would care. She hates Izzy with a passion. I'm surprised that she's even over here instead of with her self-conceded friends of hers. 

"I don't know. I guess she had something else important to do." I take a bit into my sandwich which makes Liza cringe. She wouldn't eat anything with to many calories.

"Aah,well I need your help with something." I choke on the water that I was drinking from what I just heard. Why does she need my help? Something's not right.

"Out of all people you're asking me for help?" She shrugs her shoulders. "What type of help?"

A big smile comes upon her face. "I need an outfit." I mentally shoot myself. She has enough clothes that could fill up a whole mall. No her closet IS a mall. 

"You don't need any clothes you have enough. You literally have enough clothes to last you a lifetime." I take my last bite of my sandwich feeling satisfied.

"Yeah I was thinking about cleaning out my closet and giving them away." Liza doesn't give away clothes just like that. There's something that's going on and I have a feeling that it might be associated with Izzy. She wouldn't just ditch me without a reason.

"Okay what's really going on?" I say leaning on the table. "For one I know as well as you that you would not just give away your clothes. And second, you could skip school now with your friends to shop for an outfit that barely covers your body." My last comment makes her jaw tighten and her eyes dart somewhere else. Score.

"Fine. But don't complain when you don't see your friend for a while." She starts to get up from her spot.

"What did you do to her?" I start to worry and panic. Izzy is a strong girl who can defend herself. But under circumstances I worry for her safety.

"You help me, I will get Izzy." She crosses her tanned arms over her chest. I agree to her only if she releases my friend first.

Izzy

I get nervous when the handle on the door starts to shake. I've looked for a vent to crawl myself out. I tried unlocking the handle with my hair pin but that didn't help at all. Hoping it's the janitor the door opens when I see Liza with Carissa behind her.

I give a Carissa a hug and apologize for not going to lunch with her. She says she forgives me but I'll have to make up for it later. I turn around crossing my arms to see Liza. 

"So what made you let me go?" Having a feeling it was my friend next to me.

She walks closer to me. I keep my stance not feeling threatened one bit. "Your friend here is going to help me with something so I let you go." 

I look over to my friend looking at the floor. "I had to. I couldn't just leave you in here." I hank her even though I think the janitor would've opened the door and I could've left.

"You have issues." Liza just shrugs her shoulders as I walk away with my brunette friend who I am thankful for having.

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School finally ends and I am grateful. I promised that I'd have to make Carissa of my batch as she says 'My prize winning cupcakes' for when she aces this test she's been studying for. 

We exit the building and I say goodbye when she enters her mom's van to take her to the mall to shop with Liza. She's been complaining about it even as we were walking out the door.

I see the familiar brown boots and curly hair. I smile walking over giving him a hug. He's wearing a beanie with little curls poking out from underneath which makes him look cuter.There's a black van behind him and it looks new.

"Hey Izzy."

"Hey Harry," I put my hair behind my ears so it won't get in my face from the strong wind. "So new car?"He turns around and smiles looking at it.

"Yeah, I decided to get it so I won't have to ask Zayn to borrow his all the time.He's happy about it. Although the other lads want to take it for a ride themselves. I walk around the Toyota Sienna admiring it.

"I don't blame them." Harry unlocks the doors and I am greeted to a new car smell. I don't know what it is but I just love the smell of new cars. It's sorta weird. It has a great amount of space and a touch screen radio.

"I can tell that you like it also." Harry says supposedly from the look on my face. I nod my head.

"So where do you want to go?" Harry asks driving away from the school. I shrug my shoulders. I kinda want to go home but at the same time I want to see the lads. I hate having mixed feelings like this.

"When does Zayn have his date?" I asks before I even think about it earning a raise of eyebrows from Harry.

"Why do you want to know" I raise my shoulders up and down again. 

"Well, to answer you question it's today." I nod my head in response. I feel bad a little for asking a question like that. Firstly, because it's weird and secondly it's none of my business. 

After about twenty minuets in silence, my stomach growls loudly reminding me that I didn't eat anything in a long period of time.

"Hungry?" A little smile appearing on his pink lips.

"Yeah." I chuckle. He turns into a nearby Subway and I instantly smile. I've been trying to eat healthy lately. With my parents not being around all the time it's easy to pig-out with junk food. I've been doing an okay job, but I've been leaning on junk.

We order our sandwiches with me getting my usually ham sandwich on Italian bread while Harry gets a flat bread salami sandwich. We sit in silence enjoying our sandwiches. Harry leans back in his chair releasing a sigh laying his hands on his stomach.

"Well that was satisfying wasn't it?" 

"It surely was." I smile at him admiring how chill and layed back he is. I notice his eyes are a darker green than they usually are. 

"What?" He asks me when he catches me staring at him for a longer time than I had expected. I can't help how beautiful he is.

"Nothing, just admiring your beauty." I wink at him earning a raspy chuckle. He soon leans on the table so he can take my hand in his. He startys to tell me something when I hear the door ding singnaling that someone has entered. Harry looks up with his smile dissappearing.

"Oh my god Harry?!" A high picted female voice asks.

( Knock knock. Who's there? ME lol. so very very sorry for the super late update :( I didn't think it would take me so long to post. I've been busy for the past 3 weeks. I took a writing class so hopefully it pays off. Who do you think the girl is? What do you think Harry was about to tell Izzy? please vote and comment I'd love to hear from you guys. The next chapter will be updated this week.)