Why Do You Want Me Back?

Chapter 2: "They are back"

Chapter 2: “They Are Back!”

 

School ended and thankfully there was no after work for me at school. I checked my phone for any new messages and found one from Mia.

‘Liam suddenly called me for a date. Sorry babe. Can u get a ride from others? Ask Nathan. He won’t refuse. If any prob call me I’ll come back. Love u <3 ‘

“Ohh shit! Am doomed.” I sighed

I need to find Nathan now. Nate is one of my other close friend who is basically a player and so he is never available during lunch time or gym class or even regular classes. You can say he is basically the ‘hottest guy’ in our school and all girls kiss the path on which he walks. Well except Mia, Lola, Andy and Me. Well you can’t say Cam because she has this huge crush on him since eighth grade and even though she goes out with other guys, all our friends know that she still has something for him. Sometimes I think Nate may too have some kind of feelings for Cam but then we all wonder why he would go around and do what he does with other girls.

I sighed and tried calling Nate. It went straight to voicemail. Fuck!  I went to the attendance register and searched for the ones who left school and found Nate’s name there. Double fuck with a cherry on top. I groaned and decided to walk the way home. I really need to get my own car.

I passed the school gates, put my ear buds in my ear and started some random music drowning the outside world.

Only when two drops of rain fell on my hand I realized two things. One it was tremendously cloudy and rain will pour down in minutes and two, I was completely lost and had no idea where I was. I mean what the hell? I get lost in the country I was born in? How stupid can I be? I groaned inwardly and checked out m surroundings and realized I was near the highways. That means my house is 1 hour far away. I took out my cell phone to call my Mom to get me and realized there was no network. I kept walking towards the highway and started walking towards home. If I was lucky, my Dad will be returning this way.

Well seems like I was not that lucky because the drops of rain had started falling down in frenzy and maybe I looked like a wet cat. Cars passed the highways rarely. I started walking faster shivering in cold when I saw a car slow down beside me with it’s headlights illuminating the road. I started walking faster as thoughts about a serial killer or a rapist crossed my minds.

Maybe I ‘am thinking too much. But that thought went out of my mind when the car honked making me turn around. I squinted me eyes through the headlights and saw it was Jason with his car honking at me. He came beside me and shouted at me to get in the car.

“Get in I’ll drop you.”

Of course my pride got in the way of my common sense and I replied, “No. I can handle myself better than I can handle you.”

I turned and started walking though I wanted to get in that warm car. Jason drove beside me and shouted again for me to get in.”

“I’ am telling you the last time. Get in or I’ll drag you in.”

I turned around and realized he was being serious about the dragging me in part. So I went and sat inside the car. Jason turned the heater on high and I was immediately surrounded by the heat radiating. The lights were turned off in the car and due to the absence of street lights the car was completely dark except for the headlights. I turned in my seat to face him and realized he had quite a nice muscular build. Tall, lean, sexy, high cheekbones – wait! Did I just say sexy? WTF! I must be going nuts. But I have to say he really was sexy, I just won’t admit it in front of him.

He was looking straight at the road and so I turned in my seat and rested my head on the headrest and closed my eyes enjoying the silence. It was not awkward or comfortable but I didn’t mind.

“Finished checking me out?” His voice rang out cutting the silence

I flushed. He had noticed me checking him out. “I was not.”

“Come on accept it I ‘am handsome.” He winked at me with a smirk on his lips.

“I have seen better.” I scoffed though it was not a lie completely.

“Really? Who?”

“Nathan.”

“But he is your best friend right?”

“Not really but...kind of...”

“Hmm”

I remained quiet for some time. But he spoke up again.

“So Cam was your best friend from the beginning?”

Again he hit a nerve. “No”

“Then who was it?

Someone with the same name as yours. “None of your business”

“Why where you crying when you ran out of the first class. When I called you Anns?”

 How the fuck did he know that I was crying? “I was not crying.”

“Don’t lie. You were crying and that’s why you didn’t attend the second class.”

How did he know? “Do you stalk me?”

His laugh filled the car and this time a real laugh. “No. If you didn’t notice I have 5 classes with you.”

“But you were not in any of the classes after gym.”

“Yeah I had football practice.”

“Course. Vice captain and all.”

“Yeep. And you’re changing the subject. Why were you crying?”

“Please Jase just leave it.”

He remained quite after that and then I realized I had called him Jase.

“Shit. Sorry. Jason.”

“You can call me Jase.” He said softly. “And you should go inside.”

I realized we were in front of my house.

“Uh…thanks”

I smiled and got out of the car.

“Go get a shower quickly or you’ll catch cold.”

“Yeah thanks again.”

I turned and went inside. My mom and dad were inside and seeing me half soaked they sent me in to change. I got into a fresh change of clothes and went down to find something was not right. I could feel it. Something was off.

“Is everything alright?”

“Yeah.” My mom replied

“Why are you cooking so much? Is someone coming?” My mom cooked so much rarely.

“Yeah our neighbors.”

“The Browns?”

“No. The ones who shifted in the Blackwater’s house.”

“They sold the house? That means they are never coming back?”

“No.” My heart sank. My last piece of hope also flew out of the window. I felt tears brimming in my eyes. But what mom said next left my eyes open, jaws hanging.

“They are already back. They came in last night. Jason went to school today. Same school as yours.”