i arrived at school at 8:36. 6 minutes late. shoot. i walked into school and only a few people were still at their lockers. i went upstairs to my locker and opened it. i looked around and there was no one in the hall. it was only me. and it was silent for once, except for the voices coming from the classrooms, including mine, which was unfortunately closed. i put my backpack in my locker after getting my books out. i closed my locker and started walking to my history class. the teacher was talking to the class when i knocked on the door, causing him to look my way. Zach, who was in my class, got up and made a weird face at me. i put my arms up and he opened the door, laughing and sat back down.
"miss. foster, you're late." the teacher said. oh, really? i thought i was early.
"i know. sorry."
"you've had two lates this week. that isn't good, especially when it's almost May and school is going to be done soon."
"sorry." i said again. i went to my desk and sat down. Zach leaned over to me.
"why are you late again?" he whispered. nosy kid.
"i went to the hospital"
"to see Jonah?"
"yep. visiting hours end at 12 and i wanted to go."
"wanted to?" he laughed.
"uh, yeah."
"of course you did." he teased. i laughed and the teacher looked at us. i quickly closed my mouth and payed attention until the end of class. after history was over, we had break, so i walked out of the class with Zach.
"so what'd Jonah say?"
"he said he's coming back either on Monday or Wednesday next week. and that he misses you guys."
"Wednesday? a week?!"
"that's what he said, so, yeah."
"okay i'm gonna go tell the boys, see you at lunch." he waved and walked away. i went to my locker and Maddie and Emma were waiting for me.
"hey, where were you in the morning?" Emma asked. i didn't want them to think that i was obsessed with Jonah, which i wasn't. so i lied.
"i had an appointment." i said quickly.
Maddie and Emma looked at each other then looked back at me.
"oh, at the hospital? with Jonah?"
i sighed. "how do you know?!"
"because you're like obsessed with him."
great, the word i didn't want to hear.
"i'm not obsessed with himmm!" i laughed.
"yes you areee!" Emma teased.
"says the girl who thought Daniel would actually kiss her." i laughed.
"um, thought? wow, you sure mix up the words 'think' and 'know'."
"nope. know is when you are 100% sure and think is when you don't know for sure."
"okay, we all know how smart you are. stop showing off." Maddie said, giggling.
"what? i'm not as smart as y--"
"hey Saddy." i rolled my eyes and turned around, seeing the grade's annoying sassy girl, Alison.
"it's Sadie, you should know my name by now."
"whatever," she rolled her eyes and fake-smiled at me. "aren't you just so sad that Jonah's in the hospital? i really miss him."
the hell? she "misses" him? she doesn't even know him! since when were they friends? this girl annoys me. she's always trying to ruin things for me. we were friends years ago, but then she moved on from me and found two other girls to boss around. but since i've never done anything to her, i be nice.
"yeah, me too."
"oh, right. you guys are like neighbors." she scoffed, looking annoyed.
"uh, yeah. do you have a problem with that or anything?"
"no. but i do have a problem with something."
"yeah?"
"you. following him everywhere and being obsessed with him."
again, that word.
"how am i obsessed with him?"
"you're literally visiting him everyday. when, i, only visited him once." she said in my face. then it hit me.
"wait . . . so you're the one who gave him flowers?"
"yeah, it was me-- okay, that's not even what i was talking about, nice try."
"okay, but he doesn't really like flowers, so-"
"does it matter if he doesn't like flowers? it's you that he doesn't like. and he wants to be with me."
"yeah, the reason he's in the hospital is because he doesn't like me? no, it's because of me. he saved me from those psychos that came in my house, he kissed me twice while he was with me, and he didn't even hesitate to kiss me at lunch on Tuesday. so, think twice, honey."
"WHAT?!" the halls went silent. "HE- he kissed you?!?" she asked, silencing her tone, but still sounding mad. "and that's so dumb of him, saving someone like you, when he instead could've been perfectly fine and you would be in the hospital."
i looked at Emma and Maddie, who also looked mad, not at me, but at the girl who was talking to me.
"yeah, i feel bad for him. but that was his choice, to save me. and excuse me?! he's dumb? he isn't dumb at all. he's the smartest, most sweetest person i've met. and if you really liked him, and weren't using him for popularity and all that, you wouldn't be calling him dumb, and you instead would be liking him for the person he actually is." i turned around and walked away in between Emma and Maddie, leaving Alison standing in the middle of the halls, processing what i just said in her little brain.
