If Not Now, When? // Book 1

Chapter 12: Feb 13

Chapter 12: Feb 13

My alarm went off. TURN OFF, PLEASE! I rolled over, hit the snooze button and went back to sleep. I do this every morning, but then I wake up and it's 20 to 8.

"Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit I'm gonna be late," I muttered. I got dressed and rushed out to the kitchen to find Shannon and Amy there, eating plain buttered toast. "Morning, Ames. Did you guys get up late this morning too?" I asked.

"Yep," he said, sipping coffee "But I had time to make a coffee, so..."

"You...drink coffee?" He's never had coffee before, not that I know of anyway.

"You'd better hurry, or I'll leave without you."

I made some toast, buttered it, made a hot chocolate in my travel cup, got all my stuff together and we got out of the house just as the bus was arriving.

"Thank god, right on time!" I puffed. We hopped on the bus and made our way to school.

House time went on as normal, Ms. Whitacker did the house awards, you know the drill.

Throughout the day, I was surprised to hear no rude remarks from anyone. They were probably waiting for me to be out of listening distance. Yeah, that's why. They're all talking about me when I'm not there.

Period 1 and 2 were boring, that's expected.

Recess came around, and Sheldon joined us. We were actually with Livia and Kat as well, so we decided to plan tomorrow, which happened to be Valentine's Day...

"Do you guys want to do a double-date sorta thing tomorrow?" Livia asked.

"Sounds good, what about you guys?" I turned to Adele and Kasey.

"Can't; I'm going out with Charlie," said Kasey.

"I'm gonna see The Nun with James," said Adele.

"Righto, just us four then. Great!" I gestured to Livia, Kat, Sheldon and myself.

"I guess so," said Sheldon, "where do you guys want to go?"

Kat piped up, "I'm thinking, how about we go to one of our old spots at the other end of town we used to hide during primary school with Shannon."

"You mean that hill?"

Kat nodded, "also, we could go at night, we can stare at the stars all night."

"Sounds good," Sheldon replied.

"What time?" I asked.

"Probably 6-6:30?" Kat answered

"Sounds like a plan."

Recess passed pretty quickly. I had the next two periods with Livia and Sheldon, so we discussed food.

"Anyone got allergies?" I asked.

"Nope," said Sheldon.

"None here," Livia replied.

"And Kat doesn't have any, I think we're good..." I said.

The bell for period 4 rung and we headed for our next class.

"Good afternoon, Year 9's, take your seats please," greeted our English teacher.

"Continue on with your Romeo and Juliet work, Sheldon and Michaela, can I talk to you outside please?"

We walked out with Miss. Schumer.

"Neither of you are in trouble, but I need to discuss what happened yesterday. Sheldon, I admire your courage and skill, but the way you handled Bonnie yesterday was not appropriate. I told you not to engage in attack, and you still did."

"Miss. Schumer, I understand, but I was only trying to protect Michaela. Bonnie was more than likely to attack her again. And she attacked me first!"

"I understand that, which is why I called the police long before you told me to."

"I mean, Michaela wouldn't have been able to fight since Bonnie originally broke her-" Sheldon stopped, groaned, and pinched the bridge of his nose. "I'm so sorry, I digress..."

"But here's what I wanted to tell you. During assembly on Friday, the both of you will be given awards for bravery and courage in the face of an armed now-ex student."

We were both surprised, we'd been expecting a detention or even a suspension for our behaviour.

"Because you stood up to a potential threat, the principal, has decided to award each of you with the school's bravery award. We're also wondering if you, Sheldon, would like to host a self defence class each week in our Rhythm and Movement classes."

"Sounds great! When would it start?"

"Probably next term, between recess and lunch, but we haven't decided yet."

"Cool..."

"Are you both okay with that?"

I nodded, "absolutely."

"Good, now continue with your work please."

English continued as normal, I told Livia what we talked about. History was boring. At lunch we discussed what we would actually be bringing tomorrow night.
Both couples will bring their own blanket, Livia will bring platter type stuff, so as much cheese as possible, kabana, biscuits, all that.
Kat will bring drinks and cups, including hot chocolate, soft drink, water etc.
Sheldon will bring bread rolls and butter, lettuce, sauce and a roast chicken from the supermarket.
I will be bringing all the sweet stuff, so, chocolate, marshmallows, peanut butter cups, ice cream, etc. After school, coincidentally, we had to go shopping, so I got everything I needed, paid for myself and made sure I kept it in a spot where I won't forget it.

The afternoon continued as usual, I texted Sheldon for a bit, trying to distract myself from Shannon and Amy who were... well, to put it plainly; they were having sex again.

It got to a point where I couldn't deal with it anymore, so I had a shower, while thinking about what would be happening tomorrow and all the possibilities of being alone at night.

When I got out, I noticed an email on my phone, saying that there was a last minute decision to give everyone the day off tomorrow, what a coincidence...

I knocked on Shannon's door and waited. "What do you want?"

"We have a day off tomorrow. Last minute decision by the school."

"Okay. Oh, and Amy's staying the night. Find your headphones." He smirked, and closed the door in my face. I groaned. Dead-ass thinks he'll get away with it. I smiled to myself, turned my alarm off, and locked my door.