Jack

Chapter 2

I can't show my face in school today. I'm sure the whole school now knows that I go to therapy. Kendall's probably sent out mass texts saying:

PSA: Cow goes to therapy for body issues! With a picture of my face underneath.

That's it. I'm ditching. This cow is not leaving her bed today. I quickly text Parker.

Not going to school today. Deathly ill.

He doesn't reply. The next thing I know he's standing in my doorway.

"What's wrong? You look fine," he says.

"I'm contagious. You should just leave," I respond in my best attempt to be sick.

"For some reason, I find that very hard to believe. Get up! We're going!" he yells as he tries to pull me out of bed.

"Fine," I groan, "I'm moving."

Walking into school feels worse than yesterday. Are people really looking at me? Or am I imagining things? They've probably come up with all kinds of new names for me. I personally think Mad Cow would be a good one.

I made it to gym without any problems. After scarfing down some cheez-it's and oreo's, I rush to the locker room and change before the other girls. I thought I was alone. I pull my head through my shirt and there stood Kendall. Oh God. Here it comes.

"You better not tell anyone about yesterday or I will make you more of an outcast than you already are," she snaps.

"Uh..Okay," was all I could manage to get out.

Maybe this won't be as bad as I though it would.

"Okay class, I've changed the project just a little, " Mr. McDaniel says as he walks into class. We collectively groan.

"It's not that bad guys, I know you haven't gotten that far along since you just started yesterday. The new objective of the project is to recreate a love scene from a movie that isn't considered romantic."

The class erupts with excited chatter.

"No sex scenes."

The class groans again.

Parker turns toward me. " Well, at least we don't have to change our movie," he says.

"Thank God. We just have to pick a love scene. Do you want to do one between Ferris and Cameron or Ferris and Sloane?"

"Since I'm a guy and you're a girl we should do Ferris and Sloane. Even though it would be nice to do a different kind of love because everyone else will do something romantic. I could probably get Logan to be one of the guys."

The mere mention of Logan gave me anxiety. "We can just do Ferris and Sloane."

"That's good with me. Logan would be a pain in the ass anyway."

Class flew by and the next thing I knew was headed to Parker's for our Tuesday movie night.

It's musical week in class so we have to pick a musical and take notes in our screening journals. We decided on Little Shop of Horrors.

I let myself in his house without knocking and head down to his basement. I reach the bottom of the stairs and Parker is sitting on the love seat, a bowl of popcorn in his lap. I take my usual seat beside him.

"I put M&M's in the popcorn. I know it's your favorite," he says.

"You didn't have to do that! You hate chocolate."

"Yeah, well, I knew you'd like it," he says as he smiles at me. He's always smiling at me. Freak.