The next morning as I waited for Will under our tree I looked for any sign of Randy.
“Looking for me?” Will asked kissing my cheek.
“Yeah,” I lied hugging him.
He wrapped his arm around me and we walked inside the school. “So, where’s the nerd?” he asked.
“I’m not his keeper,” I said looking over at the nerd herd.
He wasn’t there.
“Well, when you see him tell him to find me at lunch”.
“I’m not doing your work for you,” I said once we reached my locker.
“You’re just lucky I’m apologizing…”
“Excuse me?”
“Joshing,” he said kissing my cheek again.
I raised an eyebrow at him. “You know you’re in the wrong right?”
“Sure, hon,” he said turning his attention to Charlie.
“Hey man! ‘Sup Morgan,” Charlie said smiling at us.
“Hey,” Will and I said.
The guys talked amongst themselves as I put my things in my locker. We walked, together, to our group of friends.
Once we were there Charlie gave Lilly a hug and a kiss on the cheek. I smiled at her and she grinned back.
The bell rang, for school to start, and we all went our separate ways.
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I didn’t see Randy all day.
The Nerd Herd must be a mess without their leader.
“No Randy today?” Will asked me as he walked me to the field hockey field.
“You remembered?”
“I can’t leave my lady unhappy”.
“Good, so you don’t mind going over to his house later today?”
“What? Why can’t we wait till he comes back?”
“No,” I said walking over to the other girls.
[Randy’s Point Of View]
I slowly limped out of the bathroom and into my room.
“What happened to you?”
I jumped and looked at Jenny sitting at my desk.
“Your mom let me in. How did this?”
“Will…” I said suddenly feeling naked in just my pajama bottoms.
I felt Jenny staring at my naked chest. I might not be as muscular as Will, but I do workout every other day or so.
I quickly yet slowly made my way over to my bed and climbed under the covers.
“My parents took me to the hospital to make sure I was alright. Just a little banged up. I should be back on Friday.”
“The gang and I made this card at lunch,” Jenny handed me a pad of printer paper folded in half. They wrote ‘Get Well Soon!!” on the front and decorate the front.
I smiled, “thanks”.
“I know how much you hate being behind on your school work so I brought you all the notes that you missed and homework that’s due.”
“Thanks, Jenny, but you didn’t need too.”
“I wanted too” she said sitting next to me.
