Becoming Hers

17

*GRACIE'S POV*
The fourth period of the day had just finished and it was the start of our lunch break. It was quite boring so I was glad for the break.

"What's going on with Hannah? I swear she isn't around anymore," Caleb seemed to be a lot more interested about Hannah than he used to. I was worried about her too, after our weird encounter in the shop the other day, it really got me thinking. She had been off lately, I'd not really seen much of her. That was why I was going to meet her later, to see how she was doing. That was of course, if she bothered to show up.

"Yeah the last time she was at the shed was like two weeks ago," Charlie stated.

Charlie was doing alright. From what I knew, he hadn't spoken to Joey since the break up. A week had passed since then and obviously he was still heartbroken, I mean he admitted to being in love with the guy then he just walked away, how else would he have been feeling? But he was smiling again.

However, Joey hadn't officially left for America yet, he still had one more week and I think charlie was only pretending to be strong but we all suspected that when Joey was actually leaving, Charlie was going to break down and I didn't know if I'd be able to help him.

"We gotta come up with a name for the shed," I requested, "I mean, 'the shed' is pretty boring,"

"Ok, how about the man cave?" Caleb suggested, everyone seemed to be happy with the name. Everyone except me.

"Sweet," Charlie jumped up onto his feet and high fived Caleb. He was trying too hard to act happy so we wouldn't worry about him.

"Sure," Blake nodded, not really engaging.

"Hey guys! You aren't the only people here," I nudged. Besides, Hannah probably wouldn't have liked it either.

"Oh shit. Gracie's right," Lexi said. I smiled at her, glad that she backed me up.

"Sorry sis but it looks like you've been outnumbered," Caleb chuckled.

"No we need another name," Lexi insisted, "How about the bro cave?

"Why can't it just be the shed?" Charlie whined, "It's a shed so why can't we just call it that?"

"Because it's basic," I answered, "plus it sounds like a dirty old place to store tools," I added truthfully.

"I'm surprised Blake hasn't suggested we call it the 'Tardis', I mean he goes on about Doctor Who all the time," Charlie looked at Blake who had a slight smile on his face.

Blake hadn't put any suggestions into the conversation, in fact the only word I'd heard him say all morning was 'sure'. There was definitely something going on with him but I had no idea of what it could have been.

"Let's think about it," Charlie waited about five seconds before he added, "over coffee?"

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*LEXI'S POV*
Once again I was in the Heron's front garden, in the basketball court. I was just messing around with the ball, waiting for Caleb to return. He went to go get us both a drink but he'd been a while.

"I'm back," He shouted as he emerged from behind me.

"Berry or fruit punch?" He asked as he held up two Gatorade's.

"Berry," He chucked me the blue drink before opening the red one for himself.

"Cheers," I nodded before taking a gulp of the drink. After we finished our drinks, I assumed that we'd just get straight into the game but Caleb had something else to tell me.