Alone Together // Pete Wentz

Sophomore Slump

~Pete's POV~

My phone suddenly lit up my dark bedroom.

From Anna:

Why did you let go?

I felt my face get red, I didnt know why though. Maybe her parents had been tough on her, and she just wanted a long hug. It couldn't have been because she likes me. No, that wouldn't be realistic. How could someone so perfect, like someone so... Well, not.

To Anna:

I wish I didn't ;(

I hit send, and waited for a reply. I put in my headphones and turned on some Metallica. After I listened to my favorite album, I checked our conversation. It hadn't been delivered, so shed probably fallen asleep. I closed my eyes, and drifted off.

-----ONE WEEK TIME LAPSE-----

(Still Pete's POV)

Tomorrow was the first day of 10th grade. We had gotten our schedules a few days ago, and Anna and I had a lot of classes together. I had some with Patrick, but not as much as last year. Frank and Gerard had almost the same exact schedule, which mostly matched mine. What made me mad was that Andy and Joe had absoluetly no classes with me. Well at least they were together. I smiled, thinking of all the fun we had this week.

On monday we all went bowling. On tuesday we went out for pizza (my personal fave) On wednesday just hung out at Anna's house. On thursday, Julia, Patrick, Joe, Andy, Gerard, Frank, Mikey, and Ray went to the beach. Anna and I couldn't go, because, as our parents agreed, that would be "pushing it." They were only letting us do stuff locally because it was the last week of summer. Our parents acted as though they had been friends for awhile, even though it was only a couple weeks. But I guess you could say the same about Anna and I. This was a pretty awesome summer. Too bad school started tomorrow. I tried to shut my eyes to sleep and forget about the stressful day ahead of me, but I failed. I knew this was gonna be a long night of listening to music and being a nervous wreck.

~Anna's POV~

It was the night before school started, and I was one thought closer to having a major panic attack. I was worried about the classes with hardly anybody I knew in them, like Math and Social Studies. I started shaking, like I often did when I was alone having a panic attack. Stop. I told myself. It just got worse. I suddenly remembered Elyse and Karen and the girls who had laughed and pointed at me. I felt nauseous. I put the blanket over my head, staining it with tears. I put my headphones in, and tried to forget about real life for awhile. Well, I was in for a rough night.

I'm not sure the time I fell asleep, but when I did it felt like four seconds had gone by before my alarm clock suddenly rang loudly. I groaned, but then say straight up. It was 5:30, two hours before I had to be in school. I was close enough to walk, so I allowed myself 20 minutes for getting there. I had already picked out my outfit the night before- light wash skinny jeans with a plain black top, and converse. I was going to straighten my hair and do my usual makeup routine (which took about 2 minutes.) I finished getting ready by 6:30 because I had taken my time, and jammed out a little. I ate some Cheerios and then went back upstairs to brush my teeth. Becca was wearing black skinny jeans and a white Blink tee. But she looked 1 million times better than I did. I sighed. Once I was completely done I grabbed my back pack, and Becca met me in the kitchen with hers.

"You girls look amazing!" My dad said to us.

"Thanks." Becca muttered, glancing at the clock.

"Thank you!" I smiled at him.

"Let's go! We're gonna be late." Becca said, pushing past me. I rolled my eyes and hugged my parents.

"Good luck! Make some friends." My mom said.