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A week had gone by since Mike's accident, but he was recovering. He had to miss an entire week of school, and I don't think he had a big problem with that. The week he was finally able to go to school, he was just happy to get out of the house. 

"Hey Mike, how are you feeling?", Scott asked, after walking up to us once we arrived at school.
"Better, a little bit of pain every now and then, but I'm okay. Staying at home for a whole week really does something to you", he replied, shaking his head. 
"Your friends are waiting for you", I nodded in the direction of his friends. He took off, leaving Scott and I alone. 
"I got something for you", Scott spoke, now standing right in front of me.
"What is it?"
"I was out and about yesterday, saw this and immediately thought of you. I know you've been feeling down a lot lately, and we have this thing where we give each other flowers when we aren't feeling well so I thought this was perfect", he smiled sadly. He handed me a rectangular box, with a long necklace inside that had a daisy pendant. I lifted the necklace from the box and examined it while he waited for a reaction. I quickly pulled him into a hug, holding the necklace tightly and trying not to cry.
"Thank you, Scotty", I whispered. He simply nodded and rubbed my back. I slipped it on and we shared a smile.

We made our way to our English class, and found Stiles asleep on his desk, while Isaac sat a seat from him, scribbling in his notebook.
"Long night?", I said, trying to wake him up. He didn't sit up, just simply groaned and nodded. I sat in the seat between him and Isaac, while Scott sat behind him, trying to wake him up by continously poking him. 
"Good morning, Isaac", I smiled. He looked up at me, gave me a small smile and focused his eyes back to his notebook, which I found really weird since he's never greets me that way. "Is everything okay?", I questioned.
"Everything's fine", he replied, almost coldly. "Didn't get enough sleep", he explained, without looking at me. 
"You sure?"
"Positive", he said, looking up to the front of the class. I shrugged it off and let him be, thinking he would open up in his own time.

Once English ended, he just took off without saying a single word to me. During our History class, he tried to avoid me by talking to a bunch of other people I didn't even realize were friends with him. By then I figured he had an issue with me, so I thought I'd just wait until he was okay.

During the lunch period, I sat in the cafeteria reading a book, while I picked at my food. I was too into reading the book, that I hadn't noticed someone sitting next to me.
"Hey", he spoke. I looked up and saw Isaac looking at me blankly.
"Why have you been avoiding me all day?", I said, putting my book down.
"I've just been feeling off today. I'm okay now", he said, putting his hand on mine.
"Don't do that", I said, pulling my hand away. "You've been avoiding me the entire day, without giving me an explanation, and now that you're okay, you're going to talk to me normally?", I snapped at him. He looked surprised by my reaction and sat there just staring at me. 
"Whatever, I'm feeling off right now", I said, standing up while grabbing my things, and walked away from him. 

I walked out to the field and thought I'd sit there for the next period since it was my free class. I sat down, took a deep breath in order to cool off, and took out my sketchbook. The thing about me, is that I get angry really quickly. I don't throw tantrums or anything, I've learned to control myself, but I get irriated very easily. I think everyone gets that way. 

I started drawing a scene from Nightmare Before Christmas, since that was one of my favorite movies. After watching it for the first time, I started drawing the characters and scenery a lot, so it's something I like to draw from time to time. 

Ten minutes into it, Isaac sat down next to me. I looked up at him and saw him staring at the drawing. 
"One of my favorite movies", I stated, still looking at him. He shifted his eyes to me and smiled. 
"I'm sorry", he said.
"Just tell me why, Isaac"
"I got jealous", he replied. As soon as he said it, I sighed and put my hand on my necklace. I took it off and stared at it.
"I told you, I'm in love with you", I said, looking back at him.
"I know, and I believe you"
"Then why the jealousy?"
"I saw how happy it made you, and I wanted to be the one to make you that happy"
"You do make me happy, but you're not the only one. I've been friends with Scott and Stiles for a long time, they're my best friends"
"I know-"
"You're my home, Isaac"
"I'm sorry", he said, quickly pulling me into a hug. 
"Thank you", I said, rubbing his back. 
"Please put it back on, I'm going to feel terrible if you don't", he said, scratching the back of his head. I put the necklace back on, and took his hand in mine. "You're not mad?", he asked.
"I can't be mad at you, you're too cute", I joked. 
"You're too good to me", he said, leaning his forehead onto mine and closing his eyes.
"Isaac", I called out.
"Yes, Julie?", he opened his eyes.
"Can you just kiss me already?", I said, smiling at him. He laughed, and pulled me in for a kiss. I pulled away a little bit into the kiss, "Do you think we'd get into trouble for making out on school grounds?", I said, laughing and holding his face in my hands.
"Let's find out", he smirked, leaning in again.
"Hey, no, I'm a good student, I'd rather not get in trouble", I said, pushing him away. He laughed and pulled me into him, wrapping his arms around me and putting his chin on my shoulder. 
"I really am sorry for acting that way", he said.
"I know, I forgive you", I replied, kissing his cheek. 
"Do you want to continue your drawing?"
"I'll finish it later. When will I ever get to do this again with you?", I laughed.
"Probably soon since we can't seem to stay away from each other", he laughed along with me. "I wish I could give you the whole world, Julie", he said, kissing my shoulder.
"I don't think world domination suits me", I joked. 
"You're so ridiculous", he sighed, sitting up straight so that his chin could rest on my head. He held me tighter and rocked us back and forth. 
"I'm sorry I'm not good with all the cheesy stuff", I said, playing with his fingers.
"It's one of the many things I love about you", he took my hand up to his mouth and kissed it. 
"Mike was listening to a bunch of music from 2005 and all, and he got to this one song and it reminded me of you" 
"What was it?"
"It went, 'Remind me that we'll always have each other, when everything else is gone', and that's how I feel when I'm with you. No matter what, I'll always have you"
"We will always have each other, I promise you", he spoke gently. I turned my body so I could look directly at him, and I smiled at him. He started laughing, which confused me.

"And you said you weren't good with the cheesy stuff". 

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