lungs

part 50

"it'll be fine anna. come on just get in the car." hunter says from his car.

i'm standing on my front porch at 6:00 in the morning debating if i should just miss this one day. one day won't hurt, right?

"what if i miss just this day. you know?" i told him from across my yard.

he looked up and chuckled, "no anna. come on, he probably won't even be at school."

"hey, i never said this was about joey." i told him. part of it is joey but the other half is that i don't want to go because it's school. who even likes school? i hate school.

"sure." he says.

i run up to the car and in get in the front seat, "shut up." i laughed.

"finally." he says shifting the gears before we start driving.

as we drive out of the neighborhood, i see joey walking with jacob to the bus stop. joey and i make eye contact for the split second.

i look down and play with my fingers. i miss him, i miss him so much. but he's the one who messed up. i don't know if we're broken up, i just said a break. maybe it's just a saying for a breakup? gosh i don't know.

"hey." hunter says. i look up and see concern in his eyes, "you okay?"

i nodded my head in response and looked out the window. i feel something lace up with my fingers and realized that hunter was holding my hand.

he looks at me and smiles, while kissing the top of my hand. his hands were so soft as he rubbed my knuckles with his thumb.

maybe this is a way to get over joey, if i get over him. what if it was an accident? what if i was just over exaggerating and lexi kissed him right when i came back. i'm probably wrong. it's joey for heck's sake, every girl is on him and he loves it.

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"you'll be fine." hunter says as we walk down the junior hallway. "if anyone gives you any shit then just tell me, okay?"

i nodded and took a deep breath. "thanks hunter, you're a really good friend."

she soft smiles before kissing the top of my forehead. "you got this."

i walked away from him and walked into my first period for mrs. smiths class. i remembered the first time i came in here and i sat next to jacob.

speaking of jacob, he's sitting with jeremy at the back of the class where jacob and i sat. only jeremy is in my spot. now i'm going to look like a lonely bitch.

i sit at the back of the class on the opposite side of where jacob and jeremy is and set my stuff on the ground.

i get out my notebook right before a girl with brown hair and blue eyes sits next to me. she doesn't speak to me though, she does the same as me and gets out her notebook for notes.

she keeps her head down and avoids eye contact with me. i think she's new because i never seen her before.

"psst!" i hear. i turn my head and see a boy holding a note in his hand in the row next to me. "it's from jacob."

i take the note and open it up. 'are you mad at me still?'

i look at jacob across the room and arched an eyebrow. i took out my pencil and wrote down my response. 'depends. u with little jeremy?'

i folded back up the paper and gave it to that boy that gave it to me in the first place. jacob opens the note and looks at me before he nods.

"i don't know yet." i mouthed to him from across the room. he shook his head and sighed.

this is going to be a long day...

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what do you think anna looks like just by the i made her in the story?