Not Over You

Chapter 3 - School's Out!

School ended at 2:45pm. It was finally the weekend and students quickly flooded the hallways. Nathan waited for his girlfriend Daley to come out of class. She came out but didn't see him standing by the lockers cause there were too many students crowding the place. Nathan saw Daley and snuck up behind her grabbing her aggressively by the shoulders.

"Hey, beautiful!" Nathan said laughing.

Daley jumped "Hey!" she smiled then wacked him on the chest for scaring her like that. They both started walking to Daley's locker.

"It's the weekend finally!" Nathan said excitedly. "No more math quizzes... well for the next two days at least."

"Yeah, but you still have to study it." Daley pointed out. Nathan rolled his eyes. "Yeah , I know." He shot back.

"So, tomorrow's Saturday, what do we have planned?" Nathan asked wrapping his arm around Daley's neck.

"Sorry, Nate but we don't have any plans for tomorrow." She said. "But I do, Mel and I are going shopping, Mel's gonna help me look for a Prom dress and I don't want you coming with us."

Nathan shrugged. "That's fine, but why don't you want me to tag along with you girls? He asked. "Not like I actually wanna go I'm just asking."

"Because, I want my dress to be a surprise, so you can't see it until Prom night." Daley replied putting her things in her locker then closing it. Daley and Nathan began walking down the hall heading out of the school.

"A surprise, huh?" Nathan said with a smirk on his face. "Make sure the dress isn't too complicated. I wanna be able to easily take it off of you by the end of the night."

Daley laughed. "Oh, in your dreams Nathan!" She said elbowing him in his rib. Daley and Nathan continued walking and laughing then Nathan noticed Melissa coming down the stairs.

"Mel? Where were you? We didn't see you at lunch. What happened?" Nathan asked.

" Oh, umm...I, ah...had to do something." she said. Nathan didn't believe a word Melissa said.

"You know I could tell when your being less then truthful." He said.

Melissa's eyes looked in another direction and Nathan turned his head to see what she was looking at. Nathan saw Jackson by is locker and for once Taylor wasn't around hovering around him. Jackson noticed Nathan was looking in his direction and shot him a wave. Nathan smiled and waved back to him. Then Nathan's gaze went back to Melissa's. She had the most saddest look on her face. Nathan could tell something was wrong, but he didn't have to ask her cause he already knew what or who for that matter that was bothering her. JACKSON.

Nathan began. "Look. Ah, me, Daley, Eric, Abby, Taylor and Jackson... We're, all gonna go to park and hangout. You know, like we always do every Friday. You coming?" Nathan asked Melissa.

"Um, I can't. I got some things to do at home." Melissa lied. "You sure Mel?" Asked Daley.

"Yeah, you guys go have fun." Melissa said with a slight smile. Nathan sighed "Alright, Mel."

Melissa, Nathan and Daley walked out of the school together and were soon joined by Jackson and Taylor. Melissa completely ignored the two people she 'disliked' and began a conversation

with Daley about their plans for Saturday. All of a sudden a long silence broke between the five of them. Nobody said a word, not even Taylor and she's usually the one who's always yapping about something.

Nathan broke the silence. "Did anyone see Abby or Eric?"

"Uh, I saw Eric in the hall after last period ended." Jackson replied. "I didn't see Abby."

"Well, they're probably at the park waiting for us." said Daley. "Oh, look there they are." Daley said pointing in Abby and Eric's direction. They were both sitting on the grass under a tree, watching some guys playing football on the field.

As the five of them headed to meet their two friends, Melissa then decided to leave and said goodbye to Nathan and Daley.

"Later Mel, I'll give you a call tonight ok? Nathan said.

"Sure, no problem, bye." Melissa waved at Nathan and Daley once again, not making any eye contact with Taylor or Jackson. She quickly walked off.