Everything in Between

Chapter 4

"Good morning class," I am so tired right now I don't even know if my eyes are open or if they are halfway shut I really don't even know. "Here is your test, just a review of what we've been working on for the past 2 months." Mr. Richards walks around and hands papers to each of the people in the front desks.

I doze off and put my head down on the table. "Zaire," I jump at the sound of my name and look to my right, and there's the one and only Cayson Leighton.

"Huh?" I sit up and try to open my eyes more so I look awake. I don't think it's working because the more I do the more my eyes insist on closing by themselves.

"Looks like you didn't sleep much last night." He looks at me with so much concern it sends a warm wave through my stomach. I nod and work harder on keeping my eyes open so I look somewhat aware of my surroundings.

Cayson hands me the test and I grown. "Alright. There will be absolutely no talking. Get to work." I hate Mr. Richards.

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The rest of the day goes by in a blur, and Cayson hasn't said anything to me all day. I don't know what his problem is. He usually talks to me at least once in every class.

As I'm driving home after school, I think about my first two years with Cayson; when we dated. God, I wish we never dated. I really do. We used to eat our lunch out by the school library under the big tree. Some of my favorite memories were made there. Like our first kiss, (our real first kiss), technically our first one was in 8th grade at our graduation party for middle school and we were all playing truth or dare and Arian dared me to kiss Cayson so I did. Then we started high school and we dated for two years, and one day he broke up with me. Then a week later, I saw him and Arian walking and holding hands together in the hallway. She was my best friend up until that moment. She went behind my back and started dating my boyfriend of two years. Do you know how hard that was for me to accept and move on with my life? Really hard considering the fact that I didn't have many friends since Cayson and Arian were the only people I had. Now it's just me. And now Arian hates me. Which makes no sense. I should be the one who hates her guts but whatever. Anyways, Arian and Cayson had to break up last year when he left to move to Nashville for a year since he does the music thing. He had a band and everything too. He said he came back because he wanted to finish high school. So now he's back and now Arian won't stop with the death glares whenever she sees us talk in the hallways and I find it funny.