Chp 27

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"Look into my eyes
Now you're getting sleepy
Are you hypnotized
By secrets that you're keeping?
I know that you're keeping
I know that you're keeping."
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The dinner went well that night and we caught up on a lot of things. Dad's health has been improving and he'll be fit in no time. Today is Sunday, I'm back from Florida and right now am getting ready for school.

I put on my favorite white Skechers, grab my phone and backpack and leave for school

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I put on my favorite white Skechers, grab my phone and backpack and leave for school.

I got a ride with GG and we we're now standing in front of our lockers waiting for the other girls to turn up.

"Sup bitches!!??" GG and I both turn to see the owners of the voice and there stood Ly and Jo

"Wassup" GG says as they came and stood by us

"Where's Nat?" I ask since she wasn't around

"She got a ride with Aiden." Jo informs

"Oh of course she did." I say with a smile

I'm happy for my friend. Nat for sure deserves all the love that Aiden showers her with. They're perfect together.

"There she comes." Ly says and we follow her ray of vision only to see Aiden and Nat walking hand in hand and beside them walked Ryder and Zeke

I hate myself for noticing that Matt was missing.

I don't know why but it's as if my eyes were searching for the ocean blue ones.

"Hello beautiful ladies." Ryder greats while Zeke nods at all of us as a greeting

"Umm...where's Matt?" I ask not being able to hide the curiosity anymore

"He had some work at home." Zeke says but I know there's more to it but I'm not gonna push it so I only nod in reply

"Why do you ask?" Ryder questions while everybody looks at me suspiciously

Crap!

"Maybe because we're supposed to work on an assignment together?" I say, hoping they'd buy it

"Wow so a few days ago who couldn't stand him and now you're asking why he isn't here?" Jo says suspiciously with a slight smirk

"Oh I'm sorry I committed a crime by asking where one of our friends was." I snap

"So he's your friend now?" GG says, raising an eyebrow

"What is so hard to understand that I was just asking where he is and that there's nothing more to it?" I yell, annoyed and walk away to my class

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I was right now seated in my bio class which I didn't share with anyone else and Matt was absent which meant I'd have to go through it alone.

You have gone through hundreds of classes alone up until now. My conscience butted in.

It was right but I was so used to Matt sitting next to me and making me laugh all the time by making some or the other stupid comment that now the class felt quiet. Real quite.

I didn't pay attention to anything the teacher said because I kept thinking of how Matt would make fun of what the teacher was saying and I silently laughed to myself.

I don't even know why I was even thinking about him right now but what I do know was the class felt empty without him and I don't even know why.

I pushed away all the thoughts about Matt and exited the class after the bell rang.

I was looking at my schedule that David sent me and the next thing I know I crash into something more like someone.

"I see we're still walking without looking huh, precious?" Matt teases while I glare at him and rub my now hurt nose

"I wasn't the only one who was walking without looking now, was I?" I snap

"How was your visit to Florida?" he asks, ignoring my previous accusation

"It was good." I give a short reply

And now we were both walking towards the cafeteria since we had lunch now.

"Why were you not there half the day?" I ask, curiosity getting the best of me

"I had work." he replies, not meeting my eyes

I realized that he doesn't want to talk about it so I don't push it.

"Okay." I say and he looks at me, surprised

"You're not gonna ask me any questions about it?" he asks looking into my eyes as if searching for answers

"I know you'll tell me when you trust me enough, if you ever will, that is." I say with a soft smile and go sit down at our table while Matt takes his seat opposite to me

"So now you're calm?" Nat teases while I pass her a death glare

"Of course she is. The reason why she was mad doesn't exist anymore coz she saw what she wanted to see all this time." GG teases eyeing Matt while I give her a glare too

"What am I missing out?" Matt asks

"Why don't you ask Kelly?" Ryder teases joining the girls too

"What's goin on?" Matt asks again but this time looking straight into my eyes

"Nothing." I say as calmly as I can and go back to eating my slice of pizza

"Is it really nothing, Kel?" Ly says smirking

"You guys say one more word and you're all dead." I say with ice cold voice and they all shut up and go back to their food

I look up to see Matt who was already looking at me with amused eyes.

I get a text from David asking me to be at the health care centre right after school. I send him a guick 'okay' and stand up to throw my plate into the dustbin.

"I gotta go." I say to no one in perticular at the table

"But lunch is not over yet." Matt says while everyone's shocked eyes shifts to him but he ignores them and keeps looking in my eyes

"I need to meet the school nurse for something before next class." I answer him

"Are you hurt anywhere?" Matt asks with his voice laced with concern and stands up from his seat

That simple question sent a tickle to my heart.

"I need to ask her if she needs a volunteer coz remember our economics teacher asked us to volunteer in any of the school activities?" I tell him

"Oh right okay." he says and sits down

"See ya guys later." I say and leave.

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Why was Kelly so affected by Matt not being there at school?

What was it about Kelly that Matt found so amusing?

Why was Matt so worried about Kelly all of a sudden?

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