Bea |
Member since Dec 2007
Bella had warned me that Gym was compulsary here, so after lunch I was fully prepared with a note from Carlise saying that I had a long term issue with my knees and that sort of excercise was not beneficial to my recovery, so I sat in the hall and read until the rest of the class were done. Ashley came over a couple of times, as she was in my class, only to be shooed away by the teacher. Next we had French, and I was surprised to find I could actually do it. I'd never been very good at French, it wasn't really my thing, but suddenly I got it. My new, more spacious brain was able to remember all the different forms of verbs with ease, without precious space being wasted by trivial things like keeping my heart beating and processing food. None of the lunch table group were in my French class, so I was sitting with a tiny boy whom I'd noticed earlier at lunch, at a table on his own. He'd murmered sheepishly,
"I'm Jack" at the beginning of the lesson but had remained silent for the remaining hour. I didn't really mind, I wasn't a big fan of constant chatter. When the last bell went I headed back to my locker and to my surprise found Ashley, Liz, Simon and Ella waiting for me, Ella somewhat reluctantly it seemed.
"French OK?" Ashley asked
"Alright." I replied, "Bit boring."
" I know what you mean!" gushed Ashley, "And I'm terrible at it anyway, I never know what to do with the accents..." She continued in this vein until we reached the parking lot, although no one was really listening. Everyone else, it seemed, was slipping me side glances. Ella was giving me daggars every few paces, SImon was glancing over and blushing profusely, and I couldn't quite work out Liz, she glanced over a couple of times, and just smiled at me. I returned it and then Ashley let out a squeal,
"JESS!" I looked over and saw that two older girls were standing in the lot, one of which Ashley was now hugging. "I can't believe you're down for the weekend! Why didn't you tell me?"
"I wanted it to be a surprise!' Said Jessica, and the girl next to her let out a laugh,
"I think it's the only time she's ever kept a secret for more than a day!"
Everyone laughed, "Hey Lauren." said Ashley,
"Hey." She said, "Are you gonna introduce us to your friends or what?"
"Oh, sorry, this is Liz, Ella, Simon and Anna." Lauren and Jessica gave tiny waves and we returned them, "Anna's new, today is just her first day. She's Dr and Mrs Cullen's new kid." All of a sudden Jessica was all smiles and asking about how everyone was, and Lauren had fallen silent. We were interrupted by the huge roar of an engine as a black motorcycle pulled up, and I beamed when I saw who was riding it.
"Need a lift?" Asked Seth, his eyes glinting. As I rushed to him I heard Jessica whisper, "Deja Vu or what?" and practically heard the pop as the girls' mouths drop open.
"Miss me?" He asked,
"Nah." I said, and then he was kssing me in full view of everyone, but I didn't mind. "Maybe just a little." I admitted as he lifted me onto the back of the bike. I waved goodbye to my stunned friends and shouted that I'd see then on Monday as we sped off, but not in the direction I'd anticipated.
"Where are we going?" I asked, his face hardened,
"Somewhere very dangerous, with a high risk of one or both of us meeting an untimely end. I'm taking you to meet my Mom."