“Settle down, settle down, people!” yelled the teacher, trying to quiet the rambunctious class.
“What are you going to bring, Ava?” Jen asked.
“I have no clue! But this is going to be soo fun!”
“I know! I can’t believe we get to go to-”
“Cancun, children, I know it’s exciting! It’s Cancun… that’s it,” Interrupted Mr. Alvarez. “If we can’t get under control, here, how can we possibly take you to a different country?”
The class immediately stopped chatting.
“Thank you,” he continued, “now… we need you at LAX tomorrow morning at 6am. Sharp. Please remember this isn’t like school, if you’re tardy we can’t just give you a lunch detention, the consequence is you will not be boarding the plane. Also! …”
I tuned him out…
“Hey,” Cory whispered, “you going?”
“Chyeah!” I whispered to the brown-haired blue-eyed cutie to my right.
“Niice, I hear the pools are siick..”
“I know! And they have awesome golf car-“
“Excuse me. Ava. Cory. Am I interrupting something?”
“Oh. Sorry, no…” I blushed, “Actually, yes, you are.” Is what I wanted to say but of course, me, being too much of a goody two shoes, didn’t do anything about it.
After last summer and the beginning of high school Amanda had clearly shown what she was more interested in. Boys. But, hey, that’s her prerogative. She began to distance herself from her friends to get closer to Chris. I miss her… a lot, but hey what can you do? I always knew I’d lose friends throughout high school, I just never expected them to be the ones you thought were your closest. Sometimes seeing her having fun without me, is painful, not cause I’m jealous but because it reminds me of the good times we used to have. Chris can’t stand being within a twenty foot radius of me, and Amanda’s constantly around him… so it only makes it worse.
This spring break, Amanda’s grounded for being at Chris’ house till 11 at night without parents, and Chris’ high-class richy rich family is vacationing in their condo in Venice, Italy. (I swear you could name anywhere and that family’d have a condo there… haha) I hate to say this, but. Maybe… without them… this trip won’t be half bad…
[[tbc - to be continued]]