Future 17 Chapter 3

After every lesson Joey would be there, waiting for me. We would go to lunch together and we would go to lessons together. We made everyone jealous as we were never seen apart.
But on Friday just before the first lesson, Joey didn't turn up. All through my lessons I kept wondering where he was and kept thinking he would turn up. But he never did.
At lunch I went down to the bench again and hoped by now he would be here. Nothing happened. Then one of the girls from the group came over to me and said in her stuck up voice "I guess your lover boy didn't turn up huh? Thing is he's not into you," she said, smiling. At this point all my anger was building up inside me, I was trying not to believe her as I knew Joey wouldn't do this.
"He's into me he sent me a text saying so." she said carrying on. You would not believe how much I wanted to slap her in the face, but I some how managed to control myself. All of her stuck up friends were laughing.
I knew Joey wouldn't do that but some part of me believed it.
At the end of the school day I walked home, I couldn't bare being on the same bus as those girls.
When I eventually got home, I suddenly realized my dad still wasn't back yet, he was due back like four days ago. Where was he?
I knocked on my front door and my mum opened it.
"There you are I wondered where you got to." she said, letting me in

"Mum where's dad? He was meant to be back four days ago?"

"His meeting was postponed and he had to stay in Scotland for a little longer," she smiled, and fussed with my hair "So it's just you and me, have you brushed our hair again?"
I grabbed her wrist and moved it down so that she would stop fiddling with it.
"Yes I have brushed it, I did it yesterday as well when Joey picked me up…" I suddenly realized what I had said and pushed past her and headed for the kitchen.
"Joey?" she said, following me into the kitchen "Cassie I was a girl too ya know, you don't think I know when a girl has a thing for some boy."
I came out of the kitchen and said "Joey is not SOME boy ok now leave me alone I, I need to think…"

"You can't run from this." mum called to me as she watched me go up stairs

"I'm not I'm running from you!"
I slammed my door behind me and belly flopped on my bed