Chapter 3: Conversations

I jumped...again. No one calls me by my real name except for really old teachers, even though I correct them 100 times a day!
"hi" I said not knowing how this voice will react
"well its about time!" she sounded angry "I tried to talk to you yesterday but you turned off your square thing with a screen before I got the chance"
"you mean my computer?" I corrected
"Joseph, a computer would be way to big to fit in this room" she said
"I don't have one of those! I have a personal computer called an Apple MAC" I tried to say nicely "the creator of the apple company also invented the first PC"
"and who was that?" she asked.
"umm" I said trying to think of the name "Steve Jobs"
"and is this Steve Jobs still alive?" she said sounding like she didn't believe me.
"no" I said "he died of cancer"
"oh" she said "well I have to go make preparations for independence day that's tomorrow so I'll talk to you tomorrow"
"ok" I said sadly "I never got your name"
"Susan" she sounded happy for a change and she left
The next day on the bus Julie wasn't there. Damn! I thought I wanted to tell Julie about my conversation with Susan yesterday. While walking to home room, bobby, being his usual self asked me
"where's your girlfriend?"
"well she's not here and she's not my girlfriend" I said
"probably home crying because she doesn't have any friends" he added, being mean "well it's true! she isn't very popular"
"so what?" I was angry "just because she isn't popular doesn't mean I can't be friends with her!"
I left him there to think about what I said.