Chapter 8

The day had finally come, and for the first time since being back, I was nervous to get to school. I walked Lex to his class, and went to sit down at the picnic table in the front of the school so I could see when everyone else got there.

Mel arrived first and walked right over to me. "Hey Day! How was the rest of your weekend?" We started talking about her Mel's date with Jackson until the next person showed up.

Nathan was next, and he walked over and gave Daley a kiss on the cheek. "Hey ladies." Thus far it was the three of them, just like it had been for the last three months. What if no one else cares? I thought.

Jackson was next, and Mel was worried he would ditch them like before. She was very wrong. Jackson saw them, and he started jogging over to them. "Hey guys! Sorry I haven't been the same these past three months, but Friday night I finally found my way home,"

Everyone at the table smiled and knew exactly what he meant.

Eric arrived next with a group of his friends. "Hey guys, I'll catch up with you later, I've got some people I need to see." Eric told his friends.

As Eric started to walk over to them, his friend Kyle stopped him. "Dude, what are you doing? You were stuck on an island with them for a month, and you still wanna hang out with them? They are three losers and a criminal. You seriously want them as friends?"

The group watched Eric without much hope, but what happened next surprised them all.

Eric punched his friend in the mouth. "They are anything but losers. They are amazing people, so yeah; I so seriously want them as friends." And with that, Eric walked over and took a seat.

"Sorry it took me so long; I had some stuff to take care of." Everyone just smiled and welcomed him back to the group.

Taylor was the last to get to school, and she was surrounded by her group of followers. Taylor saw the group and waved. Her friends gave her a weird look, but it didn't matter anymore. Taylor unzipped her jacket and showed off her new t-shirt.

"Ew Taylor! What are you wearing?" Her friend Nikki demanded.

"Daley got it for us Friday night."

"That's why you didn't go to the party? You were with them?" Nikki said angrily.

"Yeah I was. So what."

"You realize they aren't even worth hanging out with right? I mean you are so much better than they are."

"No Nikki, not really; I'm not any better than they are. I just hope one day I can be as good as them," Taylor said. She walked away and didn't even bother to look back.

"Hey guys. Sorry, it took me forever to find my way back," They all understood, and welcomed her right back to the group.

"So Taylor, it's good that you made Chilloween up because if not, we probably wouldn't be here right now," Daley said as she took off her jacket to reveal she was wearing her shirt as well.

Everyone else followed suit, and took off their jackets too. They all had on their shirts.

"Guess everyone will be able to find each other today at lunch," Jackson joked.

Just then the bell rang, and everyone got up. Jackson and Mel were hand in hand. Nathan and I were too, and Eric had his arm around Taylor.

"Are you ready to do this?" Eric asked Taylor.

Taylor looked at him and smiled, "Now that we are all back together, I think we're ready for anything."