Thanks to all of my loyal readers! I'm going to keep following the storyline on T.V. loosely but most of it is just made up. Feel free to comment! :D

Lunch was finished now, and I was still in denial that I skipped my first class. The worst

part of it was that it turned out to be the exact opposite of what I had hoped to

accomplish. As I waltzed into English, I noticed Eli wasn't there yet. Adam turned to

me and said, "Where were you this morning. You totally disappeared after the fight. I

was getting this close to punching Eli," he held up his thumb and index finger to show

about less than an inch between them. "All he could talk about was how good it felt to

beat up K.C. and the look he saw on your face." Adam's face turned to a mock disgust.

"I had to think. The whole situation was too complicated for me," Eli walked past me

just as I said that. Not even looking at me, he sat down with a confident grin on his face.

He sat there for about a minute before he turned around to face me. "Just so you know,

I'm really not sorry for this morning. More like… ecstatic."

Adam rolled his eyes and faced the other way. The only way I could keep my head on

straight was to feign sarcasm. "Wow. I don't accept your not-apology." Except it was a

huge lie.

"Oh, come on. You know you're not mad at me," Again, it was like he could read my

thoughts.

Challenging him, I raised my eyebrows and said, "Is that so?"

Ms. Dawes walked to the front of the classroom then. He faced forward but I'm guessing

he wasn't dodging my question. I could almost guarantee he would give me an answer

later.

"Today we are going to work on journal entries. Take Anne Frank for example, some of

the most famous stories today were diaries or journals. This project will last for one

week starting today and ending next Friday. You must write down events that you think

were important for you each day. I will be the only one reading these unless you choose

to show your work to your classmates. No names have to be mentioned unless you feel

the need to put them in. They can be typed or written and your name has to be

somewhere on the paper. Every day must be dated and they must be written from your

point of view."

Thank goodness I wouldn't have to put names in the story because Eli was definitely

going to be one of the main characters. But before I could contemplate the way I would

write down today's events while explaining what they have to do with yesterday, a note

showed up on my desk.

So will your page for today include hanging out with me

after school?

My cheeks heated and I grabbed my pencil. Was he finally asking me out?

That depends on what you're asking me. I scribbled on the page. Tapping him on the

shoulder, he held out his hand behind him for the note.

After he wrote something on the page, his hand appeared behind him again and I grabbed the note. I'm asking if you

want to hang out with me after school, duh.

Well, as long as he's getting straight to the point. Am I going to get some answers today?

You'll never know if you don't come.

Fine, but I will get very angry at you if you don't tell me anything.

Please, you can't get mad at me even when you try.

Yes I can. Btw I'm still mad at you for this morning.

You're a bad liar even when you're writing.

Ms. Dawes seemed to have finally noticed we weren't paying attention to the piece she

handed out to us, so I didn't write anything back. Besides, I couldn't actually think of a

witty comeback to that.

Adam looked at me then and said, "I'm getting sick of this, you both like each other. He

needs to tell you already."

"Wait. What?" He looked at me like he accidentally told me something that I wasn't

supposed to know yet.

But I wasn't going to let him get away with it, "Do you know what he's hiding from

me?"

"Look talk to him, not me." With that he turned back to the paper on his desk and

dropped the subject.

During the rest of class, my mind went crazy assuming everything. Did he already have a

girlfriend? Is there some big family drama? Could he have done something illegal?

Ugh! It was driving me insane! And why do I have to cave in to him every time? He

didn't even tell me I would get any answers! I felt like we were running around in a

circle only I was lost and Eli was guiding us, like he was purposely avoiding something.

Then in science to make matters worse, K.C. sat next to me and said. "Can we talk? Maybe after school?"

"I'm sorry K.C. Actually, I have plans." It wasn't worth the risk, telling him that I had

plans with Eli.

His face fell. "Oh, okay. Understandable. Do you have plans with Eli?"

"Not to be rude but that's really none of your business. Why? What did you want to talk

about anyway?" There was definite jealousy in his face.

"You offered last night to talk to me about Jenna and right now I really need someone to

talk to."

Of course I told him that. "When I get home tonight, I'll call you, okay?"

That made him brighten a little bit, "Alright."

Not paying attention to class for the rest of the day, I decided that I would hang out with

Eli. But if he decided not to tell me anything, we weren't going to be with each other as

much as we already were.