blue stone - ozliloz (read aloud .txt) 📗

off his seat and out the door before she finished
"he's gone" Mr. Myles said
"okay thank you"
brianna looked around..where was james? why did he leave without telling her where he was going. she was worried this wasnt like him..and xavier..why did he leave so suddenly..it was only first period

chapter 3

She didn’t see either of them until lunch. James was the first one to show up. He marched through the cafeteria looking on the edge. He flopped himself on a chair across from where Brianna was seated. “Where were you?” Brianna asked handing him a bag of Lays.
“Out and about. Something came up and I had to take care of it.” He said as he looked around the cafeteria.
“Oh...is everything okay?”
“Yeah...why wouldn’t it be?”
“I don’t know. It was just a question…sorry” Brianna said. She was relieved to see that he was okay. She just wondered what could be so important that had James looking like someone was out to kill him.
“I’m sorry” James said grabbing her hand
“Its okay” Brianna sighed giving him a small smile
“Okay” James said removing his hand, when people started to stare and smiled at her “I don’t want you to think I’m an asshole”
Brianna laughed “I couldn’t hate you...your my best friend”
James gave her a weak smile “yeah...Always” James stiffened and muttered under his breath just then Xavier walked in the room. Brianna saw him right away and waved at him. James was clenching his fists; he was giving Xavier the death stare. Xavier made his way over to the table where Brianna and James were seated. “Who are you?” James hissed
Xavier noticed James for the first time, he was too busy smiling and looking at Brianna, his smile faded. Both boys stared at each other. You could cut the air around them with a knife. “I’m Xavier Montoya...who are you?” Xavier asked. James just kept staring
“James knight” James growled never taking his eyes off of him
“Oh aren’t you like the football captain?”
“Yeah that’s me” James replied
“I thought so. I wanted to know about joining the football team.” Xavier said as he sat down next to Brianna, and looking up at James. Who was looking away biting his lip.
He finally looked back and gave Xavier a hard look. “If you want to be on the football team you gotta show me what you got, so I can recommend you to coach O. we already have enough players but we’ll see. Be at the football field at 7:00.”
They glared at each other “I’ll be there”

Chapter 4

By the end of the school day everyone was talking about the new boy, especially the girls. Brianna heard them as she changed into her sports bra and shorts. She saw Chelsea, the cheer captain stand on one of the benches in the locker rooms. “Listen up girls. We are going to practice outside today because the gym is going to be used by someone else today. So we will be going out to the football field to practice today. So be out in the field in two minutes”
It was nice outside. Lexis nudged Brianna when they arrived at the football field “look” she said. Brianna looked. The cheerleaders had stopped to look in awe. James was in short with no shirt on, he had the body of a model. “Why didn’t you tell he had a hot bod!?” lexis squealed. Brianna didn’t know what to say. She had seen James without a shirt on before. He would always go to her house to swim in her pool. She didn’t tell lexis though. “Well now you know” she said smiling
James rushed over to where Brianna was covered in sweat, when practice was over. Mostly everyone was gone but them. “Just wanted to see if you’d wait for a bit” he said lying down in the grass
“Yeah” Brianna wanted to say and get to see Xavier. She sat down on the ground next to James and laid her head on his stomach. They both looked up the sky. James was playing with Brianna’s long brown hair. They laid there until they heard someone clear their throat. Brianna sat up and saw Xavier. James was on his feet immediately .
“Sorry if I interrupted something” Xavier said
“Its cool man, we were just laying down” James said putting on his muscle shirt. “You ready?”
xavier was in basketball shorts and had a black t-shirt on. “Yeah”
“Okay good. Brianna I’m going to need you for this” James said handing Brianna stopwatch
“Oh okay...do you just want me to time his speed?” She said pulling her hair up in a ponytail
“I just need you to help me judge him...sound good?”
“Yeah”
“Okay” James stretched his arms out in front of him. “First I need to see how fast you can run, I need to see endurance. We’re going to be running from here to the park and back. “He said
The park was about 3 miles away; Brianna knew that James could easily run 5 miles without breaking a sweat.
“All right sound good. Shall we get started?” Xavier said dropping his gym bag on the grass by Brianna.
“Ready, set go!” Brianna shouted as she started the stopwatch. The boys took off running, the seemed to be going at the same speed. She decided to sit down on the grass and check her phone for any missed calls. She had a new text message.
It was from Ileana
How’d it go?! What did he say 2 u? –Lilli
Brianna smiled, she hit reply
Ok. He just asked if James was my bf! Lolz –Bri
She hit send. She untied her ponytail as she lied down on the grass and closed her eyes, and then she heard someone approaching. She thought it was James but when she opened her eyes she saw Xavier. She stood up right away. Xavier stopped when he saw Brianna stand. “Hey!” he said as he caught his breath. Brianna stood staring. James was nowhere to be seen. It was less than 5 minutes.
She finally found her voice “hi” she kneeled down to open her cheer bag. “Would you like some water?” she asked retrieving her water bottle.
“Yeah sure” Xavier grabbed the water bottle. He chugged the water down quickly, it dripped down his neck. “Sorry” he said examining the empty pink bottle.
“It’s okay” Brianna said as he handed her back the water bottle
Xavier stared at her. She was pretty for a human girl. She was medium height at least 5’7 and she had an amazing body. He knew that for sure as he checked her out from head to toe. Her hair was brown and it was straight and long, it reached her waist. She had pretty dark green eyes. Her smile was beautiful, he wanted to lean in and touch her lips.
She felt him staring. She blushed and looked away. Xavier smiled softly. “You think I’m in or what?” he asked
Brianna turned with a smile on her face “of course, you’re definitely in” Xavier grinned.

Chapter 5

Just then Brianna saw James heading into the parking lot. “James!” she yelled as she waved, she walked her way to where he had stopped to wait for her.
“Hey” he said looking back at Xavier “you ready to go?” he asked grabbing his bag
“Um yeah” Brianna said. She noticed that something was bothering James, she wanted to ask him but she knew it was always better to wait. She looked back at Xavier; he looked so gorgeous standing there in the field. She wanted to go and talk to him but she had to go and comfort her best friend. So she climbed into James’s truck even though she didn’t have her bags.
James noticed Xavier looking at Brianna and he didn’t like it one bit. He felt better though when she climbed into the truck with him. He saw Xavier as he pulled out of the parking out reaching for Brianna’s bags. He looked over at his best friend; she had left her things behind just to comfort him. He felt like an asshole yet he felt good knowing she cared about him. He smiled. “I’m hungry” he said patting his stomach as he stopped at a stop light.
“Oh well what do you want to eat?” Brianna asked looking at her phone.
“Surprise me” James said turning right as the light changed to green.
“I can make us something to eat if you want. I have plenty of food at home since mom and dad are gone. Brianna said putting her phone down
“Okay” James smiled “what are you going to make?”
Brianna thought for a second “I think I’ll make spaghetti”
James grinned he liked spaghetti. He pulled into the drive way of her house. The house was big but it looked lonely. James shut off his truck and opened the front door with the key he had. He headed straight to the kitchen, digging through cabinets and Brianna’s refrigerator.
Brianna’s phone beeped. “Who is it?” James asked with a mouth full of Doritos.
“Hold on” Brianna said as she walked to into the living room to take the phone call. A few minutes later she returned with a smile on her face. James didn’t know what to expect so instead he helped her cook. By the time they had finished eating, cleaned the kitchen till it was spotless from all of the mess James made it was 9:30. James was lying down on Brianna’s bed dead asleep.
She poked him “hmm” he said
“You staying the night?” she asked although she already knew the answer
“What does it look like?” he mumbled. Brianna smiled; she made her way down the hall into the guest room to sleep since James was already in her room. It was 1:34 and Brianna was still wide awake. She turned on the lamp next to the bed. Just then her phone began to ring, she looked at the caller I.D. it was a number she didn’t recognize. She decided to answer the phone after a few rings “hello?”
“Hey” the voice said softly “can’t believe your still up this late”
Brianna smiled as her heart raced. She didn’t believe it. Lexis had called her when she got home to ask her if it was okay if she gave Brianna’s phone number to Xavier. Brianna had asked why and all lexis said was that he had asked for it. And now here she was talking on the phone with him. “Yeah me either” she said with a grin on her face
“Why do you say that” Xavier asked
“Because I usually go to sleep early when I have cheer drills”
Xavier laughed “should I hang up then?”
“No! It’s okay; I want to talk to you”
“Okay then, if you say so”
“So what are you up to at 1:34 in the morning?” Brianna asked as she logged into her laptop she had retrieved from her room.
“Well I can’t sleep, there’s always something going on in my house at all hours”
“Oh…is that why you had to leave right away in the morning?”
“Yeah my family had a visitor over and I had to be here to meet him”
“Sounds like your family is busy” Brianna responded as she got a hold of her I-tunes.
“Yeah you can say that…” he never finished