Going Back To My Old Life - Me :) (open ebook txt) 📗

I think Katie is waiting for me.” I said kind of awkwardly.

“Yeah, okay, go ahead.” Jordan said while opening the door and motioning me out. Katie was standing there and I noticed that she felt, uncomfortable for some reason. I looked at Jordan who was behind me and he looked pretty much, exactly the same. I wonder what happened between them. I decided to say something to take away the awkward silence.

“So, umm... Katie, what class do you have next?” I asked.

“Umm... I think I have French class so you probably have Spanish.” Katie said trying to avoid eye contact with Jordan.

“I have Spanish class now, you can walk with me.” Jordan offered.

“Uh, yeah, sure, thanks. I just need to go to my locker first if that's okay.” I said looking up at Jordan.

“Yeah, that's fine. Where's your locker?” Jordan asked.

“It's just down the hall,” I said to Jordan. “I'll see you at lunch, okay?” I said to Katie.

“Yeah, see ya.” Katie said and then left while Jordan and I went to my locker.

“So, how you've been?” Jordan asked while we were walking.

“I've been good, I guess.” I said unsure of what I should say next. I got to my locker and opened it. I put some stuff in and took some stuff out and then closed it.

“So where's Spanish class?” I asked.

“Just around the corner.” Jordan answered. We walked to Spanish class and didn't say another word to each other. I don't know why it was so awkward. We used to be so close, best friends. Ugh! We arrived to the classroom and everyone was already seated.

“Sorry, I'm late.” Jordan said and went to his seat. I walked over to the teacher and told him I was new and all that. He told me to take a seat. The only seat left was next to Jordan in the back of the room so I went across the room and sat down.

“Why don't you introduce yourself, in Spanish of course.” the teacher said. I introduced myself and didn't have mush difficulty with it because I find the Spanish language really easy for some reason. The teacher seemed satisfied with me and let me take my seat then started teaching the lesson.

“Hey,” Jordan whispered next to me.

“Hey,” I whispered back.

“So, I'm sorry that it's been a bit awkward between us.” he said.

“Awkward? Nah.” I said not even believing it myself.

“Really?” he whispered.

“No, it has been completely awkward.” I said with a laugh.

“Yeah,” he said laughing with me. I missed this. Him and me laughing together. I missed his laugh. I missed his smile. I missed him.

“Quiet back there!” the teacher yelled so Jordan and I immediately shut up. We glanced at each other every once in a while and laughed. We were back to normal, to the good old times.

At lunch, I ate with Katie and Jordan ate with his friends. I realised that there was some tension between Katie and Jordan so I tried not to bring him up but I really wanted to talk to her about him.

“So, how you've been? How's life? Do you have a boyfriend or maybe a girlfriend? I said and winked.

“Well, I have been feeling really crappy lately but now you're here so I am feeling a lot better! I missed you so fucking much! And I've been feeling crappy because I recently broke up with someone and I was with him for 3 years. I broke up with him so I don't know why I am feeling so crappy...” she said. I went to her and gave her a hug. We finished our lunch then went to our lockers. We went to Katie's locker first because it was closer to where we were. Then we went to my locker and afterwards we went to the bathroom. We fixed up our make-up and all then checked our schedules for our next class. We had History class. Ugh, I hate history! We walked to class and we were a bit early so we sat in the back of the class and talked.

“So, I've seen you, I've seen Jordan, what happened to Tay?” I asked Katie.

“Taylor Wind? Ummm... she died.” Katie said. “Kidding! Well, actually she did kind of die, well her old self did. The Taylor that we knew when we were kids and that we were best friends with, is gone.” Katie said harshly.

“What happened?” I asked curious.

“High school happened Emma, high school happened.” Katie said and now students were starting to enter the room so we stopped talking to each other. I started getting lost in my thoughts. I wonder if Jordan is in this class. Maybe if he is, he will sit next to me. But if I start talking to him during class what would happen with Katie. I got pulled away from my thoughts when I heard someone take the seat next to me. It was a guy I haven't seen before. He had light brown hair that fell perfectly and light brown eyes. He obviously had some really nice abs under his dark blue shirt. He was hot, almost as hot as Jordan.

“Sorry, was this seat taken?” he asked me.

“No, no. It's not.” I said and put on a smile.

“Okay, thanks. Name's Jake, what's yours?” he said with a big smile on his face.

“Emma.” I answered still smiling.

“You new here?” Jake asked.

“Yeah, but I grew up in this town. I move around a lot because of my parents' job. This school is my 10th one. I am just happy to be back home and see some of my old friends. And maybe some new ones.” I said.

“Well, you do have one new friend.” he said.

“Oh really? And is there any chance that the one new friend is you?” I said with a teasingly smile.

“Yes.” he said with a smirk.

“Okay Jake.” I said sort of flirtatiously.

“Okay Emma.” Jake said in the same way. The teacher walked in which gave me a reason to look away from Jake because I was starting to blush. I looked down at my desk with my hair covering my face. I heard someone come in the classroom and I looked up. It was Jordan. He apologized to the teacher for being late then took his seat. He sat in front of me since Katie was already on my right and Jake was on my left.

Jordan turned around and said, “Hey, what are you doing after school?”

“I have plans with Katie, sorry.” I said feeling kind of bad for him. He looked a bit disappointed.

“Oh, well, what about tomorrow?” he asked hopefully.

“Can't either, my parents want me home right away for some reason. What about Thursday?” I asked trying to give him some more hope.

“I have football practice.” he said sadly.

“What about Saturday, I'm free then.” I said.

“Yeah, that's fine.” he said.

“Okay, Saturday. Pick me up at 12:30 and we can eat lunch. Then we can do whatever you wanted to do today after school.” I said finally.

“Okay, it's a plan.” he said and then turned back around. I chatted with Katie and Jordan from time to time and also exchanged a few flirtatious looks with Jake.

I had one period left and then school was out for the day. After last period, I went to my locker and waited for Katie outside of the school. She finally came out and then we went to my car. We drove to her house in my car, she lived in the same house that she did before. It was an average sized house with a lot of bedrooms. Katie had a lot of other siblings unlike me. I am an only child and Katie has 3 other siblings, an older brother and younger twins, boy and girl. Her brother is only 2 or 3 years older than Katie and the twins are about 9 or 10 years old now. We arrived to her house and went inside. No one seemed to be there. She said that her dad was probably working and her mom was shopping or taking the twins to the park or something. Her older brother moved away to go to college so we were alone in her house. We went up to her bedroom and sat on her bed.

“So tell me, what have you been doing? Boyfriends or girlfriends, new hobbies, old hobbies, habits, secrets... Tell me everything! But first boyfriends!” she exclaimed.

“Well, first of all it would be boyfriends, not girlfriends. I am not gay. Second of all, I never bothered to get a boyfriend because I knew I would end up packing up and moving and it would be too hard and heart-breaking. My life is pretty boring, there isn't anything exciting to tell you...” I told her.

“There has to be something, anything!” Katie said determined.

“You can tell me something. Tell me what happened between all of you guys when I was gone! You sound like you hate Tay and when I see you anywhere near Jordan you seem so uncomfortable and tense. What the hell happened!?” I said as the curiousity came over me.

“Well, umm... Jordan and I were actually really close not too long ago but now... not so much. And for Taylor, you will understand tomorrow. You'll see her at school and understand everything.” Katie answered a bit annoyed by just talking about Taylor.

“How come I didn't see her at school today?” I asked.

“Who knows, sometimes she just decides that she wants to go on vacation or something and she just does.” Katie answered even more annoyed. “I'm hungry.” Katie says.

“Let's go to Baskin Robins, the one we use to go to all the time. Is it still there?” I asked Katie.

“Yeah, great idea. Let's go.” Katie said. We went downstairs and into my car. We drove to the ice cream parlor and ordered our ice cream. We both knew exactly what we wanted, we took the same ice cream that we always took and sat in the booth in the corner which was the only place we would sit in this place. If that seat was taken then we wouldn't order any ice cream.

“We have so many good memories of this place. It's amazing, it's just a simple ice cream parlor for most people but for us, it is our childhood memories.” I said not exactly talking to Katie but kind of thinking out loud.

“Yeah, I know. This one place can just take you back to the old times. When we were young and didn't care about anything. I wish I could go back to that time. I miss being a kid.” Katie said also kind of thinking out loud.

“Yeah, me too Katie, me too.” I said. We sat there in silence just looking around, taking in all of the good memories and even the bad. Once we finished our ice creams, we went back to Katie's house.

We just talked and she told me about all the people I should know at school and the people I shouldn't know. I told her about some crazy things that have happened at other schools that I have been to. I told her about how many times I have been hit on at all of those schools. I don't know if I am hot but I am pretty. I ended up eating dinner with her family and went home around 9:30pm or something.

Once I got home, I went straight up to my room and then into the shower. After my shower I put on a pair of shorts and a tank top. I went downstairs and talked to my parents. I told them about my day and how I caught up with Katie and made a new friend and also talked with Jordan. I didn't tell them that the 'new friend' was a guy and how amazingly hot Jordan was now but I at least mention them so it's good enough for me. I already ate dinner so I went back up to my room and worked on some homework. Once I finished