Chapter 6

                                       Chapter 6

I thought about following him, I thought about making things right but got too scared. I never knew anything could be so great and then run away right when I need it most.

It was again the dreadful Monday…the day I could see Ben.

I entered our first class. He was in his usual seat. I found his eyes and he found mine. I blushed a little and I could see that he had some tears in his eyes. I looked down towards the floor and trudged silently to my seat.

I couldn’t pay attention at all as the day went on. Nothing seemed right without him.

He didn’t walk with me to any of the classes. He avoided all my glances in the hallway. I waited for him at my locker for a while before I remembered he probably wouldn’t be coming so I put in the combination 31-15-12 opened it up, grabbed my stuff and trudged out of the school. Tears were starting to form in my eyes but then I saw him walking home and began to follow him… well actually kind of chased him. I had to almost run to even keep up with him he was walking so fast.

 He wouldn’t talk to me. I kept asking him questions. “Why do we have to do this?””Why can’t we just forget about it? Who cares anymore?” All the questions that raced my mind suddenly all spilled out. Now tears were just streaking down my face getting my mascara all over. I could feel my face getting hot but inside my soul it was as cold as ice. I must have looked like a mess, but I didn’t really care anymore.

I stopped in my tracks. Sighed for strength and yelled out “Look you really don’t have to do this-this is all too stupid.” He kept walking so I ran up a little bit and began to talk again. “I don’t know about you but I enjoyed it…yes I liked it and I like you too.”

He froze where he was standing.