| Chapter Six |
| Teresa: Once again, everyone was sitting in the common area together. We weren't reallt talking much, we were all a bit frustrated. The bus had a flat and it was gonna be a little while.I was just sitting, staring at the ground when I got that weird feeling you get when someone is watching you. I looked up and met J's eyes from the other side of the bus. We both immediatly broke eye contact. Before I could properly concentrate on the floor again, I felt his gaze fall upon me again. When I heard him start to get up I quickly stood up and told everyone I was going to my room for a nap and to please not visit me. At that, I rushed through the curtains to my bunk. I wasn't the least bit tired but I didn't want J coming after me. I had no idea what to do about his sudden out-coming of having feeling for me. As I began pacing but being the clumsy person that I am, I tripped up. I looked down to find that the thing I had tripped over was the photo album. I had forgotten I'd packed it, it must've slid out from under my bed when we got the flat. I sat down on the floor, my back to the curtain, and put the album in my lap. Before I knew it, there were tears stinging my cheeks. Scott: In the quiet, all I had to do was look at my outrageous credit card bill. It was twice the amount of my mobile. Emma sure liked to shop, with me or without me, but always with my credit card. I sighed to myself and a part of me said At least you have someone but at the same time another part of me thought of the way Teresa and J had caught eachother's eye just a few moments ago and I was evilly reminded But you want more than Emma...you want the one you'll never have Okay enough of the angel and devil on my shoulders. I stood up "I think Teresa had a nice idea. I'm going to go lie down or something" everyone just sort of mumbled in reply. Emma was out shopping again so no one followed. For the second time on this trip, I wandered past my own bunk and found myself stopped at the curtain leading to Teresa's bunk. I heard sniffling. I moved hte curtain aside just enough to peek in. Teresa was sitting with her back to the curtain so I couldn't see her face. But I could hear her muffled sobs and see that her face was buried in her hands and her shoulders were shaking.She roughly mumbled random things, but all I could understand was that she didn't know what to do and there was something about J. J. J had made her cry. I dropped the curtain and went straight back to where the others were sitting. I walked to J and whispered through gritted teeth, "Get outside" he gave me a weird look, "Wha?" I forced myself to keep my voice down, "We need to talk" he gave me a careless look, "now" I added with force. Chapter Seven... |