Crying On The Inside Chapter 11
Over the next week things for Michelle had calmed down
a bit. JC and her friends weren't talking about sex
that much. In fact JC seemed pretty occupied the whole
week like his mind was somewhere else. She had heard
more rumors about him and Philiana but never said
anything about it so she wouldn't upset him. Things
seemed fine. For now.
"Hey you guys. Look what Joey gave me for our
anniversary," Brianna said holding up her wrist to
show her friends a diamond tennis bracelet. They were
at their lockers in school on a Tuesday morning.
"Wow! That is so pretty," Heather said turning
Brianna's wrist around to get the effect of it.
Michelle noticed it was beautiful and looked nice on
her wrist.
"Are you two going somewhere special?" Michelle
asked.
"Yeah. He's taking me to the new Italian
restaurant his uncle just opened up. After that I
don't know what he has planned. He said it's a
surprise," she said widening her eyes.
"Well knowing Joey it'll be a good one," Heather
said. Then the two of them got into a pretty graphic
disscussion about sex. Michelle pretended she needed
something out of her locker. When she closed it the
guys were coming down the hall. JC approached her and
kissed her and they all walked down the hall together.
Later that day Justin watched Michelle at her table in
lunch. She looked happy today. She smiled a lot and
joked with her friends. Maybe she was putting on a
front. Justin could tell a troubled soul when he saw
one and she was troubled no matter how she tried to
hide it. He still didn't work up his nerve to talk to
her. But then again he could never catch her alone.
When she passed him in the hallway he was never close
enough for her to notice him. He would have to do
something. He decided he would just talk to her.
That's it. Just start talking and hoping she would
talk back.
After school they met in the same place, by the cars
in the lot.
"Anyone hanging tonight?"Lance asked.
"Brianna and I are going out," Joey said holding
her.
"Not me. I'm going to dinner with some co-workers
of my dad," Michelle said. JC looked sort of relieved
but not to much.
"Me either. I'm gonna stay home tonight," JC
said. Lance looked at Heather.
"I'll be over after practice," she said.
"Okay. See yall later," Lance said heading back
inside the school with the guys.
Later that night when Michelle got home from the
dinner she called JC. No one picked up the phone. JC
had his own phone line and no one used it but him so
if no one pcked up that meant he wasn't there. She
called his cell phone but his voice mail picked up
which meant his phone was off. Where could he be? she
asked herself. She was going to ask him tommorrow. She
never did ask him though. When he got to school he was
in such a good mood she didn't want to ruin it. She
noticed something later that day though. Philiana was
in the same good mood. She started to wonder if she
should examine things more closely. Later that day
after school they met in the lot and decided to go to
the movies. When the others left JC held her hand so
she would stay.
"What?" she asked.
"I miss you. We haven't spent quality time
together in a while," he said putting his hands on her
waist.
"I know," she said. She wanted to say that it was
his fault but kept it to herself.
"What do ya say just the two of us go to the
movies?" he said pulling her closer to him.
"Okay. What time?" she said.
"I'll pick you up at 7:30," he said. She nodded
and he leaned in to kiss her. It was one of the kinds
of kisses he gave her when they first started to date.
Those were the best. She let herself relax and kiss
him. He pulled away and touched her face.
"See ya tonight," he said.
"Okay," she said. She watched him walk away
wondering if something was going on. She hoped not. He
was acting like a cold/hot faucet and changed his
moods when he got ready. Maybe they needed to talk.
She would find out what was wrong.
[chapter 12] [Crying on the Inside]
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