Crying On The Inside Chapter 18
Michelle saw them look confused and then head toward
her car. Justin was prepared for a confrontation. He
wasn't afraid. Michelle had come over toward him.
"You go. I can handle them," she whispered
desperatly.
"I won't leave you alone. I'm not afraid of these
guys," Justin said back to her. He saw the fear in her
eyes. He looked at the three guys approaching and
quickly changed his story. Maybe he was a bit afraid.
"Just go okay," she said pushing on his chest.
"Please." She pleaded with him and he walked slowly
away bumping into Joey on his way. Joey looked at him
toughly but Justin kept going. JC approached her.
"Who's your new friend?" he asked looking back.
"No one. I just gave him a ride to school," she
told him. "That was it. I swear." JC didn't look to
easily convinced.
"Okay if you say so," he said. But he turned to
Joey and Lance and they exchanged knowing glances
which made her worry more.
Michelle walked around school in a daze most of the
time. During lunch she sat quietly at the table hardly
eating anything. Across the room she saw Justin leave.
She got up to follow him.
"Where you going Michelle?" Heather asked. She
caught Heather's icy glare which meant she knew.
"Nowhere actually," she said sitting back down.
She was getting really tired of this. It was like she
was trapped in this circle with no way out. Something
had to give and she needed to cut herself loose from
them. She wanted to be with Justin. He understood her
more than any of them. He cared about her feelings. He
listened to her side of things. But there was nothing
either of them could do about it. The bell rang and
everyone got up to leave. She passed by Justin in the
hall and they exchanged glances. But she had to walk
by him.
Michelle walked out of her last class and bumped into
Justin.
"I had to talk to you," he said. She looked
around hoping not to see any of the others.
"Justin we can't. Not here. I'll come by later,"
she said walking away. He followed her.
"I love you," he said perhaps a little to loudly.
She turned toward him a little shocked. Looking at him
she knew he meant it. Her eyes started to tear up. He
walked up close to her. "Be with me. I can treat you
right. I can make you happy because I love you for who
you are and not what you are. I know I don't know
everything about you but I know enough. And this is
sudden but I truly mean it. I love you." She started
to cry. She wanted to kiss him right then and there
but she saw Heather and Brianna approaching.
"Tonight. I'll be there. But I've gotta go," she
said walking away. Outside she let out her tears as
she walked to her car. She had to find a way to get
out.
"You and your friend sure have been talking a
lot," Brianna said outside. Michelle had already dried
her tears.
"Yeah. He's a nice guy," she said.
"The guys had to go straight to practice. They
had a meeting," Heather said.
"So we heard what happened last night," Brianna
said.
"About what?" Michelle asked looking up.
"About you and JC almost gettin it on," she said
smiling.
"If only his doorbell didn't ring you would have
been in the same boat with us," Heather said.
"Yeah I guess so," she said quietly.
"So tell us what happened? Give us details,"
Brianna asked eagerly.
"There really isn't much to tell. We were almost
there and then someone was at the door. We were this
close," she said holding her thumb and forfinger not
even an inch apart. She figured this would satisfy
their sexified minds.
"Oh my god, I can't believe you almost did it. So
are you going to go finish?" Brianna asked smiling.
"Maybe..." she said and something popped in her
head. She wondered who was at the door. Not that she
didn't mind the distraction but he never told her who
was there. "I gotta go. See you later." They said bye
to each other and she got in her car and drove away.
Later that evening when she was on the way out to go
to Justin's house the door the phone rang. It was
Heather.
"Did JC tell you what happened?" Heather said
breathlessly.
"No. What happened?" Michelle asked. It sounded
urgent like something was wrong.
"Lance is in the hospital. I'm so worried. JC
just called and I'm on my way there," Heather said and
she started to cry.
"Oh my god! What happened to him?" Michelle asked
her. Heather started to babble and she couldn't
understand what she was saying. "Calm down Heather.
I'm sure he's fine. Meet me up there okay."
"Okay," Heather said. Michelle hung up the phone
and raced out the door. 'What in the world could have
happened to Lance?' she wondered as she sped to the
hospital.
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