Crying On The Inside Chapter 7
Justin Timberlake brought the last box up to his room.
It was his basketball stuff that he could not live
without. He put the box on the floor and heard his
father calling him to come back downstairs. He went
and grabbed some more boxes and brought them to his
sister's rooms. They shared a room. The new house was
big but not huge. They lived in a better one in
Memphis where he came from. They decided to get a
change from their surroundings and they decided on
California. On the way there Justin saw huge houses
and wanted to live in one of those. But he knew they
were sort of broke since his mother died. Since then
his father tried to make ends meet for the four of
them but it just wasn't working. Justin worked part
time at a sneaker store to help out and babysitting
his little sisters so they wouldn't need a sitter. But
things were looking up now. His father had a better
job in Cali and his sister's were in school so he
would try for the basketball team at school which is
what he was good at. Since he was so busy before he
had to quit the team but it was for his family so it
was okay. He picked up some more boxes and brought
them in the living room. He patted his sister on the
head on her way into the kitchen. His father was there
and on the way out he held Justin's shoulder.
"We have to talk son," Mr. Timberlake said.
"Sure. What's up?" Justin asked.
"Well I won't start the new job for about a week
and the money I saved hasn't gotten here yet so I need
you to work for a little bit. Say about a month," he
said.
"No problem dad. I'll start looking today,"
Justin said smiling. His dad smiled to and they got
back to work. After all the boxes were in from the
truck the four of them went inside their new house and
was ready to start a new life.
Monday at school Justin got his schedule and was shown
around school by a girl named Diana Maser. She had
brown hair and brown eyes and she wore glasses. Diana
stared at Justin a lot as they toured the school.
"Is your hair really that curly?" she asked
smiling.
"Yeah. It's been like this all my life. I used to
hate it but now it's kinda cool," he said running his
hand through all the dark brown curls.
"This is the cafeteria and down the hall is the
library," she said closing the cafeteria doors and
heading toward the library.
"You seem like the basketball type," she said.
"I am. I plan on trying out for the team but I
have to start working for a little extra money for a
while," he said looking in the classes as they walked
by.
"Oh. My dad's department store is hiring. It's in
the mall," she said.
"Really? That would be great," Justin said
smiling at her.
"I'm sure he'll hire you. He needs a lot of
people. Just tell him you're my friend from school,"
she said.
"Thanks Diana. I will," he said.
They were
further down the hall going toward the gym. That was
when he saw her. She came out of the ladies'room and
was walking in front of them. She was on the short
side about 5'4 and she had long jet black hair that
just lay on her back and she had a great body. Well
from behind. She had on a jean skirt set that showed
off her legs. She had the most beautiful cocoa
complexion. He didn't even see her face but he was in
love. Maybe it was the way she walked with her head up
and had a confident strut. She smelled like watermelon
as he walked behind her in a trance. She went in one
of the classrooms and he continued to walk with Diana.
"Who was that?" he asked her.
"That's Michelle. She's in the in-crowd." Diana
said making quotation marks with her fingers.
"That
was as close as you will ever get to her. Hope you
enjoyed it" Diana said.
Justin heard a little
annoyance in her voice. So he dropped the subject. Why
was she so hard to get to, Justin wondered. He just
had to meet her. He was in love already he could feel
it. He wondered what this in-crowd was. He was a part
of one at his school. Was this one the same? He and
his friends were popular and hung around the cool
crowds but things were probably different here. Little
did he know the in-crowd here was way different. He
would soon find out.
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