Crying On The Inside Chapter 8
"Well Mr. Timberlake you've got the job as far as
I'm concerned," Mr. Maser said standing up. Justin
stood up and shook his hand.
"Thanks. Diana said you were nice," he said
getting in a little flattery.
Justin told him the
situation about him being new in town and his father's
job not starting yet. Mr Maser liked him right away
and when he mentioned Diana he immediately gave him a
job.
"Do you mind just helping the customers for now
and then I'll get you all set up on the register," Mr
Maser asked.
"Nope. I used to work the register at my old job,"
Justin answered.
"Well come in tommorow and I'll have the
department manager set you up," Mr. Maser said
esorting Justin out the office.
"Yes. Thank you so much sir," Justin said getting
ready to leave.
"Aww son call me Rich," he said giving Justin a
wink.
Justin smiled and was happy at how nice this guy
was and how everything turned out. Justin left to look
around the rest of the mall. His appointment was at
3:00 so he went there straight after school and
didn't look around. He went and looked at most of the
stores considering places he wanted to shop. Then he
saw her again. He saw her face this time and he
definately was in love. She had a round face and
cat-like eyes surrounded by curly eyelashes and chubby
cheeks that looked like they were pinched a lot by her
relatives when she was younger. She was perfect. She
was with two other girls, one blond one brunette. They
were pretty but didn't come close to Michelle. They
went into Wet Seal and he was tempted to follow but
decided to go home. But curiousity got the best of him
and he walked by the store on his way out. He saw her
face but in her eyes he saw something else. Sort of
like sadness or unhappiness. He wanted to approach her
but needed to know more about her. He would ask Diana
at school the next day.
The next day Justin went to school he decided he would
get to know his classmates. He needed to make friends.
It looked like they would be there for a while.
Standing by his locker he heard the noise in the
hallway get a lttle lower. He wondered what was going
on. Then she walked by. He looked at everyone staring
at her as if she were the main attraction. She was
still beautiful. She smelled like watermelon again
when she walked by him. She had on a short tan halter
dress with tan canvas sneakers. She had her hair up
today which exposed her neck and shoulders.He wanted
to grab her and kiss her. She looked straight ahead as
she walked by and went to her locker. she went inside
and got her things, closed the locker and waited. Then
her friends walked by and went to their lockers and
everyone stared at them. Then a few minutes later
Justin saw three guys. They walked by and went to the
girls. The tall guy with the brown hair held Michelle
and kissed her and the six of them walked down the
hall together in couples. Justin was jealous already.
When he got to class he saw Diana.
"Hey Diana," he said sitting next to her. She
smiled when she saw him. He told her about getting the
job and going in to work today. She was happy for him.
"I need to ask you something," he said.
"Sure go ahead," she said thinking maybe he would
ask her out.
"I need to know about that girl Michelle and her
friends. Can you tell me anything?" he asked. Her
smile faded.
"You like her don't you? Well it figures," she
said. Justin couldn't deny it so he kept quiet. The
bell rang and class started.
"Since you insist on knowing, meet me after class
and I'll tell you everything," she leaned over and
whispered to him. Justin smiled. Now he would finally
know the girl he knew he loved.
[chapter 9] [Crying on the Inside]
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