Through the Eyes of Coco... (BTW, her friends call her Cal)
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I walked down the hallway, all happy and smug. I passed invitations to my pals and of course, Nate.... How could I forget him? He was everything to me... everything....
Through my daydreaming, I remembered the horrible part... I HAD TO INVITE CINDY! Why? She was so in love with Nate, everyone could see it. She never admitted it though. We were arch rivals, in Nate AND in studies. She always got the highest in the grade. I was always 2nd or 3rd, Nate was smarter than me sometimes.
"Alex!" I called my friend who was WAY down the hall.
"Cal!" she screamed back.
"I'm inviting you to my birthday party,"
"You're turning 14 already? I thought your birthday was next month,"
"No, you mixed mine with Apple's,"
"Cool, I'll come,"
"Kay, bye!"
The same thing happened for almost everyone I invited. I decided to invite Nate AFTER inviting Cindy. That way, I'll have something sweet to kill the bitter taste. I walked over to Cindy who was talking to her Spanish Class teacher. I passed her the invitation and we both falsely smiled at each other.
While doing this, I heard someone scream my name from the other side of the hallway.
"Cal!" I turned around and saw Nate.
"Nate?" I was puzzled, why would he come to me?
"I heard about your birthday,"
"And?"
"Nothing,"
"Okay," I started, how random... "So, here you go, the invitation,"
"Cool. I'll see if I can come,"
"Alright,"
"Hey, um, did you see Todd?"
"Yeah, I think he was looking for you. What's going on?"
"Oh, nothing. Nothing at all,"
I raised an eyebrow.
"Kay, catch 'ya later!" he stuttered and ran off. Weird dude. Still my weird dude.
[THE NEXT DAY AT SCHOOL, SCIENCE CLASS]
"Okay students, tomorrow we're gonna do a little project. Now, pick your partners. Starting from...."
A sudden glass-smashing sound was behind me, about 2 rows down. I looked behind and it was Brian.
"BRIAN!" the teacher yelled.
"I pick Zak," Brian smart-wittily took advantage of the teacher yelling his name. After Zak was picked, the person sitting on Zak's right-hand side had the choice.
"Julie," Alexis chose.
"Apple," Ashley chose.
-Okay, I know what you're thinking, APPLE IS OLDER, THEREFORE CANNOT BE IN THE SAME CLASS AS COCO!!! Well, you see, I was born in August and Apple was born in December, previous year. So according to international school regulations, those born before September (who are 14) are in the same year as those who were born after September in the previous year. Therefore, it is COMPLETELY possible.-
It went on until it reached Nate.
"I pick.... um.... Cal," all the boys were already picked so he could only choose a girl. The most probable option was Cindy or me. HE CHOSE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"That means you are going to partner Carter, Cindy," the teacher pointed out, "Are you okay with that?"
"Of course," the teacher's pet spoke, solemnness in her eyes.
The bell rang and I skipped out of class. I was SO happy that I was partnering Nate. AH!!!!! I felt kinda bad for disappointing Cindy though...
[THE NEXT DAY, ARRIVING AT SCHOOL]
"STOP IT, GUYS! STOP IT!" I heard Nate hastily speaking, "JUST GO AWAY!" From the distance, I could see a bunch of guys and Cindy chasing him around, he was carrying a paper bag.
Just as I was walking to him, I heard my name being called by Ashley.
"Yeah?" I asked
"Did 'tcha hear?" she asked.
"Hear what?"
"Nate can't go to your party,"
"What?"
"Yeah, he said he had some family business to take care of,"
I turned around and walked away, I started tearing up(not the ripping tear, the cry tear). He wasn't coming? But, what else would I do at the party than talk to him? If he didn't go, a LOT of boys wouldn't go. But, will Cindy? If she did...
I suddenly burst into tears and decided to just go to my first lesson, nobody stayed in the first class of the day. I'd be alone. I started walking towards the class. As I was getting there, I realized that Nate and the gang were on the road to the class.
I ran past them, hoping that they would not notice. Then...
"Cal!" Nate called. Crap. I ran past him and kept running. "Cal, wait! CAL!" he screamed louder and louder. I turned around for a second and realized he was running after me(and so was the gang). "Cal!"
I ran right into the class, it was dark, the teacher wasn't in yet. I gave up and slouched myself against a wall and slid down and just cried. He came in and took out something from the paper bag.
"I can't come to your birthday party but since you invited me, I got you a present," I looked up to see it. It was a big white, fluffy teddy bear. I felt better already.
"Hey, were you crying this whole time?" he saw my red eyes and my spilling tears, he noticed.
"Huh, o-oh, that," I muttered through my tears, "Oh, it-ts noth-thing, nothi-ing at a-all," I giggled, remembering him saying that. I got up and he passed the teddy-bear to me.
"It's yours,"
While doing this, I heard someone scream my name from the other side of the hallway.
"Cal!" I turned around and saw Nate.
"Nate?" I was puzzled, why would he come to me?
"I heard about your birthday,"
"And?"
"Nothing,"
"Okay," I started, how random... "So, here you go, the invitation,"
"Cool. I'll see if I can come,"
"Alright,"
"Hey, um, did you see Todd?"
"Yeah, I think he was looking for you. What's going on?"
"Oh, nothing. Nothing at all,"
I raised an eyebrow.
"Kay, catch 'ya later!" he stuttered and ran off. Weird dude. Still my weird dude.
[THE NEXT DAY AT SCHOOL, SCIENCE CLASS]
"Okay students, tomorrow we're gonna do a little project. Now, pick your partners. Starting from...."
A sudden glass-smashing sound was behind me, about 2 rows down. I looked behind and it was Brian.
"BRIAN!" the teacher yelled.
"I pick Zak," Brian smart-wittily took advantage of the teacher yelling his name. After Zak was picked, the person sitting on Zak's right-hand side had the choice.
"Julie," Alexis chose.
"Apple," Ashley chose.
-Okay, I know what you're thinking, APPLE IS OLDER, THEREFORE CANNOT BE IN THE SAME CLASS AS COCO!!! Well, you see, I was born in August and Apple was born in December, previous year. So according to international school regulations, those born before September (who are 14) are in the same year as those who were born after September in the previous year. Therefore, it is COMPLETELY possible.-
It went on until it reached Nate.
"I pick.... um.... Cal," all the boys were already picked so he could only choose a girl. The most probable option was Cindy or me. HE CHOSE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"That means you are going to partner Carter, Cindy," the teacher pointed out, "Are you okay with that?"
"Of course," the teacher's pet spoke, solemnness in her eyes.
The bell rang and I skipped out of class. I was SO happy that I was partnering Nate. AH!!!!! I felt kinda bad for disappointing Cindy though...
[THE NEXT DAY, ARRIVING AT SCHOOL]
"STOP IT, GUYS! STOP IT!" I heard Nate hastily speaking, "JUST GO AWAY!" From the distance, I could see a bunch of guys and Cindy chasing him around, he was carrying a paper bag.
Just as I was walking to him, I heard my name being called by Ashley.
"Yeah?" I asked
"Did 'tcha hear?" she asked.
"Hear what?"
"Nate can't go to your party,"
"What?"
"Yeah, he said he had some family business to take care of,"
I turned around and walked away, I started tearing up(not the ripping tear, the cry tear). He wasn't coming? But, what else would I do at the party than talk to him? If he didn't go, a LOT of boys wouldn't go. But, will Cindy? If she did...
I suddenly burst into tears and decided to just go to my first lesson, nobody stayed in the first class of the day. I'd be alone. I started walking towards the class. As I was getting there, I realized that Nate and the gang were on the road to the class.
I ran past them, hoping that they would not notice. Then...
"Cal!" Nate called. Crap. I ran past him and kept running. "Cal, wait! CAL!" he screamed louder and louder. I turned around for a second and realized he was running after me(and so was the gang). "Cal!"
I ran right into the class, it was dark, the teacher wasn't in yet. I gave up and slouched myself against a wall and slid down and just cried. He came in and took out something from the paper bag.
"I can't come to your birthday party but since you invited me, I got you a present," I looked up to see it. It was a big white, fluffy teddy bear. I felt better already.
"Hey, were you crying this whole time?" he saw my red eyes and my spilling tears, he noticed.
"Huh, o-oh, that," I muttered through my tears, "Oh, it-ts noth-thing, nothi-ing at a-all," I giggled, remembering him saying that. I got up and he passed the teddy-bear to me.
"It's yours,"
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