Chapter Fourty-Four:

My Grandmother left a week ago to go back to Florida that is horrible. My household seems to always calm down when she is around. I told her everything that happened at the party right before she boarded her plane but too bad she wasn't around to tell me what to do after. So I took matters into my own hands and chose the worst possible idea and just ignore all my friends and Gabriel for the last week I had off. I tend to do that a lot when I'm stressed which I am. All my friend's are going to have their own opinion on what went down and I'm not currently speaking to Leandro for a very good reason, since he tried to ruin my relationship or whatever Gabriel and I have. I was so close to confronting him about it but the one thing my Grandmother did tell me was that I had enough confrontation for the week and she isn't wrong. If I go over to his house, I'm going to get more upset than I am now and say some shit I may or may not mean and hurt his feelings, that regardless on what he did, I really don't want to do that. Everyone knows what happened at the party, even people that weren't there or don't even go to Oakhart High. Today I'm going back and I'm preparing for the worst. I've gotten so many stares already, even though I have only been out of my house once to go grocery shopping with my Mom and I can only imagine how many people are going to stare now and I would to if I was them. We both went too far, me more than him probably but we both acted like idiots. If I could go back and change how I acted... I don't know if I would since he sort of deserved it.

I walk into class this sunny Monday morning and everything looks somewhat different. The seats.. they changed the desks. What use to be long rectangular desks that fit two people at each is now individual desks.

"What the hell is this?" Angelica asks the the teacher. I don't even realize there is a crowd of people waiting to come in from behind me.

"Today marks a new semester and since you don't remember you are not in this class anymore, Miss Greco, and neither are you, Miss Flores." Fuck. I forgot about second semester. I'm so use to it starting earlier my schedule is all fucked up. Here for some reason they start it in December and carries on through the new year. This town has it's own private school board, it only works for the school's in this town that I think is stupid but I don't make the rules.

I walk out of class back to my locker, searching for the piece of paper given to me that has my schedule on it.

Art then Math. I'm actually glad art is right when I get to school; it will definitely make my days more cheerful and happy.

I was wrong about art. It fucking sucks. My teacher is bitchy as fuck and doesn't even let us do anything. Instead she does all the work while we watch. It's ridiculous. How are we suppose to learn if she doesn't allow us to do anything? My teacher from last year was way nicer and actually cared about our future, unlike this teacher that gives off the impression she only cares about herself. I walk over to Math that is on the first floor by the library, it took me a little bit to find it since I've never been to the library before and I didn't have math last semester. I walk into the class and instantly get dirty looks from my classmates that I remember some being at that party and of course just my luck, Gabriel is sitting in a single desk with a empty one beside him. I mean I'm happy to see him but I also have been avoiding him for a week so I don't know how he is going to react to that,

"Nice for you to join us Miss Flores. I'm Mrs.Williams... your math teacher."

"Yeah I know you are." I say to her and Gabriel starts to chuckle.

"Well I guess you will be sitting next to Mr. Grey." I go over ignoring her while she goes back to her lesson that I missed half of. I really should be paying attention since math is apart of design but the first days usual is nothing important,

"You've been avoiding me." He says as I sit.

"And you saved a seat for me?"

"I wasn't going to since you have been avoiding me but I decided to save you from being stuck with a loser in this class."

"Well I am already stuck with a loser so it doesn't really make a difference." He leans over to give me a kiss between the space that keeps our desks apart and grabs my hand, holding it tightly,

"I uh... missed you." He says and I smile, giving him another kiss.

"Enough of the PDA you two, some of us are trying to learn." Mrs. Williams says. I let go of Gabriel's hand and try to pay attention up front.

"Their relationship is probably fake... Gabriel is just using her for her body and is going to break up with her when he gets bored. Besides how is a relationship like that suppose to work, they argue more than they talk normally." A girl from behind us whispers to someone. I turn behind me and give her a death stare.

"If you have something to say, say it to my face... no one likes a coward." I say to her and she looks away. Gabriel gives me a high five before going back to doodling or writing something on a small piece of paper, I'm not really sure. When class finishes, he hands me the piece of paper that is now folded before moving a piece of my hair behind my ear and leaving. I look behind me and watch him walk out backwards, smiling pointing to the clock. I open the folded paper and read,

"Meet me in room 320 in five minute, take the stairs by the business classroom ."