Chapter - 7

The next day

" This is good Ellie . " said Gabriel who was munching on the sandwich that I bought .

" I will be sure to give the compliments to the chef . " I said with a bow . Sam just rolled his eyes from beside me . " Hey - don't roll your eyes at me . " I said, making him roll his eyes again .

" You're so - " I said, rolling my eyes now . " What ? " he asked with a smile . 'Meanie' I muttered under my breath which he heard . " You're a meanie . " 'Whatever' I muttered again .

" Ugh - lovebirds, " said Brune, making others laugh just as the bell rang . Me and Sam completely ignored what Brune just said and hurriedly packed our bags and headed down the hall and into our classroom and took our respective seats in the class . Just as I was taking out my books , Mr. Hems - our biology teacher - entered .

" Good afternoon class ." He said as he kept his notebooks on his desk . " Good afternoon Mr. Hems . " replied some of the students .

" Take out your notes and start revising . If there's any confusion you can ask me . Your exams are coming near and I want each and every one of you to pass . Is that clear ? " he asked, turning around looking at our class .

" Yes Mr. Hems . " we all said back . " Good . "

After revising and discussing , our class finished after a good 45 minutes . Biology is complicated - sighs .

We had P.E now . I went to my locker whereas Sam went to his own .

After changing into my P.E clothes , I was on the ground running laps as slow as I could . Just after a while , Sam joined me .

" Hey you again ! " I said . " Hi you again too " he greeted me back .

" You can go ahead, you know, " I told Sam . " No . It's fine . It's fun jogging . " he said with a smile .

" I hope you're not making fun of me . " I said . " I assure you I am really not . " he said, shoving me a little from the side .

" I don't trust you . " I said, shoving him back gently making him laugh .

" Not gonna lie but that hurt . " said Sam dramatically, putting his hand on his chest . " Has anyone ever told you that you are dramatic ? " I asked with a smile .

" Yep . " he said with a huge smile . " Not that I don't like your dramatic side . " I said quickly .

" I know that, " he said and laughed .

***

After completing making the posters for the play , we were on our way home . Me and Sam again . Olly had something to do as he said .

" Don't you feel like something is wrong ? " I asked Sam after a while . " What do you mean ? "

" I don't know . Olly - he has just been acting kind of weird don't you think ? " I said

" I don't know . I don't think he's acting weird . " said Sam scratching the back of his neck .

" Okay then . It must be me then . " I told him and I let it go . I knew something was going on .

After reaching home , I quickly changed my clothes and headed out towards Mrs. Maxwell's home . Olly must be home by now .

Knock knock **

" Who is it ? " yelled Olly from inside . " It's me . Ellie . "

" Oh Ell . Come in . Why are you even knocking ? " he asked . " I don't know . " I said with a sigh .

" I need to talk to you . " I said as I entered . " Woah woah . Shoes . " he said .

" I know I know . I'm opening them . Let me just sit . "

" Someone's in a mood, " he commented .

" What's going on ? " I asked him as I stood up . " What do you mean ? " he laughed as he entered the kitchen .

" Oh please . Don't think I've not noticed . What's going on with you and Brune ? And now you don't even like walking to school or home with me ? " I said, being a little sad . He came out of the kitchen and just laughed for a while .

" What ? " I said angrily . " You think I'm not walking with you because something is going on between me and Brune ? " he asked me . " I think so . "

"Ell . Poor Ell . " he said in disbelief and sat down on the couch . " You really don't see it , do you ?" he asked me . I was just confused by what he meant . " What do you mean ? " I asked as I sat down too .

" Not my place to tell . " he said " But . I will walk with you soon . " I stared at him .

" I promise, " he said . " Fine . " I said . He again started laughing . " You seriously don't see it, " he said and laughed .

I just sighed , " I still don't get it why you have to laugh though . " I said and opened the tv .

***

After eating dinner at Mrs. Maxwell's , I headed back home .

" I'm home . " I yelled as I entered . " Hey Ell . “ Dad greeted me from the dining table .

" Oh hey . Dinner ? " I asked . " Yeah . You can join if you want to, “ he said .

" No thanks dad . I just had some and came . Where's Dan ? " I asked . My dad just pointed at the kitchen .

" Oh my god . No way . " I said as I entered . " No way ."

" Where is Dan ? " I asked my brother who was washing the dishes .

" Haha . Very funny . I can help too . " he said . " Dad ? " I yelled . " What does he want ? "

" Why don't you ask him ? " said my dad . " It's nothing . I just wanted to help . God . I can do nothing nice for one time . " he said and started washing the dishes quickly .

" Woah . Calm down Mr. Thunderstorm . I need all those in pieces . " my dad said as he entered . I just laughed , " Dad, he needs something from you . That's for sure . " I said and took out my phone and started clicking his photos . This surely had to go down in history .

" I'll be upstairs . " I said and went to my room . I quickly took a shower , changed my clothes and got ready for bed .