Chapter 4

Chapter 4

The next morning, I woke up.

I grabbed my toothpaste and toothbrush by the sink and started to clean myself. After that, I took a shower.

The mirror was full of vapor from the steam of my hot shower. I grabbed one hand towel and wiped the screen. I looked at my reflection and raised my left arm.

I started to feel terrified when my reflection raised her right hand. Then I winked my right eyes but she did wink the opposite. I came up to the conclusion that reflection does not always follow the person's right action.

"Sam!" My mother called downstairs.

I went out of my bathroom and wore new clothes. Then rushes downstairs or I am going to be late in the next twenty minutes.

As soon as my eyes met my mom's I was more terrified than my looking back at my reflection.

"You're not serious are you?" I asked mom.

She looked at me. "What!"

"No!" I started to stop her from doing such. "Mom your work is in the next two hours, why are you dressed up like that!"

"I told you, I am going to give you a ride and I might fetch you up after dismissal," she said.

My mouth popped open looking at her. "No!" I screamed. "First of all, I have a bike so I don't need your free ride going to school. Second, I don't need to be fetched on dismissal coz I also have my bike to ride back home. What's your problem?" I argued.

"Sam, I am just fulfilling my job as a parent."

I gave her a look. "No!" I refused and went out.

Only did I find out that my bike was not in the garage and my mom's car is by the street already.

"Mom?" I screamed dragging my feet back inside the house. She was crossing her arms. "Where is my bike mom?"

"I don't know," she simply answered.

My phone rang! Taking it, it was just the alarm telling me it's time to go to school or I'll be late.

My mom passed by me grabbing her keys and bag ignoring me standing by the door. She walked straight to her car, banged the car's door, and swipe the window down.

"Goodbye, Sam!" Mom even shouted.

In my situation, I had no option but to lock the door and follow her to her car.

"I thought you are not coming," she even joked.

I glared at mom. "Why are you doing this?" I asked her.

"Because I want to?" her voice raised. It was a question, she was not sure of why she was doing this kind of thing.

"Whatever." I popped my hands. I could not argue back but just let it slide and I can be gone to school.

The moment she shooed me away from her car, Norton was in front of us.

"Hey Norton," I greeted ignoring my mom who was by her driver's seat lifting her head smiling at me, and refusing to drive away.

Norton just looked at me. Then she looked at my mom. Then looked back at me.

"That's my mom by the way," I introduced in a very uninteresting way.

"Hey, Mrs. Jacobs. Good morning. I am Norton August," he said lending his hand and I see mom shaking it giving him the biggest smile.

"Okay that's enough," I screamed to both of them after five seconds of holding each other's hands.

My mom looked at me and gave me a poked face. Then she moved her head to look at Norton. "Goodbye Norton, you're a good guy," mom said and drove away.

The bell rang as I follow Norton.

Did that just happen? Wow! My mom just ignored all the way but kept her attention on Norton. Is that even reasonable?

"I like your mom," Norton said as we both run upstairs to the building.

"My mom? Not me?" I asked.

"Why would I like you?" he asked in confusion.

"Because I am your friend."

"No it does not work that way, Sam," he said and left me by my seat and went to his.

A comforted me to how he just said that. They are both means. Both of them!

I fixed myself as the first teacher entered.

"Okay class, we have a student from the other section to be joining us from this day onwards," Mrs. Dante said welcoming a girl with short hair, wearing sleeves and pink shoes.

'Trexie!' I mumbled in my mind.

Trexie is moving to our section. Why?

"Okay chop! chop! Let's begin," Mrs. Dante said.

My eyes were just following Trexie as she makes herself sit next to Norton. It was the only available seat in our classroom.

I hope she's going to be fine. She cut her hair and she seems pretty cute. But still, she was not wearing a smile on her face. I looked at Norton, he seemed to be having trouble being next to his brother's bully target.

At morning break, Norton came to me.

"Come on, let's go outside. I hate it here," he said annoyed pulling me up from my seat.

I shut myself and let him grab my shoulder as we walk out of the classroom.

"What happened Norton?" I asked wondering what made him want to go out all of the sudden.

"Nothing, I just want to get the hell out of here."

We reached the gym and at the wrong time, we bumped into someone whom we shouldn't have.

We can see Kylie Pierce and his little minion Drake putting a soda to a cup of coffee, a girl from the lower grade was holding. I do not know the girl's name but what I can be sure of was that the bully had found another target.

"Drink the coffee Alisson." We heard Drake give the order. Turned out that the girl's name was Allison.

I can also hear Norton pushing a heavy breath. He seems to be even more annoyed than a while ago. Kyle Pierce turned at us as well as Norton turning his back away from the gym.

"Drake. Stop it!" he ordered his minion. Then he came running towards me. "Norton!" he shouted but Norton already made his way.

I immediately followed Norton and made my way out of the gym too.

"Hey Norton, wait up!" I called out as soon as I reached the stairs going up.

He slowed down and I was able to catch up with him. I was panting as I hold his shoulder.

"I- I, you was going too fast dude, what's wrong with you," I said.

"Why am I with you anyway?" he suddenly asked.

What? What the heck Norton.

"That's your fucking problem," I stamped my feet leaving him in the hallway.

"Hey," he called out.

I turned my back. Maybe he had something interesting to say or do this time. I waited as he approach me.

"Can we exchange our seats in the next hours?" he asked.

I can see where his problem is getting on. This is my chance to tease him and make him beg me. I like making fun of people. Not in a bad way. And I like them begging too. It makes me feel like a goddess. And one more reason, he got me pretty hard for winning his friendship in the first place.

"Can we?" he asked me again.

"No." I directly answered to make the situation more fun.

"No?" Norton curled his forehead and looked at me. Whether does he think I'm not serious or joking. "Come on, you said we're friends."

"Yeah and so?" I added more confusion to his brain.

"And friends help each other? So I'm asking your help and you should help me."

"Woah!" I stopped him from going too far. "That's not the friendship that we have. I can help you but you have to beg me," I said smirking.

"Ey! No! I'm not doing that," Norton refused.

"Fine, I'm comfortable at my seat anyway."

"Yo! Come on!" he begged.

"You need to cry while begging," I teased. We call the dudes who cry 'the big booty!' I think the title is better at Norton.

"Sam!" he called. "This is not a joke alright?"

"Yeah. I know."

"Fine let's do it this way." Now he is making it more interesting. "What do you want for lunch?"

Ey! Yeah! That's cool. I did not know it will end this way. I mean, I got to be served my favorite food at the cafeteria just for a seat? Cool!

"Yo! You'll know it when we get there. This is a deal Norton, you cannot break it!" I said in excitement warning him of how serious this talk was. Then I went inside the classroom and pulled my bag from my seat.

I went to the back in exchange for Norton's seat. Trexie was not here yet and I'll be worried if she'll not be back by third class period.

And as I was talking about, Mrs. Johanson came in and Trexie was not here yet. I waited hoping she was only late for class.

"I do not see Ms. Ville in this class. Is she absent?" the teacher asked. I showed Mrs. Johanson the bag from Trexie's seat. "Or planning to be absent?" she continued.

"Maybe she's running late," I spoke.

"Okay, let's start the lesson."

It was in the middle of the class hour when Trexie finally appeared. The only thing I'm confused about is that.

She's with Khai.