Im back! And posting regularly! I know this isn't a Friday, but here's an early update as an apology for taking so long (normal update still this Friday :)
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The next week or so went slowly. School was a bore and being a senior definitely had its perks; while other grades were already jumping into things, the senior class was still taking it slow.

Colton still drove us home every day, although I had been able to make up some excuses that 'I was studying with Mia' and 'It was nice outside so I'm going to walk' for a few days here and there. Colton still didn't talk to me. At all. And I didn't talk to him either. Anna repeatedly tried to spark conversation between us by bringing up football and stuff but I just couldn't bring myself to even acknowledge his existence.

Fine, go ahead and tell me I'm overreacting and crap but just imagine moving away for three years, no texts, no emails, no calls, and then coming back to find that the guy you had liked was dating your ex best friend. I'm sorry; I think I have every right to be a little stubborn and upset.

I walked into my first class and greeted Mr. Fells before sitting down in my seat.

"Hey Finn!" Mia said cheerfully.

I smiled, "How can you be so happy? It's way too early" I laughed.

Mia's smile grew larger as she started blushing, "Well, since you asked, guess who got asked out today?"

"Taylor Swift?" I asked , pretending to be in deep thought just to tease her.

Mia laughed , "Well probably, but I GOT ASKED OUT! FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! It's a pretty big deal and I'm excited because nothing like this has ever happened to me!" She said.

To be honest, I wasn't sure why guys hadn't taken an interest in Mia before. She was completely gorgeous. She just didn't put herself out there, and I guess neither did I....which may be the reason why I hadn't been in any kind of relationship since the thing in eighth grade... if that could even be called a relationship.

I smiled and hugged her , "That's amazing Mia! Who is he? What does he look like? Spill !" I said, excited.

"His name is Kyle and he's in my calculus class! He's super smart and he just texted me this morning and asked me! He's so cute too! AND he wants me to go to the football game with him this Friday" She gushed, the tips of her ears getting red.

I laughed, "You have to introduce me to him" I said

She nodded, "Ofco-"

Mia stopped talking when Becca came in and sat down behind her. I made sure Colton wasn't following her before I turned to her.

"Hi Becca" I said.

I hadn't talked to her yet, and after what Anna told me the first day about making me stay away from Colton, I had been waiting for an opportunity to talk to Becca without Colton being right next to her.

Becca looked up from her phone.

"Oh hi Finnly" she said, "I forgot to ask, how was New York?" she said, a small sly smile on her face.

I plastered on a fake grin, "Oh it was amazing, I really loved it"

lie.

"I'd go back there in a heartbeat"

lie.

She took a strand of her hair and started twirling it around her finger.

All she needed was a lollipop to really complete the picture of 'spoiled brat'.

"Well that's great" she said slightly sarcastically , "Maybe you should just go back there if you like it so much" she said.

I restrained myself from retorting some mean comment back, telling myself that if I did that I wouldn't be any better than her.

I just turned around in my seat and Mia's face turned red with anger.

Colton came in a couple minutes later and Becca stood up to greet him.

"hey baby" she said, crashing her lips against his.

I tried to look away but I just couldn't. You could tell he felt awkward about the public display of affection, and only kissed her back briefly, although Becca continued to pull herself closer and closer to him.

Hello, you can't get any closer without having sex ok?

He responded by forcefully pushing away from her

"Becca, what's up with you?" he asked, "We don't do this...in public" he said softly, turning away from her. He froze when his eyes met mine and I quickly glanced away, afraid I would show him any sign of hurt.

Yeah, ok it hurt...a lot. She did that to show off that she had Colton and I didn't. Because whether I like him or not, I still missed him and I wanted him back. I didn't care if it was as friends or not I just missed him and seeing him with her ...it killed me on the inside.

Mia tapped me on the shoulder and I looked up

"You ok?" she asked quietly.

I nodded and smiled, "Why wouldn't I be?" I said, loud enough so Becca could hear me. I even convinced myself I was ok.

I was saved by the bell and Mr. Fells stood up from his desk.

"Ok, I've decided that you seniors should actually have to do some work. We've been stalling from actually doing any work for a while now, so I've decided to give you all a project" he said.

Groans were heard from around the room and I smiled a little. Hey, I actually liked projects... it was better than actually learning stuff and hearing Mr.Fells talk about his rather unfortunate life.

"The project will be on William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'. You will have to read it, analyze it, and create a modern rendition of one scene with your partner and present it in front of the class."

"I already wrote all of your names on a piece of paper and put it into this hat" he said, showing the class an old hat , "everyone will come up in alphabetic order and will choose their partner from the hat" he said , "and don't worry if you don't choose a partner of the opposite sex- you do not have to choose a scene with Juliet and Romeo, there are other characters" he said.

"Now first, Evan Bodnell" he called, reading the roster.

Evan walked up to the front of the class and everyone help their breath. Evan was a nice kid, I had talked to him a couple times, but he had this mumbling problem and probably wouldn't be the best partner for a skit.

"Mia Zhu" he called out.

Mia looked over to me and face palmed , "I'm screwed" she said quietly before smiling at Evan.

"Finnly Cage" Mr.Fells called

I got up and stuck my hand in the hat. 'Anyone but Becca and Colton' I prayed.

I pulled out a piece of paper, my hand shaking.

"Crap" I muttered.

"Who is it?" Mr. Fells asked impatiently.

"Colton Pane" I said, my voice cracking when I said his name.

Becca huffed and rolled her eyes , "Mr. Fells , can we please choose our partners?" she asked sweetly.

Mr. Fells raised an eyebrow at her , "No, Becca. Everyone needs to learn to work with different people" he said, before calling the next name.

I sat back down in my seat, avoiding Colton. I didn't want to talk to him until I absolutely had to.

The rest of the class went up and got their partners, and then Mr. Fells let us loose to start planning the last few minutes of class.

I turned around to look at Colton , "When would you like to get together?" I asked , "Uh to work on the project?" I added quickly, blushing with embarrassment.

Stop. Right now, stop blushing. Calm down.

He smiled a little , "I can do it after school today" he said , "I want to get it down as soon as possible" he continued.

I didn't know how to take his comment, did he want to get it down as soon as possible because of me ? Or because he didn't want to procrastinate?

Whatever.

"Yeah...fine" I said, turning around in my seat.

The bell rang and I stuffed my books in my bag before meeting Mia outside.

"Seriously, I have no clue what I'm going to do with Evan as my partner" she said, "AND he wants to do a scene with Romeo and Juliet!" She said exasperated.

I smiled reassuringly, "Don't worry, Evan probably isn't as bad as everyone thinks" I said , "And he's nice, so at least there won't be too much tension" I said encouragingly.

She nodded "Yeah, I guess you're right" she said. She looked around before continuing, "What the hell are you going to do about Colton? Like what do you think Becca will make out of it? She sounded so pissed when you read his name out loud! And what about Colton? Is he going to be an ass?" she asked.

I shrugged, "I have no clue what I'm going to do. I just want to get it done as soon as possible" I said , "He just doesn't seem to show any interest in talking to me so that's going to be a problem" I muttered.

"Hey, don't worry about it" she said, it'll turn out ok."

I just nodded.

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