Big is Beautiful by Martin Kelly

Author:Martin, Kelly [Martin, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Astraea Press
Published: 2013-09-01T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

It was hard watching those buses leave. I wanted to run there and jump on the back of one, though I'd probably make the front wheels lift off the road. Sad as it was, I wanted my mommy. I couldn't stand the thought of being in Geometry with Matt alone.

Since we'd had a test, we didn't have any homework to work on. I was sure Ms. Bennett had given Matt some sort of sheet for us to slave over, though. All of their hard work had resulted in an incredible one hundred… and an ill-advised hug.

Resigned to the fact that I had to get this over with, I forced myself through the front doors and down the dimly lit hallway. For the first time all week, I'd beat Matt there.

Part of me wondered if he was even coming. Part of me wished he wouldn't. It was lonely, but strangely nice. I had been in a crowd of loud, mocking voices all day. It was nice to just sit… be still… not think.

I laid my head on my desk and shut my eyes. Even more darkness… even more grateful for it.

What was I going to do? Not just about Matt, but about the Red Ball. Would he even want to still go to the dance with me now that I'd made a fool out of him? And what if he did keep his word like the guy I figured he was and offer to dance, what then?

If I couldn't get a ticket, then big whoop. I guess God answered for me and I didn't need to go. But a part of me, a big part, wanted to see what the fuss was all about and, yeah, spend time with Matt somewhere other than tutoring. He'd come to check on me after my horrible hugging decision, so maybe he didn't hate me. Then again, he wasn't at tutoring at his normal time either.

If I wanted to be truthful, one of the main reasons I wanted to go was to see the look on Kendra's face when she saw me dancing with her date. Oh, she'd make my life even more miserable for a while, but it would be worth it.

I felt pressure on my shoulder, and I jumped like I was shot. Matt backed up a step, clearly startled. That made two of us. "Sorry. Didn't mean to scare you."

"You didn't."

He tilted his head to the side and gave me a look like really?

"Okay fine. You scared me a little. I didn't hear you come in."

"Asleep?"

"Thinking."

"Ah." He turned the desk in front of me around and sat down facing me. His hair looked messier than usual, and for the first time, I noticed how good he smelled. It didn't smell like cologne. Probably from some manly soap, not the flowery kind that made my nose itch. Had he smelled like that before and I just missed it? How could I have missed it when I was zero inches from him in the cafeteria?

The cafeteria.

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