Miss Taken by Sue Seabury

Author:Sue Seabury
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: love triangle, biology, middle school, self discovery, jokes, high school, boyfriend trouble, geography

Three strange but true scientific facts about chickens: 1. There are more chickens on Earth than humans. 2. Chickens can move fast if they want to: 9 miles per hour. 3. Chickens can cross-breed with turkeys. The result is called a “Turkin.”

Sunday I held myself off until noon before calling, but there was still no answer. I was feeling a little baffled by the whole thing and so I decided I was strong enough to follow Hannah’s advice for the rest of the day. It’s funny how as the chances increased that someone might pick up the phone, I found the nerve to not call.

Okay, so maybe I was just being a chicken. Or a turkin.

At any rate, first period Monday morning would reveal all. And it did, although Ned kept me in suspense for an extra few minutes when he walked in after the bell.

I was glad Hannah was not in my math class to witness the pleading look I gave Ned as he blew by me and swung himself into his seat, pretending I didn’t even exist. I knew it was pathetic but I couldn’t stop myself. Ned opened his notebook and studied the blackboard with an intensity I had never seen him show before in math class. The only thing that made me stop with the visual groveling was catching Sofagirl’s eye, two rows down, taking it all in.

After class, Ned shot out the door like his pants were on fire.

It was official: he had not developed a sudden interest in quadratic equations. He was avoiding me.

My heart dropped somewhere into the vicinity of my lower digestive tract.

Right before flicking his sunglasses into position, Kyle had the gall to look at me with concern. He started making his way toward my desk. Before he could offer me a shoulder to cry on, I hightailed it out of there. I was feeling so sorry for myself, I might have been weak enough to take him up on it.

I was so distraught about Ned that I temporarily forgot about my run-in with Mrs. Rochel on Friday. When I passed the principal on my way to bio, however, my stomach did relocation of its own and my small intestines felt like they were practicing advanced knotting techniques. Mr. Hirsch just smiled, but it seemed an ill omen since he normally walks by me without acknowledging my existence.

Things were not going my way in biology either. We had to do some lab work with microscopes and Raj was still out sick with mono. Of all the selfish, long-term diseases to get.

So Kyle and I were on our own. I made my intentions clear by getting very busy with the slide preparation.

Kyle cooperated and set up the chart in silence. We whizzed through the slides since we’re both brilliant at recognizing different cells.

Today, however, it would have been better if we hadn’t been quite so efficient. We ended up with way too much free time while the other teams were still working.

Kyle sat across from me, drumming his fingers on the table and trying to catch my eye.

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