carefully everywhere descending by L.B. Bedford

Author:L.B. Bedford [Bedford, L.B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2015-09-16T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

THERE’S A class of freshman noisily traipsing in for their art class, and I’m able to leave the supply room without attracting too much undue attention.

I’m shell-shocked. On one hand, I’m devastated for Scarlett. On the other, overjoyed. Carolina’s no longer in the picture. That means, Scarlett and I….

I get to Spanish a few minutes after the bell rings and have to give my excuse in Spanish to avoid getting a demerit. I realize in the middle of saying, “Yo estaba las cosas para el proyecto de la clase de ciencias” that I failed at actually getting the stuff I was looking for. Oh, well. Mrs. Thomas accepts my excuse, but corrects my pronunciation before letting me take my seat.

Scarlett doesn’t share Spanish with me.

Mrs. Thomas gives us a chance to ask questions about the most difficult sections of the huge exam we have tomorrow. A lot of students are finding present participles challenging.

Has she seen the text from Carolina yet?

I recite verbs aloud with the other students. Comiendo… siguiendo…. Is she heartbroken, or maybe, at least a little, relieved? Is this something that she secretly wanted? Tú ve delante, que yo te sigo…. Or what if she meant it, that she really is in love with her?

The bell rings, and I blink out of the fog of my thoughts. I panic a little; the test tomorrow is 30 percent of the grade, and I’m far from perfect in Spanish. I’ll have to spend extra long tonight on it to make up for being so spacey in class.

I’m angry. I tell myself it’s aimed at Carolina, but mostly I’m disgusted with my continuing loss of control over myself.

I go to the library and finish my application for Dine-N-Dash. Riding the feeling of accomplishment, I plug in my headphones and listen to the online language program the library has to get my pronunciation down and memorize phrasing. I take the late bus home and immerse myself in the complexities of the foreign language for the rest of the evening, refusing to let my thoughts stray to a certain blue-eyed girl.

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