would have just confessed and told me her story, maybe I would have tried to help her in any way I could. The point was moot now; it was over between us.
It was well after eleven when my brain finally shut down and I fell asleep.
The next day I woke up at my usual time and got ready for school. The conversation with my mother at breakfast was brief; I still wasn’t ready to talk about last night with her, but I did tell her that I had spent the evening at Kyle’s.
She seemed satisfied and didn’t push me for answers, for which I was grateful. I wasn’t sure when I would be ready to talk to her about Eden; or if I ever would. It would be too hard to piece together a plausible story without revealing Eden’s secrets and I didn’t want to endanger her with that knowledge.
After breakfast, I headed to the bus stop. I glanced over at Eden’s house, but saw no sign of life. I was surprised to realize that some part of me had been secretly hoping that maybe she would be outside waiting for me; wanting to talk things over. I wasn’t sure why I was feeling disappointed since I had been looking for an excuse to break things off with Eden, maybe I was just sad that I had been so easy for her to get over.
Arriving at the bus stop, I was immediately greeted by my friends.
“Tom, tell these guys how awesome ‘20 to Life’ was,” Kyle said turning from Drake and Matt, to face me.
“It was awesome,” I agreed, “You could do anything in that game – car jacking, mugging, run from the cops and crash cars. It really is a great game.”
“Can we play tonight?” Matt asked immediately.
“I think so,” Kyle replied, “but you guys will have to come over after dinner; there’s no way my mother is going to make dinner for all four of us.”
“We’ll come by after six,” Matt said, looking around in case any of us objected, “This is going to be great, I can’t wait.”
The guys were really enthused with the prospect of spending the night playing video games and I couldn’t say that I blamed them, ‘20 to Life’ was really fun to play and it would be a great distraction for me, so that I wouldn’t be thinking about Eden.
By the time that Howie arrived, we had already hammered out plans to meet at Kyle’s around 6:30 tonight. Kyle told me that after I had left last night, he read the instruction manual and found out that you can play online. After hearing that, even I was actually looking forward to tonight; what could be better than online drive-bys?
I wasn’t sure whether or not I was looking forward to seeing Eden in my classes. On one hand, she was aware that I knew about her secret and I was still breathing, so she wasn’t going to kill me over it; on the other hand, at least I didn’t have to pretend to talk to her like I had been.
Arriving at school I made my way to my homeroom class. Eden was already seated inside. Taking a deep breath, I took my usual seat next to her.
“Good morning,” I said politely. After all I didn’t have to ignore her completely.
“Good morning,” she said back with a cold smile.
I was expecting her to try to talk to me as usual; therefore I was surprised when she didn’t speak one more word to me the whole class. She didn’t even look at me. I should have felt relief over this, but I didn’t.
The rest of the day went the same; it was like we were strangers. I knew deep down that this was for the best, but a part of me had wanted her to at least try to patch things up with me.
During lunch Eden was no where to be found; our table was empty. I ate lunch with my friends instead, all the while wondering where Eden was.
“To what do we owe this honor?” Drake joked, waking me from my internal musings.
“What?” I said stupidly, shaking my head.
“Why are you eating lunch with us?” he asked.
Drake wasn’t speaking to me in an angry tone, it seemed like he was genuinely wondering why I was eating lunch with them instead of Eden.
“I don’t know
It was well after eleven when my brain finally shut down and I fell asleep.
The next day I woke up at my usual time and got ready for school. The conversation with my mother at breakfast was brief; I still wasn’t ready to talk about last night with her, but I did tell her that I had spent the evening at Kyle’s.
She seemed satisfied and didn’t push me for answers, for which I was grateful. I wasn’t sure when I would be ready to talk to her about Eden; or if I ever would. It would be too hard to piece together a plausible story without revealing Eden’s secrets and I didn’t want to endanger her with that knowledge.
After breakfast, I headed to the bus stop. I glanced over at Eden’s house, but saw no sign of life. I was surprised to realize that some part of me had been secretly hoping that maybe she would be outside waiting for me; wanting to talk things over. I wasn’t sure why I was feeling disappointed since I had been looking for an excuse to break things off with Eden, maybe I was just sad that I had been so easy for her to get over.
Arriving at the bus stop, I was immediately greeted by my friends.
“Tom, tell these guys how awesome ‘20 to Life’ was,” Kyle said turning from Drake and Matt, to face me.
“It was awesome,” I agreed, “You could do anything in that game – car jacking, mugging, run from the cops and crash cars. It really is a great game.”
“Can we play tonight?” Matt asked immediately.
“I think so,” Kyle replied, “but you guys will have to come over after dinner; there’s no way my mother is going to make dinner for all four of us.”
“We’ll come by after six,” Matt said, looking around in case any of us objected, “This is going to be great, I can’t wait.”
The guys were really enthused with the prospect of spending the night playing video games and I couldn’t say that I blamed them, ‘20 to Life’ was really fun to play and it would be a great distraction for me, so that I wouldn’t be thinking about Eden.
By the time that Howie arrived, we had already hammered out plans to meet at Kyle’s around 6:30 tonight. Kyle told me that after I had left last night, he read the instruction manual and found out that you can play online. After hearing that, even I was actually looking forward to tonight; what could be better than online drive-bys?
I wasn’t sure whether or not I was looking forward to seeing Eden in my classes. On one hand, she was aware that I knew about her secret and I was still breathing, so she wasn’t going to kill me over it; on the other hand, at least I didn’t have to pretend to talk to her like I had been.
Arriving at school I made my way to my homeroom class. Eden was already seated inside. Taking a deep breath, I took my usual seat next to her.
“Good morning,” I said politely. After all I didn’t have to ignore her completely.
“Good morning,” she said back with a cold smile.
I was expecting her to try to talk to me as usual; therefore I was surprised when she didn’t speak one more word to me the whole class. She didn’t even look at me. I should have felt relief over this, but I didn’t.
The rest of the day went the same; it was like we were strangers. I knew deep down that this was for the best, but a part of me had wanted her to at least try to patch things up with me.
During lunch Eden was no where to be found; our table was empty. I ate lunch with my friends instead, all the while wondering where Eden was.
“To what do we owe this honor?” Drake joked, waking me from my internal musings.
“What?” I said stupidly, shaking my head.
“Why are you eating lunch with us?” he asked.
Drake wasn’t speaking to me in an angry tone, it seemed like he was genuinely wondering why I was eating lunch with them instead of Eden.
“I don’t know
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