The next day I woke up, took a shower, got dressed in a skirt and golf shirt, grabbed my books and bolted out the door in the snow. The normal routine would be complete if Jr was waiting for me at the bus stop. For some reason he knows what time I wake up everyday and gets here 10 minutes before me. Where is he now I wonder? As I wait for him to get here I here heavy breathing behind me. I panic and do a spin-and-slap. You know the kind where you spin around and slap the person behind you. Guess who I slapped? If you guessed a pervert, you’re wrong. It’s someone much, much worse. Yes, you’re right! IT’S JR!!!
“Ouch. That may’ve hurt but it was so worth it! You should’ve seen how scared you got!” he said laughing.
“So not funny, Jr.” I say rolling my eyes at him, “How long were you here?”
“Since 10 minutes before you. As always, I was hiding in the same place I ran away to that time when I was 5.”
I should’ve known he was hiding! There are a million places he could hide!
“Oh, okay.” I say stepping onto the bus.
“Yo. I had this weird dream last night. Mayo can’t talk right?” Jr asks me.
“Um….. Last time I checked it didn’t.” I say as we worked our way to the back of the bus.
“Um. Hi.” A boy, who was sitting in our normal seats, said to me.
“Hi there.” I say extending a hand, “I’m Angel and this is Jr”
“Hi, Angel. I’m Edward but you can call me Ed. Oh hi Jr are you her boyfriend?” he said taking my hand and shaking it.
“Um, no I am not her boyfriend.” Jr said taking Ed’s out stretched hand.
“EVERYBODY TAKE A SEAT!” the bus driver said obviously referring to Ed Jr and me.
I got pulled down into the empty seat by Ed and Jr sat in the opposite seat.
“Angel, you do know that you’re the only girl in school wearing the skirt, right?” Jr asked me laughing.
“That may be but I am the only one that looks good in it plus my pants are still getting fixed.” I say simple.
My statement makes both Jr and Ed crack up. I started laughing to. The next 15 minutes was spent by Jr Ed and me getting to know one another. I found out that before Ed came here he attended a catholic school like this non catholic one. I told him about how there was two more of me and he just laughed saying how he’d love to meet them. Then Jr told Ed his real name which surprised me massively. Finally the big question came.
“Can I see your schedule?” Jr asked Ed.
“Oh mine? Sure you can” Ed said as he handed Jr. his schedule.
“Oh My God.” Jr said staring at it like it’s a three headed dog.
“Give it to me.” I said as we exited the bus.
When I finally pried Jr’s fingers off of the schedule and got to look at it I felt my jaw disconnect from my mouth that’s how far it dropped. He had every class with me! my sisters and I have tried getting that a million different times over.
“Hey Angel are you alright?” Ed asked me ignoring the preppy cheerleading brat that was talking to him.
“You’ve- you have every single class with me all week every week.” I say baffled.
“Cool!” he say his face brightening up a whole lot.
“Newbie let me give you some advice. They’re lame, I’m not. Hang out with me and you’ll have friends in no time flat.” The preppy cheerleader Jackie said giving me a death glare, “Unless Miss. Weirdo hypnotized you somehow like she did that time with Jr.” she said.
This was true, except the part about me hypnotizing Jr. It happened in Kindergarten when Jr met my sisters and I. He was hanging out with his ‘girlfriend’ (Jamie) when he heard crying. It was me, ends up before Jamie started hanging out with him, after we got introduced to the class, she came over and stated being a really bratty to me and made me cry. He left her to hang out with me that day and we’ve been extremely close ever since.
“Hey, Ed. I think you should hangout with her.” I say looking down at the floor.
“WHAT?!” came two voices behind me.
“Oh great, the Grimm Trio is re-united after the oh-so-long time of six hours!” Jr declared clapping and laughing.
“Yeah guys. This is Ed, Ed these are my sisters Deidre and Aaralyn. You should hang out with her to teach her the meaning of bitcheness because she obviously doesn’t know it.” I say laughing. Everyone laughed to.
“Nice one Angel!” Aaralyn said to me eying Ed, “Angel, can I talk to you in private?”
“Sure.” I say, “Is there a problem?” I ask her when we got out of earshot reach.
“Think back to your dream.” She told me sternly, “What was the cute boys face? Is it Ed?”
“Um.” I say thinking back, “It looks like him but what are the odds of that happening?”
“Uh with, you a good chance. I’ll let you hang with him but I’m going to be watching him.” She says.
“Deal.” I say shaking her hand to show we’ve got a deal.
When we finally got back we saw Jr yelling at Jamie and Ed telling her off. When they saw us they stopped and came over to me wanting the 411.
“She wanted to know what we were having for dinner.” I say simple walking into school.
“Hey Angel! Can I walk you to English?” Ed asked me.
“Sure. You do know about the test we have today right?” I say worried for him.
“Yeah I do. I’m taking it today too. I got the notes from the professor.” He said opening the locker next to mine.
“Your locker is next to mine to.” I say, “Uh-oh we’re going to be late for English. Do you know where it is?”
“Nope.” He said smirking.
“Well then,” I say linking arms with him, “I’m going to have to escort you to all of our classes.”
“Oh no. The torture.” He said smiling.
“Deidre, Aaralyn, we’ll see you in home ec” I said to them walking away.
No surprise that the minute Ed walked into the door there was a swarm of girls surrounding him. I laughed at his annoyed look, he looked like he would kill them if they didn’t leave him alone.
“Ed, I’ve got an open seat by me. Come sit in it before someone else does.” I say motioning him to the empty seat next to me.
Edward practically had to crawl to get out from the girl mob; after he was free he flew into the seat next to me. The Professor walked in a few minutes later and introduced Ed to the class. All the girls melted at his name, I have to admit his name was quite cute. I was ecstatic about this classes test. I enjoy writing about anything and everything. This test was a creative writing test; we had to make our own version of a chapter in the book White Is for Magic. I read the book 14 times before this test so I could rewrite the book in a whole different way OR the exact same way it was typed in the book. I finished within an hour of the two hour time limit. I read over my work 5 times and was satisfied with how I did. I put my test on the side of my desk; I was exhausted so I took a 15 minute nap. When I woke up my hands were scratched from where I fell. I had yet another nightmare, only this time it was much better than the last one. I decided I would got straight through the day acting normal then explain it to Aaralyn, Deidre, and Jr. at gym next period. I glanced at Ed who was looking at me so intensely I had to look away. I could still feel his eyes on me even though I looked away. I feel I’ve met him somewhere before but I couldn’t put my finger on it. Before I knew it I felt so freaked out I raised my hand.
“Yes Angel?” the teacher Mrs. Hom asked me.
“I finished my test and would like to know if I could be excused?” I said looking down.
“I would also like to be excused.” Ed said also raising his hand and still looking at me.
“Did you finish your test Edward?” Mrs. Hom asked looking between the two of us.
“Yes m’am I did.” He said still looking at me.
“Very well. You’re both excused; please hand in your tests on your way out.” Mrs. Hom said as we stood.
I gave in my test after Ed left the room and walked out as quietly as a mouse. Then I tried to figure out what was wrong with me and why I felt so…uncomfortable when ever Ed stared at me. I felt this feeling before, in my nightmare, but I didn’t want to think that my new sexy friend was the bad guy in this mess. That’s it! I have to think back to the sexy voce from my dream, I thought to myself. When I thought back I felt scared because Ed’s voice was exactly the same as the one from my dream.
“’ello, Angel.” came a voice from behind.
“Ed?” I asked spinning around.
“Yes?” he asked amused.
“Nothing. I don’t feel good.” I said putting my hand on my head.
“Ah I see.” he said as he came closer to me.
“W-what are you doing?” I stammered.
“You’ll see.” he said as he came closer to me with a sly smile on his face.
Before I knew it I was up against the concrete wall with Edward standing over me. The put his hands on both sides of my head and…….. Kissed my forehead?
I was shocked and didn’t think anyone did that anymore.
“Angel, I want you to go to the nurse. You’re burning up.” Ed said looking me in the eye.
Just then the bell rang.
Saved by the bell. I thought. Edward laughed as if he could read my mind.
“Off to the hell on earth.” I mumbled to myself.
“Gym?” Ed asked.
“Yeah.” I mumbled.
I ran off to gym and hoped he was absent. I’m really good at gym but my teacher is mean. He gets mad at everyone in his class, especially mine because I’m the only good one in my class. In gym our teacher (who is getting remarried, so he calls us to call him Sir), told us about the new sport we’d be playing. We are moving on from tennis to basketball. I was so excited, basketball was my all time favorite sport and was my best.
“Sir, we’ve got a new student in our class.” Bobby, the classes nerd, said adjusting his crooked glasses.
“Really?” Sir said, “Who?”
“Me, sir. I’m Edward.” Ed said extending a hand and flashing a smile.
“Edward, welcome to the class.” Sir said grabbing Ed’s hand, “Nice firm grip. The grip of an athlete!”
“If you don’t mind can I please be on Angel’s team?” Ed asked.
“Sure you can. She’s always with the same group anyway, which is her two sisters and Jr, plus she needs one more player.” Sir said.
Edward came over and grabbed our team’s last T-shirt. He put it on and looked good in it. That was a big surprise seeing as they were the ugliest things in the world and not even I looked good in it. Ed threw a dirty look at Jr which Jr returned gladly. Had I missed something? It sure felt like I did.
“Hello guys.” Edward said.
“What are you doing on our team?” Jr snapped.
“I got put here thanks.” he snapped back.
Then saved by the whistle the game started! We got into action immediately. When the game began I got the ball. We went through the whole 1st half and scored 3 to 0, us.
“Guys, I’m good at basketball. Give me the ball.” Edward said taking a sip of water.
“No. Not after scaring Angel.” Jr said.
“Jr can tell when I’m mad upset or whatever. Please guys today is half-day let’s just get through it calmly.” I sighed.
“Angel, a word……….NOW” Aaralyn said grabbing my arm.
“What, and that hurt.” I said holding my arm.
“He is weird! NO MORE EDWARD!” Aaralyn said making her point loud and clear.
“Look, I know he’s weird. School’s over in less than a half hour, les get through the day.” I said looking down at my leg. I was wearing the school gym uniform pants so that my leg wouldn’t show. It started to hurt again and I winced. I thought I saw Ed half smile for a second. After school we went to the drug store from my dream. Stupid? Yes, we know.
“I wonder why Ed didn’t come with us?” I asked thinking about that.
“Probably scared Jr would rip his face off.” Deidre said laughing.
“Trust me I would’ve.” Jr said growling.
We got to the store and immediately went to the drink section. It’s a habit for us to always get what I want first….. vitamin water.
“Oh nooooo.” I whined.
“I’m so sorry sis.’ Deidre said pulling out a hanky for me.
“I-I-I really w-wanted it today.” I cried dabbing my eyes dramatically.
“Ask someone if they have anymore.” Jr said holding my shoulders.
“Fine, I will.” I pouted walking to the counting.
Someone standing there had their back turned but I could tell that the was about our age.
“Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm are you new here?” I asked him the way he stood made me feel like I’ve seen him before.
“Hey Angel and yes I am.” Ed said turning around.
Well that was awkward, I thought to myself. How weird? First, Aaralyn thinks he’s the guy from my nightmare then he turns out to be the latest recruit to my favorite shop.
“Did you come over here to talk or did you need something.” he asked stepping out from behind the counter.
Weiirrddddd. We were partially whispering besides me who was crying.
“Y-yeah actually. Do you have anymore dragon fruit vitamin water?” I asked suddenly feeling small, weak, and defenseless.
“I’ll check in the back.” he said with a smirk as he turned on his heal and strode to the back room.
After Ed turned the corner I rushed to the guys hyperventilating.
“Ed…here…dream…true!” I whispered in a rush , freaking out.
“Calm down, tell us what you want to say slowly.” Jr said putting his hands on my shoulders.
“Ed, he works here. The boy from last nights nightmare ran in this store’s direction. Maybe the boy worked here, and perhaps my nightmare will come true.” I said cracking on the word true.

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