Its been two days since I last saw Drew.

After the weird conversation we had at my house on Monday, Drew hasn't been to school and I'm a little worried, I wanted to call him but I couldn't.

"That's all for today class, leave your assignment on my desk as you leave" Mr Eric said.

I turned back to where Drew usually sits in this class, and as expected Drew is not in his seat.

I Sighed and went back to packing my things

"Miss Monroe can I have a word" Mr Eric said, drawing my attention.

What now?

I walked up to him with my books in hands, the class was almost empty now.

"I'm aware you and Drew are close friends so I assume your in contact with him. He did tell us he would be leaving town with his family for a week, but you need to let him know this assignment is a big part of his C.A, so he must bring it in by Monday, that's the best I can do" he said.

What? Drew's out of town? why didn't he tell me he was leaving? why don't I know this?

I know why, because I didn't go check on him, I was too scared to face him, I don't know wha-

"Miss Monroe?"

"Miss Monroe? are you listening to me?" I heard the teacher say.

"Erm.. yeah, sure, I'll let him know" I replied.

"Good"

I turned to the door, walking away, I can't believe Drew didn't tell me he was leav-

"Miss Monroe, your assignment" Mr Eric said tiredly.

"Oh yeah.. sorry" I walked back to his desk and placed it down with an apologetic smile before walking away.

What the fuck is wrong with me?, I can't get Drew out of my head, I'm always thinking about him, where is he?, what's he doing?, why hasn't he called me? and when I'm not thinking about him I'm thinking about the kiss and how it felt, or how-

"Amies wait up" Raven said as she ran up to me. She was wear her natural hair in a fro, with beautiful pins and clips, giving her an aesthetic look.

I smiled "I really like when you wear your hair like this, it's so pretty" I said as she got to me

"Me too." She replied "just that my hair gets frizzy easily, it's like this now 'cause I deep conditioned it over the weekend. I gonna go braid it this weekend tho, My mum got me some new hair extensions" she said, touching her hair gently.

"I don't know how you say those braids aren't painful when it looks so tight"

She laughed "babe trust me, it's not that bad, as long as they don't pick the edges it doesn't hurt" she replied

"Anyway, how was your class?" I asked

"boring as usual, let's go together, we both have history"

"Yeah sure."    "did you know Drew left town for the week?" maybe I wasn't the only one he didn't tell.

"Yeah, he told me, why?"

"He told you?!!"

then why didn't he tell me? heck,

why didn't she tell me?

I sighed, I know why, because I've been avoiding any topic about Drew

"Yeah, didn't he tell you?"

I look at my hands "no"

"Well, didn't you notice he hadn't been in school for a while now?" she rose her brow

"Yeah I did but-"

"And you didn't go check on him or call him?"

"Well.. no, I mean-"

"Seriously? you really didn't? what's wrong with you?"

She sighed and said something under her breath.

"I was busy, I couldn't-"

"Couldn't what? Call a friend and ask where he was? or check on him? common Amies, Drew deserves to be treated better" she sighed again.

"I mean.. I was going to today" I tried to defend myself, even though I knew I was wrong.

Great, now I feel like a bad person.

I need to change the subject "wait, why are you taking his side?"

"No, I'm not taking sides,  I just.."

Good, she fell for it.

I sighed deep "ever since you and Ben started dating you never take my side or do anything with me.." I sighed again

"Amy!, you know that's not true"

"whatever you say"

I glanced at her and cleared my throat,  "so erm, Ray, what does it mean when you keep thinking about someone even when you don't want to, and you smile when you think of the things you did together, and stuff"

She smiled, forgetting our previous conversation "Are we talking about you?"

"What! no, some girl I know" I said, trying my best to look convincing, my acting skills maybe good with strangers, but not with Sonny and Raven.

"Well it depends, the person she thinks about is it a guy or girl?" she asked

"Its a guy" I replied

"And is she into guys or girls?"

"Well she hasn't really liked anyone before but she's definitely into guys, why do you ask?"

"Well then she probably likes him" she said with a shrug.

"WHAT!! No she doesn't!!" she jumped at my sudden outburst.

"Woah, easy" she said, still in shock.

"Sorry, she doesn't like him, I'm sure"

She laughed "how?, trust me, she likes him, I know these things." she shrugged,

And then continued "besides, how would you know, you've never liked anyone, I'm sure you don't know how it fee-,"  she paused then turned to me, giving me a suspicious look,

"Wait, who exactly are we talking about? I'm pretty sure I know everyone you know, and they are not a lot" she said

"Haha, look at the time, we'll be late for class lets hurry" I said awkwardly, picking up my pace

During last period:

Me?, like Drew?, that's not even possible, this is just some kind of misunderstanding, I probably just didn't explain it well, or Raven doesn't know what she's talking about, yeah, that's it, I don't like Drew, yeah..

"..Amies, Amy! are you listening?"

"Yeah! what?, what's going on?" I asked, looking at my surroundings

"The class is over, are you alright?, you've been a little weird lately" Raven asked

"I'm good, let's go"

"Are you sure you're alright?"

"Yeah, I am"

"So do you have any plans for today?" she asked as we walked out of the class with the crowd

"No, I think I'm just gonna stay home with dad",

And maybe call Drew

"Oh really, Ben and I are gonna hangout wanna come?" she asked

"No, I'm good" I'd rather stay home today

"You sure?"

"Yeah" I gave her a smile,

"well.. okay"

...............................

"Dad I'm home" I yelled as I entered the house, he said he would come home early today

"Dad?" I called out but no answer, the I saw a note on the table..

Sorry honey, I'll be home late today, had to go back to work.
Love dad.

Great, I'm home alone, I thought of what to do as I laid on my bed looking up at the ceilings

"Oh Drew!" I said remembering, I rolled to my side, should I call him? no, There's no need.

Maybe I should, yeah that's the right thing to do, yeah... okay.

I picked up my phone and dialed his number

*Dialling...*

Okay, it's ringing but I don't think he's going to pick up, maybe this is not a good idea, maybe I should end the-

"Hello"

"Oh my God Drew!, erm it's me Amy"

"Yeah, I know"

"Oh yeah, of course you do!"

Geez Amy,  get it together, of course he knows it's you, you call him all the time. what is wrong with you?

"Erm... I was just calling to check up on you" I said, almost like a question.

"Well, I'm good I guess" he didn't sound like his usual self.

Then there was an awkward silence.

"Erm.. Drew, why didn't you tell me you were leaving town" I rolled a bit of my hair round my finger.

Silence again...

"I didn't??, I thought I did, sorry I forgot" he said.

With that I stopped playing with my hair, What do you mean you forgot! you don't forget to tell you friends your travelling dumbass!

"Oh okay " I replied, let's not start another argument over the phone Amy.

"So when will you be back?" I asked

"Friday evening" he replied

"So erm... I was-"

"Amy I'm kind of busy" he cut me off

"Oh fuck this!, Are you mad at me or something? your acting weird" I sat up, annoyed.

It was getting on my nerves.

He seemed taken aback.

he sighed "No, I'm not, I'm just.. trying to settle some things with myself"

"Are you sure?, because-"

"Look, Amies can we talk some other time?, I'm actually really busy" he said.

I sighed "Okay.. bye I guess"

*Beep*

After hearing the beep, I looked at the phone in shock, Did he just cut the line? what the fuck!

fine!

who cares! stay mad, doesn't matter to me.

I plopped back on the bed facing the ceiling. In fact, I'm not calling him ever again!

     Twenty minutes later

I rolled to my side, looking at my phone screen, "I can't believe he didn't call me back, he didn't even say bye" I said to myself.

I faced the ceiling again, What if he really is mad at me?

No, he said he wasn't.

I rolled to face the other side, Wait, what if he's lying?

what was that stupid argument even really about?.

I sat back up in annoyance, Why should I care, he's the one who got angry for no reason and took it out on me.

I didn't even do anything wrong, I should be the one mad at him, but noooooo, he has the audacity to cut me off, That's it, I hate him!

*Badump* my heart skipped a beat, as my brain went back to the memory of the kiss, damn that kiss, my heart always react like this when I think about the kiss, I don't even exactly think about it, it just pops in my head.

I plopped back on the bed, my hand instinctively went to my phone and straight to gallery, my fingers were roaming above the video, I was so tempted to play it, I touched my lips trying to remember the feeling and smiled at the thought of it.

What the fuck is wrong with me! I sat back up with so much force and shook my head, trying to shake the thought way.

I click the bin icon on my phone, wanting the video gone, but when the pop-up question came I couldn't click yes, I don't know why.

 so I cancelled it and threw the phone back on the bed, annoyed at myself.

         The next day was worst than the last, and it was obvious the weird feelings I was having were caused by Drew Parker,

I wonder what he's doing at the moment.

Speaking of, I can't believe he still hasn't called me, he's being such a douche bag.

I looked at my phone and sighed "dumbass"

"Who are you talking to?" Ben asked, startling me.

I looked up at him Startled, did I say that out loud?

"no one" I said too fast,

"okay?" Raven looked at me suspiciously.

I sighed "It's's Drew, I called him yesterday and he just-" I sighed,  I think he's mad at me and I don't know why"

"Why would he be mad at you? did you do something wrong?" Raven asked,

"That's the thing, I didn't!" I said pissed.

"Then what makes you think he's mad at you?" She said

"Raven he left town without telling me, nor did he call" I stated obviously.

"Oh, ouch" she said

"Plus, we kind of had a fight some days ago. It wasn't even a fight, he just got angry for no reason, shouted and stormed out, I didn't even do anything wrong" I said now irritated at him.

"Woah, that doesn't sound like him, he wouldn't just get angry without a reason"

  "I know right!, I just don't know what I did,"

   She placed her fingers on her chin, trying to think "we'll just have to find out on our own, or get extra help"

We both simultaneously looked at Ben

"hey hey, don't bring me into this, I am standing on neutral grounds right now" Ben said, putting his hands up

"No, there is no such thing, tell us what you know" I demanded and Raven nodded,

"Nothing, I swear, I know nothing" Ben continued

"I don't believe you" Raven said.

  Ben looked at her pleadingly and then back at me,

Then they started doing that thing with there eyes, communicating with each other, making stupid eye signals as if I was blind.

"You both know I can see you right" I dead panned

"Oh sorry, anyway, we need to get to class" Raven said, pushing me forward.

I didn't hear a word the teacher said throughout class, I was too busy thinking of Drew, of the kiss, of how lonely I was.

"That class was so interesting, it's a pity we have maths next" Raven said

"I Don't know why you hate maths so much, it's the best subject" Ben replied

"What, it's like ha-"

I tuned them out, Now that Ben and Raven are dating, I feel like I'm just intruding them, or worst, like a third wheel.

I wonder what Drew is up to right now, maybe I should text hi- no, I'm mad at him, I won't.

I sighed to myself, I need to figure out what is wrong with me, I'm obviously sick, maybe I need to see a doctor, this constant worry and heart beats is not good for my health.

Then I had a lightbulb moment,

Oh my Gosh! that's it, Amanda!, I should go see Amanda, she would know what is wrong with me, since google was obviously useless, maybe an adult would know,

"-mon, it can't be that bad" Ben said

"Guys, I think I'm going to skip the class" I interrupted in

"Why?" Ben asked

"I need to go see someone, I won't be long, I'll be back before last period" I said

"Are you sure, what if you get caught?" Ravan asked

"It's fine, I'm as sleek as a snake, I'll be back before you know it"

"Okay, be careful and don't get caught, we'll cover for you" Ben said

"Yes mum and dad"

Getting out of school was easy peasy,

I'm sure Amanda would have a reasonable explanation for my reactions...

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