What Sherry did last month

Chapter 1

Welcome to an ordinary day at Charles D. Granite High School. There are teachers, students, classes, books, bells and lunch, everything that a normal school has. The only out of the ordinary aspect of this place is the drama between the jocks and every other person in the school. Then there is me the odd man (or well teenager) out. I’m one of the few people with no drama, the mostly invisible guy in the school with a few friends but not too many. I have your usual high school crushes and infatuations but there’s this one girl who I’d say I’m borderline in love with, and today is the day she goes from a crush to my girlfriend.

 Mr. Jacksons history class is the most boring mind-numbing class in all of Granite High. This week is the spectacular tale of the westward expansion between 1803-1861. Mr. Jacksons class is set up like your normal classroom; dry erase board, uncomfortable desk that you can’t move the seat to and timelines graphics and presidents everywhere on the walls. Andrew, one of the jocks, started getting into one of his restless fits and looking around for his next victim to bully. Now Andrew is what you’d call the typical ‘spoiled daddies’ boy’ that feels he can get away with whatever he wants. The guy has gotten away with beating a teacher’s assistant half to… let’s get back the to story at hand. So, being bored, Andrew started looking around for someone to torture while the teacher wasn’t looking and his eyes lay on my best friend.

“Hey Chase watch this” he said getting ready to shoot a paper clip he unfolded and sharpened for extra pain

“Dude, I think that might be too far” Case said looking uncomfortable.

“Oh, don’t be a sissy, it’ll be fu...”

“Anderson!” Mr. Jackson shouted. “Is there a reason you’re aiming a paper clip at Ms. Sherry?”

Anderson sat there looking dumbfounded and lowering the paper clip

“Go to the office and I better not see you in these hallways for the rest of the day!”

Class continued as usual after that with people falling asleep or doodling on their textbooks. I should probably explain who it is that my best friend is. Sherry is my best friend and the most beautiful girl I’ve ever laid eyes on. We’ve been friends since childhood and are inseparable. It was middle school where I developed a crush on her; we were in gym running around the track and when the sun hit her glistening skin at the right angle and I instantly fell in love. But enough of that lets get back to the story.

The bell rang and, with Mr. Jacksons permission, we all started heading out of class. Stuck at the back of the line I started pushing my way to Sherry.

“Hey Sherry, wait up!” I shouted out of breath pushing through the crowd.

She turned around and looked excited, “Marcus! What’s up? I was going to wait for you further down the hall since the door gets so backed up when we try to leave together. Fun day of school, isn’t it?”

“Yea, Mr. Jackson is the life of the party isn’t it.” I chucked a bit at that. “But what was up with Anderson? Why was he targeting you?”

O­­—k so maybe I asked the wrong question here because her face immediately shifted from a smile to looking uncomfortable.

“So, I know we are best friends, and I know we normally tell each other everything, but I think it’s time I told you about what happened last month.”

Chapter 2

Ok I know I left chapter one at a weird point but give me a break this is my first time writing. Me and Sherry are an open book with each other, we even tell each other the weird and TMI parts of our life so to find out that all last month something happened that she never told me is unbelievable. Alright let me get back to the plot.

I looked at her confused “Last month? Didn’t you go with you family on a trip to the country over the break?”

“I did but I didn’t give you all of the details behind what happened during that trip. A lot happened” She paused and looked at the ground “A lot that I feel I need to apologize to you about.”

Looking baffled I replied “Need to apologize to me? Apologize about what? You said it was another boring country trip with your family what more is there to it?”

“Let’s talk after lunch; I need to head to class now. Sorry I’m leaving you with more questions than answers, but I promise I’ll tell you everything during free period. Let’s meet where we always do.”

Alright, so I don’t know what to do with this information. Something happened on her trip that was so bad she felt she couldn’t tell me—worse than that, she felt she had to apologize to me. I’m just so lost and worried about our friendship. What happened? What does she need to apologize for? Maybe she met someone in the country? That’s nothing that needs an apology. She deserves to be able to date whoever she wants; it’s not like I own her or anything.

I’m rambling again—let me get back to the story at hand. So, the day goes on as usual: classes, gym, socializing, blah blah blah. Now we’re at lunch, and my heart is pounding because of what comes after. Now I don’t consider myself a loner or edgy but since Sherry gave me the news I’ve been spaced out and keeping to myself. In this moment I found myself sitting alone in a corner with a lunch tray.

“Hey Marcus!”  I heard from beside me. “Man are you ok? You been in a weird mood since science class.”

Startled I said “Oh hey Jacob, yea man just been lost in thought for a bit. H-has Sherry been acting weird since we got back?” I asked

“Sherry? Nah man haven’t spoken to her much as of late, but she’s been a beast in gym. I gotta go just wanted to make sure you were ok. See you after school.”

“Alright man see ya” I said waving him away.

A little detail on Jacob, he’s a buddy from middle school. I wouldn’t call him my best friend, but I would definitely call him close. There were times where it would just be me, him and Sherry hanging out after class betting on who was the fastest out of the three; Sherry would always win. Once we got to high school we didn’t hang out as much, but we stayed cordial with each other.

As lunch came to an end the dreaded time has come, free period. Me and Sherry made sure we could have this “class” as part of our schedule which meant we both had to make high grades throughout our freshman and sophomore years. We use it as a time to discuss classes, make fun of people, do homework or just to hang out and talk. We normally meet outside behind the library which is where we met today. As I see her walking to our meetup spot she waves.

“Hey Marcus! How’s your day been” she said as we got in speaking distance.

“Oh, it’s been ok. Had a lot on my mind”

“Oh no. Have you been thinking about what I told you in the hallway?” she asked

“Yea” I said with a sigh “I just can’t imagine something being so bad you couldn’t have told me or even apologized about. Oh! I saw Jacob at lunch.”

“Jacob! How’s he been it’s been so long since we’ve talked. I know we have class together, but it feels like we’ve grown so far apart” she said with forced excitement. “So I guess I should get into what happened… Here’s what happened last month.”