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Post by brittani on Mar 3, 2007 12:33:53 GMT -5
Brittani walked up the stairs to her door and turned the knob.
"Mom, I'm home!" she shouted, opening the door and comming in.
"Hey, hun!" exclaimed her mother, running to her from the kitchen, "How was your first day?"
She smiled, "It was okay..." she answered, "I met someone in the hall and she helped me with the schedule."
"A name...?" asked her mom, smiling.
"Caroline Sweet." she replied, throwing her backpack next to the old couch, "I had second bell with her, too. Math."
"That's nice." said her mom, "Just don't let her distract you."
"And just what do you mean by that?" asked Brittani, looking back at her mother suspiciously.
"You know just what I meant by that." she replied, walking back into the kitchen, "I'll start supper."
Brittani headed back up to her room, turned on her CD player and fell onto the bed. Her "tick, tick...BOOM!" soundtrack started to play and she laughed. Mom must've been in here... she thought.
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Post by brittani on Mar 7, 2007 18:21:12 GMT -5
Brittani sighed and rolled over. She hated being bored and having nothing to do. It'd only been fifteen minutes since she ate supper and she was already about to scream. She really missed her friends back home. She could just walk down the street and there they were. She still didn't really know anyone here. Except Caroline. That was a different story, though.
"I can't believe I gave her my number...just like that!" she thought, smiling widely.
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Post by Caroline Sweet on Mar 7, 2007 22:14:19 GMT -5
Caroline walked slowly to her bedroom and left the door open just in case Jonas started to cry. With a sigh, she dropped her bookbag onto the ground. Then she remembered...Brittani left Caroline her number. Would it be...too forward to talk to her? Maybe it would be easier to explain over the phone...but it would be nice to talk. Anyway...why would Brittani give her her number unless she wanted to be called?
"Here goes," Caroline picked up the phone and looked into her notebook. She carefully punched in Brittani's number.
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Post by brittani on Mar 8, 2007 21:28:13 GMT -5
Brittani looked over at the phone as it began to ring. She leaned over and picked it up, also turning her music down a little.
"Hello?" she asked.
She was thankful for the call. She needed conversation with someone...wait...The only person who she knew had her number was...
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Post by Caroline Sweet on Mar 8, 2007 21:37:00 GMT -5
"Hey...Brittani?" Caroline asked although she was pretty sure that it was her. Unless her mother had the same exact voice that she did. Or if her father had an embarresingly high voice. She decided to just assume that it was Brittani. "It's Caroline. From class today...remember?" She asked hoping that she did. It wouldn't be pleasent if Brittani couldn't place her in all the new faces that she met that day.
Not pleasent at all.
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Post by brittani on Mar 8, 2007 21:42:57 GMT -5
...Caroline. Brittani was pretty sure her face would crack or break or just give out all together if she smiled any wider.
"Oh, hey Caroline!" she replied happily, leaning against the walk, "Do I remember you? Hmm...maybe." she teased with a slight giggle, "Of course I do."
"Perfect, perfect, absolutely perfect." she thought.
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Post by Caroline Sweet on Mar 8, 2007 21:52:03 GMT -5
Caroline let out a nervous laugh. If Brittani did forget...well she didn't. So there was no worries to follow that thought. And she had a good sense of humor...that was....good. She bit her lips remembering what she had to discuss with her. Maybe...maybe Caroline could put it off some more. But then Dwayne's words echoed in her head and she knew that she couldn't. That wouldn't work...at all.
"So how was the rest of your day? You didn't get lost some more I hope," Caroline said. I can leave it be for a bit, she thought to herself.
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Post by brittani on Mar 8, 2007 21:57:36 GMT -5
"I managed to work my way around." she replied, "Classes were okay. Photography class was a good ending to the day."
Brittani put Caroline on speaker and set the phone down on the bed. She pulled the hairtye out of her hair, then pulled it all back into a ponytail. That feels better...she thought.
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Post by Caroline Sweet on Mar 9, 2007 10:13:51 GMT -5
"Photography?" Caroline asked with a smile. "That's pretty cool. Maybe you can teach me how to take pictures. I always get my tumb in the way. So yeah...not really good at that. I'm glad you found your way...it gets easier as you go..." She let her words fade out as she thought about how she could break it to Brittani. It seemed so much easier when she wasn't on the phone talking to her.
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Post by brittani on Mar 9, 2007 19:17:20 GMT -5
"I'd be glad to. Though I'm afraid I've never proved to be a very good teacher." she said, "I can never explain things in a way that makes sense to anyone but me."
She laughed, but sort of faded as Caroline did. She was being a lot quieter than she had proved to be earlier that day.
"Something wrong...?" she asked.
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Post by Caroline Sweet on Mar 9, 2007 22:05:05 GMT -5
Caroline grinned. "Well that's good cause I'm not really the best student out there so we'll be a good pair," She said holding the phone away from her ear for a moment as she thought she heard something. But there was no repeat of the sound, so Caroline moved the phone back. "Sorry just listening out for Jonas."
"Oh well...kinda. Not really wrong per say. Just...can I talk to you?" Caroline asked then frowning at herself as she realized that they were already talking. "Yeah that makes sense, Caroline."
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Post by brittani on Mar 9, 2007 22:11:15 GMT -5
"Yes, a good pair indeed." she agreed, smiling to herself. She picked the phone back up and took it off of speaker just in time to hear her, "Oh, okay."
Her smiled faded slightly, "Yeah, sure. What is it?" she asked.
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Post by Caroline Sweet on Mar 9, 2007 22:21:01 GMT -5
Caroline stood up and leaned out of the door. There was no sign of fire or riots so all things would be ok. Then she nodded and sat down on her bed. "I umm...first of all. I'm sorry and I hope that you won't hate me for this. I really like you Brittani. I really do. Like really middle school really like. But...I'm kinda with someone. Well not exactly with someone. I went to homecoming with her...and I like her but. I don't think I like you the same. I mean I like you better. At least I think I do...this is coming out wrong..." Caroline rubbed her face. "I'm just...I like you. So...can I like...put you on hold?" Wonderful, now she's a library book, Caroline said to herself.
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Post by brittani on Mar 9, 2007 22:46:13 GMT -5
Brittani was quiet for a second; soaking in what Caroline said. So...she liked her. A lot, apparently. She wasn't really sure if she liked Caroline yet...She felt some attraction to her, but there was a fine line between liking someone and liking someone.
With a deep breathe, she started, "First of all, I just met you today...but I could never see myself hating you." she replied, "And don't worry, I understand what you mean."
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Post by Caroline Sweet on Mar 9, 2007 23:04:17 GMT -5
"Oh...I know. I wasn't...I didn't..." Caroline struggled to say as he face turned beat red. All she knew was that she was happy that the phone didn't have a visual thing on it. That would be embarressing. Really really embarressing. "I'm sorry. And good. I'm. I'm sorry..." She ran her hand through her hair. "I'm just kind of on edge with my brother sick..." She said curling up into the fetal position and pulled her stuffed rubber ducky to her chest.
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