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| Heather Caine |
Okay, my name is Heather Caine. I’m now 15 years old. I do
not want to sound stuck-up or a snob, but I’m pretty popular at school. It’s
not like I’m way cool, but I am kinda popular. I am a reserve cheerleader at
school and next year I’ll probably be on the regular squad. Last weekend I went
to a pizza party with a guy from the school basketball team. His name is Kevin.
The party was in the basement of one of the guys on the football team. Just
about all of the cool kids were there. After the pizza we all kind of chilled
and watched a movie. About halfway through the movie Kevin wanted to make-out.
I did not want to so I told him I wasn’t in the mood. To tell the truth;
someone else was on my mind.
Okay, there’s this guy who sits behind me in History class. His
name is Cal Denton. Sometimes during the class I will hear him say stuff to some
other people who are usually sitting somewhere behind me. He doesn't yell or
even talk loud, he just sometimes says stuff in a quiet voice. He has this great sense of humor and he can be so funny. I mean, I sometimes just have
to laugh. Then there’s these other times when he will say stuff that is really
nice and even sort of sweet. I overheard him tell Mindy Connors that she was
wearing a really cool necklace. Cal will say nice things like that.
A couple of weeks ago Gary Waters was with a bunch of his
friends walking down the hallway when he knocked the books out of the hands of
Teddy Catlin. Gary then laughed and called Teddy a “spazaholic”. Gary Waters is
like twice as big as Teddy. Anyhow, Cal was right behind Gary when all this
took place and he just calmly whacked the backpack Gary had dangling from a hand, and then he kicked it down the corridor. Gary turned around and saw Cal standing there and I thought a
fight was going to break-out right there in the school corridor. But Cal just
looked Gary in the eye and in this calm voice said, “Look who’s the spazaholic
now.” I swear I could see the fear in Gary’s eyes as he just backed away and
went to pick up his backpack. Meanwhile Cal helped Teddy pick up his books. It
was one of the scariest, and yet coolest things I have ever seen.
The next day in History class I turned around in my seat and
told Cal that I saw what he did in the hall to Gary. Cal just sort of smiled,
shrugged and said that he had gotten mad and that he usually doesn't act like such
an idiot. It was a way cool, totally awesome thing to say.
Okay, I’m going to be honest now; I really like Cal. I’d
like for him to ask me out sometime. Trouble is; I know he won’t. See, he’s not
really all that popular around the school. Heck, he sort of sided with Teddy
Catlin there in the hallway and to be truthful, the kids think Teddy is kind of
gross. I suppose I could get brave and ask Cal out for ice cream or maybe just to chill and hang-out, but I’d bet he would say no, and besides, what would my friends say
about me going out with Cal Denton?
Sometimes being popular can really suck.
