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Would she actually talk to me when she would see me?  Would we act as if we were complete strangers?  And what about Jay?  Could I watch her making moves on him and see him falling for her?  Could I let him go? 
     
    The image of my mom’s jealous face tonight was proof enough that I should protect myself from that heartache and stay away from guys like Jay.  I stayed in the tub a few minutes more and actually realized that tonight was a blessing.  I got to see what my future would be like if I made the mistake of falling for Jay.  I put on my pjs, some music, and grabbed my sketchbook for my nightly sketch.

 
    Chapter 6
     
    The week flew by and Friday arrived before I knew it.  The week was full of the usual high school busyness with the added excitement of the upcoming Homecoming Dance.  Becca wore shorter skirts, higher heels, and tighter shirts and touched Jay every chance she had.  She would win him over before the dance next week.  Maybe they would even be the Homecoming King and Queen; wouldn’t that be a riot!  The two new kids come in and take over Homecoming court!  Jay had stopped bumping into me.  Although I missed it, missed the zings I felt inside when he touched me, I was glad we didn’t have to have any weird moments of me pushing him away.  It just kinda stopped. 
     
    “Come on!  Hurry and get your stuff so we can get out of here.  Girl’s night of pizza, movie, and sleepover is about to start!”  Meg walked me to my locker. I was excited to do a girls’ night with Meg and glad Mom was fine with it.
     
    “Cool your jets lady.  The movie is not till 7, we have plenty of time.”  I spun my combination lock and opened the creaky metal door.  Then, like a leaf falling from a tree, a blue scrap of paper floated down from the top vent slot.  Meg grabbed it before I could.
     
    We need to talk. 
    -J
     
    “What’s this about?”  Meg asked.  I felt the color drain from my face.  I had avoided him most of the week.  I hated confrontation, why couldn’t he just go be with Becca and leave it alone.
     
    “No clue.  Listen, if you want girls’ night to happen fast though, you need to speed me past Jay as if our houses were on fire.  Otherwise I’ll be chatting all night and girls’ night will be ruined.”  I was fibbing, but I knew Meg would do whatever she had to do to save girls’ night...and I couldn’t talk to Jay.
     
    We headed out the front doors of the school and saw Jay leaning against a tree chatting with one of the swim team guys.  Jay had made the swim team and his circle of friends was growing exponentially with ties to track, thanks to Soren, and now swim team.  His teammate spied us coming out the door and pointed our direction.  Jay turned and a smile quickly crossed his lips.  Then he pushed away from the tree and approached us.
     
    “Brogen.  Meg.”  He nodded at both of us and Meg paused on the steps.  I gave her arm a tug to remind her we did not want to stop girls’ night for anything.  But Meg was like a deer trapped in headlights.
     
    “Brogen, Can I talk to you for a moment?”
     
    “Sorry, we have big plans tonight and are already late.”  He looked down at the ground in disappointment and quickly looked up, “I can keep it short, please just 2 minutes.”
     
    “Brogen, two minutes shouldn’t make us late,”  Meg said.  I pinched her.
     
    “Ow!  What was that for!”  I glared at her.
     
    “Traitor.”  I muttered to Meg, then turned back to Jay, ”Two minutes.  That’s it.”  I stormed off toward a quiet spot away from nosey ears.  Jay followed and caught up.  When we got out of hearing range I spun to face him.  “What do you need?”  I realized I wasn’t sounding like my usual self but I really didn’t want to have this conversation.
     
    “Did I do something to piss you off?”  That was it?  He just looked at me, searching for the answer.
     
    “No.  You have not done anything to piss me