Excitement bubbled in me as Monday rolled around . I had spent all day Sunday texting James and it seemed like he was back to normal after I had opened up about the whole Dexter situation . It was probably stupid that I was giddy over seeing him at school , but I couldn't help myself . He had seemed so overwhelmed when he was dealing with Pink Streak in all her drunken glory but after she was gone and we finally talked he seemed to relax with me . I had hoped he would come over Sunday , but he was busy with his family , so I didn't push it . I had put extra effort into myself just so that when he saw me , he wouldn't be able to stop thinking about me . It was almost a relief to have him back after the hellish week I had avoiding him and taking sh * t from my mom about anything and everything . Our electricity got cut on Friday morning because we had not paid it . It took me all f * cking afternoon looking through a f * ck ton of mail to find the electric bill . I also found countless other bills that were due and it had put me in the surly mood for the rest of the day . I had ditched calls from Chloe up until she began spamming every single social media account with messages to call her . I figured it was an emergency so I called her only for her to whine about me not coming to a stupid party . So after the afternoon I had , I figured I would go and I was glad I did now , although I had been seeing red most of the night watching her all over James . Now I watched as he stared down at Pink Streak with an annoyed look on her face as she grinned up at him with her cute little dimples . I smiled and he turned to look at me . I raised my eyebrows at him and he rolled his eyes and shook his head . " Who are you looking at with those sparkly eyes ? " Chloe glanced to where I had been looking and raised her eyebrows . " You back at it with him now again ? " " Kind of . We have talked a little . " " He's still giving little Pinky some attention though . " " I know . " I shrugged . " We're not an item or anything , so it's okay . " " So you're okay with them kissing then ? " I turned and saw Pink Streak with her mouth glued to his . I felt a flare of jealousy and slammed my locker shut . " Yes . " I gritted through my teeth . She raised her eyebrows at me and shrugged . " Okay . " I walked to class wondering what the hell that was about . Was he trying to make me jealous ? I went through the whole class pissed off that he had kissed her even though we hadn't drawn clear lines over what we wanted . I knew I wanted him , but did he want other girls too ? When I got into the class I had with him I was surprised to see him already sitting right next to the spot I usually sat in . I didn't say anything . We didn't have assigned seating but it seemed strange to see him there . I had mixed feelings after witnessing their kiss , so I was unsure of the greeting I would get or even give him . 1/2 Class Notes +25 BONUS " Hey , " He said as I sat down . He smiled at me and I gave him a polite smile back . Yep . Still salty about the kiss . " What's wrong ? " 1 I took a pencil out of my bag and shrugged . " Nothing . " " Nothing like nothing or nothing like you saw Lara kiss me , nothing ? " " The second one . " " She kissed me . I didn't kiss her back . " He whispered to me as the teacher Mrs.Danforth walked in . " Okay . " She began speaking so he shut up and sat back in his seat . I took notes , but couldn't help but look over at him a few times . He was taking notes too , but did the same , smiling a few times when he'd catch me looking at him . Id * ot . I couldn't stay mad at him though . Especially when he passed me a note in the middle of class with ' sorry ' written on it and a cute cartoon dog on it with puppy eyes . I rolles my eyes and drew a stick figure with the middle finger sticking up and passed it back . He snorted quietly at it and smirked . We both passed stupid cartoons back and forth after that until the bell rung and then he walked me to my locker . " I really am sorry though . Do you forgive me or do I have to draw out a whole page worth of apologies . I smiled at him and shrugged. " Just make it up to me with a kiss of my own . " He perked an eyebrow and looked around . " Here ? " " No. The kiss I want , " I tip - toed and placed my hand on his chest , " has to be done behind closed doors . The kiss I want is a lot further south than the one you gave her . " I winked at him as I shut my locker door and walked away , smirking at the way he stood stunned , his cheeks pink and his mouth hanging open . The rest of the day was uneventful . During cheer practice I twisted my ankle and had to sit out the rest . Football season was almost at a close and dance season would start soon . I needed to decide if I was even still going to do dance . The uniforms were expensive and the competitions took us all over the country . After all of the bills I found , I wasn't even sure what we were going to do . I had heard my mom talking on the phone with someone about an insurance payout and I could only think that she could mean my dad's life insurance money . My mom was horrible with money and if she got her claws on the money , our home and bills would see none of it . Today's Bonus Offer