"Long Awaited" Chapter 8: "Telephone"

James' POV:

???: "Hello, who may I ask is calling?"

Me: "James, your friend!"

???: "Hey, James! Shouldn't you be in school right now or something?"

Me: "I kind of am, I sneaked out to the bathroom."

???: *laughing* "Are you at lunch right now?"

Me: "Yeah! I wouldn't call you during class!"

???: "Good, so what did you have to tell me, Brother?"

Me: "Well, where are you right now?"

???: "We've been in New York for a few days. but soon we're going to Massachusetts."

Me: "When will you be in Utah again?"

???: "Ummm, one second, James"

I hear a little conversing in the background with other people. I can't make out what they're saying, but I listen really closely to see if I could make out any words, no use.

???: "Why?"

Me: "Well, I just want to know when I'll see you again. I miss you."

???: "Aww, I miss you too. Well, we'll be heading back to Utah in a few days, like 4."

Me: *gasps* "That's perfect!"

Virginia's POV:

As I continue talking to my new friends, I notice James is still gone. I start becoming suspicious like "Why is he gone so long?" But I cast it aside, maybe someone called him to the office or he had to go to his locker for something.

James' POV:

???: "What do you mean 'perfect.' For what?"

Me: "Ummm, you'll find out when you get here, okay?"

???: "You know I don't like when you do that! Now you made me anxious!"

Me: "Fine, do you want to come to a fireside to celebrate your return back?"

???: "Of course!!!"

Me: "Great! I'll set it up withe everyone and they'll be excited to see you're coming back!"

???: "Oh James, I'm sorry, I have to go. Thanks for the fireside and talking to me! I really needed to talk to a friend!"

Me: "No problem, man. See you soon!"

Just as I hang up with him, some guy walks in and sees me hanging up my phone. They look at me like I'm crazy and say "You're talking to someone on your cell phone, in the bathroom? That's kind of odd, but that's you!" I laugh and say "It was a private call." I leave the bathroom and sneak back out to the lunch table trying not to get noticed. Before I reach the table, I compose myself and put on a face that every recognizes from me.

Omniscient POV:

Virginia sees James coming back to the table. He has been in the bathroom for like 10 minutes, that's a long time...especially for a guy.

Veronica: "What? Did you have a trouble in there or something, James?"

James: "Nah, I just had to take care of something."

Just as she thought, nothing I should be concerned about, but what does Virginia find herself asking?

Virginia: "Like what?"

James: "My mom called my cell phone. She needed to tell me something."

Virginia: "Okay" and she nervously laughs out loud to cover-up her obvious suspicion. Luckily, her lovely new friends pay no attention to the way she spoke to James. She's thankful for that. The friends just go back to talking with Kevin's occasional random words. At one point, she thought that Kevin may have Tourettes and asked James if he did. He laughed so loud you could not believe. Kevin, thankfully, was not offended.

About 5 minutes after James arrived back at the table, they had to go back to class and get ready for 6th period. Virginia did not know her way around the school yet, so it's great that Cody had the same class she did at the same time. Cody escorted her to class. They talked on the way there.

Virginia's POV:

Me: "Cody, who's our teacher for this class?"

Cody: "Mrs. McGullivry."

Me: "Woah! Is she Irish or what?"

Cody: "She's actually from Ireland and just came here like 10 years ago."

Me: "Are you for real?"

Cody: "Yeah!"

Me: "So what's she like? Nice? Strict?"

Cody: "Oh, she's both. She's really nice, but she's also strict. She taught David for a while."

Me: "ohhhh, me likey!" and we both giggle

As we go enter the classroom of Mrs. McGullivry, I see that he is right. She is very warm and welcoming. She wants me to feel at home.

We go through the rest of the classes for the day and meet up with my new friends after school. Jessica suggests that we all exchange phone numbers so we can talk and text once I go back to New York. I told them at lunch I only have 2 days at the school. So James, Jessica, Veronica, Casey, Kevin, and Cody exchange numbers with me.

* to be continued *