Free Forever Changed by Jamie Gibson Page B

Lucas’ for just a brief second.
    Why was he laughing at me? I really didn’t care much for Lucas especially now that I had Landon.
    When we were in elementary school Lucas, would play cruel jokes on me and tormented me. I thought today at school he was really being nice to me, but he wasn’t he was being his mean cruel self and he proved that right now. He was laughing at me with the group of kids and replayed the scene from school with his group of friends. He had a blond pretending to be me and I watched as he pushed her to the floor and she jumped up on her knees pretending to pick up papers and books.
    When growing up you always thought that when a boy was mean to you it was just their way of flirting.
    I realized it was all an act. I realized that all the years of his cruel jokes and tormenting that he was not flirting , but I was the center of his jokes.
    I couldn’t believe that I had a fantasy of actually being his girlfriend. All the rumors that were spread around were about me. The reason everyone was afraid of me was because of him. I had no friends because of him. I had no great moments at school because of him.
    I could see him mouth, “Look she has a boyfriend. What a freak? If he knew her, then he wouldn’t be with her.” All his friends stood laughing.
    I became angry. For once I was having the best time of my life and yet he was there to ruin it. I stared at him and I locked my eyes onto his. He couldn’t break the connection, his smile faded, but his friends continued to joke and play around. I imagined him falling over the rail and smashing his face in the concrete fountain three stories below. Everyone would scream, including his friends, blood would splatter on a few shoppers and the fountain would be cracked.
    All of a sudden, Landon screamed, “Elizabeth,” I broke my concentration on Lucas and looked over at Landon.
    “What?”  I asked with so much anger in my voice that I could spit fire all over Landon.
    “I was talking to you and I had no choice, but to get your attention by screaming at you.” Landon said looking a little hurt.
    “Sorry, I really don’t like that guy,” I said with disgust. I looked back over at Lucas. He had turned completely pale and he had a grip of life on the hand rail in front of him. He was talking to his friends and kept darting looks over to me.
    What was that all about? I wondered to myself. I watched as he took one more glance my way, slowly letting go of the rail, and walked hurriedly away with his friends.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 19
     
    Landon and I finished our meal and headed to the car. We had taken all of our purchases out before we sat down to eat. I was so thankful for this I was ready to go and for some reason I was extremely tired. Landon talked my ear off all the way to my house. Unfortunately, I only half listened to him.
                  I pulled into the garage and Landon said he would meet me in my room. He grabbed all the bags and disappeared. I got out of the car, with one bag in tow, and walked into the house.
                  My mother was sitting at the kitchen table, “Where have you been?” She said with worry in her voice.
                  “I went to the mall,” I said holding up the bag in my hand.
                  “Do you know what time it is?” She said with a stern look on her face. I couldn’t help it ever since I read my father’s note in the book, I looked at my mother differently now.
    “Sorry mom,” I said and I really meant it. “I stopped to watch a movie and then I rode around to think.”
                  She looked at me in wonderment for a minute and then replied, “No, it is fine, go on up and get ready for bed.”
                  “Are you ok mom?” I asked her while walking to the stairs. “You look, well depressed.”
                  “Honestly, I am Elizabeth,”