I put the song because, well, I liked it 😉

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I froze. Uh oh. Should I?

“Well, umm, I’m thinking of not going this year,” I said.

“Why not?” He sounded surprised, “You have to come!”

“I don’t know,” I hesitated.

“How about this,” He said, “Just come with me, and you don’t have to come as my date; we can just go as friends. A lot of people do that.”

I hesitated. Just as friends? Well, I mean, that couldn’t hurt.

“Sure,” I felt myself actually smile.

“Great,” I could hear a smile in his voice, “I promise you won’t regret it.”

I hope not.

I lay down on my bed and stared at the ceiling. I used my foot to turn on the radio that was on my night stand, and heard Selena Gomez’s song, ‘Ghost of You’, playing.

As soon as I realized what the lyrics said, I felt goose bumps rising on my arms.

 

***

 

“WAKE UP!” Someone shouted in my ear. I groaned as the bright light shined in my eyes, temporarily blinding my vision.

When my eyes adjusted, I realized that it was Liv.

“What are you doing here?” I groaned as I fell back onto my bed.

“Why wouldn’t I be here?” Liv answered as she started dragging me out of bed, “I mean, without me, you would be a walking fashion disaster.”

I smiled. Same old Liv.

I went into my bathroom and quickly brushed my teeth. I changed into the clothes that Liv picked out; a tight, white shirt, and a short, blue skirt that was almost too short according to the school rules. Almost.

“Seriously?” My eyebrow raised as I looked at myself in the mirror.

“You look hot,” She grinned, “Now let’s go.”

I followed her outside, grabbing my bag along the way. We walked to her car, and I noticed Seb locking his door, and started to walk to his car. He looked at us, and I almost swore he was looking directly at me. I shook away that thought.

“Hold on a second,” Liv told me and quickly ran to him. They started talking about something. I couldn’t hear anything they were saying.

I pretended I was looking for something in my bag. This felt like the first day again. I watched Liv make gestures to Seb, and he nodded. He said something else, and this time, Liv nodded. Then she started walking back to me.

“Sorry,” She said casually as she got into the car.

“What were you talking about?” My voice came out sounding annoyed. Great, now she probably thought that I was desperate to know or something.

“Oh, well,” Liv hesitated, “Things.”

I felt my expression turn into a frustrated scowl. I didn’t say anything. She clearly didn’t want to tell me.

We got to school, and all everyone would talk about is the Spring Fest.

“Oh please,” I complained, “Spring Fest isn’t that big of a deal.”

“It is,” Liv replied, “You’ll see.”

“I’ll see?” I asked, “How exactly?”

“You’ll see,” She repeated. I sighed in frustration.

 

***

 

I ran into Mrs. Knies’ class breathless. I was at my locker, trying to get to class at the last minute possible, so I would avoid awkward moments with Seb. I was so caught up in rearranging my books, that I didn’t hear the warning bell until it was too late.

“Julie, next time, make sure you get here a few seconds before I shut the door,” Mrs. Knies said. I nodded as I silently sat down next to Seb. I made sure to keep my gaze away from him.

“I want to say that, I am a little disappointed at some of the packets I’ve read,” Mrs. Knies started. Packet? What packet?

“This project reflects on real life matters, and I want you to take this very seriously,” She continued. No, really, what packet?

“Only one pair had gotten a perfect score, which means that I was satisfied with all their answers. And that would be,” She turned to us, “Seb and Julie.”

WHAT PACKET?!

“Wait, what packet?” I finally got the guts to ask. Mrs. Knies looked at me in such a way that I immediately regret asking.

“This packet,” She handed it to me. I flipped through it, and saw that it was all completed in Seb’s surprisingly neat handwriting. I glanced at him and he raised an eyebrow.

“Oh yeah, of course. I just, uh, forgot which one it was,” I blushed as I handed it back.

“We’re going to read a poem today,” Mrs. Knies moved on, passing each of us a sheet of paper, “I want you to fill this out before we read it.”

I looked at the sheet of paper. The middle column had about seven questions, and there was a ‘yes’ and ‘no’ column on each side.

I read through the questions. Would you sacrifice all your money for love? Would you sacrifice your safety for love? Would you sacrifice your life for love?

Seriously?

I checked in the ‘no’ column for every one of them.

“Julie, why don’t you share your choices with us,” Mrs. Knies said.

“Well, uh,” I felt my cheeks flush again, “I chose no for every one of them.”

Almost every guy in the classroom hooted in agreement.

“Why?” She asked.

“Well, you know, love never lasts, and you’ll always find someone else,” I made sure to stare straight ahead, “So I don’t think it’s worth it to sacrifice anything.”

“How about you, Seb?”

I looked at him without meaning to. He kept his eyes on me while he spoke.

“I think it’s worth it to sacrifice for love. If you really love that person, then you would sacrifice anything you could for them.”

“Two partners with two very different perspectives,” Mrs. Knies smiled and nodded, like she had expected it.

 

***

 

I wandered around the empty hallway. I was supposed to be at lunch, but I didn’t feel like going. I knew, deep inside, that it was because I wanted to avoid Hollie and Seb. I felt bad for feeling so negative towards Hollie, but I couldn’t help it. I sighed again.

Then I stopped in front of the bulletin board, and decided to read everything on there, to pass time. One of the sheets caught my eye.

Spring Fest Crew Sign-Up Sheet.

I read down the list, and five names caught my attention. Seb, Hollie, Liv, Ethan, and Andy. Liv never told me they signed up. I could have signed up too.

But then I remembered that Seb was on there too, which meant I would have probably been against it. Maybe that was why Liv didn’t even bother to tell me.

I heard someone coming in this direction. I quickly looked around, trying to see if I could escape to somewhere. I wasn’t supposed to be wandering the halls during lunch. I held my breath as the person came into view.

Ethan.

I breathed out in relief.

“What are you doing here?” I asked him.

“What are you doing here?” He asked, “Aren’t you supposed to be at lunch?”

“I asked first,” I said, avoiding his question.

“I’m supposed to go to the office to pick up something,” Ethan answered, “And you?”

“I, uh,” I tried to come up with an excuse, but failed, “Yeah, I’m supposed to be at lunch.”

“Well, why aren’t you?”

I shrugged, not meeting his eyes, “I … didn’t fell like it. You won’t tell anyone, right?”

He grinned, “Guess you owe me again.”

I rolled my eyes, “Can I ask you something?”

“Depends on what the something is,” He replied cheerfully.

“You, Hollie, Liv, and Andy are all on the Spring Fest Crew,” I purposely left out Seb, “And you didn’t tell me about it? I could have joined you guys.”

Ethan suddenly looked a bit … nervous?

“Well, Liv said that you were busy on Wednesdays, which is when we usually have our meetings,” He replied. Wednesdays. Dance class. Liv signed me up on purpose.

“Well, since I’m too busy,” I replied casually, “I seemed to have missed something. Care to tell me what it is?”

God, I sounded so formal.

“Nothing much,” He shrugged, looking past me, “Hey, sorry, I gotta go before my teacher starts thinking that I’m cutting class.”

He gave me a smile, and walked into the office.