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and I do,
returning my attention back to my breakfast. Not long after, I’m on
my way to the bus stop at bus stop on the side of the road where
our buses pick us up. There isn’t an actual bus stop. Aaron and
Maria also wander to the area where I normally stand to be picked
up. Their bus naturally comes first than mine. In a way, it’s a
pain.
    “Stop it
Aaron!” Maria wails. I spin around and see Aaron keeping Maria’s
bag from her. “Give it back!” She turns to me, “Kal!” I sigh and
storm over to Aaron who’s quick to run from me but I’m quick to
catch him by the bag.
    “Stop stuffing
around first thing in the morning.” I growl as I toss Maria’s bag
back to her.
    “ Y-e-a-h .” Maria sarcastically announces. I shoot her a
warning look and she’s silent. Aaron laughs at his sister’s silence
and falls silent the moment my eyes rest on him.
    “Really?” I
ask, “You’re going to fight before school?”
    “I’m only
having fun.” Aaron retorts.
    I glare, “It
may be fun for you but obviously your sister didn’t enjoy it. So in
my eyes it’s not fun.” Aaron shrugs it off than apologises—I
knew he did that for a reason. When we get home later today, he’s
going to have to apologise if he didn’t already than Jane is going
to make him. I internally sigh; I can’t wait until I move
out.
    I pull out my
phone and read over the text, I received from Peter.
    Sorry Kal.
Can’t pick you up today had to head into work early. I’ll pick you
up after homework centre as usual.
    I sigh and this
time I hear Maria ask, “What’s wrong?”
    Aaron stands on
the other side of me and I regard Maria. “Peter can’t pick me up.”
The three of us are silent until our buses arrive. Maria and Aaron
are kind enough to say goodbye while I wait for mine and when my
bus arrives. The first thing I hear is the sound of my name being
called. I smile at the familiar driver as I climb on and see at the
back of the bus my classmates. Well they aren’t entirely my
classmates they were in my year level though, so in a way; they
kind of are but kind of aren’t my classmates.
    I head to the
back and sit down. “You’re catching the bus today.” Matilda says.
She’s a tall Australian brunette with no Aboriginal blood. Her
tanned white skin is filled with freckles but somehow she makes it
work.
    “Obviously.”
Anna declares, she’s a Malaysian Australian and I’ve always been
quick to notice how pretty she is. “So what you couldn’t get picked
up by your step-dad?”
    I shake my
head, “No. He had to head to work early.”
    “That’s a
bummer.” Anna replies.
    “Tell me about
it.” Soon enough we leap into a conversation about geeky stuff like
Anime, Manga, DC Comics the works and by the time we were
discussing the possibility of Wonder Woman and Superman as a
romantic item. We’re at school and there twenty minutes before the
bell as usual.
    As I enter the
school grounds, I pass the usual canteen than the cafeteria until
eventually I stumble upon Andrew. “Sup.” he greets.
    “Sup,
yourself.” I reply and he smiles.
    “Well guess who
I saw.” Andrew declares, pulling off his large headphones and
letting them sit around his neck.
    “Who?” I ask,
not really caring. “Mark?”
    Andrew raises
his brow than smiles, “Yeah I did but he’s not the one I’m thinking
of right now.”
    “Wow really?” I
sarcastically muse.
    “Come on
seriously.” Andrew whines.
     
    “Okay.”
    “Guess.”
    After a few
moments I question, “John?” And Andrew nods while I roll my eyes.
“And guess what happened?”
    I sigh and move
pass him, “What?”
    “Bernadette
asked him out.” I froze on the spot.
    Peering over my
shoulder I ask in a trembling quiet voice, “What? Did he say?” I
really didn’t want to hear the answer than again; I didn’t want to
know at the same time. This type of thing is none of my business
but I felt the aching desire to know and if he is no longer on the
market. I would