Chapter 19 

       I next two weeks went by fast and furious! Well I was furious…because Shane wasn’t talking to be! She didn’t show up for school for two days! Moreover I think she’s with Cherie. I hear from my mom that she comes to my house right when I am not home…I guess she didn’t tell mami that she’s not talking to me because mami does not ask me anything. 

             Alice and Dana are off to some tennis thing. Well Dana went to play while Alice went there as part of their journalism assignment, to report the game. 

  Clive is becoming increasingly aggressive in every way possible! I bet he’s taking testosterone! but I don’t have prove and I am too busy with my own life! Cherie’s pool is all done and I see her swimming sometimes. I don’t really see Shane that much except for in english, math and chem. But she doesn’t talk to anyone and no one talks to her. I can’t think about her. She annoys the fuck out of me. After Cherie saw us together that night. Shane insisted that I go alone and I left her there, kneeling down in the middle of the road. I cannot even guess what she could’ve done to come back. I see Cherie during Cheer practice, she doesn’t talk to me and I don’t even try to look at her. 

        Jenny is doing 2 jobs beside school in order to pay for the mortgage of her new apartment. So, she’s busy most of the time! Shane keeps ignoring my calls, I even tried to talk to her for english project and she wouldn’t even give me a one word answer. All she would say is "hmm" and nod or shake her head, with her lips pursed, her eyebrows furrowed and slumped shoulders, like its taking her a lot of energy to talk to me rather listening to me talking. She has even started wearing this complete black "blind" glasses. The rumor goes that Cherie got Shane an eye infection because Shane has to live with her and look at her! But I think something else is up! So I decided to ask. 

       She doesn’t sit on the bleachers anymore during our cheer practice, so I don’t get to see Shane after school. 

 We have to stay after school for a while once a month for journalism before the issue of the month comes out. Cherie happens to be in journalism as well although she never showed the slightest interest in doing any work for the newspaper! We get take out from a restaurant and everyone in the newspaper takes turn each month for the take out. This time it was my turn. As usual we are all staying after and I get to pick up the thai food that we ordered from the main office. On my way I see Shane sitting up from bench on the hall way where she was lying down with her hoodie on. Seeing me she lied down again with her hands covering her eyes. Anger sparks inside me! 

  I go to her. 

 Carmen: "Shane Shane! I know you are awake and you’re just pretending to sleep after you saw me coming! come on get up"

 Shane was still wearing her black glasses. And got up. 

 Shane:"What do you want?"

 Carmen:"I want to know what’s going on! Why are you wearing these glasses?"

 Shane:"I have eye infection!"

 Her voice makes me want to melt. SO I soften my tone a little bit. 

 Carmen:"Did you see a doctor? what did your doc say? you’ve been wearing that for quite a long time"

 Shane:"None of your business"

 NOW I AM MAD AGAIN! Who the fuck does she think she is!

 I forcibly take off her glasses. She tries to stop me but I was faster I noticed that her hands are trembling a little…..

 I still can’t see her eyes. She tries to walk away. But I know how to stop her! I grab her weak shoulder that was dislocated and turn her around. She gasps in pain while I pin her against the wall and force her to look at me. She stares away. And now I can clearly see why she would want to hide her eyes. 

 Carmen:"Shane! What the FUCK?" 

 Shane:"none of your fucking business"