Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 13:53:53 -0800 (PST) From: Jackie Ray Chan Subject: life goes on 3 Life Goes On... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Welcome to the third installment of my story. Some of you made suggestions about what to do with Miguel and with James, but well, Miguel's gone. He's off to Canada. There are two new guys however, hehehe... just read on to find out who they are... (^^,) *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* It's been about three weeks since Miguel left for Canada. Things were pretty much getting back to normal and that included Sally. "What!?!" James nearly yelled in shock. His mouth was wide open in disbelief as he stared at a boy his age beside Sally. "Now come one, James! You can't expect me to be boyfriendless forever..." Sally reasoned "Yeah, but Sally, it's only been three weeks. I can't believe you'd get over Miguel that fast!" "Yeah, but I did. And besides, Art here has been really sweet." "Art, huh?" James raised an eyebrow and eyed the new guy. He was about 5'8", with broad shoulders and a dark tanned complexion. He was very muscular around the shoulder and arms as it showed through his tank-tops. His dark somewhat curly hair matched the darkness of his eyes. "What was his name again?" James asked Sally "Art," she replied, "Art Anana." "Anana? That's a funny surname." James thought to himself as he smiled a bit to stop from laughing. "Hi..." Art said extending an arm to James. James looked at his hand for a minute and sighed "Hi!" he replied shaking Art's hand. "Just don't get close to me and we'll be just fine." James thought. The Bell rang after they shook hands and they all sped off to their respective classrooms. James thought that he wouldn't have to see Art again, but he was wrong. "Hey!" Art said, sitting next to James "Oh... hi..." James tried to control himself, "I don't like you, I don't like you, just get away from me!" he thought "So, I guess we're classmates for this class" "Yeah, i guess..." James said through gritted teeth pretending to smile. "Uhm... right..." Art sighed, sitting down and getting ready for the teacher to start. The class went on without any of them saying a word to each other. They were both silent and indifferent, or at least James was. The class ended and James was happy that Art wasn't in his next class, Andrew was however. "So what do you think about Sally's new guy?" Andrew asked "He sucks, and I could definitely care less about him!" James replied "Seems to me like you're jealous." Andrew grinned "What? No! I just can't believe that guy had the nerve to take Miguel's place!" James said, crossing his arms "Ahuh? You know what, Art isn't such a bad guy." "I can't believe you're taking his side!" "I'm not taking his side, I'm just saying that you should give the guy a chance." "Whatever... that still won't change the fact that he stole Miguel's place!" "Hello? Reality check!" Andrew knocked on James's head, "They broke up, remember?" "Yeah, publicly, but who knows what's in their hearts!" "THere you go again with that heart, heart thing!" Andrew sighed "What?!" "You sound as if you're such an expert on the love subject, but tell me Einstein, why haven't you got a girlfriend?" Andrew asked pushingly. "Well, I... uh..." James stammered. Truth was, he never considered having one. "Well it's because..." "James Kiefer!" the teacher called his attention "yes sir?" he said standing up and giving Andrew a look which sort of said, "If I get in trouble, you're dead meat buddy!" "Kindly tell me," the teacher started, "What quadratic function was used to solve the equation." James stood there blankly as if looking for an answer, "Uhm... a parabola?" "Good guess Mr. Kiefer... but unfortunately incorrect!" the teacher said with a stiff tone. Murmurs started to become audible and giggles were everywhere. "Silence!" the teacher bellowed and all of a sudden, all the noise was gone. "Sit down James!" he ordered and James went back to his seat. A couple of minutes passed and soon the bell rang. James immediately headed off, a little bit frustrated but at the same time a little bit confused. He was pondering about Andrew's question, why hadn't he have a girlfriend? He was so caught up in his thoughts that he didn't notice someone walking just as aimlessly as he was infront of him. *CRASH* "Ow!" James grunted, feeling his arms. "Oh jeez! I am so sorry, are you Ok?" came an unfamiliar voice. James looked up and saw someone he had never seen before. He was tall, about 5'10", with a big but not fat body and a light 'cafe au lait' complexion. He had dark brown hair and medium brown eyes. James could tell that he was about his age. "That's ok" James stuttered at the guy's handsome looks. "Hi, My name's Josh, Josh Rosales" He said, stretching out his hand for a handshake. "I'm James, James Kiefer." James replied, standing up to reach Josh's hand. Josh smiled, and for a while James couldn't understand what he was feeling. He felt so soft inside like he just got out of bed. His knees started to buckle and he collapsed on to the floor again. "Woah! Are you ok?" Josh asked "Yeah, I've never felt that way before!" James chuckled with a bit of worry to his tone. "I think you better see a doctor..." Josh suggested, helping James up. "Thanks..." James said softly looking into Josh's eyes, he found himself staring at them for so long, that he blushed and quickly looked away. "Uhm... I'm new here and I was wondering where the class 3B was for History..." Josh said "Uh..." James thought for a while, gathering courage to face him again, "It's over there across the hall, you shouldn't miss it." "Thanks..." Josh said with a smile as he headed off "Hey!" James called him when he was half way through "Yeah?" Josh asked "Uhm... if you're free later, maybe I could show you around the school, that is if your cool with it?" James offered. "Yeah! That'd be great, thanks!" Josh smiled and went inside the room. James stood there for a while, not knowing what to do. He felt as though he was wanting something, something he never had. He felt something he never felt in the longest time. His heart was beating so fast, his was sweating right there without doing anything. James turned around and walked slowly to his next class, all the while asking himself, "What the hell is going on with me?!?" *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Well, how'd you like it? James meets two new guys in this episode. HOped you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Again, you can e-mail me at jackiebluemaryfan@yahoo.com for your suggestions, reactions, comments, anything you'd like to say to me. Oh and by the way about the pronunciations. it's Anana (An-nya-na), Rosales (Ro-sa-les), Kiefer (Kee-fer) and what else, I guess that's all. See you next time around!