SO FAR AWAY

- Chapter 8 - Ben's POV - 

"Ben; what was FDR's New Deal Plan?" my teacher snapped, waking me up from my day dreams of Clare. I knew I had no idea what the answer was; it was probably in last nights reading that I didn't have a chance to do because Clare and I went on a Skype date. "Well?" she asked again, rasing her eyebrows and tipping her finger nails furiouslly on the nearby desk. "It was a plan that uh, made a deal with people." I stuttered; I knew a vague answer was better than nothing at all. The class started to snicker at my dumb response. "Wrong." my teacher moaned, giving me a dirty look. The bell rang and I ran out of the room as quickly as possible.

I got to my locker to find Joanna, some girl I used to date leaning against it. She moved slightly out of the way as I neared it. I started to put my combination in. "May I help you?" I asked her, realzing she wasn't going away. "So look, you and that chick from like New Hampshrie or whatever are probably over by now so I was wondering if you wanted to go to Senior Prom with me." she asked twirling her hair and chomping down on some bubble gum. I quickly got the books out of the locker and slammed it shut, "Actually, we're still dating. So no, thanks." I said rudely. I started to walk to my next class when she kept following me. "So you're not going to go to your Senior Prom cause of some girl?" she asked bitterly. "She's not some girl, okay? I'm in love with her." Joanna rolled her eyes at my response, "Whatever." She sung while bustling away.

"Dude, what did Joanna want?" My best friend Tyler asked. "She wanted me to go to prom with her." I said nonchalantly. "And?" he asked, as if it wasn't obvious. "I said no, obviouslly. Clare. Remember the girl I can't shut up about." Tyler grasped his face with the palms of his hands. "You turned down, Joanna? Unbelievable. I know you think your in love or whatever but seriouslly your missing out on so much because of her." I started to get angry, people just didn't seem to understand how special Clare was to me. "She has a name." I muttered. "Okay, well your missing out on a lot because of Clare. Happy?" he said back with attitude. "Clare's worth it. Sorry you don't think that." I said in an upset tone. "Well, I don't. I don't want to see my best friend throw away his Senior year for some girl he meant." Again with the 'some girl,' I couldn't contain my anger much longer. Before I knew it I clenched my fists and punched Tyler right in the jaw. He tried to punch be back but I dodged it and before I knew it we were in a full out fight.

Teachers came up to pull us a part. We were both straining to get out of their reach to get back at each other. "You've changed Ben, all because of some girl. I don't even know who you are anymore." he shouted at me trying to get out of the group of teachers holding him away from me. "Get them both in my office, NOW!" the principal shouted, staring us both down. I had just punched my best friend and will probably get suspended; why? all because of Clare.

sorry for not posting a chapter in a while i was on vacation and just got back. im going to try my best to get more chapters out; i dont really have a story line im just writing as i go for this story so it might be blah. haha. thanks for understanding...