supposed to have done wrong – she’d just have to make
Maddie forgive her later on. She sighed again and noticed Kale
looking at her with a sympathetic smile on his face.
“You okay?” he
inquired, wondering if Izzie would respond with a friendly answer
or not.
Izzie rolled
her eyes, “I’ll be fine - Maddie just gets this way sometimes. It’s
just best to let her cool off a little while and then I apologise
for whatever I’ve supposedly done – whether I’m guilty or not.”
Kale frowned at
her “That doesn’t seem fair. You shouldn’t have to take the blame
for something you didn’t do.”
Izzie laughed,
“It’s easier this way, trust me. Now, do you think you’ll be able
to find your next class? It’s just I’ve got an essay to finish
since I’m working later and won’t get the chance to do it.”
Kale followed
her as she made her way down the corridor, “Yeah, I will since I’m
in the same class as you … I have a free period now too.” He
laughed lightly as this fact dawned on Izzie.
Izzie forgot
that he had the same timetable as her; she would not get the peace
and quiet she had wanted. She sighed and didn’t protest when Kale
took the seat beside her in Mr Jackson’s classroom; it was
inevitable that she would have to stay up late again to finish her
homework. She took out her notes as Mr Jackson entered the room and
told them to do some work while he tapped away on his computer
doing who knows what. As usual, the rest of her classmates took out
their mobiles or iPods and did no work whatsoever while some others
actually went to sleep for a while.
Kale looked
about him in disbelief; he really was shocked that Izzie was the
only one actually doing something that was productive while the
rest of their classmates lounged around relaxing. He glanced back
at Izzie; he didn’t want to disturb her but he was curious as to
why she didn’t seem to give herself a chance to relax or have a
break like everybody else was doing.
Izzie felt
Kale’s eyes on her and she sighed, she turned to look at him,
“What? I know you’re dying to annoy me … so what is it?”
Kale smirked
slightly, “You’re really are a feisty one, aren’t you? I was just
curious why you never seem to let yourself have a break or relax?
If everyone else can do it - why can’t you?”
Izzie sighed,
“I do relax!” Kale raised his eyebrows at her defiant tone and she
jumped to defend herself, “I do! I’m even going to the cinema with
Maddie tonight - if she’s talking to me again …” she added as an
afterthought; Izzie knew how stubborn Maddie could be.
The corner of
Kale’s mouth pulled up into a half-smile, “Sounds to me like you
think relaxing is a chore. Haven’t you ever just had fun?”
Izzie felt very
irritated at Kale’s suggestion that she didn’t know how to enjoy
herself. She threw him a dirty look and didn’t answer; when she
really thought about it though - he was right. Izzie didn’t tell
Kale this of course; she just turned back to her essay.
After school
had finished, Izzie rushed to get to the bookshop as quickly as
possible. She managed to make it there just ten minutes later and
she took her place behind the till; she felt that six o’clock
couldn’t come around quick enough. The shop wasn’t very busy and
Izzie found her thought drifting to Kale and what he had said; as
much as she hated to admit it, he was right. She couldn’t remember
the last time she had actually had fun or just relaxed; she shook
her head to clear her thoughts and decided that going to the cinema
with Maddie tonight would be the start of the ‘new’ Izzie. She
smiled to herself and was even more pleased when Jake came into the
shop and headed directly for her.
“Hey Isobel,
how’s it going?” he smiled at her and Izzie found herself blushing
stupidly.
“Hey, I’m ok,
what’s up? You need a book or something?” she grinned at him,
trying not to look too love-struck.
Jake shook his
head,