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keeping the clue 2by Cordy
After school that day, I met Lexy at her locker, and we waited for Jen
and Gabe to get there. “So, let me guess, we’re going to the mall so
you can show me that jacket, right?” I asked her teasingly.
“Well, I thought it would be fun,” was her response.
“Hi Jack,” I heard from behind me. I turned around, and Cheryl was
there.
“Hi Cheryl, this is my girlfriend, Lexy,” I said, and I turned and
motioned to Lexy. “Lexy, this is Cheryl, she’s in my math class. We
bumped into each other this morning.”
“Nice to meet you Cheryl,” Lexy said and held out her hand. Cheryl
took it, and said the same. “You know, its weird, but you look
familiar to me. Do we know each other?”
“No, I don’t think so,” Cheryl responded. “I just moved here over the
weekend.”
“OK, maybe you just have one of those faces.”
“That’s probably it,” Cheryl said, and then added, “Well, I better go,
see you in Math tomorrow Jack.” She turned and started to walk away,
and then looked back at Lexy before she hurried down the hall.
Jen and Gabe walked up then, and we all left to go to the mall. I had
called Ma at lunch to tell her that I would be late getting home. When
she asked why, I told her that Lexy wanted to show me something at the
mall, and then we were going to her house to study.
“Hey, Lexy, we have to hurry at the mall,” I said as we walked the
couple blocks there. I told Ma we were gonna do homework too, and she
wants me home in time for dinner.”
As we walked in the mall, I saw Cheryl a little bit away, so as Lexy
and Jen looked in a store window at some necklace, Gabe and I walked
over to her to talk. When we walked up however, she looked me right in
the eyes, and walked away.
“That was weird,” Gabe said. “I thought you said you knew her.”
“I do, she’s in my math class,” I replied, puzzled.
We walked back over to Lexy and Jen, and then walked to the store where
Lexy had seen the jacket. As we walked in, she pointed it out to me.
Even I had to admit it was a nice jacket, but I knew I would never be
able to afford it. We walked over, and Lexy pulled one off a hanger,
and handed it to me.
“Try this on,” she said, and stood there waiting for me to do so. I
put it on, and she motioned for me to spin around. As I did, she put
her finger to her cheek, and tapped it, as if some very important
thoughts were going through her head. “It’s perfect!” she said. “It’s
a perfect fit.”
“Lexy,” I said as I started to take it off. “I can’t afford this. If
I could, I wouldn’t be at Millington on a scholarship.”
“I know, I just wanted to see how it fits on you,” she said. “And what
it looked like.”
“Can we go now?” I asked.
“I just have one more stop to make. Why don’t you and Gabe go to the
electronic store, and Jen and I will meet you there in 10 minutes.”
“OK,” I said, and we walked two stores over to the electronics store to
look around.
“She’s acting even weirder than usual,” Gabe said as we walked in.
“It’s the shopper in her,” I replied with a smile. “It comes natural
to her. We looked around the store for a couple minutes, but found
nothing we wanted. We walked out to wait for Lexy and Jen outside the
store, and saw them a minute later. We walked out to the front of the
mall, and Lexy hailed a cab. It dropped Jen and Gabe at his house, and
then headed to Lexy’s condo.
Once we were at her house, we sat down at the kitchen table to do the
homework we hadn’t finished in Study Hall. About an hour later, the
doorbell rang, and Lexy went to go answer it. I heard some muffled
talking, and then the door closed and Lexy ran upstairs. I heard her
shuffling around in her room, and finally coming back down the stairs.
“What was that?” I asked as she walked back into the kitchen.
“Oh, nothing, just someone wanting my mom,” she replied as she sat back
down.
I thought that was weird. She knew her mother wasn’t home, so why
should she go up to her room if she knew that? I decided not to ask
her however, it was her business, and I didn’t want to start a fight.
I suddenly looked up at the clock, and saw that it was 5:15.
“Oh no,” I said, and started to put my things together. Lexy went down
to get a cab, and I followed her a minute later. As I walked down the
stairs, I wondered if Lexy was hiding something from me, and if she
was, what could it be?
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