True Friends

By Joy McCarthy

Ch.6

The next Wednesday I walked out of the Practice hall at the back of Muir. I ran across the empty field and in the back doors of Garfield. I walked to my locker and was pulling out my history notebook when some one taped me on the shoulder. I turned to see a tall guy with his hair gelled back in to place. He smiled at me and put his hand on my shoulder. "Hey Agy, heading over to the gathering office at the Faith center?" I asked turning to shut my locker. I turned back to him. "Yeah, you want to come?" He asked in his soft voice. He looked in to my eyes with worry as he always did. "Jasmine are you eating and sleeping at all?" he asked in the same voice he asked with every week. As always I pulled away and smiled at him. "I'm ok. Lets get going, I was headed there anyway."

We walked down the front steps of the school. We went past the elementary and across the street and into the center. We turned and walked up the stars.

"I'll race you to the room?" I said. "You're on." we ran down the hall. Suddenly I was lying sprawled on the floor. I looked up and saw a pair of nice up shoes then continuing my upward look I saw a pair of blue jeans and then a button up shirt. Finely I saw a smiling face a adjusting the glasses.

"You should watch where you're going, Jasmine." Tom said with a Laugh.

"Hey you know that putting brick walls is againts the rules, Agy." I said as I stood up with help of Tom and adjusted my glasses too. We all laughed at what I had said and walked the rest of the way. " Tom why are you here really I thought that the core team didn't need to be here until later?" I said quietly.

"It's because I am well…here because Bob needed my help." He said looking at me with worry in his eyes. "Jas stop asking so many questions." Agy said with a smile.