the forces of evil

Kyle couldn't decide it if he was just lazy or in love. He'd overslept. No way was he going to school. Even when they'd yelled for him to get up, and it wasn't a snow day..he hadn't budged from his cocoon.

He was the kind who liked to sleep under the covers, deep in his bed. Usually he slept in the clothes he came home in. Sometimes, even in his shoes. But as he peaked out from under his flannel sheets he saw that the sun was out. The sunlight hit him in the face. He groaned. Kyle needed sleep. But then he tossed and turned, Amanda was in his dreams, and it was so intense, it scared him. He was really falling for her, and he really didn't want to. Why should he? What if she was taking him for a ride just like Eric said? But what if things weren't just as perfect as they were supposed to be with Eric and Ellie? Maybe that's why he'd said it. Maybe Eric just wasn't getting enough sex. What if it wasn't as good as it used to be?

Shit. He thought, he didn't want to think about them. Who cared what happened to them? No, no this was Amanda he was worried about. Damn, he didn't want to worry about- if she was like Eric said.

Why can't I be more like Nick and not give a shit, he thought.

His cell was ringing it wasn't Amanda, but Nick.

"Where are you?" It was lunch.

"I'm kind of sick," Kyle faked a cough.

"Well, that sucks," Nick said. "What did you do?"

"Um, hung out with Amanda." Kyle sighed hoping not to give too much away.

"And she made you sick," Nick fretted.

"Not that sick," Kyle sighed. "I was just thinking, wish I didn't give a shit, like you."

"What are you talking about? You never give a shit about anything."

"Really?" Kyle had no idea Nick thought that about him.

"We should hang out. Just watch Bevis and Butthead, you know, or Tom Goes to the Mayor," Nick suggested.

"I don't know, I can't," Kyle told him. "I might be grounded." He just wasn't up to killing time with Nick. Granted it might be the forces of evil at work, but Kyle just had to figure out Amanda, and damn-it.. he was going to do it.