Chapter 3

The next day at school, Kelsey spotted Samantha hanging all over Carlson at his locker.  She felt a pang of jealousy watching her moon all over Carlson. 

“So it was true?” Kelsey said to herself, as Samantha’s words the day before came back to her.  “Carlson moved on.”

Kelsey marched on over to Samantha and Carlson intending to give Carlson her two cents, but when she got there and saw the smirk on Samantha’s face, she thought better of her choice..

“Carlson?” Kelsey asked him.

“Yes, Kelsey.”

“I want to congratulate you and Samantha.  I hope you two are happy.” Kelsey said, as she bit her lip just saying the words.

“Well, thank you, Kelsey.” Samantha butted in before Carlson could say a word.

“I don’t want there to be hard feelings between us.” Kelsey told Carlson.  “I made my decision.  My dreams of a Olympic career are important to me.”

“Kelsey, can we. . .” but Carlson didn’t get a chance to get them out because Samantha was dragging him off to meet her friends and brag about their relationship.

As Kelsey watched Carlson go off with Samantha, she still couldn’t believe that he would hook up with her.  Kelsey knew she hurt Carlson badly by her decision, but Samantha?  She was the school s**t.  She was just using him.  Kelsey hoped wised up before Samantha hurt him.  Kelsey vowed to keep an eye on Samantha, just to be sure.  She still love Carlson very much and wanted only the best for him.

Kelsey looked at the time and noticed she was late for her math class.  Carlson and Samantha would have to wait for now, Kelsey thought as she headed for class.

 

It was lunch time and Kelsey usually ate in the cafeteria with Carlson, but that wasn’t happening since their break up.  So she ordered a salad from Mrs. Oliver, the cafeteria worker and took her salad with her to the library and ate in silence as she studied for Econ.  Kelsey had to get her homework done so she could head to the gym to workout some more.  The 2020 Olympics in Tokyo were 4 years away but Kelsey had to be prime in her game.  She had to be in those Olympics.