peekaboo, I'm watching you

Chapter four: Just a little kiss

Akeaha

Ugh, hurry up already. I moan to myself waiting for Ava to hurry up and get ready.
"We're gonna be late for college!" I shout up her stairs trying to get her to hurry along.
"I'm coming! I'm coming! Jeez!" She moans rushing down the stairs. Thumping down the stairs she throws her arms, dramatically into the air and shakes them vigorously. “ Wait!!” Ava shouts and I groan. “Why!” I whine at her.
"Right! Let's go twinkle toes! " I remark hurrying towards the door, throwing it open and descended into the front garden. Only to discover that she did not follow behind me. I sighed in frustration.  

Waiting outside her house, I impatiently tap my foot waiting for her to tag along. "I've got it!" She declares as she leaps out of the front door, slamming it shut behind her.. a piece of toast hanging out of her mouth.
I roll my eyes and walked towards my car ,  but I suddenly decide to ask "What was so important, that you had to get that took you like,  forever!?!" I moaned at her in frustration.
She winks and wiggles her eyebrows, takes the toast out of her mouth and goes " I made toast! Just kidding, I forgot where I left my text book".
Typical Ava , I thought.
We got in her car and started to drive towards Grenworth college.
I nudged her a little and asked; " So.. what was so very important last night, that you blew me off for ey?". I sent her a mischievous wink.
"Well.. I sort of. Maybe had a.. um, date with-" she began.

I shouted "HOLD THE DUCK UP!"
She whispers "duck? Why would you say-"
"YOU went on a date, and didn't inform ME about this slice of hotty!" I declare at her.
"Well-" she begins in a high voice.
"No-no, no. You did not do this to me! Right I want details, a name and what happened!  Spill the beans!" I instructed dramatically.
"RIGHT! Right ok! I'll tell you everything! Just don't kill me ok !" She laughs. I raised my eyebrow as she begins to tell me.

"He's about six foot-ish or a little over?  Umm.. he has dark brown shaggy hair and hazel eyes. We went on a date to the cinemas to see that new scary film, and by the way not so scary I had to fake being scared to cuddle up next to him"Ava giggles to me.
I encourage her to carry on "Go on..".
"Well it wasn't a proper date, until later that night. His brother and his brothers friend bumped into us in the cinemas and ended up coming in with us. Don't get me wrong it was fun we ended up having a popcorn fight" she rolls her eyes and smiles to herself.
"Ooo..lala.. so tell me this studs name"  I asked in a flirtatious tone. Wiggling myself side to side, giving her my cheekiest smile.
"Well his name is Shane woods, and his brother is called Michael and his friend is called Kevin.. I think".
My posture stiffened at his name, my knuckles whiten as I gripped the steering wheel. I hate that guy, the thought of his name makes my skin crawl. He's evil.
Why would she hang out with such a.. ugh! I think to myself.

I tried to calm myself down as I asked; "How come they didn't hang out with you after the cinemas?".
"Well the Kevin guy got a phone call and was a little jumpy and him and Mike took off. Me and Shane went back to his house and ordered pizza and was talking all night.. and we sort of nearly kissed" she explains.
I was about to say something, when Ava interrupted " No-no it's not what you think, my alarm went off before we did and I said my goodbyes and went home".
"Oh.. I see. So when's your next date?" I ask curiously.
"I have no idea" she sighs before saying "Do you think he agreed to go out with me for a joke? I mean he doesn't look the type who'll like someone like.. well me" she gestured to her clothing.
I smile " A I gotta be straight with you, you rock that outfit!  Own it ! ignore what the jerks at college call you, he thinks your smoking hot!" I declare in a feisty tone. I leaned into her and taunted, “ can you blame him? With that outfit ? he’d die at your awesomeness my friend”.

We started to giggle and pulled in the car park.
5 hours later rolled by as we started to walk out of the colleges gates.
"Ugh.. kill me now" Ava groans. I roll my eyes and say, " It'll be fine, it's only work and besides it's my first day there too" I wink at her.
"Ok-ok I guess you're right. You got my back in case they come right? "She asks .
"As long as you've got mine" I declare.
We smile at one another and make our way to the café.
After a while Ava showed me how to use the machines and work the till and after an hour or two I got the hang of it.
It's not so bad, I could handle it,  I think to myself.
The place started to get packed as more students roll in like a plundering hurricane that's just waiting to consume me in their lies and their unnerving whispers. One of them was Jason Bishop and his friends Mark, Jake and Paul. Ugh, I groan to myself looking over at Ava.
Her face paled a little, probably from the site of Jake.
Jake constantly tormented her, although the others we're ok on my standards. But he loved to pick on her whenever he got the chance alone with her. She told me the other week he was calling her names to get her attention and when she ignored him he poured hot chocolate down her. Poor girl, he can be such a dick to her I thought and sighed.