i know she wants me

Chapter 5

Allie's POV

*Please ignore any errors*

James, Skylar, and I are sitting in the waiting room while my parents pay for our table. James and Skylar are talking and being touchy or whatever. I'm not jealous or anything. Missed me with that straight shit. I'm sitting across from them trying not to gag.

Thankfully, my parents come back quickly and we all walk to our booth. I sit by my brother to avoid sitting by his she-demon. I turn to see her looking at me. Did she hear that? Once I get settled in and look at the menu my brother elbows me.

"Hey, thanks for not looking better than me." I couldn't tell if he was being genuine.

"Anytime, bud." I respond.

The waitress comes to our table and asks what we'd like to drink. She's pretty but what I found more interesting was that I wasn't the only one who thought so. I looked over and saw satan herself giving the waitress a once-over. Kinda fruity if you ask me.

Everyone orders a water, excluding James who asks for orange juice. It was pretty weird but I don't kink shame. The waitress comes back quickly.  I didn't even get to crack a single yo mama joke. She passes out the drinks and hands me mine last.

"Thank you very much." I say it in a way that lets everyone know i'm flirting with her causing a predictable blush. Everyone does the usual eyeroll. Except Skylar who doesn't even acknowledge it.

"So how did you two meet?" says my mom breaking the silence. And just like that, Skylar becomes the same girl I saw around her friends in gym class. Preppy. Perfect. Fake. She lights up with a, apparently not so obvious, fake excitement.

"Should I tell the story or do you want to, luvbug?" She seems to be really trying to sell it. James gestures for her to go on so she continues,

"It was back in June and I had my first volleyball practice as captain. About halfway in, I see this short and mysterious guy leaving the bleachers. I watched him walk down and trip. Luckily,  I was nearby and caught him. It was super romantic. Then he looked at me with his beautiful green eyes and called me his knight and shining armour. We've been together since." She ends with a perky smile, obviously not realizing i'm the only one at the table with green eyes.

My brother just chuckles, "Bae I think you mean brown eyes."

She realizes her mistake and tries to play it off, "Oh! My bad. Twins ya'know?" Everyone lets out an awkward laugh. After the forced laughing dies down Skylar stands up. "I'm gonna freshen up, excuse me."

A few minutes go by and the waitress comes back asking for our orders.

"Oh darn, Allie go tell Skylar to hurry so she can order." I'm extraordinarily thankful James didn't get the urge to call her boobear.

"Why me?" I just got comfortable in my spot.

"Because i'm not allowed in there as a cis straight man. It's weird"

"Fair point, i'll be right back." I wink at the waitress before hunting down Skylar. I walk into the bathroom and see her washing her hands.

"Stop trying to spread your sexual frustration. I'm not interested." I had to refrain from responding with "that's not all i'm tryna spread". I don't want her thinking i'm sexually frustrated. Cause i'm not.

I pout and lean against the paper towl dispenser.

In an attempt to be more mature I just say, "Not interested in me or women all together?" She gets really close to me. So close I could feel her breath. She extends her hand and grabs a paper towl when she says,

"Both."

"Dang, not even gay for the stay?" She looks at me with a fed up expression.

"You really aren't all that you know."

"So you've said." She turns to leave and I block her.

With all of the seriousness I can muster I say, "I don't know what game you're playing at but you better keep my brother out of it. My brother is skinny and obsessed with tacky printed cat shirts. The total opposite of your usual type. From your track record of unintelligent meatheads, there is no logical explanation for you being with James. What's your motive?"

She gets in my face. "THERE IS NO-" she steps back and sighs. "You're surprisingly observant for a raging narcissist. I'm not trying to "play" James. I've only been asked out by guys trying to climb the social ladder. So when a "nice guy" asked me for my number I decided to give him a chance. I don't owe you any explanation so kindly, step off." It's shocks me how restrained she is. I can smell how closed-off her emotions are a mile away.

I don't buy it. "If that's true, then why does everything you do around him look forced? You said it yourself, i'm observant so don't even try to lie to me." I expect to read anger all over her face considering she doesn't care enough to use her blank face around me, but all I see is vulnerability and secrecy. 

I watch her fight to put her wall back up and fail. She almost says something but the voice of my innocent brother, knocking at the door, interrupted her.

"Hey did you guys fall in or something?" Almost instantly, Skylar's face settles on the calm, reserved one. Which i've realized is her default. We make eye contact for a solid second and she brushes past me. I see her and James walk back to the booth.

As confident as I am in my ability, I may have to find another way to get this girl to leave me alone. And James I guess. I've been looking for a community service project anyways.

I take a few more seconds to myself. I can't seem to figure her out. Which means I can't trust her. Especially with my brother.
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Howdy! I wanna expand more on James's storyline so I might make another book for that. If that's sum people want <3