"Ms Fenmore, would you care to repeat my last sentence?"
I snapped my head up from my notebook and looked blankly at my Algebra teacher. I had absolutely no idea what was going on, but I sure as hell wasn't going to let her know that.
"Umm... You were talking about the... Um... The 'x' being something and... Um... And we had to find that something by... Um... By doing... Something else?" I said hopefully, giving my teacher my best puppy dog eyes.
"No. Just no."
I slumped down in my seat as the rest of the class sniggered at me. I turned around to glare at them and that shut them up for good.
Finally, after far too long, the bell rang. I swept my things into my bag, dashed out the room and made a beeline for the asphalt café.
"Whoa, slow down, roadrunner! What's the rush?" said my best friend, Maddie, as I sat down next to her.
"Anderson" I replied, dipping my fry into some ketchup, the popping it into my mouth.
"Ugh! What'd she do this time?" said Maddie, spearing her peas viciously.
"Targeted me in class, that whore." I replied stabbing my meatloaf just as furiously.
"Well, I see someone isn't being stingy with cussing today is she?" said my other best friend, Lottie as she slid into the seat opposite us.
"When is she ever?" Maddie grinned.
"Hey,it's not my fault I happen to have a very extensive vocabulary! And besides, it's the people who give me reasons to swear!" I defended.
"Whatever helps you sleep at night, sweetie." said Lottie, smiling at me sympathetically.
I grunted at her.
"Hey, did you see the new kid?" said Maddie suddenly.
"What new kid?" I said curiously. "No one said anything about a new kid!"
"Okay, where the hell were you in assembly today?" questioned Lottie, staring at me weirdly.
"Where I always am. In a wonderful place called La La Land where I'm happily married to Taylor Lautner and we have three kids and a dog." I replied, like it was a normal thing to say.
"First of all, you need serious help." said Maddie. I rolled my eyes. "Second, his name is Christian Edward Matthews and he just moved here from New York. Not to mention he's cute and single, so you have a shot with him."
I choked on my burrito. "Why me? Why not you guys?"
The first thing you should know about me is that I don't give my heart away easily. In fact, I've never actually had a steady boyfriend and I've gone on all of 4 dates my whole life. I guess it's because my mom fell in love with the wrong person, who was my dad, and he left. So maybe I'm just scared of getting hurt like she did.
"Well A. Because I'm lesbian and B. Because Maddie's already in love, remember?" said Lottie with her best 'Duh!' face, snapping me out of my train of thoughts.
Maddie immediately blushed furiously. "Please, Lottie! I'm not in love with anybody!"
"Right, and Lottie doesn't think Megan Fox has a hot body." I smirked pointedly.
"Speaking of which, look who just showed up." said Lottie, waggling her eyebrows at Maddie.
We turned and saw him.
Caleb Ezra Jacobson, the It Boy of Lakewood High and the Maddie's love interest since she was 8. They met when Maddie's dog, Buster, ran into the Jacobson's backyard and she found Caleb playing with him. Ever since then, she's been ridiculously, insanely, madly in love with him.
The problem?
He doesn't know she exists.
I doubt he even knows Lottie and I exist.
I turned to looked at Maddie and burst out laughing. She was looking at Caleb like he was a god or something. I half expected her to start drooling or something. Not that I could blame her, the boy sure was hot stuff.
Suddenly, he turned to look our way and waved at us.
Maddie froze.
