Not Your Average Girl Anymore

Chapter 4

        The first couple of weeks of school had gone smoothly enough. Besides the fact that I was stuck with Keaton as my partner in Chemistry. His flirty, yet annoying, remarks and charm made me both disgusted and attracted all at once. Valerie's interested in the trio was wavering, but occasionally she would bring them up.

        "You are soooo into him. Don't even try to deny it Evelyn." Valerie insisted as she lay spread out on my bed. We were just hanging out listening to music when of course she had to bring up him.

        "I am not! He's annoying and troublesome and who even knows what else!" I replied with mock anger in my tone. Valerie just shook her head and gave me a slight smile, knowing she was correct.

        The next morning as we drove to school together Valerie continued to explain how I should talk to Keaton or invite him over sometime. I was pretty firm in my decision to not let this "bad boy" ruin my goals for senior year. So far, I was doing very well on the popularity scale and had even secured five possible dates to prom, which wasn't even for months yet. As we pulled into the parking lot, I saw Keaton sitting on a bench that is placed directly in front of my parking spot.

        "And you say nothing is going on between the two of you!" Valerie laughs, together we grab our bags from the back seat of my car and walk towards the school, I stop short in front of the handsome boy that seemed to be in every one of my thoughts. Today, he was wearing a red t-shirt and tight dark blue jeans with his usual black vans that suited him so well. I pushed my long hair out of my eyes and crossed my arms, facing him.

        "So, what's the deal?" I questioned him, a small trace of venom in my voice. Yikes, I cringed a little at my tone.

        "Well Little Miss Queen of the World, I was stopping by to wonder if you'd like to spend some time with me this Friday night, I mean, if that fits into your huge schedule of saving the world and all that." Keaton said in his smooth voice, giving me that same smirk I was well acquainted with. Shit. I wasn't expecting this, I thought he would be up my ass about letting him copy my Chemistry and lab notes or something stupid like that. Shit.

        "Um, I don't think so, no sorry." I tried to walk away quickly, my head facing down towards the sidewalk, leaving Keaton standing there a little stunned. He grabbed my arm and spun me around, smiling at me, his momentary look of disappointment gone.

        "We'll see about that Evelyn, don't think you can run away from me so easily." he replied casually, releasing my arm and standing there with a look of determination in his eyes. Whatever. I had made a choice this morning I would be staying away from Keaton, not going on dates with him, idiot. I mentally slapped myself for my slip up and continued into Palm Bridge High. Sooner rather than later, I was forced to face him yet again due to the fact we were lab partners. Quietly, I sat down in my chair at our table, not even looking at him. Keaton strode in confident as ever, and when he saw me, the look in his eyes sparked with determination and confidence. Shit. This was really getting harder, the whole staying away from him thing when he was so god damn attractive. He took his seat next to me, and slowly reached over his hand to my thigh that was under the desk. Gently, he rubbed circles into my exposed skin that was not covered by my denim shorts. Of all the days I decided to wear shorts, he chose today to torture me. I ripped his hand away from me and gave him a fierce, yet dissaproving look. All he did was give me a light laugh and look straight towards the front of the room, where Mr. Roberts was explaining our lesson and goals for this lab. As the class progressed, Keaton continued to try and spark my interest.

        "So babe, about Friday? I'm thinking its a yes." Keaton leaned over and whispered into my ear, while still managing to look like he was paying attention to whatever it was Mr. Roberts was saying, I couldn't focus on his words since I could feel Keaton's breath on the back of my neck. Shit. 

        "Like I told you, I said no, so no means no." I angrily whispered back. What was this boy doing to me?

        "One chance." he asked, the tone in his voice kind, different from the way I normally heard him speak.

Then I decided, what the hell. Life was about taking risks, and doing things you wouldn't ordinarily do. My whole life had been me following every rule and staying in line, and look where that got me.

        "You know what? I might just take you up on your offer. Friday, pick me up at 7, but it won't be me begging you for another date, you'll be begging me." I winked at him as the bell rang and I walked out of the class, leaving him laughing with a small look of shock on his face.