Cheese 'n' Crackers

Chapter 3

Okay tests are finally over and I turned in all assignments that I had due!! I can finally relax....well not really. I have a parade to march in tomorrow (yes i'm in band) and I'm going to volunteer at an old people home right afterward, so no relaxation for me. Maybe by some miracle school will be cancelled Monday....A girl can hope.

 Chapter 3:

My mind was going a thousand miles per second as I saw Colton sitting down next to Lila. He was eating a giant cookie and gazing up at me through the little hairs that covered up some of his forehead. It almost felt natural to watch him there sitting down next to my friends....almost. I still felt the need to smack him because of this morning. But why? He didn't really do anything wrong, unless you count giving someone the tingles a crime.

Again my thoughts were filled with Colton. Truth is, whenever a guy came to flirt or ask me out today I found myself wishing it was him. It's not like I believed in love at first sight or anything. I wasn't even sure if I believed in love. After going through some pain with my family, I've realized love is just a fantasy we allow ourselves to believe in an attempt to hide our insecurities. The idea of finding a person who'll take you with your flaws is tempting. People need to hold on to something.

A loud slurp brought me back to reality and I found myself still looking at Colton. Okay maybe I was staring. He just looked so calm, even with all these crazed girls surrounding him. Practically breathing down his neck. They weren't even trying to talk to him, they were just ogling him eat. Just as I thought that though, a couple of brave (or stupid) girls attempted to approach Colton from his free side since he was seated at the corner of the table.

This definately kept me in reality, as I noticed he was letting a hormonal boy crazy girl feed him a cookie. Feed him! Who does that?! I wanted to wipe off the smug expression he wore and stuff the chocolate chip cookie down his throat.

Why is he even sitting here? Lunch is the only period where I have all my friends and get to dish about gossip. This dude was totally ruining my day.

I did not like to feel confused towards a guy, and I did not like to be kept from gossiping.

"I had Colton in my last period and asked him if he wanted to sit with us...since we had him first period and he recognized me and all," Feril answered my unspoken question with a hint of regret in her eyes. I guess she saw the confused/irritated look on my face when I reluctantly turned away from Colton.

"Oh....that's great....I guess," I replied still irritated. I wanted to dish about my progress with the male population, but how could I do that in front of Colton. Talk about awkward.

I'm pretty sure every girl in school had asked him if he wanted to sit with them at lunch. Why our table? I would've thought he wanted to sit with Jane, but I guess he got tired of her....if the rumors were true.

"Okay so I don't mind the hot dude sitting with us, but someone has got to do something about these chicks," Jade commented as she found her way to the table and put her tray down next to Lila. How could anyone eat with all these people staring at them? It was just creepy. Does he get this sort of treatment everywhere?

"Excuse me! All you 'ladies' need to leave before I start smacking each and every one of you!" Cate shouted from the other side of the crowd. The crowd of crazed hormonal girls just stared at Cate with complete hatred. It didn't look like anyone was about to start moving.

I looked over to Colton and found the damn guy giggling. Like seriously giggling. The girl that was feeding him was gone now. She was probably smart enough to leave after one warning from Cate.