The Player and the Nobody

Chapter 17: Sudden Pop Up

§Sudden Pop Up§

I feel hands slap over my ears and my body is turned so I'm facing Seth. He's glaring daggers into Derek's head and I'm sure with the way his lips are moving that he was cussing him out.

I pry his hands from my ears right as I hear Seth say "You idiot, I didn't say it to her for a specific damn reason! Now shut up or I'll blurt!"

"What is that reason because I really would like to know who my BEST friend has a crush on..."

"Nice try, but bribing me with best friendship, no matter how much I want it, isn't gonna work."

"Who said I was bribing you? Can't I just call my best friend, my best friend whenever I want?"

"Okay, but I'm still not going to tell you."

"You worthless wipe! Tell me damn it!"

"That's not a way to talk to your best friend now is it?"

"Best friend my butt! Tell me! And stop acting like Derek!"

"What? How am I acting like Derek?"

"Your being all cocky and know-it-all like and you have a damn smir-" I paused to think, "Don't try to change the subject! Who. Do. You. Like?!"

"Someone. No one. Someone."

"Come on! At least give me some hints!" I begged

"Fine. As Derek said before, she has blonde hair, in our grade at our school..."

"More..."

"I can't say much without giving it away."

"Do I know her, like know-her-know-her?"

"Yes..." My eyes widen. He actually fell for my trick?! There is only one person I hang out with, others I don't really know.

"JESSI?!?" I scream, but then look over at the teachers desk. He was still sleeping, drooling a little.

"N-no." Seth mutters, blushing.

"Oh my god! Awe! That's so adorable"

"Do you think I have a chance?"

"A chance?! Of course!" I stop as I realize an important factor, "Not. I'm sorry, but she has a boyfriend."

Seth's face falls from hopeful to disappointed within a split second, "She does? Since when? Who? What?"

"Yeah. Uhm a couple weeks ago. Ricky Parshat. Sorry."

"Ricky Parshat?!" Seth's face fills with rage. I glance at Derek and his hands are clamped in fists.

"Yeaaaahhh.... What's so wrong with Ricky?"

"Only that he is the second most douchey person that has ever gone to this school."

"Who's the first, Derek?" I ask trying to lighten the mood. I fail.

"No Kai..." I feel myself to cold and the world is blocked out as I think of the abuse my best friend went through. Just imagine if we had never taken him in our group. If we had never given him a makeover. If we tried harder to keep him from getting revenge. If we noticed earlier. If we-

My thoughts are broken when I feel someone shaking me, "MAGS! God woman!! We have been trying to get your attention for-" Seth checks the clock, "Twelve minutes! Are you okay?"

After I come back to reality, I answer, "A. Don't ever call me woman again if you want to keep your manhood B. Yes I'm fine and C. You have a watch on your wrist..."

"Okaaeeeyyy.... Got it! Not fond of womanhood." I glare at him, put my hands as if they were scissors, and do two snips. He puts his hands up in signal of surrender.

"What did she do this time?" Ashton asks coming up behind us, seeing Seth's scared expression as he inches away from me.

"I just warned him. No biggy." I smile angelically as the bell rings. I grab my stuff and wait for Ashton to say goodbye to Cameron and Saith in the weird brohug handshake thing, then walk out of class with his arm around my shoulder and mine around his waist.

~*~

*A few weeks later*

"Did you try to live on your own? When you burned down the house and home? Did you stand too close to the fire? Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stoooonnneeee?" I was dancing on my couch blaring Green Day because I'm home alone and I can. Midway through the chorus, my front door bursts open.

"I'm hooommmeee!!!"

"I regret ever giving you a key..."

"Ha! LIES you love me too much to want to keep me out of your house."

"Sure Jessi, sure."

"So... To the mall!"

I groan, "WHYYYYY???"

"Cuz I'm bored and they have a sale going on at Hot Topic."

"Fine."

"Yaaaass gurl!"

"It is not yassssssss.... WHO YOU SPITTIN ON?! It is YAAAAAASS!"

We laugh at the vine memory and pull out of my driveway. We start to blare Footloose on the radio, while singing our lungs out. Call us nerds, so what.

After parking, we walk into the food court, got a smoothie, then went to Hot Topic.

"These pants are so cool!" I grab a pair of skinny jeans with black and red mixed and faded together, "Ima go try them on, try not to break anything while I'm gone."

When I come back out, Jessi was at the shirt section looking at a "Motionless in White" T-shirt.

"White and black or red and black?"

"Defiantly white, it will go with all pants and shoes."

"See this is why I can't shop without you." I put a hand under my chin and smile.

After about an hour in the shop, we had bought 8 shirts, 1 pair of socks, 4 pairs of pants, and two pins. What can we say? We love that store.

"Mkay we good?" I ask grabbing a few of the bags.

"Hmmm... No I need to get something from this store, hold our bags. I'll be out soon."

I sit at one of the empty tables and sip my smoothie, scrolling through my phone.

"Maggie..." I look up to see who called me and see Kai.

~*~

Teaser- What does Kai want?