Almost Love

Chapter 2

I thought I was going to be more prepared for this but again, the smell of his cologne, the sound of his voice (it seemed a little deeper, seductive even) was breath taking, so right when my breath would have caught I started talking,

"Yea, sure. I mean it's not like anyone is sitting here or anything. So yea." Beside me Celest giggled I shot her a look and she stopped.

Jonah sat with a greatful look, locking eyes with me, unable to break away. Well that is until my phone buzzed in my pocket with made me jump straight up out of my seat. Jonah and Celest laughed as I began to read the message from the one and only Celest,

"Ask y he's with us not his usual Froends there has got 2b a reason ;)"

"Jumpy much?" Jonah asked.

I looked at him and said, "Thats a lot of smack from a guy who seams to have kicked out of his lunch table, huh?" I said teasingly, hopeing that it sounded flirty, not pathetic.

He eyed me, "I wouldn't say I was kicked out, I am going to say I got up and left."

"Why,"

"Well lets just say Liza and all her friends hitting on the other football players trying to make me jealous is pretty annoying. I don't know why she is trying to make me jealous though I mean I'm the one who dumped her, put her in her place." He said matter of facltly.

Celest sighed, "She wants you back,"

"So she is hitting on my friends?" Jonah asked skeptically.

It was hard not to laugh at his cluelessness. "Well yea she thinks that you will get all possessive of her and tell the other guys to back off so that you can be her prince." Celest said. Though i was unsuccessful at hiding my giggling.

He glanced over and said," Nope that is not going to happen again, ever." I don't know why but when he said that I let out all the air in my lungs, I guess I began holding my breath, but when? Was it wile he was looking back at Liza? Or when I was hopeing he missed my laughing a him.

Soon we were sitting in a comfortable silence when my phone buzzed, thankfully I didn't jump,

"Can you breathe?" The message from Celest read.

I looked up to see her muffling a snicker. I hit the reply button and typed, "what the heck is that suppose to mean???"

Her phone buzzed, she picked it up, read my message, began typing then my phone went off and I read, "Well u no how this morning you said u couldn't breath around Jonah I'm just checking in on u." I sighed and ingnored the text.

"Are you two texting each other from like two feet away from each other?" Jonah asked. " because if you are I feel majorly left out,"

Oops I forgot he was there, suddenly neither me nor Celest had anything to say so I said the first thing that popped into my head, "Hey you never really said why you decided to come sit with us."

He let out a short half-laugh, "Well Gretta I am sitting here because just from the little conversation we had earlier you seemed pretty cool and I'm tired of everyone else being all cocky, and then I saw you and headed this way."

I pulled my phone out as soon as he said my name, "omg he remembers me".

"Well yea he does, what did u think he just decided to sit at a random table." Celest answered.

I made a face as I read the text.

"Now back to my question, are you two texting each other right now?" He asked with a suspicious smile.

"Psh, no." I said.

"Uh huh, then who are you texting?"

I looked at Celest, it was her turn to cover for us.

"Well-" just as she started to talk the ball rang.

"Well I have to go see you later." Jonah said.

*-5th hour-*

We were getting knew lab partners in science, and we got to choose. Unfortunately Liza was in that class along with me and Jonah, I thought Jonah and her would choose each other, or so it looked but Jonah brushed her off and asked me.

Later during the lesson Jonah took out a small piece of paper and started righting. I had thought the paper would be for his friend Tyler who he always passed notes with this hour, which is why I was surprised when the note came to me. 'Number?' Was written in small semi-neat hand writing.

I quickly wrote my number and passed it back, he smiled at me.

Suddenly I was lost in a fantasy of me and him, he would take me too the movies, hold me close when I was afraid, make sure no body hurt me, he would be my superman... I was cut off when another piece of paper slid over and Mr. Smith called on me, the paper said, "say: first true measurement was made in 1676."

I did, thank goodness no one except Jonah knew what my hesitation was for. "Correct

Ms. Campbell." Mr. Smith said before moving on with his lesson.

On the back of the paper I wrote thanks and passed it to Jonah. He read it then looked over and winked at me, causing me to blush redder than a tomato (which is way embarrassing), so I looked down hopeing he didn't see. But that was to much to ask because when he nudged me and I looked up weather he had seen a moment ago or not he had now, but there was a sweet smile on his face, not the mocking face I had expected.

*-after school-*

Celest left early for a doctor appointment so I had to walk home today. maybe it would be a good thing, I was going to get to think with no interruptions. But no sooner than I got off school grounds did a fancy sports car come to a stop and offer me a ride, right when I thought I would decline the offer I saw Jonah, so of course I said,"sure."

Jonah unlocked the doors and I got it in. It was a nice car, "So how was the end of your day?" Jonah asked.

"Pretty good." I said casually.

"But you know it must me better now that you are getting a ride home with me." He said teasingly.

"Well I guess it's just a little better,"

"LITTLE?? Come on, I decided this is the best part." He laughed. "So you have any where to be now?"

"Nope, why?"

"Because I think I'm going to take you out on a date,"