Science of Owls

subtle hint

Chapter 15 

And that was now my mission.

Friday lunch was my inspiration. Connie was away and Eve somehow got into my head. Even though I hadn't said anything , they knew. I mean for fucks sake I was drawing couples... in my Science book.

I was also watching Noodle and Amelia intensely from across the library shooting imaginary lasers at her.

Not him... that would be bad...

" So how are you Nazz?" asked Eve, as she read over her notes calmly.

" good yeah" I said, glancing at her then back at them .

" stop staring , they can see you" she said coldly.

" I'm not. I mean , I am , but I'm looking out the window..." I lied and focused again on my work.

" I know that Noodle is good looking ... but really , stalker isn't that attractive Nazz " she smiled, and she got a kick from under the table.

" I'm not!"

She laughed. " Nazz you let people get away you know that"

" huh?" I began chewing at the end of my pencil , as Noodle moved his chair closer to Amelia's.

She leaned into him as she typed on his laptop , he was smiling... he was happy.

" well remember when that one guy liked you in primary school?" she began , still calmly reading through her notes.

" yeah ... well there was only one , not hard to forget" .

" remember how you ran and hid because you didn't want to face it? ... and you probably could have gotten away with going out with him too"

" I didn't want to, and he went out with like 3 other girls after it anyway" I said glumly.

" that's because you didn't go with him, I mean he talked to me once you know before he left" she said, looking at me sternly . " he said he didn't even like those other girls. And the other girl who he did like rejected him as well"

I went quiet. " that sucks I guess" , I watched as he flicked her blonde hair of her shoulder...

" do you want to know my point ?"

" I guess"

She slammed down her book, leaned into my ear and whispered,

" do whatever you can to win him , don't let her stand in the way ! If you like him , go get the bastard before someone else takes a fancy to him!"

The best pep talk I ever received.

That idea nagged at my mind for hours ... until that bus ride home that is.

How was I going to play this? That was a good question indeed.

Sad girl, bad girl, hopelessly cute and clumsy? I couldn't pull of attractive or anything so that was already crazily out of reach... I didn't know what he liked in a girl...

" hey" he said as he sat down.

" hi, how was your day?" I asked... I guess I'll just have to go with the usual.

That escalated into the whirlwind of odd stories about our day.

He had experienced an insanely useless rant from his science teacher about how he was made up of nothing but still meant something.

And I ben the truth about mine, saying how annoyed I was about seeing this couple in the library that really pissed me off.

" but you might be in the opposite situation of that someday Nazz" he laughed hysterically.

" yeah , but I wouldn't be like that in public I guess..."

" you don't know until you try it" he said swiftly, flicking his hair a little. It had grown wilder and darker. He could probably put it into little pig tales quiet easily.

" I'll be waiting a while then won't l?" I said sarcastically... hopefully not.

" I'll talk to you tonight , bye Nazz" he said , grabbing his bag and running of the bus.

" bye" I said wearily ... watching him from my seat on the bus. He waved and nearly ran into a poll.

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