Annika the Fifth

Chapter Nine

"Are you going to talk to him?" Addie asked, hiding behind my shoulder. It was the second day of school for me and we were watching the boys play soccer before school started. I shrugged. I didn't want to interrupt him in the middle of the game. "Hey, where's Saige?" I asked.

Addie's face immediately turned sour and rolled her eyes. "I could care less," she said

"What happened?" I asked.

I had gone to the bathroom earlier so I had no idea that much happened while I was gone. Addie sighed and frowned. "I saw Saige talking to Noah while you went to the restroom," she told me, "She wasn't just talking to him, she was flirting with him,"

"Oh," was all I could say

"So don't talk to her," Addie said, "Because I think she's jealous or something,"

"Um...okay..." I said slowly.

The bell rang and the boys all rushed inside. "Great!" Addie said, watching Noah leave, "We missed our chance,"

"I could always talk to him right before lunch," I reassured

"That's if Maya's not all over him," Addie sighed.

Dang it, she was right. Oh well, it was either that or sorcery class. Addie and I walked inside and then went inside the classroom. I took my spot next to Saige and she turned and smiled at me. "Hi, Annika," she said, "Didn't you have rehearsals for the coronation?"

I slowly nodded. Saige was being so nice, I couldn't understand why she'd flirt with Noah. But she didn't seem too keen on me talking to Noah for Addie. Still, maybe she was just having a conversation and Addie got jealous. "How'd it go?" Saige asked

"I mean, it was barely a rehearsal," I explained, "Our lady in waiting, Lady Mary, just explained what we'd do...nothing especially really,"

"Well I can't wait to come," Saige said, grinning excitedly.

I smiled and nodded and turned to Addie. I knew she was looking at us because right when I turned to her, her hair swished back. I was still very unsure about Saige.

When we dismissed class for lunch, Addie was basically pushing me to talk to Noah. "Now or never," she told me.

"Fine, fine," I said, "Okay,"

Both Saige and Addie watched as I walked over to Noah. Maya was right beside him and I tried not to feel nervous. I wasn't sure why I was nervous. Noah was immature and Maya was a brat. I tapped Noah on the shoulder and he turned around. "Anna?" he asked.

I ignored that. "Hi," I said, "Don't you know who Addie is?"

I came up with that on the spot but I had no idea what to say after. At least the rest of his group walked without him, except for Maya who looked like she was ready to pounce on me. Noah looked at the ceiling thoughtfully before looking at me. "You mean one of the twins?" he asked.

I nodded. "Well she...um..."

I turned to Addie and she was covering her face. She also seemed to forget about being mad at Saige because she was hiding behind her, Or maybe she just wanted to hide anywhere available.

"She wants to sit with you at lunch today," I said extra cheerfully.

Maya raised her eyebrow and Noah looked plain confused. I kept thinking that it could always be worse. Noah just shrugged. "Okay, if she wants to," he said.

But then Maya quickly stepped forward. "I don't think we have enough room," Maya said

"Hm..." Noah said, "She's right,"