Something - Cameron James

Four

"Okay, here's what you're going to do." Juliet explained as she walked with Cameron in the hallway. "Right now is study hall so, you'll go to the library. I told Bianca to meet you there. I'll introduce you two and then go sit with Michael."

"What will you and Michael do?"

"He'll be tutoring me for Biology. That would I get my session in and we can see how the 'date' goes."

Cameron's eyes immediately widened. "Did she say it's a date!"

Juliet sighed and placed a hand on the boy's shoulder. "You're a little odd, you know that?"

The boy frowned as the two entered the room lined with textbooks.

"Sit here," Juliet pointed, "and I'll sit here."

Moments after, Bianca came rushing into the room and plopped down across from Cameron.

"Can we make this quick? Roxanne Korrine and Andrew Barrett are having an incredibly horrendous public break-up on the quad. Again."

"Again?" Juliet laughed. "I gotta text Adriana."

The two others sat there for a moment watching the blonde type on her keyboard furiously. Until Cameron kicked her ankle.

Quickly, she placed the device away and nodded. "Sorry. Bianca this is Cameron James. He's new and a friend of mine who miraculously knows French!"

Bianca nodded and bounced her leg. "Right, can we get started?"

The boy shook his head slightly, as if snapping out of a love-induced daze. "Oh, yeah, um, okay. I thought we'd start with pronunciation, if that's alright with you."

Slowly, Juliet backed away to the table where Michael had already taken a seat.

"So, how's it going between them?" He asked curiously.

"It's going. Now let's get this going. I have a chemistry test next week and have no idea what we're even reading about."

Michael nodded and opened up his textbook to where they had left off.

But no matter how hard she tried to focus, Juliet couldn't stop herself from peeking over at Bianca and Cameron.

She wondered if Bianca did like the boy, or if it was one sided completely. And if Cameron would ever like someone else. Someone like her. But of course she didn't like him, he was a friend.

Right?

"Juliet, come on, focus." The curly headed boy sighed. "I know teenage love is interesting, but so is chemistry."

The blonde gave the boy a look as she complied to his words.

All too soon though, Cameron was by their table.

"So, you make it to first base?" Michael asked and Juliet pulled a face.

"No." Cameron said with a look. "But, she said that if her sister is dating someone, she can as well. New house rule."

"Yeah, but who would date the shrew?"

"Michael!" Juliet frowned, kicking the boys leg. "We just need someone extreme to go out with Kat. Someone who won't be afraid of a powerful woman."

Cameron nodded with a smile. "Exactly."

•••••••

For the rest of the day, the trio made their way around the school, searching for anyone who could handle a girl like Kat Stratford.

Usually Juliet would care more about skipping classes, but for today, it didn't truly matter. She had already taken her English exam and had gotten a "B" on it.

"Now, I have gathered a group of guys. Couldn't be more perfect. Padua's finest." Michael said with a smile as he led the two down a dirty stairwell.

Juliet and Cameron shared a look of disgust as they scanned the four boys in front of them.

The blonde didn't even know these guys went to their high school.

Cameron was the first to talk. "Hi. How ya doin'? Would any of you be interested in dating Katarina Stratford?"

The first boy just screamed, while the second stared at the three motionless.

"Ohh, I've never been that ripped." The third laughed lazily. "But is the blonde available?"

"Maybe if we were the last two people alive, and there were no sheep... are there sheep?"

Immediately at that the girl scurried up the stairs, the two boys directly behind her.

"Where did you even find those guys." Juliet hissed to Michael under her breath. He just shrugged as they entered their biology class.

Moving to her seat, Juliet thought about who could possibly be a good match for Kat.

Like she said, she envied the older Stratford. The blonde thought it was amazing how she just didn't care about anyone's opinion expect her own.

A long way for her sister's ideals.

Looking around the room, Juliet spotted Patrick Verona. At the moment, he was stabbing the dissected frog with a pocket knife.

"Perfect!" She squealed as her table mate jumped. "Oops, sorry Trish."

Juliet helped the ginger girl with the assignment, and when they were finished she made her way over to the guys.

"Hear me out-"

"-Patrick?" Cameron said with a smile.

"How'd you know?"

The brunette pointed to where the other guy was trying to light his cigarette off of a burner. "Looks pretty extreme to me."

Juliet nodded. "He's our guy."

Suddenly, Patrick looked over at them, causing Cameron and Michael to quickly look away.

Juliet took that as a way to get introduced, so she waved at the boy with a smile.

He didn't reciprocate the motion.

Later that day, Michael had told the girl they tried to approach him during workshop.

"He drilled a hole through Cameron's book."

"Merde." Was all the blonde said with a sigh.