Becoming Fearless

Chapter 4

~ Chapter 4 ~

"How about this?" Jennifer asked me walking out of her walk-in closet. She was wearing a sleeveless dress that came down to about her mid-thigh.

"Uh, Jen?" You can NOT go to a high school party looking like that!" was my reply.

"What? Why not?" She questioned me.

"There will be pervy guys! They could take advantage of you! There are crazy people everywhere." I enunciated to her.

I was at Jennifer's house after school. We were trying to decide on outfits for the party which was on Sunday, because there was no school on Monday due to teacher conferences. I told my Aunt that I was in chess club. Good thing she hates me, she doesn't care if I stay after school to do boring stuff. After going through about 9 outfits. We decided on the first one. *face palm* It was a flowy purple top, white skinny jeans, and purple sandals. For me, Jen chose a blue top that came down to my mid-thigh, grey jeggings, and blue flats. I personally, had no sense of style, and didn't care what I wore as long as it didn't expose too much skin, or didn't make me hot. Like, sweaty hot.

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On the way to school, my Aunt started up a very awkward conversation with me that went a little like this:

Her: Hello Annabelle. And how are you today?

Me: Uh, good?

Her: Yes. Very well. 

Me: Okay...

Her: Yes.

Me: Ha. Ha...Uh Err...Breakfast was good today! (Breakfast was cornmeal and cream with mushed mushrooms.)

Her: Why thank you. My cooking is one of my stronger points!

Me: I can see that. Hah! if that's one of your stronger points, I'm scared to see your weaker ones!

Her: Well, in a few weeks, I will be going on a, err, business trip.

Me: Oh, That's nice. Wait. WHAT? Is she abandoning me?! Um...Who will I be staying with?

Her: You are to stay with Mrs. Kooplash.

Me: That crazy old maid across the street?! THAT Mrs. Kooplash?! She is OFF HER ROCKER. She can barely stay awake for 2 minutes! She sits around singing to her imaginary goldfish! But I have to admit. that apple pie is to die for...

Her: She doesn't require your admiration. YOU on the other hand require her care. You will be respectful and mindful of your manners. If I hear of you doing otherwise. I will have you shipped to foster care services.

Me: Is this a joke?

Her: No. Now get along, we're at your school.

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In math class, something special happened that makes my heart bounce every time I think about it. So I was working furiously on my algebraic equation that took up half of the teacher's whiteboard. And I was erasing so furiously that my eraser flew out of my hand and boinked the head of the person sitting beside me. I looked to my right to get my eraser, and lo and behold, the cutest guy I had ever seen was sitting up rubbing his hand, holding my eraser out to me. And as soon as I saw his face, I knew he was 'the one'. Not like those middle school crushes who you claim to be 'in love' with. This was real. I wanted to get to know him. Heck, I wanted to kiss him right there and forget the eraser! But I couldn't do it without seeming like a creeper to the whole class. Ugh...I couldn't focus on the rest of Math because he was so freakin adorable!

Don't get me wrong...I'm not judging him by the way he looks. He seems smart, because he always gets A's on his assignments. I don't know why I haven't noticed him before! I couldn't focus on Math, so I figured I'd text Jennifer, since I sit in the 3rd to last row in the classroom.

A: Hey Jen :P My Aunt's going somewhere- supposedly a business trip- and is leaving me with the old lady across the street. 

J: Yay! Hooray! The wicked witch is leaving! :) 

A: Ikr! Sneaking out is gonna be a breeze. 

( I was trying to figure out a way to tell her that I had just seen 'The One' but I didn't know how to phrase it. She would just think I liked him because of his looks. But when I looked into his eyes...I had felt something. Felt something in my heart...And I had just known that it was Him.

J: Come over 2day to get ready for the party.

A: Lol is that a request or an order? And no...I got something I gotta do.

(That something being acting stalkerish and finding out who 'the guy' is.)

J: Awe :( Okay.. see ya @ lunch in a few. Btw... Nick wants 2 sit with us.

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I was sitting in our usual lunch spot, when Jennifer and Nick come walking up holding hands. "Hey guys.." I said awkwardly.

"Hey...Uh...." Nick seemed to have forgotten my name.

"Annabelle." 

"Oh Yeah, Hey Annabelle." He said checking me out. Which was kind of disturbing seeing that he was holding hands at the moment with his girlfriend. Yup. Just what I expected, he was a player. Jennifer must have missed that somewhere. Jen and Nick sat across from me.

"Hey 'Belle" Jennifer chirped cheerily. "What's up?"

"Oh, Uh, nothin', you know, the usual." I babbled. Then I felt something rub against my leg. I looked down. It was Nick's foot! I grimaced and pulled my leg away. I looked up at him and he quickly winked while Jennifer wasn't looking. Oh no. This is not good. This is not good at all.

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 A/N : Uh-Oh! Nick is a player! If you like this story please vote! Comment ! Add to your library ! Read till the enddd :) Please give me feeeeeedbackkk. People feedback it upp! Yeah i kind of do random writing, sometimes throwing in different point of views & stuff :) Enjoii :D