I stared down at my textbook, listening to my english teacher drone on and on about punctuation. I couldn't stop thinking about Zack and Conner. I tried convincing myself the feelings I had for Conner weren't real. The guy didn't even notice me why should I care for him? Then there was Zack. I had used to blush as red as my hair every time he even glanced my way, now I just didn't feel that way anymore. I mean I do have a crush on him but not like the one I had on Conner.
I glanced up at the board and around the classroom. In the back Logan Miller was snoring, more toward the front Jackie Taylor was writing notes down and occasionally raising her hand to correct the teacher. Sam Alexander was drawing in his notebook completely ignoring the teacher. Shanelle was painting her fingernails a bright neon orange. The teacher either didn't notice or didn't care that none of his class was listening.
The bell finally rang signaling that it was time for lunch. I stuffed my books in my bag and sprinted for the door, staring at the ground. I slammed into someone and fell hard on my back my books spilling all over the hallway. I sighed and started shoving everything back in. Long tan fingers helped me out and picked my bag up handing it to me. I looked up through my bangs, feeling my cheeks turn red as I stared into bright green eyes.
"I'm sorry, Koori right?" Conner asked slipping my bag into my trembling hands. I tucked my hair behind my ear, a nervous habbit.
"Um yeah, it's my fault I wasn't paying attention." I stuttered out trying to avoid his eyes. When I looked back up at him a crooked smile had found itself on his face. "W-would you like to eat lunch with me and my friends?" I asked tyring my best to keep my cool. I heard a low chuckle forming itself in his chest but it was cut short.
"Sure." he said brushing his hair out of his eyes. I smiled at him and headed for the lunchroom slinging my bag over my shoulder. He walked by me pulling his black notebook out of his pocket flipping through it's full pages. I tried to read the pages but he instinctively hid them. I tried pouting but he only laughed tucking the notebook back in his pocket.
When we reached the lunchroom we jumped in line and got our food. I lead him to my table and instructed him to sit across from me. I was just about to take a bite of my apple when strong hands covered my eyes and a ruff voice whispered, "Guess who" in my ear. I laughed and said, "Let's see it's Sam!" Zack laughed and slipped into the chair by me. He finally noticed Conner staring down at his food, and he frowned.
"What's he doing here?" Zack asked gruffly, glaring at Conner. I stared at him shocked at how rude the usually kind boy was being. Zack's blue eyes stayed on Conner as he nervously tapped on the table. "I ran into him in the hallway and invited him to eat with us." I said smaking Zack on the arm glaring at him. Shanelle broke the tense moment by sliding into the seat next to Conner.
"Hey Koori." She said, hardly glancing in Conner's direction. Zack shook his head, running his hand through his short cropped hair, and put his arm around me giving me a slight hug.
"Maybe I should go, thanks for inviting me over Koori." Conner said picking up his untouched food and began to back away. He backed right into Jackie dropping his tray and spilling his food every where. Zack laughed harshly leading everyone else to do the same as Conner hit his knees and started to pick everything up, and Jackie huffed and walked away. I started to get up to help him but Zack pulled me back down, standing up himself.
He walked over to Conner and faked helping him pick up his lunch but did something much worse with it. He opened the carton of chocolate milk and poured it over Conner's head. The skinney boy stopped what he was doing and glanced up at Zack only to get a faceful of his apple pie. Everyone erupted in a chorus of laughter. I ran over to Conner to help him up but he was already running out of the lunch room. I went to follow him but Zack grabbed my wrist and pulled me into him. I glared up at him and slapped him across the face with all of my strength, stomping away.
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Hi!!! Sorry for the long update I got puppy and had to take care of him. I'll try to update every Friday.
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