Chapter 4 - Unrequited unignored Passion
Wild speculations of Romeos missing school records continued during lunch.
"Maybe he's a spy or CSI special hit man or something!"
Isabelle didn't pay attention to what they were saying; they'd been talking about him this way all day now. But that wasn't the reason she was unusually quite this afternoon. Without even looking up from her plate , she could sense that Romeos eyes were on her from across the room. he wasn't sitting at the table he had been sitting at yesterday, he was even further away.
What is happening to me, thought Isabelle, am I imagining this?
She knew she could just look over and see for her self, but somehow couldn't make her eyes turn towards him. It's that damn intense way he watches, she realized; makes you feel hot and cold all over. Anyway even if he is, what am I supposed to do about it?.
Tell him to stop?
Did I want him to??
What the hell is wrong with me???
Romeo was on the furthest table next to the balcony, but this time he was facing Isabelle.
Or Serena. She obviously thought so. She was doing the whole sparkly-eyed-pink-cheeks-thing, talking animatedly. What she always did when she was out to let a guy know she was available.
Or the sea!. Yeah! It could be the sea. It's a nice view and its right behind us. Yeah, that works too!!
Isabelle noticed how Serena never made a point to look at him while still making it obvious that she was playing to him. Teasing him in to noticing her.
Did he? She asked herself. She realized that she didn't want Serena to be the one. She was shameless! Nate was sitting right next to her and she totally ignored him.
"Yeah, maybe he's a cop on the tail of that bow murderer, the one that's been going around small towns murdering girl with golden brown hair and amber eyes"
Up until then Isabelle hadn't been paying attention to what they were saying, but now she snapped to attention.
"no, the chief of police promised my dad that it was no way going to get near us. Besides not many people here fit the killer's description....apart from Isabelle" said Serena with a slight raise of an eyebrow.
Everyone on the table looked her way, waiting for her to respond, but Isabelle wasn't going to get sucked into this with Serena, that was what she wanted and Isabelle wasn't going to give her the satisfaction
"Maybe he'll change course and kill you instead," said Nate in a slow and menacing whisper "honey"
Nate never said thing like that, ever. He was the perfect gentleman and he loved Serena to death. But Isabelle saw the angry pulse that beat at his temple and his fingers tightening on the edge of his tray.
But Nate was no fool and Isabelle had always respected his intelligence. He knew what Serena was doing. Hadn't she come onto him the same way earlier this year in june, when he'd been named editor of the very prestigious school/community paper; the royal sir.
Serena always went for the important guys, the rich ones or the guys that yielded some kind of power. Nate knew that, he'd even admitted it to Isabelle who worked on the paper with him.
Isabelle remembered what he had said yesterday, when she had finally caught up with him had finally caught up with him.
" it doesn't matter Iz, I'll take her on any terms. I'm crazy about her- always have been and this is the first time I've gotten anywhere near her"
