The Bad Boy's Nerd

2. Eye Candy And Lame Jokes

That, ladies and gentlemen, is Ian Daniels (Adam Gallagher) --->

Chapter 2

   "Mom, I'm leaving!" I called out, picking up my bag with my French books.

   "Sure honey," she called back.

   Yes, Chinese tonight!

   Whenever my mom says honey, it means there's going to be Chinese take out that night. I closed the door behind me and walked to Kool Kafè. Ian decided we should meet there and start off with the basics. I was actually quite surprised (pleasantly even, perhaps) that he agreed to help me. I thought he would tell/order me to act like he was tutoring me. But hey, I'm not complaining, I'm all for passing French. 

   I sat down at my usual seat once I got there and looked around for Ian. I felt a little lost at Kool Kafè for the first time in years. A couple of minutes later, I noticed him walking over to my table with a cup in his hand. 

   "Here you go, nerd," he said, and set an iced latte down on my table. 

   I smiled appreciatively and nodded. "When are we going to start?" I asked.

   "After my shift," he replied, running a hand through his messy hair.

   "When's that?" I asked.

   "After three hours," he grinned.

   "Why did you call me here so early then?" I whined.

   "Just needed some eye-candy," he smirked, and walked away to another table.

   Wait, what's eye-candy? Oh my god, there's candy for the eyes? I need to find this ingenius food right now.

   "Ian!" I called after him.

   He turned around and looked questioningly at me.

   "Where can I find some eye-candy?" I asked excitedly.

   He looked blank for a second, and then everything about him yelled 'I'm so amused'. He walked back over to me with a smile on his face.

   "Alexis," he said, resting his hands on my table. "Do you know what eye-candy is?"

   "Well, I'm guessing it's candy for the eye. And since I love all sorts of candy, why would this one be any different?" I said.

   He burst out laughing.

   Oh lord, I just made Ian Daniels laugh. And he has quite a nice laugh...

   "Why are you laughing?" I asked, confused.

   He then proceeded to laugh even harder. He fell to the ground and rolled around as he laughed, and people were starting to look. He stopped after about a minute and then sat down next to me. Wiping his eyes, he let out a deep breath.

   "Alexis, you are something else," Ian shook his head.

   "Why?" I asked.

   "That's not what eye-candy is," he said.

   "Oh..." I replied, quite sadly.

   "Eye-candy is when you find someone attractive. It's a way of expressing the fact that someone is nice to look at. Hence, the term eye-candy. Now I've said the word too many times, it sounds weird," he said, frowning a little. 

   Oh...Ian Daniels just complimented me. Now why in this devastatingly beautiful and large universe would he do that?

   "I have to get back to work," he said, a smile still on his face.