Intimidation ♤ e.d.

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•Alaina's POV•

I didn't really want to go to school the next day. I think I almost broke my alarm clock when I smacked it so hard.

I sat up, taking a couple minutes to wake myself up. Then I groggily walked over to my closet and picked out a casual, yet comfortable outfit for the day. After choosing what to wear, I slowly walked out to my bathroom. I kept my makeup simple for today, concealing the redness on my cheeks and applying a little mascara. Nothing fancy.

I said my morning goodbyes and hopped on my skateboard, making my way to the hell hole I've grown to hate so much.

I told myself that today I wasn't going to put up with their shit. I gave myself a little pep-talk, saying in my head that I was going to be confident and not let them walk all over me.

Couldn't be that hard...right?

I arrived at the front doors and entered, actually having more time then I did yesterday. I walked up to my locker and started on my combination, but before I opened it, I felt a tall figure bump into me.

Didn't this happen already?

"Oh my bad, I wasn't looking where I was going," I heard a male voice say.

To my surprise, it wasn't the male voices I was so dreadfully expecting. I look up and saw a tall boy with blue eyes and bushy, brown hair. He had an embarrassed smile plastered over his face and I couldn't help but smile in return.

"No problem. I did the exact same thing yesterday," I chuckled.

"I'm Josh," he said, holding out his hand.

I shook it, almost feeling awkward because when I encountered a guy yesterday, it didn't go so smoothly.

"Alaina," I smiled.

"Wanna sit with me at lunch? I kinda need some friends," he asked, very politely I may add.

"Sure, but as long as I can bring along my friend Reaghan," I replied.

"The more, the better."

And with that he said goodbye and walked off. It almost felt unusual. Having a relaxed conversation with a guy was not something I was used to quite yet, but I smiled to myself, feeling a slight boost in my confidence. I grabbed my books and headed off to first period.

I arrived early this time, so I had a choice in where I sat. I chose a seat somewhat towards the front, but far enough back that I wasn't the center of attention. And I made sure to stay as far away from the back row as I could, hoping Ethan would claim the seat he had yesterday. Thankfully, he did just that, but I could feel his eyes locked on me the entire class.

What was with him? Was he interested in me? No way, that's not possible. I'm not popular or out going enough for a guy like him, and I'm definitely not pretty enough.

I shoved the thought as far out of my mind as I could, but for the rest of my morning classes, the thought kept probing me, demanding its attention. What I needed was some friends to take my mind off of it and some good food.

I met up with Reaghan and told her I met another friend earlier this morning and that we had to wait for him.

"Is he hot?" she winked.

"Reaghan!" I scolded.

"Sorry, I had to ask," she replied.

"Yes, kind of. But I don't think of him like that. He is a nice guy to be friends with," I told her, making sure to put emphasis on the word 'friends'.

I saw him round the corner, and he smiled when he saw that I had waited for him.

"Hey Alaina," he greeted with a cheesy smile, "You must be Reaghan."

"The one and only," she stated.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Josh," he said, holding out his hand for a hand shake like he did earlier.

"Same to you," Reaghan smiled.

"How about lunch?" I added, breaking the somewhat awkward silence.

We entered the line and chatted while we waited. I learned that Josh is new too. He moved here from Virginia. He told us he forgot yesterday was the first day, that's why this is the first we're seeing of him.

"Sounds like something I would do," I laughed.

"Yeah, my mom wasn't too happy about it," he replied.

We got to the front and got our lunches. I stuck with just a plain garden salad and some water. I get filled up pretty easily.

We found some seats near the back and started eating. Everything was going great until I made eye contact with Ethan from across the cafeteria. I got a little nervous, afraid that he was going to come over and interrupt our nice small talk. I quickly darted my eyes back down to my food and pretended like nothing happened. I just waited until he came, but it never happened. I looked back up and noticed Ethan was still there, talking with Grayson like he didn't see me. Strange.

•Ethan's POV•

I scanned the cafeteria periodically, searching for the nervous girl. My eyes finally met hers, but I noticed an added person to her little friend group.

It wasn't another girl, no, it was a guy.

For some unknown reason, I felt something in the pit of my stomach. It wasn't like I was going to get sick, it was some feeling I got everytime I looked back up and saw that guy.

Confusion?

No

Anger?

No

Jealousy?

Ding ding ding, we have a winner.

I don't know why seeing her giggling and chatting with another guy made me jealous. I mean, yeah she was hot, but I never felt this way before when I would see hot cheerleaders getting touchy-feely with their boydriends.

What the hell is this?
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I feel like this is a good place to end this chapter lol. Idk tell me if you like it so far?

Stay beautiful
~K