Falling for Him

Faking a call

Falling for Him

Chapter thirteen

Nicole turned her head towards Damian and smiled, "Hi, I'm Nicole." Damian nodded and smiled back- but not the kind of smile where he showed his teeth. It was more like one of those tight-lipped smiles people do when they don't know whether to be mad or glad. Damian knew his best friend, Jake, wouldn't get angry at a person without a good reason.

Well, now that Jake's glaring, he knew what was good to do was to wait for them to tell what happened.

Cara looked at Jake and Nicole, who was sitting beside each other, then leaned forward. "How did you two know each other?"

Jake sighed and adjusted himself on his seat. It looked like he wanted to just stand up and leave but he couldn't do it because Nicole was on his way. He ended up groaning and heaving a deep sigh.

"We were childhood..." there was an awkward pause when she pursed her lips and looked at Jake- who was looking through the glass window. "Friends," she added.

Jake scoffed, causing the three to look at him. "Friends my ass," he muttered coldly. Cara glared at Jake- which caused him to shut up. "Sorry," he muttered and glanced at Nicole. Damian just sat there, partly amused, angry and confused. He was amused at the way his best friend was behaving, mad at Nicole as she probably did something really bad that made Jake that angry and confused- what did she do that made Jake that angry?

"It's okay," Nicole sighed. "I guess I was pretty mean to you last time," she added with a guilty smile.

"Just stay away from me, that would help," Jake told her. Cara gave him a look but he ignored it. "Avoid me in school too," he added. Cara kicked him on the shin and shot him a glare. Jake flinched in pain and his eyes narrowed at her. All he got back was a smirk.

Damian leaned his arms against the table, "What happened to you two?" he asked. Nicole looked at Jake then at Damian and Cara. She sighed before answering.

"When we were seven, I made his life a living hell. I bleached his hair, put ants in his pants, gave him poison ivy," guilt was obvious on her face. Jace clenched his fist, remembering that bad times he had with her. "Pretty much all the evil things you could probably think of," Nicole added.

"But why did you do that?" Cara asked. It suddenly got her curious- hooked actually. She also felt guilty for kicking Jake on the shin.

Nicole shrugged her shoudlers- obviously she didn't want to tell the reason. She took her phone out and played her ringtone. "Oh, it's Mindy, I think I gotta go," she said and took her drink as she stood up. She looked at Jake and smiled weakly, "Bye Jake." Then, she looked at the other two, "Bye guys."

She left the cafe as fast as she could. She looked at her phone. Faking phone calls really are one of the best excuse to leave.

After Nicole left, Jake looked more relaxed but he still didn't see a word. Cara looked at him in the eye but he kept avoiding her stares.

"You two met earlier, but why are you only acting like this now?" Cara asked, amused. Jake looked at her and then at Damian.

"I didn't know it was her until I saw her full name," he replied. "She was ugly back then that's why I didn't recognize her," he added. Damian chuckled and shook his head. He got everything now, and now he was just plain amused at his best friend.

"So you're saying she's pretty now?" Damian asked with a smirk. Jake glowered at him and shook his head. He ran his fingers through his hair. Cara noticed his ear are all red.

Their phones buzzed. The three took their phones out and checked the message. They all said the same thing.

                    Hey People!

                                              Spotted! Daniel Reinhart at the school's general office and ohh-la-la!

                   He's smoking hot! Why not stop by and say hello? (PS: watch out boys, your girl might

                   fall for him) ;D

                   Hugs and Kisses

                                 - Secret.

Cara scoffed and placed her phone on the table. "There's a new guy and Secret said he's smokin' hot," Cara said with a grin. Damian clenched his jaw and looked at Cara's phone that shows Secret's message.

"Daniel Reinhart? He used to study here right?" Damian asked. Cara looked at him and nodded," Don't you ever read any of Secret's messages?"

"No, I'm not into those kind of stuff,"

"Oh, I see," Cara said. She blinked and kept her phone. "I wonder how he looked like," she muttered. She didn't mean it to be that loud but Damian- having ears that seemed to hear the slightest noise, heard it. Jake noticed Damian was being over-protective and smirked.

"Why so interested in him?" he asked, jealousy obvious from his face and the tone of his voice. Cara shrugged her shoulders and looked at Jake, "I don't know, I just want to see a person transformed from a not to hot," she told him. "I've read it in books, but this is my first time seeing it in real life."

"He was a geek?"

"Yeah, he was my science partner in fifth grade,"

"He was with us since fifth grade?"

"Oh my God! Jake! Yes! He was!" Cara got frustrated and the two boys chuckled. "Seriously! You two can be really annoying at times!" she added.

"Hey! Since when did I get caught in here?" Damian asked. Cara rolled her eyes.

The three spent a little more time in the cafe before going back to school. Cara dragged Emilie out of the Fashion and Design Club room to get her some fresh air. She's been staying there all the time eversince Nicole was in school.

"Look, if you wanted me to get some fresh air I could have just opened the window!" Emilie exclaimed and swung her arm to let it go from Cara's firm grasp. "Let go!"

Cara did was she was told. Emilie rubbed her arm and shot her a glare then sighed, " You wanna ask about Nicole huh?" she asked. Cara gulped and nodded. Emilie heaved a deep sigh, "Let's go back in the room, I' ll tell you there."

"No, there are people in there, we'll talk about this in private," Cara said in a serious tone. Emilie didn't feel like arguing so she just agreed.

"Cara?" a masculine voice said behind the girls. The two turned around to see who it was. Cara smiled," Oh hi, Daniel."

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Ho ho ho! Belated Merry Christmas and Advance Happy New Year!!! Well, how was Christmas to you all? Mine was awesome xD  Anyhoo, now, we finally know who the two new mystery people! And that is Nicole and Daniel xD well, for Daniel, not really I mean little is revealed about him xD and this chappie is dedicated to the person who helped me with these two characters!! :D Thanks again!

Off topic question: Have you ever had a crush on someone you've never talked to but at least see once a week? I do, LOL x)

well, I guess, this all! Thanks for reading!! :D

xoxo Lex :D