Something Worth Fighting For

Chapter Thirty Eight: She

Chapter Thirty Eight: She

Lunch had been uneventful so far. Natalia was sitting at the table with her friends, bored out of her mind. For once she wasn't worrying about anything...there was nothing for her to do or read. Even the girls were clean out of anything to talk about, having exhausted their gossip reserves the previous day.

Natalia sighed. “I'll be back, guys.” She told her friends. Taking Derek's cell phone out of her bag, she left to go outside the school building.

Once outside, she flipped open the phone. Natalia dialed Dallas's number and waited for him to answer, she could feel her heart beating faster. Anxiously she waited for him to answer.

“Hey, Lia.” She heard Dallas answer cheerfully. “Hey, Dallas.” She replied. She smiled at the sound of his voice.

“What's up?” Dallas asked. “Nothing...” Natalia answered. “Uh huh...so why call?” Dallas asked, she could hear him chuckling. “I was bored...” Natalia told him. “Right...” He didn't believe her.

Natalia decided to get right to the point. “Actually...I was wondering if we could do something after school?” She asked. “What do you have in mind?” He asked her. “Well maybe we could go out and see this movie...I've been really hoping to see...and then we could go to dinner at the restaurant across the street.” She told him.

Natalia hoped he would agree.

“Well...as enticing as that sounds...” Natalia felt her heart drop. “I'm sorry, Natalia. I have practice that will be going on till late tonight...and I have dinner with the guys.” He told her.

“You could have said that before and saved me the rejection!” She told him, crestfallen. She could hear Dallas laugh. “I'm not rejecting you...and I was curious about what you wanted to do.”

“Well...I guess I'll see you after school then...” She told him, trying to keep the sadness out of her voice. “Yea. I'll be there. Bye Natalia. I love you.” He told her. She could tell he was waiting for her response. “Yea...yea...I love you too...” She muttered. She heard Dallas chuckle before ending the call.

She headed back in to the school. Natalia was determined not to stay home tonight. She was going to watch that movie...with or without Dallas. Natalia headed for her friends in the library.

“Who wants to watch a movie with me?” She asked, hoping one of them would be free. Clara and Dawn looked up at her in shock. “You're not studying?” They asked in confusion. “Nope...I don't have anything to work on tonight.”

“Aww...right when we get loaded with homework...you get a free pass...I would love to come with you...but I have so many assignments.” Dawn said, unhappily.

“Maybe next time?” Natalia said. “Yea...like you'll go out willingly next time...” Clara muttered.

“Anyone else free?” Natalia asked, looking at the guys. “I'll come.” Taylor said. “Really?” Natalia asked, sounding relieved. “Yea...besides my sister's boyfriend is going to be over...and he's been trying too hard to be nice to me...talk about creepy...” Taylor said, shaking his head in disgust. The rest of them laughed at this.

“Alright...when do you want to go?” Natalia asked. “How about...six?” Taylor suggested. “Okay!” Natalia agreed happily.

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Dallas waited for Natalia in the school parking lot. He had felt bad about turning her down. She had sounded a bit sad. He couldn't avoid it though. He and his team mates would be going to dinner after practice. He wasn't thrilled now...he would rather have spent his time with Natalia.