Opposites

Chapter 3

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It was lunch time and I was sitting at a table with Layla. I slowly chewed my food thinking about what happened in class today. I am a person that tries to avoid conflict as much as possible, and now I am partnered with Jake. Now that is a problem. I don't even know if he will talk to a nobody like me.

  "You okay Av?" Layla asked watching me pick at my food.

"Kind of. I got paired with Jake Brooks for an English project. I don't know if I should be scared or annoyed. Maybe I'm being a bit dramatic," I answered.

"Jake Brooks?!" she questioned. "He is major trouble. Be careful around him Ava. I heard he is a drug dealer and a murderer," she says in a serious voice.

"I know. I know. I have heard those things too. He probably already hates me," I say.

"Why do you think that?"

"Let's just say I made it very clear that I didn't want to be partners with him."

After lunch I found Jake by his locker by himself. I must admit, he looked cute by himself. I considered this to be the perfect time for me to ask him about the project. I walked over to him boldly before I could change my mind.

"Hey Jake," I said with a forced energetic voice.

"What?" he mumbled getting his books from his locker not really looking at me. I started to feel like I was bothering him because although he has a bad reputation, he is not anti-social. He was on the football team and had a lot more friends than I did, and at the moment he was acting like he didn't want to talk.

"Sorry to bother you but what are we going to do about that english project? Since it is an out-of-school project I think we need to schedule a time to meet up after school," I was a little nervous.

"Well let's make this easy. I'm not doing it," he bluntly stated.

"What doing you mean you not doing the project? We have to. It is a grade." I wasn't that surprised by his answer because I knew something like this was going to happen. But it was a little frustrating knowing that I'm going to have to do this whole thing by myself.

"Aren't you super smart or something? Do it by yourself," and with that he starting to walk off.

"What?! If I do it myself I am telling the teacher to just give me credit," I threatened loud enough so he can hear me.

"Whatever nerd," he said loudly still walking away.

I was so stunned I just stood there for a second with nothing to say. There was no way I was going to let this go. I figured I would ask again later. He may be stubborn, but so was I.

After, I headed in the direction of my locker and Layla walked up beside me, and did a little, friendly side body bump.

"Guess what Av? I just got both of us invited to Logan Shafter's big party. It's going to be epic and we have to go!" Layla rushed her words clearly very excited about this party.

"I don't know Layla, we are not really the partying type," I said. I didn't even know if my parents would allow me to go. Usually my brother and sister sneak out the house to go to parties like these, but I am very uncomfortable when it comes to lying to my parents. I always end up feeling very guilty and confess.

"For this one night we could be the partying type. Plus this is the perfect opportunity to flirt with guys and get dates to homecoming."

Layla did have a pointed. Plus it is about time I go to a real party. I was still a bit nervous inside; anything bad could happen. The cops could show up or I could get busted by my parents. I started to wondered if my brother and sister were planning to go. They would probably think I was crazy for finally wanting to go to a party.

"I will think about it," I said with a small smile.