Jordan let out a rich and deep chuckle. The girls around him all sighed dreamily, enamored by his voice and mere presence. Samuel turned his body towardsJordan. “New target, Jo?” he said, while taking a drink from his energy drink. “New target?! Jo!! How could you? You just broke up with your girlfriend!” a girly voice spoke up. Jordan and Samuel turned towards the voice. Kimberly Hawthorne’s petite body and with her honey-blond long hair blown by the wind, grabbedJordan’s arm. “I know you are hot, but don’t you ever stop hunting for women?” she said, her small red lips pouting. “It can’t be helped. You know how I always treat my girls. Even when I do try hard, they always ask for a breakup. I guess I’m not cut up for love. Seems that I will live my life as a monk”Jordanjoked, twirling Kimberly’s hair with his index finger. Samuel burst out laughing, surprising people around them. After all, he is always composed.
“Monk? Did you just say that? The sweet playboy Jordan Watson?” he spluttered, his face getting red from laughing too much. Kimberly immediately let go ofJordan’s arm and hugged Samuel’s torso. “Sam! Stop laughing like that! Wasn’t it supposed to be me who can make you lose your cool?” whined Kimberly. Samuel stopped laughing, but it was obvious he would laugh anytime soon. “I can’t help it, babe. To think that he would say that! What do you think, Rob?” said Samuel, turning his head towards a figure lying down on the grass.
Robert Parker opened his eyes, revealing the beautiful soft brown of his eyes. “I did not eat the mango pudding, mother” he said.Jordanthrew the football to his abdomen. “Dude, you’re still in school. And what’s with mango pudding anyway?”Jordansaid, helping Robert to stand up. “FYI, my mother makes a killer mango pudding” Robert answered monotonously, while taking a grab of Samuel’s energy drink. “And about whatJordansaid, let’s just wait and see”. Samuel and Jordan burst out laughing while Kimberly looked at Robert with a weird expression.
The four of them then walked together,Kimberleywrapping her arms around Samuel’s torso, Jordan and Robert putting their arms around each other’s shoulders. Samuel then tickled Kimberly’s earlobe with his lips. She giggled and gave him a brief kiss. Samuel let out a chuckle and cuddled her close to him. All this was watched by Robert and Jordan. Robert looked at them blankly, and then glanced atJordan. He was surprised byJordan’s calm expression and suddenly spoke up “So how’s it going with her?”.Jordanlooked at Robert and gave a smirk. “Slow, but progressing. Thanks for the information, too” saidJordan. Kimberly perked her ears by this conversation. “Is this about the new target again? Well, whatever. You are so frivolous with women anyway” she said casually, not realising that her comment came out as an insult.Jordanput out his tongue at her and said “Well, sorry for being not as pure as you, Miss Goody-Goody”. Kimberly pouted her lips and buried her head in Samuel’s chest. “Jo’s so mean!” she said. “Jo-” Samuel was about to scold him whenJordansprinted away from them, running towards the school main entrance. “Hey! Where are you going?” he yelled. “I forgot something in the classroom! See you at the usual place!”Jordanyelled back.
“Yeah, right! You just didn’t want to hear my lecture!”
“Bye!”
Jordanslowed his pace as he entered the main entrance. He turned around and watched three of his friends walk away, their backs on him. He watched Kimberly’s back. “You’re such a cruel woman. You knew my feelings, yet…” he said, feeling his chest tighten. As if he could feelJordan’s sadness, Robert glance back. He gaveJordanthe gentlest of smiles and raised his eyebrows as if saying “Should I separate them? I’m sick of it anyway” indicating Kimberly and Samuel’s intimate behaviour.Jordanlet out a small smile and shook his head. He turned around while raising his hand. Robert saw his signal and continued walking with the couple.
AsJordanwalked the corridors of his school, he felt strangely calm. He knew why. It was because she is always in school before it closes. He always noticed it, though he tried to ignore it. Even though their first meeting did not turn up well, he seemed to have a mysterious attachment to her. Sophie Manuel. The beautiful and capable student council president. When news spread that the next student to take on the title president in the student council is a student his age, he imagined it was a boy wearing huge glasses with a face full of pimples and always having a large dictionary by his side. But when he met her for the first time, he was surprised that such a beautiful girl existed. Her large sapphire blue eyes matched her black hair. He was left breathless. He regretted his actions in teasing her. After that incident, she seem to avoid him. He was at lost in what to do. He would want to have her. But it didn’t seem right. If he love her like all the other girls he went out with, she will end up hurt. After all, he’s in love with Kimberly. Yet he wants Sophie.
Jordanlet out a groan. Why am I hot and bothered about? he thought. I could just have her, right? After all, you already made a vow in front of her! He sighed. Scott Kennedy. There seem to be a link between the two, but he couldn’t figure it out. The look that Scott gives her when she coldly brushes him out of the conversation. The way Sophie loses her cool when he appeared. Were they lovers? If so, why hasn’t he heard about it before? Scott’s one of the eligible bachelor in the school. Sophie’s the object of affection for the male population. BeforeJordanwas fully deep in his thoughts, he realised he was in front of the student council door. Argh! He groaned quietly to himself. Why am I here? He was about to turn away when he realised the door was open slightly. He suddenly thought up a mischievous plan. He would secretly peek in what Sophie was doing. Before doing so, he suddenly heard a male voice.
“Sophie, please answer me!”.Jordanliterally jumped. “You have been pale these past few days! Do you know how worried were we when you stopped contacting me?” said the male voice again. “You just dug your own grave. Who is the ‘we’?” said another voice, whichJordancould identify as Sophie’s. “W-well, you know, our other blood relation” answered the male voice back. Sophie sighed. “Stop it. You clearly know how much I hate the bloodline of that family. With an exception of you, of course” she said. “Sophie, stop being so stubborn! Please come back to the mansion! I’m worried about your condition! Please, I beg of you as your older brother!” answered the male voice.Jordanunconsciously pushed the door open and he saw a figure. Mr John Harper.
TO BE CONTINUED
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The Third Wheel
Teen FictionThe third wheel. Many people do not know what it actually means, aside from the fact that it's the extra wheel that we use in our tricycle. But as what I wrote just now, the 'extra wheel', meaning, it's an object that we don't need, whether after we...
