The Change

Chapter One

Note: Hey guys! I got writer's block on "See you Tomorrow", so I began writing this one. This one's complete and ready to go, so I hope you enjoy it! 😍😄

"I can't believe it. There he is, right there!" I whispered to my friend Harmony.
"I know, Anastasia. I'm not stupid!" She whispered back, looking for Corey Feldman. She didn't care that Corey Haim, the hottest and baddest guy at school, not to mention a brilliant actor, was here, at Marko's. Marko's is Harmony and mine's favorite restaurant, and the hottest guy in school just walked in and sat down in a booth right next to us. This was perfect! I had this all planned out, what I was going to do, what he was going to say, what I would say back to him, and the outcome: we would be happily married! I began to act on my plan. I went walking past the booth, "dropping" my little purse. Step one, complete. Now he's going to pick it up, give it to me, look into my eyes and realize we're soulmates! He picked up the purse, and looked at me with his cute side smile on his face. "Is this yours?"
Uh oh. He wasn't supposed to say that. Why can't anyone just stick to the script I mentally wrote for them?! "Uhhhh . . . yeah." Slowly, I took my purse. I was losing him! "So. . . . What brings you here?" Oh God. This is a train wreck! He obviously came here to eat food!
"I heard the food is pretty good here. And they'll let me smoke outside."
Oh yeah, he does drugs. I don't care, though. If we get together, I could help him stay away from drugs, I know it! "Oh. Yeah, the food is pretty good. . . . Marko's is mine and Harmony's favorite restaurant. . . ." My face was getting redder by the minute!
He gave me a weird look. Probably because my face was as red as a tomato. "Really? That's cool."
"Yeah, yeah." Abort mission! Abort mission! My legs wouldn't move, so I just stood there, like an idiot, saying nothing.
"Wait. . . . Aren't you the girl who has, all A's?"
"Umm. . . yeah. I have all A's. One's an A minus, though."
"I know who you are! You're the nerd in the class below me! Everyone calls you Ana Banana, right?"
I could feel my face getting even more red at the mention of my classes' stupid nickname for me, and the fact that I just got called by my crush, a nerd. I was getting a little annoyed now, crossing my arms. "Yeah."
He put up his hands. "Hey, look, I didn't mean to offend you, I'm sorry." He sighs. "I'm sure you know that I'm not very smart. And I was wondering, since you've got all A's, and since you're really smart and pretty, if you'd help me pass."
"Like, touter you?" I put a confused look on my face. "I thought your girlfriend helped you with school."
"She did. Until we broke up."
"What happened? You don't have to tell me, if you don't want to talk about it. . . ."
"Nah, its fine. I didn't really like her, anyway. Well, she blamed for taking advantage of her, which I wasn't, but she said she had enough and. . . here I am."
I should be careful. Something inside me's warning me not to, but. . . . "I'm sorry. Yeah, I can touter you."
He put on his cute side smile again. "Thanks! When are we meeting up?"
I didn't think of that. "Oh, umm. . . when do you want to meet up?"
"How 'bout tomorrow after school?"
"Yeah, sure."
"Alright! Well, it looks like your friend needs you." He looked sad as he turned his attention to the booth Harmony was in.
"Yeah, probably. She's gonna have a seizure if Corey Feldman doesn't come!"
He chuckled. Yes! I wasn't as awkward as I thought I was! "Well, I can fix that, if you want."
"Really? That would be great! I don't want my best friend to die before the day's over!"
Another chuckle. I was getting pretty good at this. "Yeah, just let me call him." He got up to use the phone in the back. When he passed me, he squeezed my arm. I'm pretty sure that was on purpose! Wait, didn't he say I was pretty, too?! Jeez, I knew I should listen to my instincts, but I decided to ignore them. I went over to the booth Harmony was in.
"How'd it go?" She asked, somewhat absent minded.
"I'm tutoring him now."
"What?" I had her full attention now. "I thought his girlfriend did that!"
"Not anymore! They broke up."
"What?! No way!"
"Yes way! And he just called me pretty!"
"Oh my God! Ana, this is great!"
"I know, I know!"
Her expression changed from excited to worried. Her eyes had some danger in them. "Be careful, though. Okay?"
"I'll be fine. He's not gonna hurt me, if that's what you're thinking."
She looked a little less worried, but the danger still lingered. "If he hurts you, he's gonna have to answer to me."
"Haha okay! Oh, and he's calling Feldman for you."
"What?! Really? No shit?"
"Why would I lie about something like this?"
"Ana, you're the best!" She hugged me, which was rare for Harmony.
"Haha, thanks!" I patted her back.
Just then, Corey came back. "Hey, mind if I sit with you guys?"
Harmony gave me a look, smiled, and said, "Feel free."
He smiled, sitting down next to me and putting his arm around me. "Thanks. So, what do you guys do for fun?"
Harmony gave me a, "should we tell him?" look.
I answered with the, "I don't know. . . you think we should?" look.
"We have a little hideout. Do you want to see it?" I guess she thought he was worthy.
"Really? No one else knows about it?"
"Nope. Not even our parents." I chimed in.
"Really? Just you two?"
"Yep!"
"You coming or what?" Harmony asked.
"I think we should wait for Feldman, first. I mean, I didn't call him for nothing."
I gave Harmony the "I told you so" look and in response she rolled her eyes.
"I feel like I'm missin' something here. . . ." He looked at both of us.
"What? Oh, we're just sitting here." I said.
"You guys are really that close?"
Harmony and I were confused. "What?" We both asked at the same time.
"All you guys have to do is look at each other and you have a full on conversation!"
"Oh. . . yeah. We're that close!"
Corey Feldman finally showed up. "Hey, Space Ace!"
Haim stood up. "Feldster! How's it been?"
They shook hands then pulled each their into a hug. "It's been good. How 'bout you?"
"Pretty good. I met two new girls." He winked. I wonder what that meant. . . .
Corey Feldman, as if he just realized we were there, looked at us. "Oh! Hey. Corey Feldman, at your service!"
I saw Harmony drool over Corey F, realize she was drooling, and cover it up real quick. She turned to me and gave me the "can we invite him?" look.
I wasn't sure. "Four people? Are you sure?"
She gave me a disapproving look, telling me she didn't like the look I gave her. Then, she gave me the puppy eye look.
I rolled my eyes. "Fine!"
She smiled. We tuned back in to hear Corey H telling Corey F about our secret place. I guess we had to take him now, anyways. "You can come if you want." Harmony asked in a casual voice, covering up how desperately she wanted him to come.
"Okay. Just, I wanna eat first."
"That's fine. Go ahead and order something." I said.
He smiled, mostly at Harmony, then walked away. My instincts still didn't like this. . . . Forget instincts! I smiled at Harmony. "How did we get this lucky?"
"I don't know. Maybe it's a dream" She answered, staring at Corey Feldman's back. She turned to me, sparkles in her eyes. "But if it is, I don't ever wanna wake up."