Of Scissors And Scooby Doo

Chapter 14

"So..."

I paused, grinned and pulled at Jade's hands to bring her closer to me. The grin never left my lips as I slowly leaned forward and brought her into a long kiss, feeling her sigh against me. When we broke apart, she leaned back against the wall, her fingers starting to play with mine. "Are you ready for our date today?"

"Sure I am. Although I find it kinda weird to have it on a Wednesday..." She quirked an eyebrow. "What's up with that?"

"I don't know. I just thought it wouldn't be too obvious if people do see us."

"So we're going somewhere where people could see us? Like... a restaurant? Or something else?"

Ever since I told on Monday her that I would take her out today, Jade tried to do everything in her might to find out what I had planned. From asking me about it again and again to going through the calendar in my phone, she did everything. But I managed to keep it a secret from her which... she absolutely hated. "It's a surprise. You'll see later."

"I hate surprises. I don't want to be surprised. So why bother keep it a secret?"

Raised eyebrows and a half-smile tried to urge it out of me and for a moment, I even pretended to consider it. "You're right..." My eyebrows furrowed as I nodded. But after a few seconds, in which I could see Jade's excitement growing, I quickly shook my head. "Nah. Still a surprise. You'll have to wait."

"You're being ridiculous."

"You're being impatient."

"Well, your shirt is ugly."

"What? It is not! That's so mean!" I looked down at my purple shirt with furrowed eyebrows, my hands pulling at the material as I let my eyes run over it. It wasn't ugly! I liked that shirt! Jade chuckled and moved out from the prison between me and the wall. "Later, Vega."

"Wait!" She stopped with her hand on the handle. "One for the road?" I puckered my lips and watched her roll her eyes before she came back to me and placed a light kiss on my lips.

"There. Now I have to go."

I grinned like a maniac as I watched her exit the janitor's closet to get to her first class. Everything was so perfect and wonderful right now. God, and Jade was perfect and wonderful. I leaned against the wall as I waited five minutes before I also made my way to my class. The day passed almost in a blur, the excitement of our date making my mood rise with every minute that passed. When I got to my creative writing class however, my smile slipped when Mr. Gradsteen began to pair us up to write a script.

"-Andre and Eli, Beck and Tori." Almost right after my name left the teacher's mouth the bell rang and everyone began to pack up their things, only half-listening to that what Mr. Gradsteen said. As I was putting my notebook into my bag, Beck walked over to me with his hands stuffed into the pockets of his pants.

"So, I guess we're partners, huh?"

I smiled at him and swung my bag over my shoulder. "Yep."

"Well, you have a free period now too, right? How about we begin working on the script now?"

"Oh. Um..." It was Jade's free period now too. We had actually planned to spend it with each other. But... if I'd start the script with Beck now, in school, that meant that we wouldn't have to meet up after school and that meant more time with Jade. "Yeah, sure. Let's do that."

He smiled and walked out of the room while I hung back a little to text Jade that I couldn't meet up with her because I had to work on a script. When Beck and I walked into the empty blackbox theater, my phone buzzed with a reply from her, a simple 'Kay'. We took a seat on the floor with our backs against the wall. I took my notebook back out to write down the ideas we would come up with.