Never have I Ever

ch 16

"Tori!!" Louis poked my arm with the very tip of his pencil. I glared at him and rubbed the spot where he poked. Did I mention that the pencil just got sharpened?

"What do you want?" I irritably asked. He pouted at my tone but responded, "I think you can keep a secret right?"

Those words intrigued me so I leaned in, nodding, "Sure." 

"I think I have a crush on Kassie," Louis' dreamy face came on. The news was so shocking, I nearly flipped the table.

"Whoa there, calm down," Harry patted my arm. I shooed him away and turned back to Louis, who was blushing. Prickles, the kind that doesn't feel good, formed in my gut and rose to my heart. I think tears were forming in my eyes, so I just blinked them away. Why was I acting like this, I had no idea.

"So do you think I should ask her out?" Louis continued, oblivious of my reaction.

"If it makes you happy," I shrugged. It's hard to admit, but I liked a happy Louis. 

"Ok, I'll ask her out when we hang out afterschool!" Louis cheered. So sudden.... Faking a smile, I nodded eagerly to show that I was supporting him when I really wasn't.

"Wassup?" Bekka sat ontop of my desk. Since I never paid attention, I had no idea what to do. 

"What's going on?" I hissed.

"Oh we're finishing what we haven't done in our ISN." Obviously Bekka finsihed. I shut my ISN, not wanting to do any work. You should know that I never do my work. But I'm still in Honors so hehe.

"You look sad," Bekka peered at my face.

"She does," Sabrina agreed, walking u.

"Talk to us," Alison commanded. They dragged me to a secluded corner of the classroom and patiently waited for me to speak. 

"Louis has a crush on Kassie," I deadpanned. 

"Oh that's great!" Bekka cheered. Alison smiled along but Sabrina looked at my face with an unreadble expression.

"What is it you're sad about then?" Sabrina tilted her head. 

"I don't know," I raked my hand through my mass of curls. 

"Is it because you're jealous?" Alison nudged me, raising her eyebrows suggestively. 

"What!? No I mean yes, I mean I DON'T KNOW!" I was so freaky confused right now. Why would I be jealous if I didn't like him? Did I like him? What the heck, I give up.

"Yes?" Alison raised any eyebrow.

"There's prickly stuff in my heart, making me feel bitter," I explained. 

"AHA! You do like him!" Bekka confirmed for me. Dread filled my stomach. What use was it to like someone who was going to have a girlfriend soon. But those words Bekka told me felt right.

"So do you?" Sabrina urged for an answer. Unsurely, I nodded my head. Enter their squealing and a minor headache started. 

"Wait, so now you have a crush on him? I ship you guys together!" Sabrina clapped her hands. 

"Yup..." I looked over to where he was sitting. Kassie was in my seat. Unconciously, my fists began to clench as I gritted my teeth. They backed a few feet way.

"You look like you're gonna murder someone," Bekka teased. Cutting a glare at her, she fled. Alison comfortingly patted my back, "All will  be fine." How would she know?

3rd POV:

Louis tried hard to look interested in Kassie, but it was really hard. He didn't have a crush on her, of course not, he just knew her for not even a day. 

"It's working," Bekka whispered in his ears. Louis felt his lips turn into a wide smile.

"She could become murderous though," Sabrina nervously glanced at Tori who was still calming down with Alison.

"I figured that much," Kassie smiled, glad to be part of their plan. Afterschool, they would go to the cafe where they were gonna eat, and he'd ask her out. The boys would hoot and the girls would cheer them on. Tori was going to get jealous, but Kassie was going to say yes. This plan would make Tori finally come out to be brave, recognize her feelings and ask Louis out. You see, Louis is kind of a wimp on these things.

"So, I guess we have to add a date into this plan and see what Tori does about it," Niall evilly smirked. Louis rolled his eyes but thought it was a good idea.

"Sure," Kassie chirped. 

"And here she comes!" Harry warned them. Louis tried to force a blush onto his face, and it wasn't that easy. How he did i was by thinking of all the moments that he and Tori had together since they were young. In his opinion, they were never enemies, but frenimies. Tori was sick and tired of all this Kassie this that. What was so good about her anyways. Kassie secretly smiled and leaned in to pretened to whisper to Louis.

"Just laugh like you're high," she lightly whispered to Louis. He obeyed and giggled.

"You sound gross," Alison wrinkled her nose.

"So aren't you love birds going on a date sooner or later?" Zayn teased Louis. He made his blush become deeper, imagining a date with Tori and feeding each other sweet foods.

"But he didn't properly ask me out yet," Kassie pouted. Tori's eyes widened. They moved the asking out part much earlier so she had no idea how she was going to sabotage it now.

"Just go on with the plan right now," Liam muttered under his breath, but Louis caught it.

"Then my dear, Kassie would you go out with me?" Louis sweetly smilled. The girls gasped and squealed. The boys whooped. Kassie had a shocked look on her face but she feverantly nodded. Such a good actress, she thought to herself. 

"Be happy," Tori choked out, still blinking at them, in shock. A wave of pain crashed into her heart but she ignored it.

"So when are you guys going on a date?" Niall popped up the question.

"How about afterschool?" Louis smiled at his 'girlfriend' who eagerly nodded.