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Chapter 3 - He was Popular!?

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Honey.. Blonde.. HAIR!? WHAT!? What am I seeing right now.. There's no way, I predicted that there would be a -100% chance of her caring, wait how does she know. "Uh, who are you?" "Huh!? Are you serious!? You're my partner for ENGLI- oh, I forgot, I'm here to tell you about that". She's here to tell me about being partners? That can't be it, she's nervous. "What's really going on, Calem got you to throw some more punches at me? Oh no!? I'm so afraid! Like I've never been beat up-" "SHUT UP". Dead silence engulfs the room. If a cricket decided to chirp right now, it would probably feel louder than the entrance of the school. I look up at her, I don't really read anything, but I know for a fact that she isn't just here to tell me about being pairs. "I'm here.. because" "Serena, spill it.. I'm lying on my death bed, say it quick!". I notice a very small smirk arise on her face. "I'm here because I didn't want to work alone".

What.... That would sound romantic, but she's just pulling my leg. Work alone? Why would she care? "You'll just have to wait till Lit, to find out something about me". She giggles. Is she really the 'untouchable queen'? "You're serious?". She nods. "I'm glad I'm seeing more hilarious things". She just gives me a neutral face and stands up, pulls the chair to the bed, hands the papers to me, hands a pencil to me and hands a clipboard to me. "Ever thought about being a teacher, Serena? You sure love to give out assignments" "No dummy, I just don't want to do all the work by myself". Wow, selfless, making sure Eeeeevryone is involved. I can't help, but crack a small grin. This isn't really hilarious, it's really quite touching. If I was very dense, then I would've assumed that what she said was literal, 'I just don't want to do all the work by myself', but I had a feeling that the 'myself' was a way to get attention. Maybe she's not a bully, but a attention seeking girl.. Slut? I'm not sure yet. No, that's not it, I want to think more positively than that. She probably enjoys my company, reason? I'm not sure about that either. "You saying you want to spend some quality time with the loner of the school?". She's quiet, nothing comes out of her mouth, just pure utter silence. I take my hand and I ruffle her hair, girls absolutely hate it. Hate it at least when their hair has been taken care of. "Hu- Hey what the hell are you doing" "I'm just petting a lonely animal".

After getting the go ahead to get out of the bed, I make my way towards the Art room. Art class is a fun yet not so fun class, the entire class is made up of girls, I am the only boy there. And these girls aren't your typical, goth or loner girls, these are popular girls. Why does it matter? It matters because I get ostracized in that class. It is my second favorite class behind Lit, but because of some Calem loving chicks, it seems to drop to the bottom of the list. I'm lucky enough to not have to deal with Calem or Serena in this class. Even though what was mentioned above is bad, hanging out with those two... well, it's just plain painful. Calem is literally and mentally a pain and Serena is just a mysterious figure that I don't want to attempt to figure out. Getting inside I make my way towards the corner of the class, but for some reason a girl has actually taken the second seat there. "Uh, excuse me.. this is the bullied corner, unless you want to join that, please leave". I don't get a reply, why? I wish I knew, wait maybe someone saw me with Serena and decided that you can hang around me, without having harm put upon you. "Nice to meet you too, Ash" "You know my na-, don't answer that. Why are you here, you wanna make me look funny... who are you again?". She looks up at me, her dark blue eyes seem mysterious. "I'm Dawn. And would you mind coming closer.. I don't want others to hear" "What's there to hide? I'm already a joke". I shrug my shoulders, she stifles a laugh and looks down. "Just please". I hear a sad tone, kinda like a disappointed sad. "So honey, what do you need to tell me?". Her eyes widen at my words, not because I was 'flirting' with her, but because a figure closes down the space behind me. "Oh Ash, I'm gonna kill you if you try to flirt with my girl". I turn around, I notice the grey/purple hair. "You know exactly what I'm doing Paul". He lunges at me and pulls me into a headlock and gives me a noogie. "I know, I just like teasing you". Just so you know, Dawn and Paul are part of the 'Super Popular Group' and are dating, I don't know why Dawn is here, but Paul; he's here because he was my one and only true friend throughout my entire life, aaand he doesn't put too much effort into school. From the young age of six, this brat, Paul, hung out with me all the time. After he got popular in high school, he still made a conscious effort to at least say hi to me. He told me that he would sacrifice being popular just so that he could hang out with me, but I told him no. He was never the popular type until high school, funny it was actually switched around in junior high. I told him that he should get a feel for the popular group, and have fun. He sure had fun, but thankfully he never disowned me as a friend. "Paul, I-uh.. it's not- "Dawn, don't worry, don't you remember that Ash is my number one true friend, other than you?" "I thought Calem was?". His name gave me the shivers, Calem.. What a funny name, It can be so easily changed to Camel just like people's personalities. "No, he isn't and never was. He's a big bastard Dawn, and you know it". To my surprise I see her shake her head up and down. "Well Ash, would you mind explaining why you flirted with me, before I tell you what's going on?" "No need, I will explain". I look at Paul and give him a thankful expression. "Dawn, you are looking at the heartthrob of junior high!" "What!?" "Yes Dawn, that's right, he used to be the most popular kid in junior high!". Not to skip this, but class had started, but the teacher didn't seem to notice that Paul was in the wrong class, it was his free period anyway, and that us three were talking in the corner. "I don't believe you Paul, him? Sorry Ash" "Don't worry Dawn, no feelings hurt". Paul then explained that during junior high he was a loner, not a bullied loner, but a loner. He mentioned that I always made time to talk to him, and that I tried to bring him to hangouts with the cool kids. He told her that I was a big flirt, and that my usual way to call someone was 'honey, sweetie' or some made up name that would embarrass the girl, whether that be a insulting nickname or a flirtatious nickname. Dawn looked at me with amazement as Paul told her this. "So Ash, wanna try to give me a nickname?" "Do it Ash, I want to use the nickname you call her!" "Hmm, let me think...". It took me a second to think, but since she wanted to talk about Serena.. the nickname seemed to fit. Remember that I wasn't going into sass mode or loner mode, I went into my old flirt mode. I looked at Paul to make sure he was okay with what I was about to do, he nodded. By the way, there is no way I would steal a girl from Paul, we know our boundaries, even though we were popular at different times. I leaned up to Dawn, my mouth breathing next to her ear. I could see the shiver it sent her, I also knew Paul was taking down notes so that he could do the same to his girlfriend. As I lean closer till my mouth touches her ear, I breath once again. I'm assuming that she's terrified or she's blushing like crazy, probably the latter. I lean away just a bit, I take my hand, flick her head and say in a nice deep, calm voice. Pause, my voice is naturally deep, continue," Okay there Miss Mischief, let's hear the news about Princess No Sense". I look at Paul and I see him chuckling at the sight of his girlfriend, she's red as a tomato and could not seem to let a word out of her open mouth. Paul goes over to her and give her a light kiss and says some nickname that he gave her, for that gets her to snap out of it. Looking at me, she starts to stutter and looks at Paul then back at me. She starts to laugh "Wow, Paul is good, but I guess he learned from you". She looks at him again and he smiles, he knew that he wouldn't be able to do any of the flirty things that he does now if it weren't for me. "I'd say Ash, that if you weren't picked on, you'd be the most popular guy at our school, with Paul!" "Ha, maybe so, but no girl wants to give me a chance"

"Hey Ash, why don't you go up to Shauna and do that?". I stare blankly at her.. she wants ME to flirt with a popular girl? "Dawn, you know I can't do that, I'll get bullied more" "Ash, you don't strike me as the kind of guy to be bullied" "Sure, but you're not getting a answer from me, and I never asked to be bullied..." "Oh okay, but please.. I'll go up to her if something happens, but I know that she'll be very surprised and will likely stop bullying you. She's a sweet person, it's just that she wants to fit into the group. Honestly, and you know this, Paul and I don't bully you, just try!". Looking at Dawn I smirk, she is one smart lady. "Paul" "Yeah?" "Please take care of your Miss Mischief, she may turn into a dating app". He chuckles and motions for me to go up to Shauna. As I walk there, I notice the stares I'm getting from the girls, one girl then whispers to Shauna. She turns around, she is pretty, I will admit, but sadly I'm not looking to date anyone anymore.

Staring at me she seems to be about to say something, but I start to use my magic. "Dawn, watch this, Ash is totally going to amaze you" "Huh? No way, he's already getting shot down.. this was a-" "Dawn, trust me like last time". Back to me, I flash a smile at her, my clothes aren't the best, but I do what I can with them. I take off my light jacket, unzipping it to reveal a tight white T-Shirt. Staring at me, I see a faint blush and no attempt to stop me. Unbeknownst to me, Serena has walked into the room, looking at me, with a frown, she darts towards Dawn, and asks her why I'm flirting with Shauna. Serena hands a piece of paper to Dawn after Dawn explains the situation. Without my knowledge, she smirks and runs out the room, but makes sure to peek. I get closer and closer to Shauna, my smile widens, I run my hands through my hair. I stand in front of her. I take my right hand and place it on her shoulder, and with my left I lightly stroke her face. I can already tell that her blushing, probably won't get any darker, but I'll make it darker. I close in, my forehead touching hers, I whisper "Okay Munchkin, I think you're gonna have to stop being mean to me, it hurts my feelings". While being so close I look right at her eyes, 'smiling' with them. Her red face gets redder as I'm about to place my lips on hers, I instead place my finger in between and use the other hand to flick her forehead. "It's okay Munchkin, we'll talk next time". And with that, I turn around to see a surprised teacher, a surprised class, and a smirking Paul/Dawn. Walking back I hear whispers from everyone and I turn around and give Shauna a wave while picking up my jacket. Returning to Paul and Dawn they exclaim how well that went and Dawn then mentions "Ash? Your Princess No Sense is being cheated on".

AND THAT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IS HOW I IMAGINE WHAT FLIRTING IS LIKE. I am a guy, and I don't really know how to flirt with girls, socially awkward :). Anyways, I hope you enjoyed, please have a great day!!!!!!