His Drama Queen

Chapter 16

Listen to-Zooted by Becky G, French Montana

Beck's POV

It's crowded in the school gym. The whole school is gathered for the pep rally today. I'm sitting with Nick and Jake because apparently Nick and Jake are actually pretty good friends and because Mari and Lottie, his best friends, are dancing so he couldn't sit with them. Nick is sitting between us and he can obviously feel the tension. I know how Jake feels about Mariana it's obvious and I don't like it. Not at all. He clearly doesn't like me either considering he's been glaring at me the whole time the cheerleaders have been doing whatever it is they do. The only reason I didn't ditch is because Mari is dancing and I want to watch her.

I feel Jake burning holes into the side of my face. I turn to look at him getting fed up with his glaring. Our eyes meet and I send a nasty glare. His eyes narrow even further.

"Do you have a problem John?" I ask purposely getting his name wrong. He smirks at me.

"Not at all Dick. It was Dick wasn't it?" He says with a cocky smile. My jaw clenched and my eyes harden.

"Ok guys you're acting like little girls knock it off or I'll kick both your asses." Nick says while putting a hand on both of our chests. I roll my eyes at him and chuckle, like he could actually kick my ass. I look back towards the center of the gym and catch Mari standing at the entrance looking quite nervous. She glances up and we make eye contact. I send her an encouraging smile and a wink. She rolls her eyes but smiles anyways with a pink tint to her cheeks. I hear Jake let out a big breath and it brings a smirk to my face.

This has got to be the longest fucking pep rally ever. Still waiting for Mari to perform 45 minutes into this thing. Nick is passed out on my shoulder snoring and Jake is on his phone playing a game. Finally I hear the cheerleaders announce the dance squad. I elbow Nick to wake him up. He wakes up with a start looking dazed. He looks at me and wipes some drool off his mouth. I cringe when I see some drool on my shirt.

"Aw come on man." I glare at him.

"Sorry dude." Nick shrugs.

I look back to the center of the gym and see the lights dim and some spot lights focus in on Mari standing right in the center. She's wearing her dance uniform and looking hot as fuck in it. It's a long sleeve, skin tight, crop top with the Rockwood school mascot on the front and some short spandex shorts. I sit up straighter at the sight of her.

The music starts and it's a song I've never heard before but its catchy. Mari starts dancing as soon as the words start flowing through the speakers. She's started as solo moving her hips and arms doing some crazy dance moves. All the guys and some girls in the gym cheer loudly for her solo dance when the other girls join her.

The way she moves her body doing the moves is mesmerizing. Her skills are incredible I'm in awe at her. The song continues and so does the dance, I see Rebecca in the back moving her hips. She's not bad but doesn't come close to Mari. Mari and Lottie look at each other and smile they're having fun with this and all the attention they're getting from the male population. Mari and Lottie go back to back moving their hips and dropping to the floor. They're by far the hottest girls in this school.

"God damn they're ridiculously hot." Nick says to no one in particular.
"How are you just friends with girls that attractive. Like seriously I couldn't control myself." He says to Jake. If it was anybody but Nick I would have been pissed but Nick is basically harmless. Jake smirks and looks at me.

"Who said I'm just friends with them?" My jaw clenches for the second time today and my heart skips a beat and not in a good way. I feel an intense jealous rage flow through my body. The music stops bringing my eyes back to Mari. She's standing in the middle of the dance squad with a smile on her face and breathing heavy. One of the girls hands a microphone to her and she turns it on.

"Hey Rockwood." She says in her soft, velvet, sexy voice. Seriously just her voice makes my pants tighten. All the guys in the crowd go wild and start to chant her name. She really does rule this school. She smiles loving the attention. Her pearly white teeth and full lips with the cute dimple on the side of her cheek drive my wild. She's talking about the upcoming game and other shit but I'm not even listening I'm just watching and admiring the way her mouth moves. Total creeper status. I know. She finishes quickly officially ending the pep rally. She walks off towards the dressing rooms while everyone else leaves the gym. Me, Nick, and Jake are all waiting for her and Lottie. Both girls walk out together laughing. Mari spots us and smiles running up and wrapping me in a hug. It only lasts a second before she's hugging Jake too. That little green monster makes another appearance today. I try not to let it bother me to much but I'm failing miserably, especially when some random dude that I've never met comes running up to her. She greets him with a huge grin and takes off running meeting him halfway. They embrace in a tight hug making my fists tighten beside me. I stand stiffly as this guy and Mari catch up. They walk over to us and the guy hugs Jake with enthusiasm too. They're both smiling and talking like they're best pals. Who is this dude? Mari looks over at me almost like she was reading my thoughts.

"Oh! Drake this is Beck, Beck this is Drake one of my best friends." She says happily. This Drake dude looks at me and smiles. He sticks out his hand for me to shake and I do.

"Nice to meet you Beck."

"Likewise." I say firmly. I don't know why but I feel like this guy has a thing for Mari.

"So how was your trip with Brezlyn?" Mari asks him. He smiles softly and starts telling her everything about his trip to Paris with his girlfriend Brezlyn. Hearing that he has a girlfriend should make me feel better but it doesn't. The way he talks about her makes me think that they aren't doing so good. Feeling out of place I decide that I should probably leave. Besides I have a fight tonight that I can't be late for.

I tell Mari that I have to leave and that she did incredible. She looks sad that I'm leaving but covers it up with a quick smile and a hug. I size up the Drake dude and he gives me a warning look suprising the hell out of me. I give him a smirk before heading out the door. Wonderful. Another guy dying to get Mariana DeLuca's heart.

Mari's POV

I make it home late after the pep rally. Its around 10:30 when I get home. I spent all night with Drake and Jake and Lottie catching up. I walk in the livingroom and see Giana sitting there with a blank expression on her face. My heart hurts for her.

"Hey Gi." I say snapping her out of her trance.

"Oh hey Mari. How was the pep rally?"

"It was good. Everyone loved it. Hey I'm going to go make a sandwich you want one?" She shakes her head at me. I walk into the kitchen and take out the ingredients to make me a BLT when the doorbell rings.

"I'll get it Gi!" When I open the door to reveal who it is my whole body heats up in rage.

"Chase."