Chapter Three
The
next morning, It was as if karma was against me. I pulled on my faded
Skull Tee, faded jeans and Motorcycle boots. I walk out my dorm, Leslie,
my roommate, is already gone. “Shoot” I had a flat tire again. “ hey Tianna!’ i looked up and there was Malcolm and Dan. “ wanna ride?” They
asked. i rolled my eyes “obviously!” I retort and hop in. At last, were
at the main building. Before we’re even on the sidewalk the plastic
pounce and create an indestructible wall around me, out of a corner of
my eye I can see Malcolm and Dan trying to make a break for it. Traitors
I thought, “ Malcolm!” I call “ wait for me?” I give him a wink for
good measure. He goes all fluster “ uh...um..sure.” he stutters. “ tin
can, If you know what’s good for you, you’ll stay away from Jordan!!”
subtle-shrieks amber. “ uh? what are you talking about? I ask feigning
innocence. “ look, Chloe saw you guys at the zinc, so you better watch
it” She says Chloe sheepishly hides behind Collette, who has her nose
buried in her nook. “ Oh really?” I ask “ Then she saw his arm around my
waist as we walked out?” Amber looks outraged ‘ or was she too busy
reporting?”. After amber makes her exit stalking into the school, I wave
at Malcolm and make my way inside. I walk slowly at first, but then I
pick up speed. “ Hey” I whisper “ why are you whispering?” He replies in
the loudest voice ever. I glare at him, man can he be more thickheaded.
“ amber’s on my tail.” I say no use whispering now “ she’s kinda
jealous that you’re spending time with me instead of hanging with her
and your gang.” I explain “ But she and I aren’t together” He exclaims. I
shush him “ I know, I think we should cancel practice for today” I
suggest. He nods “ OK, can you stop at my dorm? I have no plans.” I
don’t know what made me say it but i said “ huh...sure.” I answer
“mm”
He has his hands on both sides of my face and his mouth on mine. “ I
like you” he says “ I know” I whisper. He was pressed against me and I
could feel his anxiety. Malcolm was a great kisser. “ Malcolm, I gotta
go’ I say, ‘ sorry” I add quickly as I get my stuff off the bench. “
Ever since I saw you with that Jordan, you’ve been with him almost all
the time” Malcolm looks at me accusingly “ Malcolm, it;s not like that” i
make a move to soothe him, He steps back “ Yes, it is!, tell me the
truth, are you and him?” he asks ‘ Is he the one?” I look at him ‘ Of
course not, we just hang out” I say ‘ he hasn’t made a move yet” I lie. “ OK, but Ben been seeing you guys around, he’s agitated” says Malcolm ‘
give him some slack” I look down “of course” I say as I bolt out the
door.
Thump!Thump!
He answers with his hair drenched from water. He’s in a polo T-shirt
and Ralph Lauren jeans, He is irresistible. I smile and he sheepishly
smiled back ‘ so... here or out?” I ask “ here, amber out to get you,
remember?”
I
spot Zombie Crushers, a fabulous, non educational, graphic video game
sitting on his TV. I slam the door closed and make my way over. “ Lets
play this?” I state, “ you sure?, I mean...” he trails off. “ Yeah I’m
sure” I say then pop it in and we start playing. I win all rounds and I
go into the bathroom, it’s disgusting as expected. i walk out and he is
deathly serious. “ what’s up?” I ask, He looks up and his face changes ‘
nothing!’ he says brightly. I look at him ‘ I talked to amber’ He says
finally “what?!” I yell. “ It’s cool, she’s cool” he says slowly “ I
seriously doubt that” I mutter. “ Come here” He whispered soothingly and
I followed. I know. I know. bad move but I couldn’t stop myself, it was
as if I wasn’t in control of my body. One moment I was across the room
and the other I was on his lap. He started to kiss my neck and i pushed
away almost instantly. I don’t know what but something felt weird about
that scene. I pushed myself off and excused myself with a whisper. Just
as i stepped out the guys dorm building, It started to rain. I ran to my
Building but then I stopped. I let down my stuff and started running
laps, trying to clear my head. I’m always forward but this time it was
the guy. I mean I didn’t like it at all. I felt kinda violated, But
why?? In the middle of my thoughts I wasn’t looking in front of me and I
bumped into someone. Someone tall, dark and may I say muscular, yum!!
He turned around and I was shocked to see Ben, I’d say he was shocked to
see me too but He looked in pain with a cross of sadness. I remembered
what Malcolm had said and I
instantly
looked down. “hi...’ I say “ shouldn’t you be with jordan?” he asked,
“what?... how’d you know?”I exclaim he laughs meanly and looks up at
the sky. “He’s your new boy toy right?” he says “ No..... it’s nothing”
i say “ sure it is” he laughs again. “ I’m sorry Ben, Malcolm told me, I
didn’t mean to” I try to explain. “whatever.”
I
started to cry, It came out softly at first but then it continued to
all out sniffling. “whoa!” Ben’s eyes grow wide “ I’m sorry, please stop
crying” That made me cry harder “ sorry’ I say through my tears “ this
is my fault”. “ No, I was jealous of Jordan” Ben whispers and then it
all clicked. Ben liked me, I mean he really liked me. all those times he
was so nice and the reason I felt so safe around him. I liked him too. “
Ben, I like you too” I kissed and whispered “ I think you’re the one, Ben” He kissed me back and the rain stopped. Cheesy, right?
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