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Chapter 17

I was currently in gym class and I was bored out of my mind. I could play sports – just not very well, so while the guys were playing basketball, Kylie and I were watching, along with most of the other girls in my class, from the bleachers. There was only ten minutes left of class before lunch and I was a bundle of nerves.

Carson and Jaxon always came to sit with us for a while during lunch; sometimes they even stayed for the whole time, and I had no idea what it would be like with Carson and the ‘almost kiss’ we had yesterday.

Also, I had never actually liked a guy before, and I knew that I had developing feelings for Carson. I was completely clueless on how to act around him. Alenna had told me to act like myself and that’s what I was planning on doing. I didn’t need Carson knowing about my crush, and I certainly didn’t want Jaxon to know something was up – that would just be plain awkward.

“Hey, stop worrying” Kylie said, knocking me out of my trance by shaking me slightly.

I shook my head trying to clear my brain. “Sorry, it’s just… I’m dreading lunch. What if I can’t act normal around him and he realizes that something’s up?” I asked a bit worriedly.

Kylie placed a comforting hand on my shoulder before she spoke; “Don’t stress about it okay. You can act normally around him, I’m sure of it. You have been getting closer with him this year and he hasn’t said anything so he obviously doesn’t mind hanging around you, but as well as getting closer, you’ve been acting the exact same as you’ve always been. Just because you have a teeny crush on him now, it’s not going to change the way you act around him unless you stress about it. So don’t stress and you’ll be fine”

“Wow” I said. I knocked my shoulder against hers jokingly. “When did you get so wise Miss Kylie?” I asked in a fake British accent.

“Oh you know” she said waving her hand dismissively before continuing. “I went to England overnight and had dinner with the queen. She gave me some helpful advice, telling me to speak with Prince Harry. I went to talk to him and found him in his chambers, and he told me to become more helpful in my daily life and I realized I should start giving my best friend advice. Then once we were done we had life altering sex and he gave me his number which I lost on the plane back over here this morning” she said jokingly in a horrible British accent.

“Sure you did” I said rolling my eyes, “but thanks”.

“No probs” she replied, and the bell rang for lunch so we headed for the change rooms, than waited for Zayn so we could go and eat.

We got to the cafeteria and immediately headed to the lunch line as usual. The special today was Sloppy Joe’s, which did NOT sit well in my stomach, so I decided to grab two slices of garlic bread along with a plate of pasta and sauce and a peach juice box. I paid for my food and waited for Kylie and Zayn to finish ordering. I saw that Zayn paid of Kylie’s lunch, much to Kylie’s dismay (my guess was she didn’t want him wasting his money on her), but I found it absolutely adorable how cute of a couple they were and how sweet of a boyfriend Zayn was to her.

Once Zayn was finished at the cafeteria till, we headed to our usual table near the back of the cafeteria. I sat alone on one side like always while Zayn and Kylie cuddled together on the other side and we began to eat our lunches peacefully.

I was slightly cautious as to being on this side of the table alone because I knew that Carson and Jaxon would do their normal routine; Jaxon sitting beside Kylie and Carson sitting beside me. He was always so flirty over lunch that I had to keep one thing in mind; act normal, don’t let him change your attitude towards him. It didn’t matter that I liked him now, I should be acting the same because I have always told myself that no guy would ever change me.

We were chatting about the chemistry lab that was assigned yesterday, which was also due next week when it happened. I heard them before I saw them. They came in with a group of guys from the basketball team laughing at an inside joke and I gulped. I hoped I would be able to act normal around him because I really, really, didn’t need him knowing that I saw him any differently after last night.

Kylie reached out a hand and placed it on my frozen one. “Don’t worry” she whispered. “You’ll be fine; he’s just the flirty, cocky, jock guy that happens to be one of your some-what friends. Nothing’s changed”.

I nodded understandingly and took a deep breath, continuing the conversation that we were having before Mr. Big Shot walked into the cafeteria.

I was about to take another bite of my pasta when I felt a hot breath on my ear and jumped, dropping the pasta that was on my fork onto my pant leg.

“Sorry Cutie” a voice said in my ear, actually sounding sincere. I knew it was Carson so when I turned around to glare at him, I wasn’t surprised. However, I was surprised that he had a tray with food on it and a napkin in his hand passing it to me.

I raised an eyebrow before taking the napkin with a slight glare and wiped the pasta to the floor. “Thanks for that player, much appreciated” I said with a slight teasing tone so he knew I wasn’t actually mad at him. There wasn’t any sauce on my pasta so it didn’t stain my jeans, which was a good thing.

As Carson sat down beside me, I turned to him and raised my right eyebrow slightly. “You actually have a plate of food today? Not just gonna mooch off me like you normally do” I asked.

“Nope” he replied. “I saw you didn’t have a ton of food today so I decided to buy my lunch so you can have some of mine” he continued shrugging his shoulders while digging into his poutine.

“Really?” I asked sceptically.

“I can be nice sometimes Lex, you’ve probably just never seen it” he stated as he continued to eat.

I shrugged and looked at my empty tray, pushing it to the side slightly so I could rest my elbows on the table. When I looked at Kylie, she discreetly pointed at Carson and me and wiggled her eyebrows in a suggestive way.

I glared at her and she stuck her tongue out at me, making me roll my eyes as I looked back at Carson. “Can I have some of that delicious poutine?” I said in a sweet, innocent tone of voice.

He rolled his eyes. “Sure” he said and gave me the fork he had been using while pushing the poutine towards me.

“I didn’t mean the whole thing Carson” I said shaking my head slightly. “I meant a bite, as in like two or three fries”.

He shrugged dismissively. “I have the rest of this food” he said pointing to his tray which consisted of a slice of meat lovers pizza, a bottle of orange juice, a cup of yogurt, a granola bar and a packet of sour skittles. “You can have the rest of them, and I know you’re still hungry, having only eaten one course so you can eat that while I enjoy the rest of my food” he said while casually throwing an arm on the back of my seat.

“Thanks player” I replied with a genuine smile, which he returned, before turning back to finish the poutine that had been graciously giving me.

Once I finished Carson’s poutine, I placed the empty container onto Carson’s tray of food while continuing with the conversation that was currently taking place. He bumped his shoulder with mine, and I looked towards him to see him smirking slightly and I rolled my eyes bumping his shoulder back.

“So, Jaxon” I started.

He turned to look at me with a questioning gaze. “Yeessss?” he asked sceptically.

“How was work yesterday?” I asked.

“Fine” he said, still suspicious, “why?”

“Oh, I was just wondering if Cassidy stopped by or not”

He scowled at me slightly. “No, why?”

“Oh, just wondering. The last time you said work was fine she had stopped by with her family, so I was just curious as to whether your crush put you in a good mood or not” I replied teasingly.

“Ha ha” he shot back sarcastically before flicking his gaze between Carson and I, settling on me. “You’re one to talk”.

When he said that I completely froze, and I’m pretty sure I felt Carson’s arm (which was still rested on the back of my chair) tense slightly.

“What are you talking about” I asked, playing the clueless card, hoping to God he didn’t notice anything up with me.

“You know exactly what I’m talking about” he replied smirking slightly before getting up from his chair and dumping his trash. “C’mon bro” he told Carson. “Bell’s about to ring and if we’re late one more time this month, we’re going to get detention”.

Carson removed his arm from my chair and stood up, collecting his garbage, as well as mine and tossing it. “Okay bro, one second” he said while Jaxon was already walking out of the cafeteria. He looked down at me and asked, “Are you hitching a ride home with me today?”

“Yup, Alenna dropped me off so I need a ride” I replied calmly while nodding.

“Cool, meet us out front like usual” he told me before looking at all three of us. “Later” he said while walking out of the cafeteria himself.

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My soccer practice was cut short because only 7 people came and I felt bored so I decided to update today as an extra bonus. I received more than 1,000 reads on this story and it is in the 500’s for the Watty Awards and I am really excited.

A big thanks to everyone and I’m happy to have such amazing fans.

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