by Morgayne Tue Jun 01, 2010 5:07 pm
Two
“Who was that?” Kate asked the moment Shay slid, breathless, into her seat at the beginning of their fifth period class, English 12 GT.
“Hmm?” Shay rummaged distractedly through her bag, pretending to look for something, but Kate knew she was avoiding the question.
“The gorgeous boy by your locker?” Kate pressed. “The thief?”
Shay sighed, a curtain of blonde hair shielding her face from view as she continued to search, fruitlessly, for something she didn’t need.
“Turns out he wasn’t trying to filch anything from my locker after all.” She said, finally putting her bag down and sitting up, having decided that she was going to have to answer Kate’s questions sooner or later.
“In fact, he’s my secret admirer.” Shay continued offhandedly, as though discussing the weather. She grabbed the rose from her bag and set it gently on the desk as proof.
“He is? Seriously?” Kate exclaimed, reaching over to read the rose’s card before Shay could snatch it away. Kate frowned as she read it and Shay found herself wishing she had remembered to take the card off and tuck it away somewhere private.
“’The girl from my dreams’? He’s been dreaming about you?”
“I don’t think he means it literally.” Shay said lightly, though she had thought the same thing upon first reading it. She shrugged. “He’s probably just trying to be romantic.”
“Well he succeeded. Boxes of chocolate left in your locker, anonymous notes, roses. It’s the most romantic thing I’ve ever heard!” Kate gushed, eyes wide with jealousy. She glanced back down at the note. “Slade. A little unusual, but with looks like that…” She sighed, trailing off. “You’re going to say yes, right?”
“To…?”
“Him, when he asks you out of course. Which he’s bound to do any day now.”
“Yeah, I suppose I will…” Shay said noncommittally.
“What do you mean-?” Kate began but Shay cut her off.
“Well it’s a bit creepy, isn’t it? Giving gifts to and obsessing over someone you’ve never even talked to before?”
Kate opened her mouth to reply but was interrupted by their teacher, Ms. Lane, who must’ve decided that she couldn’t ignore their discussion any longer as most of the class had abandoned the English lesson to listen in to it.
“Shay and Kate? Please pay attention.” She said, kindly but sternly, and everyone quickly listened. Ms. Lane was everyone’s favorite teacher, she was pretty and young, fair and patient, and Kate and Shay loved her.
“Sorry Ms. Lane.” They replied in unison.
“It’s okay, lets get back to the lesson.” Ms. Lane said as the class returned to studying the week’s vocabulary words.
Kate and Shay didn’t talk about Slade again, and neither of them noticed the curious pair of eyes watching from the window.
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