Those Eyes- Chapter 2

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Chapter 2~ Secrets


The next day, Gillian almost threw her binder at me. She said my excitement was making her sick. I wouldn’t have noticed.

I had told Gillian about my cyber conversation with Cole. Of course I didn’t tell her about his scholarship.

“No way!” she exclaimed when I’d told her, “That’s insane! He must’ve liked you when he broke up with Sadie!”

That’s what I loved about Gillian. Even though she was more rational than I liked, she was always happy for me with even the littlest things.

“I know! What if he asks me out?” I asked.

“Who’s going to ask you out?” I heard from behind me.

I gasped. How much had Sadie heard?

“Oh no one,” Gillian said, though it was a little too quick.

Of all the things for Sadie to notice, she actually comprehended how Gillian had rushed her answer.

“Gillian, am I a PC?” she asked.

“I’m pretty sure you’re not,” Gillian replied with a smirk.

“Then why do you think I’m that slow?” she added.

Gillian and I tried to hide our giggles behind our mouths. That breakup was really messing around with her comebacks.

“Sorry Sadie, but Dana and I were having a private conversation.” Another thing I liked about Gillian; she didn’t let anybody intimidate her. Either that or she was really naive.

“Well that conversation is officially over. We need to plan our payback on Cole. We’re meeting at lunch in the band room. No one ever goes in there.”

I wonder if my panic was as plain on my face as it was in my stomach.

“Um, Sadie,” Gillian said, “We have…. A test to make up at lunch. Sorry.”

I would have to repay Gillian for this. She was the best friend ever.

“Both of you?” Sadie wasn’t buying it.

“Yeah, remember when we went to that concert? Well we need to take the test we missed.”

“Oh, fine then. But come as soon as you finish.” Sadie ordered. And with that, she flipped her hair and walked away.

“Why’d she just agree? She never does that.” I said in a hushed voice, just in case she was lingering behind a locker or something.

“I don’t know” Gillian admitted, “In the four years I’ve known Sadie, she’s never done that.”

Just then, I caught a whiff of Black by Kenneth Cole. I would know that scent anywhere. A perfect mix of ginger, orange and mint. Cole Allon was near. That’s probably why Sadie was in such a hurry to leave.

“Hey Dana. Hi Gillian.” came an enticing voice from behind us. Gillian and I turned around as exactly the same time.

“Hey Cole,” we responded. Then Gillian looked at her iPhone and added, “Is that the time? Oh my, I better get to History. See you later, Dana. Bye Cole.”

Did she need to make it so obvious that I wanted to be alone with him? But when I looked over at him, he was smiling. Did he like that Gillian wanted to leave? Wow, I needed to stop thinking so much into things.

“So, what class do you have next?” Cole asked casually.

“Um, I have Geometry.” I responded sheepishly. Why did I have to be in such a dorky class?

“Whoa, you’re pretty smart, aren’t you?” Cole said, clearly in awe. Was he really impressed? I had never been good at interpreting sarcasm.

“I guess. But you must be pretty smart, too. Otherwise you wouldn’t have your…” I trailed off, not knowing whether he would like me to say it out loud or not.

“I’m actually on a football scholarship, but yeah, I guess I’m pretty smart. I have some AP classes.” He concluded with a grin.

“Which ones?” I asked, a little too interestedly.

“History and English. I was one percent grade away from being in AP Science,” he added ruefully, “How about you?”

Not wanting to show off, I just said, “same as you. But I’m also in AP science and math, but I bet it was just by luck.”

“I bet it wasn’t. You’re the smartest person I know.” Cole stated this like it was insanely obvious.

I blushed so deeply I bet he wondered what was wrong.

“Thanks,” I giggled, “But I’m not nearly as good an athlete as you. I only do cheerleading, and that’s to ensure that Sadie stays in control of the whole squad.”

“Well, you’re a better cheerleader than Sadie,” Cole contradicted. Would he be able to find a loophole through everything I said? Then he added, “You should be captain, not her. You’re so much kinder and much more flexible.”

“Suuure I am,” I said sarcastically, blushing again. Just then, my ring tone “Got Dynamite” by Demi Lovato played. I had a new text. It was from Carlie, she was in her ASG class.

CARLIE: date 4 fall ball has been decided. 10/24. we better find dates

So we had about two weeks until the Fall Ball. That was plenty of time to find out whether he liked me or not.

SADIE: ugh curse cole 4 dumping me now!! x-(


GILLIAN: OMG thts rite srry sadie


LEXIE: ya we’re w/ u sadie we’ll help u find a date


CARLIE: we don’t go if u don’t


SADIE: thnx u guys p.s. did u send this 2 amber??


AMBER: ya srry mr. bennet kept asking Q’s


ME: g2g hav a big test next period ttyl


GILLIAN: kk c u L8r dana


AMBER: buhbye


CARLIE: L8r gatr


LEXIE: ttfn


ME: wat??


LEXIE: tata 4 now


ME: ohhhhhhh


GILLIAN: ohhh


CARLIE: ohhhhh


SADIE: bye

Then Cole’s voice broke me away from the conversation.

“Anything wrong, Dana?” he asked anxiously.

“No, why do you ask?”

“I was just wondering what caught your attention so immediately.” Cole wondered.

“Oh,” what could I say? “Um, my friends were texting me about the Fall Ball.” Why did I say that? Now he’ll think I want him to ask me out. Unfortunately, the rest of our conversation would have to wait, because at that exact moment, the bell for fourth period rang, and I couldn’t be late for that geometry test.

“I guess I’ll see you at lunch,” I said, not knowing whether our meeting was still intact. When I looked over at him, he looked weird. I don’t know how, but his perfect face suddenly looked, well, depressed. Like Edward Cullen in Twilight (Yes, I know, I’m obsessed). It was even…rueful. Anyway, his expression made me lose my train of thought. But even upset, he was still the most beautiful guy at our school.

After a few seconds, he recomposed himself.

“Yeah, good luck on your test.” He said, all gloom gone from his face. Then he left with a few backward glances at me.

Just those looks had my heart soaring. He must like me back. Then I got a text.

It took a while to find my old pink Razor, but eventually I found it at the bottom of my cluttered bag. The message was from Carlie, but it wasn’t a forward thing. Why would she want to talk to me alone? I checked my message.

CARLIE: y were u with cole??

How could she possibly have seen that I was with Cole? Wasn’t ASG on the other side of campus? I decided to play dumb.

ME: huh?


CARLIE: u kno wat I mean

y were u walking out of study hall 2gether

I had to think of an excuse and quick.

ME: is it so wrong 2 help some1 with their hw?

CARLIE: it is when its sadie’s ex

ME: well he rlly needed help

CARLIE: fine I won’t tell sadie but b more careful. wat if she saw u?

I breathed a sigh of relief. Thank goodness she wasn’t going to tell Sadie. I would be worse than dead meat if they found out what was really going on.

ME: thnx gotta get 2 geo.

CARLIE:L8r

The geometry test was beyond easy. Way easier than what I was about to face now. Even Sadie would notice I was gone. And what would she say when she saw me sitting with Cole? That was bound to raise suspicion.

By the time I got into the cafeteria, I’d basically chickened out and decided just to go sit with Sadie and them. But when I looked over to Cole’s table, I saw an empty seat right next to him. Unfortunately, that was Sadie’s old seat. And Cole was known as the bounce-back champ. She was bound to look our way. I pretended like I hadn’t even seen him and proceeded to the usual table. Then, of course, my Razor played my ring tone. I had no choice but to see what it said. It was from Cole, of course.

COLE: aren’t u gonna sit with us?

How did he see me enter? I made sure I came in with a crowd so that he wouldn’t. Best to just get it over with.

ME: srry didn’t c u

COLE: didn’t u look toward our table?

Even with the unemotional font, it was obvious that he was hurt.

ME: srry im coming

COLE: cool 

Without another look toward my table, I went as fast as I could (without running, because that would look pathetic) and made my way to Cole’s table. I’d never really talked to any of his friends. All of them together was just kind of intimidating.

I paused when I got to their table; unsure whether I was welcome to sit down or not. Luckily, Cole’s best friend, Drake Dawson, gave me my resolve.

“Hey, Dana, come sit here,” he said extremely loudly. I wished he would quiet down so Nicki wouldn’t hear. I sat down between Sammy Shmidt, Drake’s girlfriend of two years, and Cole.

“Hi Dana,” said Sammy. She was kind of smart, and nice, too. I had English with her. She also had beautiful dark skin and black hair that was cut in a cute little bob.

“Hi Sammy, did you finish the essay?” I asked. Sammy was really good at English and writing. She was an easy girl to get along with.

“Not yet, how about you?” she replied.

I looked at Cole before I responded. He smiled and winked.

He winked?! What did that mean? Should I tell her I helped him or not? Probably not.

“Yeah, I worked on it a lot last night,” I said casually. Cole smiled. Did he like that I got along with his best friend’s girlfriend? If not, then why was he smiling? I swear, all this worrying was going to make me go prematurely gray.

“Good job, you must be really fast.” Sammy said with a big smile. That’s odd, she sounded like she meant it. That’s a first. I’m used to people trying not to act jealous, but looking all sour.

Then the rest of the group came. It was really intimidating to be sitting with the most popular guys in school.

There was Avery Austen. Avery had shaggy chestnut brown hair that just brushed the tip of his eyelashes covering his deep brown eyes. He came and sat down next to his girlfriend, Sara Seleey.

Sara had wavy reddish hair that came to her elbows. Every day, she looked like she just came from the catwalk. Every part of her was always perfect; her hair was always shiny, she had perfect teeth surrounded by perfectly glossed lips, and her skin was amazing. I sometimes truly envied her perfection. Almost like how I’d envied Sadie when I first saw her. Oh, did I mention she was president of our school?

Then came Logan, Gillian’s crush, who was (luckily) available. He had dark brown hair and beautiful ice blue eyes, but he always wore a care-free, happy expression. I understood why Gillian loved him so much.

And the last two to come sit down were Elliot Arnold and Delaney Dalley.

Elliot had dark brown hair arranged in neat little spikes and a deep tan. He looked like he belonged in the pages of Sports Illustrated, not in our little private school in Irvine. Was it really a private school? There were no uniforms, but the price to get in was mind-boggling.

Delaney had dirty blonde hair that came just past her shoulders, and was always perfectly messed up. She also had a pair of violet glasses that improved the vision of her chocolate brown eyes. Her favorite store was Abercrombie and Fitch. Anyone who had a ten- second conversation with her would know that.

Within seconds I went from feeling like a total outsider to being included in everything. All the girls included me in their conversations and not once did they roll their eyes at each other after sneaking a glance at me. They really seemed to like me.

“So,” Sara started, “Fall Ball is in two weeks.” She told us, “Who do you think is gonna…”

Drake leaning in beside me interrupted our conversation. He asked, “So what are we whispering about, ladies?”

When he did this, I squealed in fright, and then to add to my dorkiness, I blushed a deep red. I hadn’t known he was there. Drake laughed when I did.

“Oh, did I scare you, Dana?” he asked in a voice that made me wonder if he thought I was five.

“Dude, leave her alone,” Cole defended me. Was it because he thought I couldn’t handle Drake’s sarcasm, or did he just not want Drake to be rude to me? Again, I wished for a rulebook on boys.

“This conversation is too private for the guys to overhear. Let’s cyber chat.” Delaney whispered in her high-pitched voice.

“Um,” I said, “Sorry, but I don’t have your numbers.” I sounded so dorky. Did they hear it, too? Or would they actually let me be a part of their top-secret conversation?

“Oh, sorry Dana,” Sammy apologized quickly, “Here, give us your phone. We’ll add our numbers.”

One by one they took turns adding their phone numbers into my old, scratched up Razor, while I added mine in their technologically advanced phones that probably cost more than my computer.

“Okay, let’s get to the gossip,” Sara declared, once everyone had finished.

SARA: ok, so who do u think has the guts 2 b the 1st 1 to ask us?

SAMMY: hmmm…..

DELANEY: dana, I think it’ll b u.

What? Were they serious? I mean, Cole and I hadn’t even had a date yet, while these girls have been going out for like, two years! How could they think I would be first?

ME: rlly??

SARA: thts true cole does like u a lot

ME: but u guys hav had ur bfs 4 like 2 years

SAMMY: so, cole rlly likes u. he never stops talking ‘bout u

ME: rlly?????

DELANEY: ya u should b there when we IM. He always has something 2 say ‘bout u!

ME: no way!!

The rest of the hour continued like this, and by the end, Cole seemed to be completely relaxed.

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