Roger Davis walked into Larson High School wearing his ACDC t-shirt, black leather jacket, and grungy jeans. His hair was short, choppy, and bleached blonde. As he walked through the hallways to his locker nearly every girl's head turned to stare at him. He was the cool, senior guy that every girl wanted. Every girl except one, of course.
He had had a crush on Mimi Marquez since practically 3rd grade but she never noticed him. At least not that he was aware of. They had hung out in a big group before because they had mutual friends but the two of them never exchanged more than a couple of hellos and goodbyes.
Today he hoped to change that though. He had finally worked up the courage to ask her out. No one would have guessed that Roger Davis was afraid to ask a girl out. He was supposed to be a ladies man. And usually he wasn't afraid to ask a girl out but he hated not knowing how she felt about him. He knew that meant there was a possibility of him being rejected and he didn't like that possibility at all. He had come up with a pretty good plan to ask her out though. At least he thought it was good. One of their mutual friends was Maureen Johnson and she was having a party over the weekend. Both he and Mimi were invited so he figured he could just casually ask her if she wanted to go with him. He liked this plan because if she said no he could make it seem like it was no big deal at all.
When he got to his locker he shoved his leather jacket inside of it and then looked across the hallway and saw Mimi at her own locker. He knew it was now or never to ask he our because for once she was all alone. It surprised him because usually there were tons of guys surrounding her. He also felt like he had a time constraint. Lately he had been hearing rumors that Benjamin Coffin III, Roger's worst enemy, was planning on asking Mimi to go to the party with him. Roger had already been angry enough when he found out Maureen invited the bulldog; if Benny ended up going to the party with Mimi then he was going to be absolutely furious. Every time Roger wanted something Benny had to make sure he got to it first so he could be superior to him. It pissed him off.
Roger made sure no one was starting to approach Mimi yet and then took a deep breath and walked across the hallway to talk to her.
"Hey, Mimi," he greeted her coolly.
His heart was racing but he tried his hardest not to let that show. He needed to maintain his I don't give a fuck about anything attitude even though this was the one thing he actually did give a fuck about.
She looked up at the broody rocker standing next to her and smiled once she realized who it was. Roger Davis. He was the guy in school that every guy wanted to be like and every girl wanted to be with. He had his good looks and cool attitude that made everyone attracted to him. Mimi had liked him for a long time but she always tried to make it seem like she wasn't interested. She didn't want to be like every other girl who longed to be with him and then got turned down. She didn't like the idea of being hung up on one guy. Yes, she liked Roger a lot but she wasn't going to stay focused on him. If he didn't want to ask her out, fine. She would just date someone else. She couldn't help but wonder what he was doing talking to her. The only time they ever talked was when Maureen or Angel wanted them all to hang out together.
"Hi, Roger. What's up?" She asked as she closed her locker and turned around to face him with a smile.
When he saw her gorgeous face his heart started beating insanely fast. He didn't even know it was possible for his heart to beat that fast but when Mimi was involved he supposed anything was possible.
"Nothing much. Just wishing this school year would be over," he said with a shrug. "You going to Maureen's party this weekend?" He asked curiously.
Her smile widened as he continued to speak to her. This definitely had to hold a record for the most words they had spoken to each other without any of their friends interrupting them.
"Yeah, I can't miss her party. She would kill me," she said with a giggle. "Why? Are you going?"
"Mhm. Mark is dragging me to the party so he has a reason to be there. He's a little obsessed with Maureen if you haven't noticed," he said with a chuckle. "But actually, the reason why I asked if you were going to the party was because I thought it would be cool for the two of us to go together."
Her jaw nearly dropped when she heard his suggestion. Of course she wanted to go to the party with him. She had dreamed of going on a date with Roger Davis ever since she first time she saw him back in elementary school. The thing was Benny had already asked her yesterday and she said yes, not even thinking that Roger would ask her out. If she would have known then she would have said no to Benny but it was too late to cancel on him now. That would be mean.
Benny actually strolled up to the two of them just in time to hear Roger's suggestion. He wasn't exactly thrilled to hear someone else trying to steal his date.
"Roger, don't you think it's a tad bit rude to ask out a girl who already has a date? Especially when her date is right behind you," Benny spoke calmly but his voice was full of bitterness.
After Benny spoke to Roger he leaned in and placed a kiss on Mimi's lips. She arched her brow, thinking it was a bit much when they were only going on one date together. She wasn't his girlfriend or anything but she could see he was just trying to discourage Roger. She didn't know what was going on between them but she could see there was obviously a rivalry between them. She didn't want to get caught in between it but she had a feeling that was going to happen anyway.
"Mimi, you should get to class. I'll walk you there. If you spend too much with Davis here you might get caught up in skipping class with him or something. I don't want you to become a slacker like him," Benny muttered, shooting a glare toward Roger as he wrapped his arm around Mimi's waist and lead her away from her locker.
Mimi was a little annoyed by the way Benny was trying to control her and she felt bad for Roger. She really liked him a lot and she didn't want him to think he had no interest in her. She didn't want him to move on when their feeling was mutual.
"Hold on, Benny. I forgot my Geometry book. I have to go back to my locker to get it. I'll see you in class," she said and quickly went back to her locker before Benny could insist to come along with her.
"Sorry about Benny. Call me tonight," she said quietly to Roger as she quickly scribbled down her number and handed it to him. Then she hurried away and went to her class before Benny somehow found out she had been talking to Roger.