Love, Juliet
Chapter One
Rachel sat at her desk, awaiting her teacher's arrival. He was late once again. Coming to school early and getting the first seat is a benefit; you get to choose where you want to sit (front of class = wanting to learn; far back of the classroom = wanting to pass notes, gossip, and giggle; Rachel sat in the middle), and you get to greet everyone when they walk in. Soon enough, Rachel's best friends, Diane and Elaine, walked in. Diane sat behind Rachel, and Elaine to her left.
Rachel and her friends talked about random stuff for about ten minutes when Rachel's other friends Kristy, Delilah, Lauren, Lizzie, and Natalie walked in. As they resumed their chit-chat, Diane elbowed Rachel softly in her ribs, and nodded slightly toward the door. Cedric walked in (as Rachel's pupils dilated and cheeks became a soft pink) with his boys Eli, Jared, Neil, Harold, and Geoff. When Cedric laughed with his friends and looked her way, Rachel blushed furiously and turned towards Elaine, her face concealed by a curtain of pretty dark hair that shone brightly when hit by the sunlight coming from the window. Then the teacher came in, finally and to Rachel's relief, and class began.
At the end of class, Elaine accidentally dropped her stuff and asked if the other two could stay back for a bit and help her "clean up her oh so clumsy mess" before running off to next period. As the guys passed, Elaine winked at Diane and they accidentally fell into Rachel, who in turn fell into Cedric. Before she hit the floor, she was caught by strong but soft arms, she noticed, and scrambled up, embarrassed, and dusted herself off.
"Oh," she said, when she saw who'd caught her. Cedric. Of course. "Um, sor - sorry. Thanks," she mumbled. Rachel clasped her hands behind her back and kinda backed away.
"Hey, no problem," Cedric replied.
"Um, 'kay, see you later."
"Yeah, bye." With that, he walked out, his friends guffawing as they followed him. Much to Rachel's surprise, he started blushing and telling the guys to shut up. Rachel turned on her heels furiously to face Diane and Elaine.
"Was that really necessary?!" she yelled.
"Totally, Ray, you barely ever talk to the guy," Diane answered as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, which it was.
"Yeah, pretty pathetic, Ray," Elaine agreed, nodding.
Rachel crossed her arms, pretty pissed off. "Oh, pathetic, really? And how exactly is looking like an idiot and injuring myself gonna prevent that?" she retorted.
"Um, Ray, you always look like an idiot. And you couldn't injure fly," Diane replied. Elaine started laughing, and, dropping the attitude, so did Rachel. They headed off to their next class, and left the teacher in peace.
During lunch, Rachel, Diane, Elaine, Delilah, and Lizzie all sat at the same table. Delilah swore that Cedric looked their way several times. Specifically where Rachel sat.
"Why do you keep looking there, anyway?" Rachel asked Delilah jokingly.
"Well, uh, I --" Delilah started, but Rachel cut her off by putting up her hand.
"Say no more, Dee." Delilah had a tiny crush on Jared, but she was a really nice girl, so nobody joked about it much, the way Diane and Elaine did with Rachel.
"Hey, Rachel, you have a secret admirer," Elaine said in a sing-song voice. Rachel rolled her eyes and smiled.
"Quiet much?" she asked.
"Hey, I'll yell it if you want," Diane offered, standing up slowly.
"No, no, I'm fine. Seriously," Rachel frantically insisted.
"'Kay, whatev."
Rachel looked towards the guy's table at the same time Cedric looked at theirs. Their eyes locked for a moment and they both blushed and looked away. Diane caught it and smiled at Rachel. She gave her the look she usually did when something barely significant happens between the two.
"I'll be right back," Diane said.
"Hey, where're you going?" Elaine asked, but Diane just waved. Elaine questioned Rachel with a look, but Rachel just shrugged.
In a minute, Diane was back.
"I went to Natalie's table. Got this for you." She handed Rachel a small piece of torn paper. It had cl_ on it.
"Oh, please don't tell me this is what I think it is," Rachel said. Natalie and Cedric were really good friends, so of course she'd have his e-mail address.
"Yep," Diane confirmed, smirking.
"What, Cedric's e-mail?" Elaine asked.
"No, Bill Clinton's social security number," Diane said sarcastically.
"Well," Elaine retorted. Diane stuck her tongue out.
"Guys," Rachel interrupted. "I have no use for this whatsoever."
"Really? Sure about that?" Diane joked, giving Rachel "the look" again.
"Absolutely," Rachel replied, crumbling up the piece of paper and tossing it on the floor. As she sat down, Diane bent over and picked it up, then slipped it into Rachel's backpack.
"'Kay," Diane said, sitting down. "Whatever you say."
Later that day, Rachel sat in her room typing up an essay and IM-ing Diane. She reached into her backpack for her history book, and found a piece of paper sticking out of it. Pulling it out, she found that it was Cedric's e-mail.
"Diane, Diane, Diane," she whispered to herself, smiling. She went back to her computer and sat down, opening up her chat box again.
rh_darkprincess94 says: di, r u serious?
dg_dramaqueen94 says: wat?
rh_darkprincess94 says: his email in my hstry book
dg_dramaqueen94 says: *evil muahahaha* yup.
rh_darkprincess94 says: who?
dg_dramaqueen94 says: me
rh_darkprincess94 says: *sigh* told u i hv no use 4 it
dg_dramaqueen94 says: sure, sure
rh_darkprincess94 says: wats dat supsd 2 mean?
dg_dramaqueen94 says: that i dont believe u
rh_darkprincess94 says: why not?
dg_dramaqueen94 says: ray, a perfect shot and u just blow it
rh_darkprincess94 says: u know how i am!!
dg_dramaqueen94 says: =P
rh_darkprincess94 says: =P u 2
dg_dramaqueen94 says: =D just a joke
rh_darkprincess94 says: i no
dg_dramaqueen94 says: so u gonna use it?
rh_darkprincess94 says: no! geez
dg_dramaqueen94 says: well, sooorrr -y
rh_darkprincess94 says: apology accepted
dg_dramaqueen94 says: u no, i'd grasp that chance if i got it
rh_darkprincess94 says: well, maybe i shud go up 2 natalie and ask for jared's e-mail and hand it ovr 2 dee. i bet she'd like dat a whole lot.
dg_dramaqueen94 says: hey, whatever. listen, i g2gn. pik u up 2mm?
rh_darkprincess94 says: yep. l8r
But what Diane said had gotten to Rachel's head. Perfect shot and you just blow it.
I'll give it a shot, Rachel thought.
She opened up a new message, clicked "send anonimously," entered the e-mail address in the "send to" box, and started typing.