Derek Venturi
He is the most popular guy in school.
He's got an attitude that screams "I don't care."
He's laid back. Everything about him. His appearance, his attitude, his whole outlook on life.
He always manages to look like he just rolled out of bed, his hair tousled and falling into his eyes. His usual outfit of baggy jeans and a t-shirt just makes him look more laid back and his worn, broken in leather jacket reinforces his cool persona. His plans for the night don't usually fall into place until the last minute, even though the party invitations and date offers come to him weeks before. He does whatever he feels like whenever he feels like doing it.
And everyone loves him for it because he's everything the guys wish they were and everything this girls wish their boyfriends could be.
He's the captain of the hockey team. He leads his team to victory more often than not. Most guys I know of indulge in that fantasy at least once in their life. To actually live it on a regular basis is something they can only dream about.
He has a way of wrapping everyone around his fingers. He can talk his way out of any situation with a teacher just by joking around and they just nod and smile when he slides into class ten minutes late. Something no other student would be able to get away with.
There's not a girl that doesn't want to date him and not a guy who doesn't want to be him. I can see this every time he walks down the hallway. He can't walk down the hallway without a girl's eyes following him. And he's always surrounded by a group of guys, hoping his cool factor will rub off on them.
It's enough to make a step-sister jealous. I'm sure I would be jealous too, if I didn't know the truth.
Derek's "I could care less what everyone thinks of me" attitude is a complete lie. Everything about him is carefully planned and crafted to make it look like everyone else's opinions don't matter when in reality they're the most important thing to him.
I think that if anyone ever saw through his façade, his entire world would crumble.
His cool laid back attitude is nothing but an act. He won't lock himself into any weekend plans just in case something better comes along. He doesn't want to commit himself to going to one party just in case someone cooler plans something at the last minute. I've heard him when he asks a girl our. It's always "you and I should go and do something sometime." Or something like that. It took me awhile to figure out why he did that. If he doesn't set an actual date, he's always got someone he can call in case he doesn't have anything else planned for a Saturday night.
And his act with the teachers? That's to cover up that he doesn't really know the answer. It's totally uncool to study but equally uncool to look stupid in class. And since Derek's world would totally fall to pieces if he looked uncool, he has to joke his way out of it instead of just admitting that he doesn't know the answer.
And his hair? It definitely doesn't look like he just rolled out of bed when he rolls out of bed in the morning. That takes some work in front of the mirror to get it looking like that.
Derek Venturi
The most popular, laid back guy in school.
He makes it look like everything is so easy for him. No one, not even Sam, can see just how hard he works to make it that way. No one knows how hard he works to make sure the world sees him the way he wants it to see him. No one can see just how much other people's opinions matter to him.
Author's Note: This is the result of me staring at the ceiling when I can't sleep. I know I should be working on chapter four of The Place You're In and I'm almost done with that one, I swear. It was just a busy semester and I really needed to focus on that. Not that you care to read this, but here's a list of everything that kept me from updating quickly
1. Full time student
2. Spent 45 hours observing in a school half an hour away
3. 12 hour long days of class
4. Taught Spanish to a group of first graders
5. Applied for student teaching
6. Applied for travel abroad (still doing final stuff for that)
7. Summer class to finish teaching portfolio
8. Family stuff
So, as a birthday present to me. . . .
¡Leer y responder, por favor! (Read and review, please)