33
A/N: So this happened the other day and school and I decided to do a BTR drabble about it. I'm using James because the boy it happened with, his name is James, too. And James will probably be OOC because the real one is kind of…well, you'll get the point, I think. And I'm using my OCs in it for Jo's friends. Some of Jo's feelings are real, other not so much so enjoy, please R&R.
Jo Taylor sighed quietly as she listened to Mr. M, her math teacher. She glanced over at her best basketball bud, Dana Johnson, and the two exchanged a smile. Dana was like Jo's sister, along Allison Kramer, Shauna Stone, and Nicole Morgan.
After having a quick, silent conversation with Dana, Jo looked around her friend so she could see James Diamond, the guy she had a crush on. She blushed when Dana caught her looking and mouthed 'Nice!" Her friends always teased her, but she knew it was in a joking way.
The next second, Mr. M called on her. She was one of Mr. M's favorite students whom he liked to pick on, along with Morgan Jones.
"Jo, pick a low number, but not too low," Mr. M told her. Jo thought a minute. Low but not too low would be past twenty, but under forty.
"33," Jo answered. She giggled as Mr. M teasingly slapped his forehead.
"That's not low," he complained.
"Yes it is! You said low, but not too low. 33 is perfect," Jo argued as she leaned over to pick up the pen Dana had dropped.
"Sure it is. Jordyn," Mr. M called on someone else. Jo slumped back in her seat, her arms crossed, and put a teasing pout on her face as she played along.
Five minutes later the bell rang, and Jo had found out that by low but not too low, Mr. meant fifteen or twelve. She knew she must have sounded like an idiot and in front of HIM! Ugh! She glanced over at Dana, who nodded at her, telling she wouldn't live this down for awhile and she'd see her after lunch.
Jo grabbed her books out of her locker and met up with Shauna, Aly, and Nicole at Dana's locker. Dana always took forever.
"Come on, Dane," Aly encouraged Dana, using her nickname.
"You're not usually this late," Jo added.
"You know what I think happened?" Nicole asked.
"She was with Shawn!" Shauna chorused in a sing-song voice.
Jo looked down at her best friend as she blushed deep red.
"Come one Dane," Jo said, grabbing some of Dana's books as the dark-haired girl shut her locker and they started walking down the hall.
As they turned a corner, Jo grabbed Dana's arm and the other girl inhaled sharply. Aly, Shauna , and Nicole quickly looked back at the two and Jo nodded ahead of them. James was walking in front of them. The other three girls nodded and turned back around.
Dana was always able to talk to James and Jo had no idea how. That's why she always grabbed Dana's arm when they walked by him in the hall so if he talked to her, she would continue the conversation.
Dana waved her hand in front of Jo's face as she caught her blond friend mesmerized by the boy walking ahead of them.
"Hello? Jo? Anybody in there?" Dana asked desperately. Suddenly, the bell rang and Jo woke up.
"Oh, sorry Dana," Jo apologized.
"S'OK," Dana replied. James had started speeding up when the bell rang as the girls continued at their normal pace and he rounded the next corner before them.
Jo was closest to the wall-corner as the girls rounded it a minute later and suddenly, her heart leapt into her throat as James popped out at them. She ran right into his chest and tried to keep her cool as Dana caught her. Her heart was fluttering both from being startled and actually touching him.
"Hey, did I scare you, Miss 33?" James asked haughtily. Aly looked over at Jo, but both Jo and Dana knew that James could sometimes act haughty, but could also be really sweet, like the time he helped her pick up the books he had accidentally knocked out of arms and walked with her to class.
"No, and shut up! It was a low number!" Jo whined as she lightly hit him on the arm as he continued walking with the group.
As they reached their classrooms and they all turned, Jo blushed furiously over what had just happened. Her phone bill was going to be high once she got on the phone with Dana and her other friends later on five-way.
A/N: So there you have it. Please R&R.