Disclaimer: I do NOT own Never Back Down
"Jake, come on! Wake up! Please?" I yelled at the sleeping form of Jake. He just rolled over and continued sleeping. "Fine! You left me no choice."
I hopped up from my kneeling position next to his bed and ran to the bathroom. I grabbed the cup next to the sink and filled it up with ice-cold water and went back to Jake's room.
Just as I was about to pour it over his head his hand came up and grabbed my wrist. "Don't even think about it."
"UGH!!! You ruin all the fun Jake." I mumbled as I walked out of the room to dump the water.
He was ready in ten minutes and we were heading out the door for the bus. "So, you ready for day two?" He asked.
I looked at him and smiled. "Yeah, if all those people stop staring. Wonder why they are in the first place?"
He just shrugged his shoulders as the bus pulled up. When we got our seats he picked the conversation back up. "Yeah, I don't know. They were giving me weird looks too."
"Yeah, I felt like I was going to strangle someone." I said while putting on my 'grr' face.
He laughed. "And I'm supposed to be the violent one."
I laughed as well and we fell into a comfortable silence for the rest of the ride.
Once we got out we went to the café to get some breakfast.
"So, what do you plan on doing about Mexico?" I asked casually as I took a bite of his cereal.
"Uh, what?" He asked confused.
"You know, Baja." I said while rolling my eyes and taking another bite.
"I plan nothing and that's mine." He snapped while snatching the bowl away from me.
I lifted my hands in mock surrender. "Jiminy crickets, just trying to help you out. Sorry."
"Just no meddling. I don't even know anything about her." He said while looking at me.
"Yeah, that's why you need to get to know her and woo her. You got the looks Jake, but you may need a little more than that. She's a pretty girl, she's probably a little harder to get." I told him while slyly stealing his cereal.
"I get that, it's just… Hey, no meddling and we are NOT talking about this." He said realizing he was talking about it.
"Fine." I got up and started walking to my class. Just as I was a few feet away I turned back with a large smile on my face, "Oh yeah Jake. Thanks for the cereal, it was delicious," and then I ran.
The classes were the same as yesterday, majorly boring and people staring at me. Seriously, why are people staring at me?
I walked to my locker and put my stuff away and as I turned around I saw that Eric, the guy who helped me yesterday, was standing there and it frightened me a little. I wasn't expected anyone to be there.
"Holy shit Eric. Make a noise or something." I said and then I shut my locker. "Do you need something?"
He smiled at me. "No, just going to make sure you make it to the cafeteria."
"Ha ha." I rolled my eyes and started walking with him. Even more people were staring at me now. "Eric? Do you know why people are staring at me all the time?"
He looked around at the people. "Yeah, it's because you know that Jake Tyler guy."
I scrunched my brow in confusion. "And?"
"Well, everyone here has seen the video of him kicking that guy's ass at that football game. Since you're associated with him, well that's getting you looks." He said.
"Oh, that's not good. So, you mean EVERYONE has seen the video?" I asked hoping the answer was no.
"Yeah, everyone." He confirmed.
"Damn." I said and got ready to head over to the table Jake was sat at when I felt a hand grab my arm.
"Hey, do you want to sit with me today? There are some people I would like you to meet." He had an adorable smile I'm sure no girl could resist plastered on his face.
"Uh, sure." I caved. "But I'm gonna go tell Jake real quick."
I walked over to Jake and saw that there was another guy sitting with him. His hair was shaggier and he was a little chubby like, but he seemed nice. ""Hey Jake, who's this?"
He just gave a small shrug, not really knowing himself. The guy answered though and held out his hand. "Max Cooperman, nice to meet you."
I shook his hand with a bright smile. "Nice to meet you too." Then I turned my attention to Jake. "I'm going to be sitting with someone else today. Meet you after school?" I asked.
He looked up at me with an eyebrow raised. "Who are you going to sit with?"
I glared lightly. "None of your business."
"It is my business." He replied.
"No it's not, remember, no protective bull shit this year." I reminded him.
"Then no meddling." He compromised.
I glared again. "That's not fair." He just raised an eyebrow and held out his hand. "Ugh fine." I said gripping his hand as tight as I could. "I hope you know I hate you." I grumbled when I let go and started to walk back to Eric.
When I was only a couple feet away he yelled, "I love you too!!!" Now that's embarrassing.
Then I heard Max let out a low whistle. "Who is that hottie?"
I laughed a little. At least someone at this school thought I was attractive.
I walked over to Eric and he led us up some stairs to an upper level to sit. "Okay here are the people I wanted you to meet. There's Aaron," he pointed to a dark skinned guy, "Jenny," He pointed to a brunette girl, okay, "And then there's Ben." He said pointing to another tall guy with brown hair.
I smiled at them all, and Eric continued. "Guys, this is Mary."
I smiled at them again, this time shyly, "Hi."
The girl only glared at me and rolled her eyes but the guys both gave me smiles. "Hi." Ben said and Aaron nodded in agreement.
They were all smiling and then suddenly stopped looking over my shoulder. I slowly looked behind myself and saw a tallish guy with short blondish brown hair.
Eric walked up next to me smiling. "Mar, this is Ryan, Ryan, Mary." He said introducing us.
I smiled at him as well even though he looked a little intimidating, he wasn't big or anything, just had some pretty good-sized muscles. "Hi."
He smiled right on back, "Hey, so you're pretty close with Jake Tyler right?" He asked.
I almost glared at him. "Yes." I answered shortly.
He must have realized that and held up his hands defensively. "I have no beef with him, it's just that he seems pretty popular around here. So are you his lady friend or something?"
I just rolled my eyes at him. "No, I am not his lady friend. He's my best friend and I'm here to keep him out of trouble."
He just kept on smiling. "Well too bad you're not taken, that means there's gonna be a whole lotta guys after you. You're a cute little thing."
"Yeah, well I can take care of myself." I said rolling my eyes and giving Eric a 'save me' look. He just shrugged his shoulders while giving me an apologetic look.
"I'm sure you can with that tongue of yours." His smile turned into a smirk.
"Whatever. I need to get to my class. See you Eric." I said giving him a smile. Then I turned to the others, "It was great meeting you guys." I mostly said this to the guys since Jenny snubbed me out.
"It was nice meeting you too." Ben said.
"Yeah, hope to get to hang out with you sometime." Aaron said right after Ben.
"I'm sure that can be arranged. Well see ya." I said and started walking away.
"Hey. Wait up, I'll walk you to your class." Of course,
Without even missing a step I replied, "Ryan, that really isn't necessary. I can get to class fine on my own, thank you very much."
He laughed. "Oh, really now? Wasn't it you who was going the complete opposite way to the lunch room?"
I blushed from embarrassment. "Yes it was, but that doesn't matter. It was only my first day, I know where I'm going now."
He smiled again. "Just to be on the safe side, I'll walk you."
I felt my eyes narrow and I tried to walk ahead of him but he easily kept step, causing me to grumble the whole way to class.
Once I got there I turned to him. "Okay, I'm here safe and sound. You can go now."
"You don't like me do you?" He asked.
I glared but tried to cover it up. "You caught me. I don't like you."
"You don't know me, but you don't like me." He said stating the truth.
"Yep." I said popping the 'p'.
"Okay, there's this party tonight, I would like you to go and maybe we can catch up and get to know one another." He said smiling. "That way you can figure out if you really won't like me or it was just a bad first impression."
I smiled charmingly at him, "I don't think so."
His smile faltered a little. "Why?"
I rolled my eyes, "You're one of those rich guys who think they can get whatever they want. And I bet that you even have a girlfriend and you're over here trying to hit on me."
He just smiled. "I'm going to be late for class. I gotta get going."
I smiled and motioned with my arm for him to leave, "Please do."
He caught my arm and placed a piece of paper in it. "I hope to see you there." And he took off running down the hall where I'm assuming his class was.
"What a pig." I mumbled to myself as I walked through the doorway. Everyone was staring even harder now, oh great. He must be the god around here. I grumbled even more and threw away the paper and taking my seat.
School was finally out. Yes, there is a god, and it's a weekend.
I just ditched all my things in my locker and ran to find Jake. I saw him putting his things in his locker and ran up behind him and jumped on his back.
He stumbled into the locker and dropped his notebook. "What was that for?" He asked trying to crane his neck to see me.
"Nothing, just happy that school is over and it's a weekend." I said as I climbed down and picked up his notebook for him.
I handed it to him. "Thanks." He placed the notebook inside his locker and shut it. He turned back to me and wrapped his arm around me. "So, why so happy it's a weekend? It's only been two days."
"Yeah I know, I'm just getting tired of all the stares and people. You know, I just need to get used to it." I said while I rested into his side.
"I know what you mean, you'll get used to it. Promise." I smiled.
"Alright." Then I saw that Ryan guy standing next to an expensive looking black car and groaned.
"What's wrong Mar?" Jake asked.
"Nothing, hey look there's Mexico waving you over." I said pointing at the blonde girl in a car.
He smiled at her and then looked at me. "I'll be right back, okay?" I nodded and he went over.
I looked around the grounds and found nothing interesting and then I looked out to the parking lot again and spotted Ben, Aaron, Eric, and Ryan. Ryan was watching me, and when he saw me look at him he winked.
I rolled my eyes and Jake came back up to me. "Hey guess what? We're going to a party." He said cheerfully.
"Awesome!" I said faking the same enthusiasm. Great, just great.
Author's Notes: Thank you all for who have read this and liked it. I really appreciate any feedback or encouragement. This is my first story and it means a lot to me when you review. So, review please. Thank you.
