Chapter 2: A tour and a half
"Aerosmith?" Charlie asked.
"what?" Alex asked confused.
"you're music, it's Aerosmith."
"yeah, call it an obsession" Alex said turning off her iPod. The two started walking in silence.
"so you're the girl who showed up in the jaguar today, huh?" Alex asked trying to make conversation.
"guilty. Why? Were you watching me?" she asked slyly.
"umm well I think everyone at school was watching you. Plus I saw you check me out as you walked by." Alex said smiling
"please…" Charlie said. "I was only looking at you because you were looking at me" she said flirtatiously.
"well, It's not everyday a hot new girl shows up in a hot new jaguar."
"oh, so you think I'm hot?" she asked stopping in the hall way. Alex hadn't really noticed that she said hot until Charlie mentioned it.
Alex froze knowing she was caught "did I say hot? I meant…uhh…" Alex tried to come up with something but her mind was blank. "no, no I really did mean hot, sorry" Alex tried not to make eye contact with her but couldn't help her self.
"don't be sorry, it's a compliment. Plus you're not so bad yourself." She said with a wink. Before Alex could say anything Charlie started to continue with the tour.
"so you drive? That means you are in grade 12 then?" Alex asked
"you know it" she replied.
"yeah, me too"
"so what's down this hall way?" Charlie asked like she didn't care what grade Alex was in.
"uh this would be the science hallway. Actually our school has 6 distinct hallways between the two floors. There is the science hall, tech hall, business hall, and the gym hallway. And upstairs are the Math and moderns halls."
"moderns?" she asked
"uhh, things like languages, english classes, geography, history… that sort of stuff."
"Oh okay, that seems cool." She said casually putting her hands into her pockets. "where's the cafeteria?"
"oh that would be in the business hall. The hall ways may seem a little confusing at first, but you'll get use to it. So what's your story?" Alex asked.
"hmmm my story?, okay let's see… well my dad just transferred law firms so I just kind of started going here, luckily they let me transfer in the middle of a semester."
"so where did you come from then?" Alex asked trying to start a conversation.
"born and raised in Brooklyn" she said.
"a Brooklyn baby huh? I have some family in Brooklyn, I go down there every few years to see them." Alex said
"cool" she said. They continued walking the halls just to waste some time and talk a little. By the time the bell rang Alex and Charlie had made their way to the steps outside of Degrassi and just talked.
"well I better get to class, thanks for the tour Alex."
"yeah, anytime." She started but quickly stopped Charlie before she went inside "Hey Charlie, listen I know you're new here at school so do you want to have lunch with me and my friend? Say we meet at table 3 at 12:15?" Alex asked
"see you then" she said walking backwards and biting her lip. Alex knew that she was interested in Charlie but wasn't quite sure if Charlie was interested in her.