Disclaimer: sadly most of these characters belong to the wonderful JE. I'm just having some fun.
I walked into school, being extra careful not to trip on the steps. You see I have a little habit of falling over at the wrong time… usually when I'm wearing a skirt. But I wasn't wearing one today. I was wearing my favourite pair of jeans. The material was tight in all the right places and mad my butt look fantastic. Well that's what I like to think. So I'm a tiny bit late. It's not like it's the end of the world. My dad decided that he wanted to get to work early. Like six thirty early. What's with that? He works at a goddamn post office! The bell had rung only a few minutes earlier and most people were sitting in home room, or making out in corners. I was about five meters away form my class when out of nowhere pops Joe Morelli. He strolled down the hall like he had all the time in the world and for once he did not have a girl hanging off his arm. He was only a couple of feet away when his eyes caught mine. That was the last thing I had wanted. Next thing I know I'm staring into pools of sweet, seductive chocolate. I must have licked my lips, a nervous habit, because his gaze was drawn to my mouth. I wanted to look away, honest, but I couldn't. I was getting hot in all sorts of uncomfortable places. His eyes were loaded with meaning. He gave ma a once over and a mischievous smile tugged at the corner of his lips. That was my undoing. My knees went weak and it took all I had just to keep walking. Just as I ripped my eyes form his gaze, I saw the door. Too late. THUD. Straight into the hard wood. THUD again as my butt hit the floor. I shook my head a bit dazed and looked around to see Morelli walking away laughing so hard that he almost tripped. Almost being the operative word. That basted! When I get my hands on him I was going to-
"Steph, what are you doing on the floor?" Eddie Gazzara, my best friend since the day I was born, looked down at me like I was a lunatic. I got that a lot. I pulled myself off the floor and scowled at him.
"Nothing," I snapped.
He took a step back. Smart move. He muttered something under his breath that sounded suspiciously like PMS, but I ignored him, pushing past and heading into the room. The teacher looked up at me and sighed.
"Late again, Miss Plum."
"Sorry Miss Kolinsky. I ran into a door." Damn, I hadn't intended on saying that.
Some of the students snickered; others looked at me like I was the devil incarnate. Like I said, people seem to find my misadventures particularly interesting and viewed them with a wide range of remarkable emotions.
I was about to sit down when the bell rang. Putting my head down I walked quickly from the room, avoiding the stares of my peers. Mary Lou called out and I walked over to her, relieved. I felt far more secure now that I had Eddie and Mary with me. We traversed through the corridors, talking and laughing until we reached our History class. Eddie walked of and we took our seats at the back. Mr Clack was writing something on the board about the Spanish Inquisition so I took my chance and wrote a note to Mary.
Guess what happened in the hall this morning
What?
I got a look from Morelli
Whoa… hold up! THE look?
What's the look?
When Morelli wants a girl bad he gives them this look… I can't really describe it… tell me what his eyes were like
Well… they were kind of… chocolaty
Oh boy
What?!
That's THE look
Oh boy
…
Well I don't think that he wants me anymore… unless he intends to employ me for his personal amusement
That's exactly what he wants
I don't mean it like that! I kind of…
What…
Well
Spill!
I walked into a door
That was the end of our little chat because Mary Lou burst out laughing. I scowled at her, stuffing the note into my bag just as Mr. Clark turned around.
"Is there something you would like to share with us Miss Molnar?"
"No sir." She choked out.
"I trust you won't interrupt my class again then?"
"No sir."
Even though it was Mary laughing, everyone was looking at me. What's with that? Someone starts laughing and everyone assumes that I'm the cause. Ugh! Just because I get into the occasional bit of strife, doesn't mean that I'm always the reason for disruption! So yeah… when ever I get into 'strife' it's in a public place but jeez… not that big a deal. It's usually not even my fault. Like earlier this year I was walking through the cafeteria and someone tripped me. It would have been fine but I just happened to fall face first into Mooch Morelli's lap. As if that wasn't enough he just had to top off my day by saying "if I knew you were that eager I would have jumped you years ago!"
The bell rang suddenly and we all jumped up. I walked past Jack Davis's desk and snatched the notes he had taken. It was a little ritual that Mary and I had started last year. Ever since my grades have gone up. I'm sure that if he had any backbone in his greasy, slimy body then he would have done something about it but, lucky for us, he didn't. The rest of the morning passed uneventfully until gym when I ran into a door for the second time today. I swear that people close them just to see me fall flat on my butt. I'm sure I heard someone calling out a rude comment about opening the door, not walking through it but I pointedly ignored them. Basted.
At lunch Eddie, Mary, Lenny and I were sitting at one of the tables in the middle of the room. Eddie and I were getting into a heated debate about whether or not the President would last in the next election and Mary and Lenny were just plain getting heated. I whacked Lenny over the head as he went to kiss Mary.
"Must you? Some of us are trying to eat."
"speaking of eating," Mary pipped in, "Morelli is looking at you like your lunch."
I turned my head slowly, not really wanting to look, but being unable to stop myself. He was leaning against the back wall, looking as irresistible as ever. His expression was unmistakable. He looked as though he wanted to eat me… slowly.
Oh boy.
A/N: thank you soo much for the reviews… it's so exciting to get them. I'm not sure if I like this chapter… found it a bit hard to write… tell me what you think!! I don't know when I'll be able to update next… go a lot of things happening atm but I hope it's not to long!! Thanks again!
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