The Next Day

She did it again. In the past 45 minutes, Reid Garwin has counted up to 14 times since Delaina had looked up to him. He's never really noticed her looking at him before but it made him curious. He's known Delaina since 7th grade, just as usual classmates and nothing more. Was it just him or did she find something attractive about him?

"Hey, Pogue, what do you think about Delaina?" Reid asked to his left. "She's been looking over here a lot, don't you think? Isn't she just like Tyler but with tits? She's usually not this distracted"

"Maybe she likes you"

"That's what I was thinking"

"Reid, look at her" Pogue nodded to the brunette with a curly mass of hair. "Why would she ever want to waste time with you?"

"Maybe she wants a little rebellion in her life?" Reid smirked.

"Tyler, tell your best friend to stop talking about girls like they're a piece of meat" Caleb muttered over to the youngest member.

"Delaina's a really nice girl" Tyler said to his friend. "She's too smart to be played around by you"

"She's known you since middle school" Caleb put in.

"So?" Reid challenged.

Caleb looked over to the blonde, "She knows you like to flirt just as much as you like to play pool. Not to mention that you broke one of her friend's hearts"

"Oh, yeah, Victoria. Sweet girl…" Reid shook his head.

"Oh, come on, Reid. She'd never do it" Caleb went back to taking notes.

"I was only asking why you guys think she's looking over here so much" Reid responded. "Pogue, what do you think? Be honest"

"How should I know? I'm not a chick" Pogue muttered. "Don't let my hair fool you. If you call me a chick I will make your balls disappear"

The four best friends laughed at the joke as Reid shoved his friend hard on the bench. They heard a stern throat clearing and noticed that the teacher was staring up at them. Caleb and Tyler both muttered their apologies before the teacher turned his back to them. Reid took a glance to Delaina who quickly turned back around and started to take her notes down again.

"Ladies and gentlemen mid-terms are coming up, you know" Mr. Johnson announced.

"I have a question"

"Yes?"

"I heard that in other prep schools, people with a 90 and above in their grade don't have to take the final" Kira spoke up.

"Other prep schools. We are not like other prep schools, Kira, if you like what you hear about other prep schools then by all means go to the other prep schools" Mr. Johnson said.

"But if I may" Kira straightened up. "I feel like we should try out that method. It has a very high success rate"

"I think what you are trying to make me promote is favoritism" Mr. Johnson folded his arms over his chest.

"That's not what I'm saying at all. Some of us have strengths and weaknesses" Kira pointed out.

Mr. Johnson was quiet for a long time before he finally said, "The mid-term is in 15 days for everyone, class dismissed"

Delaina quickly grabbed a hold of her stuff and started to stuff them into her bag. She glanced at her watch and noticed that the teacher had ended their class 10 minutes early. She silently thanked Mr. Johnson for once as she started to make her way out of the classroom. Delaina emerged into the slight traffic that her classmates were making as she heard Aaron and Kyle talking amongst each other.

"That teacher is such a dick. I think Kira was right on the whole grade shit. I wouldn't even have to take his stupid ass final" Kyle complained.

"Well, don't you look fine and sexy today, baby" a sudden weight came over Delaina's shoulders as she noticed Aaron was leaning into her. "Listen, baby, maybe you can help me with my problem. I might need a little study session for this mid-term that's coming up. What do you say that me and you do a little bit of a one-on-one?"

"Hey, Abbott" Reid suddenly came up to them. "You might want to take your head out of your ass, man. She's got better things to do than teach you anything"

"Hey, Aaron, I'm hungry, baby!" Kira yelled from behind them.

"I'll be seeing you soon, baby" Aaron whispered into Delaina's ear as he took his arm off of her shoulder and left to join his friend with benefits. "Let's go eat, baby"

"Sorry about that" Reid said to her. "Aaron's been thinking that since Kira's easy that he thinks all girls are. If he bothers you any more than you can just tell me"

"I can take care of myself" Delaina said as she avoided his eye contact.

"Are you feeling okay or something?" Reid cocked his head to the side, "You don't look like your normal self"

Delaina looked up to Reid's eyes and then surprised the hell out of him when her voice rang through his head, "I know what you are"

"Hey, man, class is starting!" Tyler called from behind Reid. "Reid, hurry up! She's waiting for our report! I'm not gonna get another late assignment again"

Reid looked back over to Delaina but noticed that she was already down the hall but her voice stuck in his head, "Stay away from me! I'll keep your secret if you keep mine"