I don't own Tower Prep, its characters or anything. (Though I wish I did)

Ian's Point of View

I watched CJ walk out the door followed by Nat, looking at me giggling and shaking her head. What did I do? Headmaster came on the TV screens and a hush fell over the room.

"Hello students, I'm here to inform you that after the failure of our last dance, we have chosen to have a formal dance. Dates are acceptable, but no PDA." Headmasters face looked like he was being forced to say this as it disappeared from the screen. This was my chance; I could finally do something about liking CJ. My senses caught up with me then. What if CJ didn't like me back or she went with Cal Rice. That would ruin my self esteem. With a sigh, I said "Bye" to Gabe and Suki and walked out of the room. I was so deep into though had it not been for my Preflex, I would have walked right into CJ. We just stared at each other for a second.

"So, what do you think of Nat?" she said after an awkward silence.

"She's alright I guess, what's her skill?" I asked hoping it would be useful to the group.

"She can read minds." She answered and for some reason started to blush and form a smile filled with mischief.

I brushed it off and said," That should be useful to the group.", and to me. With that, I started to walk away with a wave to her. I headed off to Coaches class, thinking that I needed to ask Nat for some help. I walked into the locker room and changed for class.

As we were throwing pushes, kicking and blocking, I started to talk.

"Coach, have you ever liked a girl at school?" I know it sounded stupid, but it's always Coach I come to with questions.

"What boy doesn't, why'd you ask?" Coach looked at me accusingly as I threw a punch at his left side.

He swiped my legs and I answered, "No reason, if you could get a person to tell you whether or not they like you, would you get help?

"Why are you always the one asking questions?" I was about to answer when he told me to change and get to my next class. The rest of the day, I tried to track down Nat and ask for help. When I got to science, I saw Nat and took a seat next to her. I tapped her shoulder and thought as if saying it, "I need your help; talk to me after class without CJ." She looked at me and nodded, something flashed across her face. Was it understanding or humor? I pushed it to the back of my mind, told myself I'll ask her later, and counted the minutes till class was over.

"No." Nat said with a stern look on her face.

"Why not?" I asked pleading.

"I'm already helping someone." She had a look that told me she wasn't budging.

"One question, then I'll leave you alone. If you haven't noticed, I'm the kind of person who doesn't sleep till I get answers." I said with a stern look telling her, I'll leave you alone if you answer me.

"Fine, no." she said defeated and with a sigh.

"CJ doesn't like me?" I asked.

"Ya, so get over it." She said trying to get free of my grasp. I let her go and Nat walked away without another word. I turned around and I tried to compose myself.

Get over it, I told myself, but my heart rate was almost as high as when I put the Gnome helmet on the flag pole. As the sun was setting, I was so preoccupied I almost didn't notice Coach slowly receding into the woods.

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SORRY! I'll try to update every other day, was in the woods with no internet. Thanks for the comments; I hope you liked this chapter as much as the last one. Read chapter 3 I should be putting it up at the same time as this one.