Wow. So…I kind of got carried away with Caine's carrying away-ish-ness, so he sounds really high. And hyper. And Drake is a little too merciful about Caine's life. But still, I thought it was funny. So enjoy, and review Caine's hyper-ness by clicking the button at the bottom of the story! :)

Chapter Three: All of the Above

Drake

Man, that girl was incredible. She was gorgeous AND witty. She had totally beaten Penny in the comebacks contest. And she was prettier than her, too. I watched her as she left, perfectly confident. I wondered if she and I had similar schedules. I hoped so. As soon as she was gone, Caine turned to me. "Oh my God, she is amazing." Caine said, in awe.

"I know, right?" I said, leaning back. And she liked me. My life at Coates was better than I had expected.

"But seriously, I think she likes me. She was jealous of Penny flirting with me, so she stopped her! And then, she was all like 'you could do better'! She so likes me!" I looked at him skeptically. He looked at me skeptically. I got up and put my tray back. Caine could believe whatever he wanted. Diana liked me better. I had English first, which was annoying. Diana wasn't in my class. Neither was Caine. I saw a small kid sit down in front of me and I grinned. It was time to make this his least favorite class.

Caine

I saw Diana in the science room and sat next to her. She looked at me for a second and then took out a pen. She was beautiful. I couldn't stop staring at her. She noticed. "What do you want?" she asked abruptly, and I felt myself blush.

"What, me? Um, nothing." I took out a notebook but couldn't focus. I shot her a look from the corner of my eyes. She slammed her pen down and turned to look at me.

"What is your problem?" She asked angrily.

"Well, you seem to be paying an awful lot of attention to me," I said, beating her at her own game. There. That would show her—

"Well, I'm not the one drooling over the person sitting next to me," Diana replied, and I cursed silently. She was good. Just then the teacher entered, handing out a pop quiz. The class groaned. Of course, we had to have a quiz on our first day. Typical.

Diana

Ugh. Caine really was drooling over me. On the one hand, I was flattered. On the other hand, I was repulsed. The teacher handed out the quiz. He was a creepy looking middle aged man. He looked at me for an extra minute as he handed me my quiz, and I tried not to shudder. Ugh. What. A. Pedophile.

The quiz wasn't that hard, but there was one question I was stuck on. All the answers seemed right to me. But, of course, there was no 'all of the above' choice. I stared at the paper and realized it was like my predicament with Caine and Drake. They were both hot and equally appealing (so were the answers on the test). I had to choose one, and only then would I know if they were worth it. I had thought I had chosen Drake, but then came my outburst at breakfast. I had insulted Penny when she flirted with Caine. Was I jealous? No. This didn't feel like jealousy. I had felt that before. Maybe it was…compassion? I doubted it. If my parents had sent me away, I probably wasn't a very compassionate person. I never really had any friends. And yet here I was, stopping Caine and Penny from dating. I noticed that I was staring at Caine at about the same time he did.

"Who's drooling now?" He asked with a smile. It was supposed to be charming, but I just found it annoying. I searched for a comeback. I couldn't let Caine think he had won.

I put my hand on his cheek and caressed his face. His eyes widened as I leaned in close to him, our lips millimeters apart. Penny wasn't the only one with acting skills. I grinned and pulled back. "Still you," I whispered, but I don't think Caine even heard me. He was holding his face where I had just touched him. I worried he might never wash his face again.

After watching that pathetic display, my resolve was hardened. Definitely Drake. I circled choice D on my test, and turned over my paper with a smile.

I just felt a little bad about breaking Caine's heart.

Drake

Caine looked oddly happy at lunch, in class, and all through the day. Finally, while we were doing homework, I confronted him about it.

"Caine, what is your problem? You're acting so…happy. I can't stand happiness." Caine just smiled and leaned back in his chair. I jumped up from my desk and grabbed him by the collar. "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? WHY ARE YOU BEING SO ANNOYINGLY HAPPY?" He just smiled and shook his head. "Oh MY FREAKING GOD CAINE ANSWER ME RIGHT NOW OR I'LL SLIT YOUR THROAT!" Caine ignored me until I whipped out the knife I stole from dinner that night and held it up. It glinted in the light and Caine scrambled up from the chair.

"Okay, okay, God, I'll tell you! But I just didn't want you to get jealous or anything!" I gasped. There could be any number of things that would make me jealous.

"Did you get a pet guinea pig and not share it with me?"

"No."

"Did you get a gun and not let me try it?"

"Nope."

"Did you find out an incredible truth about your family, that your mother is the school nurse and you have a fraternal twin brother in town your mother kept but gave you up for adoption?"

"What the hell?"

"I don't know. It was just a thought." Caine rolled his eyes in exasperation and then started jumping—yes, JUMPING—on his bed.

"Well, no. Ew, how weird would it be if Nurse Temple was my mom?" He shuddered for a second before resuming his jumping up and down.

"CAINE!" I yelled, holding out my knife again. "WHAT IS IT?" He smiled and kept jumping. I honestly thought he was high. He started telling me between jumps.

"This morning

During biology

Diana was

Staring at me

Like legit

And then she

Put her hand

On my face

And she was

About to

Kiss me!" Caine started to giggle and I felt the beginnings of a headache. He was going to be like this for a while.

"Okay, well, did you happen to smoke anything afterwards?" I asked. I was actually worried about him. Caine looked at me, puzzled.

"No," he said, and he calmed down for a minute. "Drake, I'm not high. But she actually almost kissed me!" He sighs and starts back with the jumping. I groan and storm out. I was going to find out why she did that, because now Caine is going to drive me insane with his ecstatic ramblings.

Not to mention, he was right.

I am jealous.