Her eyes met my gaze. She had two strands of hair, shaped like an 'M' at the front, followed by long, thick hair.

"Friend Garfield, why are you staring at friend Rachel?" A voice interrupted my thought train.

"Oh..um..what?"

"Friend Garfield, do you like the friend Rachel?" She giggled.

"What!? N-no. Look, I don't even know her. She's just pretty."

"I agree. But I don't think she thinks that."

"Well she should." I muttered under my breath.

She continued to nod along. Toni and Michelle walked up to her. She smiled and greeted them, sliding her blue headphones off her head to talk.

I couldn't help overhearing her conversation. She had a low, raspy voice. With a kind of monotone accent to it. Then she laughed. I don't know what at, but it was a heavenly sound. Suddenly, Toni ran off and whispered a message into Karen's ear, who then passed it to Kori. Who then said it to me, "she is single." The door clicked open. "Yo G come on. We are setting up Mega Monkeys in the lounge."

He grabbed me by the arms and yanked me out cartoon style. "Dude, what the hell?"

"What, it's not like you were enjoying it. Were you?"

"N-no man. Geez, it was just girl stuff."

"G, I know that look."

"Know what look?" I replied confused.

"You like someone. That was the face from when you went out with Terra and when us guys went to Tokyo."

"I have no idea what you are talking about. Also, Terra betrayed us. She stole your GameStation."

"I guess."

We walked down the stairs, but Vic wouldn't let it go. "Hi gu-" I said entering the lounge.

"Gar has a crush!" Victor yelled loudly.

They all smirked and laughed a bit. "Who is it G?"

"Dude. I don't have a crush!"

"Suuure G...sure."

"What?! I don't!"

"Keep thinking that."

"Can we just start the game?"

I blushed a bit and turned away, hoping they wouldn't notice.

Finally, we all sat down and began to play Mega Monkeys 4: invaders of the lost banana.

Rachel's POV.

I was stuck in 'girl talk' with Kori and her excessive friends. Luckily, Michelle Luck and Toni Monneti were there to keep me company. Unluckily, they engaged in the chit chat. I gave in and put my headphones on. On my playlist, one of my favourite songs came on, 'Monster' by imagine dragons. Somehow, it related to me. I mean, I'd like to think I'm nice. Maybe slightly sarcastic at times. But then if I get pushed too far I get all...well, monster.

Those familiar words floated through my mind;

I'm only a man with a chamber who's got me,

I'm taking a stand to escape what's inside me,

A monster,

A monster,

I've turned into a monster.

And if I ever let it out...well let's just say that I would be despised among people.

I felt a tickle of hairs down my spine and I turned my head. A guy was staring at me. I laughed a bit at the sight of him smiling slightly with a little drool on his lower lip. He had sandy blonde hair and emerald green eyes peering into mine. It was nothing so I turned my head back to my phone, when two familiar figures came and started chatting with me. Toni and Michelle. My closest friends. I took off my headphones and started chatting to them. "Hey Rachel. What are you listening to?"

"You two."

They laughed a bit. Antonnia's British/New Zealand accent started speaking up. "I overheard Kori talking to Blondie over there."

"Alright...?"

"He thinks you're beautiful."

I laughed this time. "Seriously?"

"Yeah. I don't know why you joke about this stuff Rachel, you are good looking." Michelle interrupted.

"No Michelle. I'm not."

"You are Rae. Seriously, since you grew your hair out you look even better."

I smiled at their compliments. "I'm flattered, really." I sarcastically joked.

"So, what about him?"

"What do you mean?"

"What do you think of him?" Michelle repeated like it was obvious.

"Hm..he's cute I guess."

"Cute?! He'd have to lose an eye to be cute. He's gorge."

"He's cute." I state.

"Whatever, some girls freaking swooned over him!"

"Okay. Well whatever."

"Didn't you just break up with Malchior?"

"Yeah. Why?"

She replied by silence, and some giggles. Then ran off leaving me with Michelle. I watched her whisper something into Karen's ear, who whispered it to Kori's, who smiled and copied the message into the boys ear. Toni leaped back and sat down next to me. "What did you even say Toni?"

"None of your business."

"Well clearly it is if it's about me."

There was a slight pause until Michelle spoke. "I think I know."

"What?"

"She said that you're single."

I glared at Toni with a hint of 'monster' in my eyes. She just nervously laughed and rubbed her head. "Are you trying to set us up?" I asked, eyebrow twitching slightly.

"W-what. How could you accuse me of that?!"

"Yup, she is." Michelle filled in.

I just chuckled a bit under my breath.

I mean,

nobody should see my monster...

Not yet.

So, what did you think. I think next chap I will add actual contact between the two. Also, I'm sorry my chapters it's just I want to upload quicker because I know how annoying it is to wait for a story to be published. So I'm trying to fit it in. :3