James turns and begins to walk in the opposite direction of Hailee and Matt. James stops at his locker and begins to work at the combination. He hears laughing and chattering to his left. Leaned against the hallway wall is David and Danielle making more noise than the other students at their lockers. James rolls his eyes and turns around as David leans into Michelle for another long kiss. "David! Danielle! Separate!" James turns around to see their principal, Principal Rogers, pulling back David off of Danielle who were clearly too squished against the wall. David smirks and runs his hand through his hair as Danielle smiles and walks in another direction. "Save me a spot babe!" David calls out to her as he begins to walk toward James. " I am not in the mood to here what that was all about" James sternly states as he continues to rearrange items in his locker. David begins to lean on the locker next to him. " I wasn't planning on telling you, I was only coming to ask where Hailee was. Isn't she usually like always with you?" James pauses and closes his locker door. " Not today. She's hanging with that new guy from England." David looks confused. "And you're cool with that dude?" James pauses in mid-step toward the cafeteria. "Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" " I thought you were into her." David said beginning to walk with James toward the cafeteria. " Not in the way you are with Danielle." "Alright, whatever man. I just didn't want you to end up being 'that other guy' for Hailee." David says as they stop in the doorway of the cafeteria. David begins to scan the room and smiles. "Catch you later man, my girlfriend has food for me." he says jogging toward a crowd of tables. James begins to scan the room looking for Hailee and Matt. Nowhere to be found. James walks up to the line to order food when one of the cheerleaders who cheers during his basketball games walks up behind him. "Hey James" she says calling at him from behind. James turns around. "Hey Laura, what's up?" Laura begins to smile. "Oh you know, practice, like usual. Are you going to be playing next game?" James turns behind him while following the food line. "Um, yeah, I think so." "Great!" Laura says excitedly. " So the girls and I were talking and saying we could have your whole team over for like a pre-game hangout. You know like after school or whatever." Laura says flipping her brunette pony tail to the side. James begins to feel uncomfortable. Yes, the cheerleaders at the school were all beautiful and a majority of them were very sweet and kind, but there was a few in that group that weren't so beautiful on the inside. In fact, last season a few girls were kicked off the team, due to obvious reasons. Some of those girls still make it to this season's games, but were unable to cheer due to their stomach expansions. James took a step over toward the line. " You know what, Laura, the team is not going to be all here this weekend. Some right after the game are leaving for the weekend so unfortunately..." "Well, will you be available?" Laura interrupts. "No." James spurts out unable to handle his uncomfortable position. " I am going to be gone with some of the team." Laura begins to question him. "Where are you boys going?" James turns and spots Hailee and Matt and quickly plans his way out. " Well, it was nice talking to you Laura, I have to get going!" James says grabbing his tray and walking toward Hailee and Matt. Phew. That was close. James stops in his tracks as Hailee and Matt change direction and begin to walk outside. James decides not to follow and looks for David. After quickly spotting the two lovebirds, he sits down on the other side of their table. "What happened with Laura in the line?" David said smirking as James sits down. "She wanted the team to have a pre-game hang with the cheerleaders." "Ooh, hot" David said teasing James. Danielle glares at him. " Babe, I meant for James" he said grabbing her hand. "We couldn't go anyway remember?" David says looking at Danielle and leans in kissing her forehead, causing Danielle to smile. "Why not" James says as he bites a small piece of meat off his fork. "Danielle and I are going to the cabin this weekend, after the game." " I thought some of the team were doing something?" James says as he swallows. "They're going to..."David starts to speak with a mouthful. "Chill, you're going to choke" Danielle says patting David's back. David pauses as he finishes chewing and swallowing. "Thanks babe." he says quickly looking at Danielle. " They're going to that camping spot coach talked about last week." "Ah" James said finishing his last bite. "Where did Hailee and Matt go?" "Dude, does it matter? She's showing him around. If it bothers you so much just go talk to her about it. Maybe this Matt guy isn't half bad." James looks over toward the outdoor window where he last saw Hailee and Matt walk out. Was he seriously getting jealous over Hailee spending time with a new student?
