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"So, with the combination of my gift with one liners, and my way,
my way with words. It seems I'm too hip to keep tight lipped.
And you're on the gossip team.
You're making something out of nothing,

And jealousy's the cousin, the cousin of greed."

- Cute Is What We Aim For (The Curse Of Curves)

The muscles in Franks' face would not allow him to do anything except stare aghast at the pretty girl in front of him. Jane on the other hand, had a look of concern about her as she reached for his arm she spoke softly to him:

"You look so pale Frank, come on, I'll take you to the nurse."

Frank slid her hand off his arm and took a few steps back from her, without breaking his gaze he mumbled:

"Don't touch me."

Jane's brows pinched together in confusion as she took a cautious step towards him. He thanked her with a fourth step back and a poorly executed dodge as she reached out to him. Her voice shook as she spoke because she couldn't fathom the reason why Frank was acting like he was, did she do something wrong?:

"Frank, are you okay?"

Frank brought both his hands up to his face, he felt like screaming. Things like this didn't happen to HIM. Out of all the girls in school he chose the only one which was forbidden, and now, it was almost certain he was going to lose his best friend. He clenched his fists and tore his stare away from Jane. He spoke with some difficulty:

"I don't know."

With that he stormed across the hall to the lunch area. He could feel Jane following him and he felt an unfamiliar sensation of loathing echo through his bones. She was putrid to him now. It was because of her he might lose the only friend he ever had that meant anything to him. His teeth clenched together as he spotted Denny, laughing naively with his jock friends. Frank felt somewhat relieved, but he knew it would only be a matter of time e before he found out.

"Unless.."

He whispered out loud:

"Unless what?"

Jane asked peeking round to see what Frank was looking at. Frank had almost forgotten she was there. with a forced smile he put his hands on her shoulders.

"Denny LaChance really likes you."

He told her, pretending to look disappointed.

"Well I knew that"

She explained applying a fresh layer of lipstick now that she had gotten his attention.

"He's been following me around, telling me I'm beautiful, leaving notes in my locker."

She rolled her eyes:

"It's actually quite annoying."

Frank sank inside. He desperately tried to think of something that could change her mind.

"Denny's a great guy. He'll treat you right."

She twirled her hair around her finger and her gaze fell to the floor. Frank's heart sped up as he anticipated her reply.

"I'm sure he would."

Frank relaxed a little, maybe this could buy him some time. He almost let a smile evade his lips when he was pushed against a locker, a soft pair of lips found his ear and they whispered.

"But I like someone else."

Frank gulped and brushed her off of him, he sorted the words carefully in his head, not wanting to go wrong, his best friend was on the line.

"I couldn't do that to Denny."

Jane pouted as she pressed herself against him and Frank felt disgusted. In his eyes, she now had the sex appeal of a baby panda.

"You could do it for me though"

She whispered, running her paws over his chest. Frank was ever conscious of someone entering the hall. He subtly pushed her hands off of him, taking hold of them, he again put on his fake smirk:

"what if we meet in the middle, what if we have a SECRET romance."

"Secret?"

She replied, wonder in her chocolate eyes.

"Yeah! Yeah, like uh, like, Romeo and Juliet!"

he exclaimed, praying the rouse would work.

She raised an eyebrow

"Are you ashamed of dating me Frank?"

Sadness crept into her eyes and Frank desperately tried to save himself.

"No! No, see it'll be like our little secret, just for a little while, then we can tell everyone, we'd been going out that whole time boy will they be surprised!"

He could only wait for her to weigh the decision in her mind, his eyes darted everywhere as he waited for her to say something. Finally she opened her mouth:

"Okay, let's try this out.. Romeo"

She affirmed with a sweet smile. Frank pretended to be happy, but deep down a time bomb was ticking the seconds of his friendship away. And Frank just knew Jane couldn't keep her mouth shut for long.

Something had to be done about Jane Dawson.