"Why are you only nice to me?"
"Excuse me?"
"An hour ago you were totally screwing with Dean and now you're totally nice to me."
"You see, it's the screwing with Dean – that's an important step to getting here so that I can be nice to you."
"So it was a plan."
"What?"
"The whole bidding on my basket, it was a plan."
Crap. This girl was good. I've been so used to putting up walls and barriers and keeping everyone out and here's a person that I can just be myself around. This mix of James Dean and Jess Mariano is starting to mess with my head. Maybe I should just be honest with her. No way – screw that. I'll do what I do best: be evasive. She'll probably see through it right away. When did she get to know me so well?
"Okay, I'm officially starving"
"And officially evasive." I knew I liked this girl for a reason.
"Come on, I'll get you a pizza."
"Answer my question!"
"Do you like pepperoni?" That's it Mariano – keep on with being the cool, evasive, bad boy that drew her in. Throw in a few literary references, movie quotes, and tons of food and she'll be yours in no time.
"Not going to, are you?"
"We can just get it on half if you want."
"Okay, I give. Let's go."
"If you insist." You got this. Be cool.