Adam's point of view:
I kind of felt intrusive, sitting with Clare and Eli. They just stared at each other and flirted. but they didn't seem to notice me. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I listened to my iPod and let my eyes scan the cafeteria. they landed on Fiona and… a new girl… a very pretty new girl. she wore a blue dress and a white sweater. her hair was tied up in a ribbon. she looked so… innocent. I wondered if she knew about Gracie already. Even if Gracie didn't exist she'd never go for me. And the fact that Gracie did exist just made the 'no' more definite. She stood up and smoothed her dress. The she started towards me. I pulled my headphones out of my ears and shoved my iPod in my pocket. She reached my table and I looked up at her smiling face.
" what do you want?" I asked, harshly. I mentally kicked myself. Nice, Adam. Real nice. " well you looked lonely," she said, " may I sit with you?" my heart swelled and my stomach knotted.
" sure. " I said. She sat down next to me.
" what's your name?" she asked. I hesitated. If I told her Adam, when she found out about Gracie she would be disgusted. But if I introduced myself as Gracie… she would only be friends with me. And I wanted to be more than that.
" I'm Adam. " I decided. I looked away from her, embarrassed for lying. " what's your name?"
" Anastasia, but you can call me Ana. With one n. I'm Fiona's new little sister. They adopted me from Boston. "
" that's a pretty name. " I said, and she blushed. She blushed!
" thanks. "
" So Adam, " I heard Eli's voice say, " who's your girlfriend?" I gave him dagger eyes, but when I looked at Ana she was just blushing harder.
" I'm Ana. " she said.
" so you are Adams girlfriend." he said raising an eyebrow and looking at me.
" no," she said, " we are just friends. "
" for now. " was Eli's reply, " I'm Eli," he continued, " and this is my girlfriend, Clare. "
" hello, Ana," she said, " so you're the sister I've heard Fiona's family just adopted. "
" yea, her and Declan are great. " she said and Clare blushed. Probably because of the fanfiction about him I've heard so much about.
All of a sudden, a hand came down on Ana's shoulder. She jumped and whirled around. Oh no… it was Fitz.
" hello pretty new girl. " he said and I felt a pang of jealousy. Fitz might be an ass, but he wasn't ugly. And he was a guy.
" why are you sitting with these losers?" he continued. She glanced back at us. " because they're my friends. " she stated simply.
" well you should come sit with us, we're more fun. "
" no thanks. " she said, kindly.
" it wasn't a question. " he said grabbing her wrists.
" hey!" I said, " leave her alone!" Fitz looked at me with a look that was somewhere between amused, and pissed.
" look at that!" he said, " Adams got a crush on the new girl!"
I felt horrible, like when Bianca found out about Gracie. I saw Eli and drew stand up.
" does she know what you are?" he yelled at me. " do you know what he is? He's a girl! A tranny! A freak!" he yelled at her.
" I know. " she whispered. I looked at her, surprised… she knew? A single tear rolled down her cheek. She was frail, and he was hurting her. Fury rushed through me and I pushed Fitz as hard as I could. Caught off guard, Fitz fell. Ana hugged me, shaking. It seemed odd that she would be that terrified of Fitz. I mean, he was scary… but not THAT scary. I didn't think about that for long though, Ana's head was on my shoulder, and it was very distracting.
Fitz picked himself up and I saw Fiona behind him. She looked… like, so mad that the kids standing around watching took a visible step back. Fitz didn't seem to notice. Ana picked her head up off my shoulder. I couldn't help but feel empty. She looked at Fitz,
" I know what he is. " she said, " and I don't care. "
my heart swelled and I knew then I was in love with her.
ahh young teenage love. you fall so fast you dont know anything about them. (not that i would know,)
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-Dani :)