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Chapter Six

Wesley and Sally

The majority of the junior girls were crowded in the old gym with the sound of rain pounding on the tin roof. This was defiantly not a new occurrence. This week the overweight PE teacher decided that the girls would be playing volleyball. Since the class contained twenty girls and the other side of the gym was currently being used by the junior boys, the teams were split into five on each side of the court and the remaining ten girls got to wait on the bleachers for their turn at the game.

"So are you going to tell him?" Gwen asked Lily for the millionth time that day. The girls were in the first group that was on the volleyball court. Lily took the ball and served it across the net. She whipped around to face Gwen who was across from her.

"No I'm not going to tell him anything," Lily insisted, "and besides what good would it do. He's sucking face with Sally Hames if I remember correctly." Gwen rolled her eyes and stepped forward to punt the volleyball back over the net.

"Sally Hames can't hold a candle to you." Gwen insisted. "All she has going for her is her daddy's credit card."

"And her perfect body." Lily pointed out setting a ball for her classmate."

"You're beautiful Lil." Gwen said before spiking the ball over the net. "Now what I'm going to do is glam you up so Nathan can see it too. I will have that boy drooling over you."

"I'm not doing it Gwen just drop it."

"Fine." Gwen replied just as the buzzer signaling the end of their game rang.

"All right girls switch out," the portly gym teacher wheezed, "everyone plays no excuses!"

"But Ms. Wilkes," Sally's annoying voice sounded, "My plastic surgeon wants me to stay away from any activities where balls fly at my nose."

"There goes her social life." Gwen muttered. Lily let out an unattractive snort.

"Fine Sally you don't have to play. Everyone else who's not playing go change." Ms. Wilkes said. Lily and Gwen made their way to the dressing rooms and headed towards their assigned lockers.

"So are you just going to spend the rest of your life pinning after him or what?" Gwen asked.

"Don't be ridiculous," Lily admonished slipping off her PE uniform, "I have no intention of spending my life waiting around on him. I'm just going to live my life."

"And live with the might have been."

"I've known him for seventeen years." Lily said. "If something was going to happen it would have happened."

"Not necessarily." Gwen pointed out pulling on her school clothes. "You guys aren't that far from puberty. Up to this point you've only seen Nathan as a friend and vice versa."

"He still sees me as a friend." Lily replied lacing up her shoes.

"You don't know that." Gwen said. "Just can you promise me something?"

"What?"

"When her dumps slutty slutson will you please tell him how you feel because if you don't I know how you are and you will look back and kick yourself and even if he doesn't return your feelings at least you did it. And you're too good of friends to let anything break you up."

"Fine I'll do it." Lily agreed, "But only because I'm a little bit afraid of you."

"You should be I'm scary." Gwen said smiling. Her smile quickly faded as she saw who was approaching.

"Hi girls "Came the high voice of Sally Hames. You couldn't deny that she was pretty even right after gym, but then again it's not like she broke a sweat watching the other girls play volleyball. Her blonde hair was pulled into a sophisticated bun and her green eyes were sparkling in excitement. Her perfectly arranged outfit had no wrinkles and her skin was naturally tanned which was rare for a Seattle native. "Lily I would just like to apologize for that embarrassing thing you walked into the other day. It most have been so awkward seeing me with your best friend and all."

"Let's just forget about it Sally. That was embarrassing for all of us. Especially you I hear since your tattoo picture seemed to have gotten all over the place."

"Oh never mind that." Sally said throwing up a perfectly manicured hand. "I got the thing to show off anyway."

"Great now everyone in a five mile radius has seen it. Your mother must be so proud." Gwen said.

"Yes, well," Sally said regaining her composure, "I heard Wesley is sweet on you."

"He hasn't said anything." Lily replied, "You know how rumors are. I'm sure it's just talk."

"Just be careful with that one." Sally said turning around and exiting the locker room.

"That was weird." Gwen said.

"Yeah." Lily agreed, "I wonder what she's up to."

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"Mr. Faulkner had to leave for a doctor's appointment so I'll be watching you today." Groans accompanied this statement that the bald assistant principal had just made. "Hold on hold on. I'm giving you a study hall." The groaning stopped and the chattering began. Lily sat at the back of the room in her economics class. It was the last class of the day. Gwen sat next to her taking out her iPod.

"I wish he would just let us leave." Lily muttered, "I'm tired."

"I know he is so lame." Gwen agreed. "but if he let us leave Wesley wouldn't have the opportunity to stare at you."

"What?" Lily asked paling. Besides Nathan, Wesley was one of the most popular guys in their school. He had dirty blonde hair and hazel eyes. He was around 6'4 and muscular as a result of his quarter back position. She turned non to discreetly towards him and sure enough he was looking at her. He gave her a shy smile and she returned it back before quickly turning away. They had never really hung out. They didn't belong to the same circles and he had never acknowledged her presence. She had thought it was a joke when she heard about Wesley wanting to dance with her at prom. "What do I do?"

"I don't think you'll have to do anything since he's coming over here." Gwen said smiling. "I best leave you two alone."

"Don't you leave me!" Lily whispered loudly as her friend hurried away from her. She turned around and sure enough Wesley was there. She looked up slowly to see his face. He had a small grin on his lips.

"Do you mind if I sit here?" He asked in a smooth quiet voice that was nothing at all like Nathans warm loud one, but it was still very nice.

"S-sure." Lily stuttered. He took his place in the seat that just a moment ago had been occupied by her traitorous ex best friend.

"So I heard that you and Gwen are going to prom together." He said making it sound more like a question than a statement.

"Yeah she was kind of bummed after her and John split so I promised to take her."

"That's really sweet of you."

"Not really." Lily insisted. "She would do the same for me."

"Well do you think it would be alright with Gwen if I stole you away for a few dances?" He asked her in that same soft voice.

"I wouldn't mind." Came Gwen's voice from across the room. She had the ears of a fox.

"Well I guess that's that, unless you want to go out with me this Friday?" Wesley asked smiling revealing his beautiful white teeth.

"Sure." Lily breathed hardly believing that he was talking to her.

"Cool. How about I pick you up around seven?"

"Perfect." Wesley left her and Gwen hurried to rejoin her friend with a big smile on her face.

"Yum." She said.

"Yum." Lily agreed plastering on her fake smile. "Now I'm fucking flirting with Wesley Kennedy." Lily thought recalling Nathans words.

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What's she doing here?" Nathan asked climbing into the back seat of Lily's car in the empty seat next to Jack.

"One, I needed a ride home and two, this is Lily's car." Gwen replied from the front seat.

"Be nice you two." Lily told the pair as she exited the parking lot and made her way to Gwen house which was the closest to the school.

"So anything exciting happen with you two ladies today?" Nathan asked.

"Wesley officially asked to dance with Lily at prom and their going out on Friday." Gwen supplied. Nathans face hardened.

"Relax Nathan it's just a few dances and one date." Lily reassured him.

"Right." Nathan agreed. Lily detected the hardness in his voice. Lily dropped off Gwen and continued her track through the rainy streets of Seattle towards Nathans house in complete silence. When she finally reached his home after what seemed like an eternity he jumped out of the car before leaving her with a few words.

"I'll have my car tomorrow so don't worry about picking me up.

"So he's mad." Jack said.

"Yep." Lily replied icily. She didn't know who was more mad, her or Nathan.

A/N- So did anyone catch the line from Clueless? I love that movie. Review!!