Chapter 3- Jealous
Wes and I walked along the gravel path, enjoying our day off. But that was before Wes noticed someone walking in front of us.
"Hey- Teresa! Hey!"
The bitch turned around. I could hear her smacking her gum from here.
I gave Wes a long, cold look.
"I think I'll leave you too ALONE, shouldn't I?" I stalked off, head down, not wanting Wes to see me crying.
Someone bumped into me.
"Oh..sorry!" This hottie smiled at me.
"Holy shi-I mean, it's ok!"
The guy smiled, and fell into step beside me.
"I'm Max Kerris. You?"
"Oh..Jennifer Scotts. Jen."
"Nice to meet you, Jen."
He had a great smile. But however cute he was, I still loved Wes.
But I could use this guy to make him jealous.
"You going anywhere today?" He asked.
"Oh…not really…"
"Oh…"
The coversation was breaking up. I had to say something… What do guys like? Girls…cars…Cars!
"Do you have a car?"
He looked at me oddly. "Of course I have a car."
"Oh…well…uh…maybe you could give me some tips. I want to learn how to drive." As usual, I said the first thing that came into my head.
"Uh..sure." We walked toward his car.
It was a little red sports car, one of the ones that you know by just looking was REALLY expenisve, and goes really fast.
"Holy shi-I mean, great car!"
"Hop in!"
Cautiously I climbed into the front seat. I did NOT want to learn how to drive. How had I gotten myself into this mess? Oh well, maybe Wes would see me in the car and be jealous…
"Ok, put your foot on the gas."
Despretly I tried to remember everything Lucas had said about driving 2001 cars. The gas pedal makes you go forward… I stepped hard on it.
And screamed as we were hurled forward at a million miles per hour(well, it seemed like it.)
Right into the park. I closed my eyes as we hit a bump and flew into the air.
Then I heard a splash. Opening my eyes, I saw we HAD LANDED IN THE PARK POND. "What the-" I choked out.
People were staring, and starting to laugh.
"I think we should work on your driving skills." Max laughed as well.
He backed out of the pond.
Then he kissed me.
KISSED ME.
It was just a light kiss, but immediately I felt like I had betrayed Wes. I tried not to burst into tears.
Suddenly Max peered out the window.
"Whoa, that girl is way hot!" I heard him whispered under his breath.
Without looking, I knew who it was, but I looked anyway.
Teresa. And Wes wasn't with her!
"Uh..gotta go! Thanks for the driving lessons!" I squeaked, then made a dive for the door, and raced away.
I was soaking wet, and I really wanted to go home. But first I had to find Wes and tell him I was sorry I had ditched him.
I leaped over a fence, and took a short-cut through a little wood.
Then neatly tripped over a rock, and tumbled down a hill.
Right into a family having a nice little birthday party in the park.
Of course, I fell right in the cake.
"Sorry about that! Heh heh!"
I ran away, leaving the family staring at me, as if I was insane.
I probably am.
This is probably the worst day of my life. Why does everything have to go wrong when I'm alone with Wes?
And there was only one thing that could make it worse.
Scrawny.
There he was, swooping around on the Stratacycle right in the middle of the park.
And then he fell off.
The whole world seemed to be in slow motion.
I was running toward him, and then he hit the ground.
Everyone gasped.
I grab some guy's arm and yelled, "Call an ambulance!"
I grabbed the Stratacycle before anyone else could, and ran off.
I dragged it into the bathroom, because I figured that was the only place I could decompress it without being noticed.
After attracting a lot of strange glances, I shoved it into the stall and shrank it, then left.
Finally, I found Wes eating some more ice cream.
"Where have you been?" I shrieked.
"I might ask the same of you." He said calmly. "Are you ok?"
"Ok?" I burst into tears. "I have driven a car into a pond, gotten soaked, tripped over a rock, fallen down a hill, landed in a birthday cake, and had to drag a stratacycle into a bathroom stall, and you ask if I'm OK? I have never been worse!" I was half laughing, half crying now, but I stopped when Wes did something amazing.
He put his arms around me and kissed me.
Not one of those light kisses on the cheek.
A wonderful kiss, on the lips.
When we finally pulled apart, he blushed. "You were so sad, I wanted to make you feel better."
"You sure did." I thought dryily. But the time had come for those three words.
"Wes?"
"Yeah?"
"I…uh….I love you-your shoes! I mean, they're just so stylish, and..uh…cool!
He looked at me oddly.
"Well, uh, gotta go, uh., buy shoes, yeah, see ya Shoes, I mean, uh, Wes!
I ran off, leaving him staring after me.
Could Wes really like me? I mean, that's impossible. No one likes me, the team leader, the bossy weirdo.
But maybe…
Maybe he just went with Teresa to make ME jealous, like I went with Max!
Well, it is a possilbility.
I'm very confused, and I'm feeling a little dizzy.
Most of it's from the kiss.
I walk in the clock tower door.
Katie sees me, and says, "What happened to you? You look like you fell in a pond or something."
I just smile and go upstairs to wait for Wes.
Wes and I walked along the gravel path, enjoying our day off. But that was before Wes noticed someone walking in front of us.
"Hey- Teresa! Hey!"
The bitch turned around. I could hear her smacking her gum from here.
I gave Wes a long, cold look.
"I think I'll leave you too ALONE, shouldn't I?" I stalked off, head down, not wanting Wes to see me crying.
Someone bumped into me.
"Oh..sorry!" This hottie smiled at me.
"Holy shi-I mean, it's ok!"
The guy smiled, and fell into step beside me.
"I'm Max Kerris. You?"
"Oh..Jennifer Scotts. Jen."
"Nice to meet you, Jen."
He had a great smile. But however cute he was, I still loved Wes.
But I could use this guy to make him jealous.
"You going anywhere today?" He asked.
"Oh…not really…"
"Oh…"
The coversation was breaking up. I had to say something… What do guys like? Girls…cars…Cars!
"Do you have a car?"
He looked at me oddly. "Of course I have a car."
"Oh…well…uh…maybe you could give me some tips. I want to learn how to drive." As usual, I said the first thing that came into my head.
"Uh..sure." We walked toward his car.
It was a little red sports car, one of the ones that you know by just looking was REALLY expenisve, and goes really fast.
"Holy shi-I mean, great car!"
"Hop in!"
Cautiously I climbed into the front seat. I did NOT want to learn how to drive. How had I gotten myself into this mess? Oh well, maybe Wes would see me in the car and be jealous…
"Ok, put your foot on the gas."
Despretly I tried to remember everything Lucas had said about driving 2001 cars. The gas pedal makes you go forward… I stepped hard on it.
And screamed as we were hurled forward at a million miles per hour(well, it seemed like it.)
Right into the park. I closed my eyes as we hit a bump and flew into the air.
Then I heard a splash. Opening my eyes, I saw we HAD LANDED IN THE PARK POND. "What the-" I choked out.
People were staring, and starting to laugh.
"I think we should work on your driving skills." Max laughed as well.
He backed out of the pond.
Then he kissed me.
KISSED ME.
It was just a light kiss, but immediately I felt like I had betrayed Wes. I tried not to burst into tears.
Suddenly Max peered out the window.
"Whoa, that girl is way hot!" I heard him whispered under his breath.
Without looking, I knew who it was, but I looked anyway.
Teresa. And Wes wasn't with her!
"Uh..gotta go! Thanks for the driving lessons!" I squeaked, then made a dive for the door, and raced away.
I was soaking wet, and I really wanted to go home. But first I had to find Wes and tell him I was sorry I had ditched him.
I leaped over a fence, and took a short-cut through a little wood.
Then neatly tripped over a rock, and tumbled down a hill.
Right into a family having a nice little birthday party in the park.
Of course, I fell right in the cake.
"Sorry about that! Heh heh!"
I ran away, leaving the family staring at me, as if I was insane.
I probably am.
This is probably the worst day of my life. Why does everything have to go wrong when I'm alone with Wes?
And there was only one thing that could make it worse.
Scrawny.
There he was, swooping around on the Stratacycle right in the middle of the park.
And then he fell off.
The whole world seemed to be in slow motion.
I was running toward him, and then he hit the ground.
Everyone gasped.
I grab some guy's arm and yelled, "Call an ambulance!"
I grabbed the Stratacycle before anyone else could, and ran off.
I dragged it into the bathroom, because I figured that was the only place I could decompress it without being noticed.
After attracting a lot of strange glances, I shoved it into the stall and shrank it, then left.
Finally, I found Wes eating some more ice cream.
"Where have you been?" I shrieked.
"I might ask the same of you." He said calmly. "Are you ok?"
"Ok?" I burst into tears. "I have driven a car into a pond, gotten soaked, tripped over a rock, fallen down a hill, landed in a birthday cake, and had to drag a stratacycle into a bathroom stall, and you ask if I'm OK? I have never been worse!" I was half laughing, half crying now, but I stopped when Wes did something amazing.
He put his arms around me and kissed me.
Not one of those light kisses on the cheek.
A wonderful kiss, on the lips.
When we finally pulled apart, he blushed. "You were so sad, I wanted to make you feel better."
"You sure did." I thought dryily. But the time had come for those three words.
"Wes?"
"Yeah?"
"I…uh….I love you-your shoes! I mean, they're just so stylish, and..uh…cool!
He looked at me oddly.
"Well, uh, gotta go, uh., buy shoes, yeah, see ya Shoes, I mean, uh, Wes!
I ran off, leaving him staring after me.
Could Wes really like me? I mean, that's impossible. No one likes me, the team leader, the bossy weirdo.
But maybe…
Maybe he just went with Teresa to make ME jealous, like I went with Max!
Well, it is a possilbility.
I'm very confused, and I'm feeling a little dizzy.
Most of it's from the kiss.
I walk in the clock tower door.
Katie sees me, and says, "What happened to you? You look like you fell in a pond or something."
I just smile and go upstairs to wait for Wes.
