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Unspoken Chemistry
by
Alyson Grant
Chapter Four:
During Lunch:
"Hey you guys! Where's Amy?"
"Over there with Greg." Mina said pointing vaguely before another taking a bite out of her slice of pizza.
"Very cute." I said looking at them. They were all alone at this table in the corner of the room. They were right next to the window.
"I agree. Those two are really hitting it off." Lita remarked as we observed them for a few seconds. Turning back to our table we grinned at each other furtively. We could only speculate about what was going on there!
"Lucky Amy." I commented.
"Amy's not the only one who's lucky. It looks like Serena and Darien are going to be the next major couple."
"Yeah Serena what's up with you and Darien?" Lita asked me.
"Nothing."
"Are you sure about that?"
"Yeah, you two did look very cozy this morning." Raye said.
"What were you doing spying on us?"
"Ohh so you guy's are a "us" now? Tell me I didn't just imagine that."
"Raye!"
"What? Calm down. We get it. You just want to keep it a secret for now huh?" Mina asked.
"There is nothing going on between us to be kept a secret!"
"If you say so." Raye said.
"You guy's would be so perfect for each other though." Mina said.
"I don't think that we would really be perfect for each other. It would be way too weird."
"I hate it when people can't see the obvious." Raye said with a sigh.
"The only obvious thing is how much we are not going to date! Can you get that through your heads?"
"Whatever you say. All the signs are there but if you want to ignore them go right ahead."
"Name one." I said sitting back in my chair with my arms crossed.
"He kissed you at Ryan's party, he's always flirting with you, he's always around you-."
"I said name one! That doesn't even mean anything! He probably just got caught up in the moment. "
"I doubt it. A kiss tells how a person feels" Raye said with a heated look across her face, "sometimes even better than words. A kiss always means something. It can't be denied. Hey, why don't you ask him instead of just sitting here wondering about it?"
"I'm not wondering about it! You are. Why would I ask him that in the first place?"
" I just thought you might like to seeing as how he's coming over here right now." Raye said gazing at a point beyond me.
"What!" I almost turned around in a panic.
"No! No! No! Don't turn around. Cool, casual, and calm remember?"
"I hate you for this. You probably did something to get him over here." I accused her with my hissed words and a wagging pointed finger.
"No. Who me? Never." She said with a faint smile that didn't hide her laughter.
"Well if it isn't Meatball Head and company." Darien said suddenly his voice was all to close.
"Darien! We were just talking about you." Raye said with a calculating smile. When I grimaced at her she just gave me a innocent beguiling smile.
"Really." He said with one raised eyebrow. "Well, all good things I hope."
"You could say that." Mina said.
I cast a horrified look at Mina. "Hah!" I said speaking for the first time since he arrived
.
"Serena why are you always so temperamental?" Darien asked with a lazy grin across his face.
"Me? Temperamental? I don't think so." I said with a flippant gesture of the hair. "Why do you have to be such a jerk all the time? Don't accuse me of being anything!"
"I am not a jerk all the time. Now what would lead you to that conclusion?"
"You want the whole entire list or the abridged version?"
"You know what?" Raye said standing up "I think we ought to leave you two alone for a bit."
"Yeah your right." Mina said in agreement. She was already picking up her bag and taking her pizza on the go.
"See you guys later!" Lita said cheerfully as she followed Raye and Mina's lead.
"No wait! You guy's come back here!" I said desperately but they only kept walking further away leaving me alone with Darien. Resignedly, I turned to face Darien who was sitting in the seat Mina had just vacated. It was right next to me and I sighed and looked at him with obvious dismay. Oh what a tangled web of deceit in which we weave.
"Hmm…" Darien said "I wonder why they left so soon?" he said giving me a smile.
"Ugh! You know why! You drove them away!" I said throwing my hands in the air.
"Well at least were finally alone."
"Oh joy." I muttered slumping low in my seat. I rolled my eyes, pouted my lips, folded my arms and tossed him one of my best combinations of defiant, bored, and sullen looks
"You have to be one of the most confusing people I've ever known." He said softly.
"Why?" I asked him curiously.
"Everything about you is confusing."
"No not really. You just don't-"
"Get you?" He said finishing my sentence.
"Yeah. I guess that's it." I said smiling cautiously at him. "You don't get me at all."
"Now that's where your wrong." Darien said
"Oh?"
"Yeah. I understand a lot more about what goes on in your mind than you might suspect."
"Why's that?" I asked with a carefully guarded look about my face.
"We're alike. I just hadn't realized that before."
I looked down at the table. "Um right, sure we are." I drew invisible circles with my finger as I avoided looking directly at him.
"Do you want to go out the room for a second?"
"Why?" I asked quickly.
Why oh why did they leave me here alone with him? Whatever happened to the close knit friendship we had shared since those long forgotten days of junior high? How could they even think of doing this to me? They knew how I felt about him. Maybe that was the problem. My feelings were slowly changing before I even accepted them to be a fact. Being the good friends that they are and being the people that I would always confide in, they knew this and decided to take advantage. Oh what a very tangled web in which we weave when at first we deceive. Never have words been more true.
"It's a little to distracting in here." He gestured to the lunchroom "And I wanted to ask you something."
"Okay."
As we stood up he offered me his hand which I took. Hand in hand we walked out of the lunchroom. I felt something as my fingers touched his hand and when I looked up I knew from the very look in his eyes that he had felt it too. As we walked out the doors it seemed as if everything got even louder and more pronounced.
Perhaps it was like slow motion where I was watching everything becoming …more and more…
Individualized.
I felt like I was watching this scene from above.
It was as if I were separate, distant, and apart from it all somehow.
You can also say what you feel in form of a review for:
Unspoken Chemistry
by
Alyson Grant
Chapter Four:
During Lunch:
"Hey you guys! Where's Amy?"
"Over there with Greg." Mina said pointing vaguely before another taking a bite out of her slice of pizza.
"Very cute." I said looking at them. They were all alone at this table in the corner of the room. They were right next to the window.
"I agree. Those two are really hitting it off." Lita remarked as we observed them for a few seconds. Turning back to our table we grinned at each other furtively. We could only speculate about what was going on there!
"Lucky Amy." I commented.
"Amy's not the only one who's lucky. It looks like Serena and Darien are going to be the next major couple."
"Yeah Serena what's up with you and Darien?" Lita asked me.
"Nothing."
"Are you sure about that?"
"Yeah, you two did look very cozy this morning." Raye said.
"What were you doing spying on us?"
"Ohh so you guy's are a "us" now? Tell me I didn't just imagine that."
"Raye!"
"What? Calm down. We get it. You just want to keep it a secret for now huh?" Mina asked.
"There is nothing going on between us to be kept a secret!"
"If you say so." Raye said.
"You guy's would be so perfect for each other though." Mina said.
"I don't think that we would really be perfect for each other. It would be way too weird."
"I hate it when people can't see the obvious." Raye said with a sigh.
"The only obvious thing is how much we are not going to date! Can you get that through your heads?"
"Whatever you say. All the signs are there but if you want to ignore them go right ahead."
"Name one." I said sitting back in my chair with my arms crossed.
"He kissed you at Ryan's party, he's always flirting with you, he's always around you-."
"I said name one! That doesn't even mean anything! He probably just got caught up in the moment. "
"I doubt it. A kiss tells how a person feels" Raye said with a heated look across her face, "sometimes even better than words. A kiss always means something. It can't be denied. Hey, why don't you ask him instead of just sitting here wondering about it?"
"I'm not wondering about it! You are. Why would I ask him that in the first place?"
" I just thought you might like to seeing as how he's coming over here right now." Raye said gazing at a point beyond me.
"What!" I almost turned around in a panic.
"No! No! No! Don't turn around. Cool, casual, and calm remember?"
"I hate you for this. You probably did something to get him over here." I accused her with my hissed words and a wagging pointed finger.
"No. Who me? Never." She said with a faint smile that didn't hide her laughter.
"Well if it isn't Meatball Head and company." Darien said suddenly his voice was all to close.
"Darien! We were just talking about you." Raye said with a calculating smile. When I grimaced at her she just gave me a innocent beguiling smile.
"Really." He said with one raised eyebrow. "Well, all good things I hope."
"You could say that." Mina said.
I cast a horrified look at Mina. "Hah!" I said speaking for the first time since he arrived
.
"Serena why are you always so temperamental?" Darien asked with a lazy grin across his face.
"Me? Temperamental? I don't think so." I said with a flippant gesture of the hair. "Why do you have to be such a jerk all the time? Don't accuse me of being anything!"
"I am not a jerk all the time. Now what would lead you to that conclusion?"
"You want the whole entire list or the abridged version?"
"You know what?" Raye said standing up "I think we ought to leave you two alone for a bit."
"Yeah your right." Mina said in agreement. She was already picking up her bag and taking her pizza on the go.
"See you guys later!" Lita said cheerfully as she followed Raye and Mina's lead.
"No wait! You guy's come back here!" I said desperately but they only kept walking further away leaving me alone with Darien. Resignedly, I turned to face Darien who was sitting in the seat Mina had just vacated. It was right next to me and I sighed and looked at him with obvious dismay. Oh what a tangled web of deceit in which we weave.
"Hmm…" Darien said "I wonder why they left so soon?" he said giving me a smile.
"Ugh! You know why! You drove them away!" I said throwing my hands in the air.
"Well at least were finally alone."
"Oh joy." I muttered slumping low in my seat. I rolled my eyes, pouted my lips, folded my arms and tossed him one of my best combinations of defiant, bored, and sullen looks
"You have to be one of the most confusing people I've ever known." He said softly.
"Why?" I asked him curiously.
"Everything about you is confusing."
"No not really. You just don't-"
"Get you?" He said finishing my sentence.
"Yeah. I guess that's it." I said smiling cautiously at him. "You don't get me at all."
"Now that's where your wrong." Darien said
"Oh?"
"Yeah. I understand a lot more about what goes on in your mind than you might suspect."
"Why's that?" I asked with a carefully guarded look about my face.
"We're alike. I just hadn't realized that before."
I looked down at the table. "Um right, sure we are." I drew invisible circles with my finger as I avoided looking directly at him.
"Do you want to go out the room for a second?"
"Why?" I asked quickly.
Why oh why did they leave me here alone with him? Whatever happened to the close knit friendship we had shared since those long forgotten days of junior high? How could they even think of doing this to me? They knew how I felt about him. Maybe that was the problem. My feelings were slowly changing before I even accepted them to be a fact. Being the good friends that they are and being the people that I would always confide in, they knew this and decided to take advantage. Oh what a very tangled web in which we weave when at first we deceive. Never have words been more true.
"It's a little to distracting in here." He gestured to the lunchroom "And I wanted to ask you something."
"Okay."
As we stood up he offered me his hand which I took. Hand in hand we walked out of the lunchroom. I felt something as my fingers touched his hand and when I looked up I knew from the very look in his eyes that he had felt it too. As we walked out the doors it seemed as if everything got even louder and more pronounced.
Perhaps it was like slow motion where I was watching everything becoming …more and more…
Individualized.
I felt like I was watching this scene from above.
It was as if I were separate, distant, and apart from it all somehow.