Reese got up and walked back over to where everyone was eating lunch. He saw Natalie talking with her friends. She seemed to be talking about something very important. Luckily she didn't see him. He wanted to know about what happened at the bleachers and maybe thats what she was talking about. He saw Malcolm coming toward him.
"Malcolm! Do me a favor. Stand here and listen to what Natalie is saying and tell me everything."
Malcolm looked confused, "Um isn't that eavesdropping, Reese?"
"I will explain later just do it!" Reese left Malcolm standing there and walked off. Malcolm listened to what Natalie was saying to her friends.
"I can't believe I did that! I have been here for two weeks and I already cheated on my boyfriend with Reese!" Natalie was totally freaking out.
"Look Natalie, you moved from Florida and everyone knows long distance relationships don't work. For all you know Jordan could have done the same thing and might still be doing it. He hasn't called or e-mailed you since you left! That's never a good sign." Sara told her, trying to re-assure her.
"Well, if you want my advice, I don't know what you see in Reese anyway. He is a bully, he was so mean to girls last year and in middle school and he is not the brightest crayon in the world's biggest crayon box." Natalie's friend Amanda seemed to be against Sara.
"So, you are saying I should stick with Jordan and totally blow Reese off, even though I have been leading him on these past few days?" Natalie asked. Amanda smiled.
"That is exactly what I have been saying!" Natalie rolled her eyes.
"Maybe we should ask his brother. I mean who would know Reese better than Malcolm?" Sara looked around for Malcolm and saw him standing there. She got up from the table and pulled Malcolm towards it.
"OK Malcolm, what do you know about your brother Reese?" Malcolm was starting to panic. He didn't know he had to talk to them too.
"I..uhh.. well what do you want to know?" Amanda spoke up before Natalie or Sara could.
"What does he really think of Natalie? What is he planning to pull her hair? Shove old garbage in her locker? Rip the pages out of Chemistry book?" Amanda grinned wanting to know if she was on the right track.
"Uh actually he doesn't want to do either of those things." Malcolm turned to Natalie. "Look, Reese really likes you. I mean REALLY likes you. He has never ever liked a smart girl. He has liked snobby girls, cheerleaders and any girl who would only laugh in his face and show him absolutley no interest and think he was nothing but a senseless dumbass with no purpose in school but to beat up the defenseless kids. But he thinks that you are a lot like him just more of a sense of knowledge then he does. I mean he gets all defensive if I mention you. So, no, he doesn't want to pull any pranks on you. He just wants you to like him. Thats all." Malcolm was still panicky. He hoped he wouldn't have to tell Reese what he just spilled to these girls otherwise he will really get it. Sara looked at Amanda and smirked.
"HA! See you were wrong! You're just jealous because Reese rejected YOU!" Amanda glared at Sara.
"You know I told you to never EVER mention that again!" Sara smiled innocently and put her hands in the air.
"Opps. My bad." Natalie looked at Malcolm.
"So everything you just said to me is totally true? I would really be hurting him if he found out the truth?" Malcolm nodded. He wanted to leave this uncomfortable situation he had been forced into. Luckily the lunch bell rang and Malcolm walked away as fast as possible. Obviously not fast enough because Reese grabbed him.
"Well? What happened?" Reese's eyes were full of hope and Malcolm gulped hard.
"Uh Reese, I don't think you want to know." Reese looked confused and let go of Malcolm.
"Why wouldn't I want to know?"
"Well, I don't think it would be something you necessarily want to hear."
"Well, I don't care! Tell me now, Malcolm!" Malcolm sighed. He hoped he wouldn't get to hurt by Reese. They always kill the messenger right? So Malcolm sighed and prepared to tell Reese everything. Which he did. He watched as Reese's expression dropped. Malcolm actually felt bad for him for once. Reese really liked Natalie and his heart had been broken, again. Reese walked off, angry, leaving Malcolm alone in the hall.
After the bell rang to let school out, Natalie stood at her locker packing her back pack. She looked at the pictures inside. Pictures from Florida. She sighed as she ran her fingers over them.
"This is the past. Long distance relationships really don't work. Especially when you meet new people." Before she knew it, someone slammed her locker almost taking her fingers off. "Hey! What the f..." Natalie stopped when she saw it was Reese. "Oh hi.. Reese." Reese looked at her angrily.
"Hi... NATALIE!" Natalie got worried.
"Um is something wrong, Reese?" He nodded, still mad.
"Oh yes something is very wrong! Malcolm told me what you said during lunch! You were leading me on! Well guess what! I don't like you! I don't know why I ever did anyway! You were just using me while you had a boyfriend in Florida! Why couldn't you have just told me!? Why did you have to make me find out this way?!" Natalie was completely stunned. She didn't know how to respond.
"I...I... I'm sorry. I..I just got so caught up in my feelings for you that I completely forgot about him. I didn't mean to lead you on... I didn't know what I was doing. I was leading myself on to think that this was all innocent until this afternoon. I was going to call Jordan and break up with him because Sara said for all I knew he could be cheating on me." Reese just looked at her.
"Yea well anything that could have been something is nothing now." Reese stormed off just leaving Natalie there.
"Crap... what have I done now?" She finished getting her things and walked off. Until she saw Malcolm. "Wait..." She thought to herself, "How did Reese now all that stuff unless Malcolm told him what happened! MALCOLM!" Malcolm stopped and turned to see who called his name. He saw Natalie standing there very mad.
"Um hi?" He started to get paniced.
"Don't hi me! You told Reese about lunch! You were eavesdropping on me!" Malcolm didn't know what to say.
"Reese made me! I mean I have no idea why but he just left me! And then you guys made me tell you those things about Reese and ..and I didn't know what to do!" Malcolm was completely panicking.
"I am so sick of guys! All of you! I am so going back to Florida!" Malcolm got a confused look on his face.
"Back? You just got here how could you leave already?" Natalie didn't answer him and just walked off to go home.
"Malcolm! Do me a favor. Stand here and listen to what Natalie is saying and tell me everything."
Malcolm looked confused, "Um isn't that eavesdropping, Reese?"
"I will explain later just do it!" Reese left Malcolm standing there and walked off. Malcolm listened to what Natalie was saying to her friends.
"I can't believe I did that! I have been here for two weeks and I already cheated on my boyfriend with Reese!" Natalie was totally freaking out.
"Look Natalie, you moved from Florida and everyone knows long distance relationships don't work. For all you know Jordan could have done the same thing and might still be doing it. He hasn't called or e-mailed you since you left! That's never a good sign." Sara told her, trying to re-assure her.
"Well, if you want my advice, I don't know what you see in Reese anyway. He is a bully, he was so mean to girls last year and in middle school and he is not the brightest crayon in the world's biggest crayon box." Natalie's friend Amanda seemed to be against Sara.
"So, you are saying I should stick with Jordan and totally blow Reese off, even though I have been leading him on these past few days?" Natalie asked. Amanda smiled.
"That is exactly what I have been saying!" Natalie rolled her eyes.
"Maybe we should ask his brother. I mean who would know Reese better than Malcolm?" Sara looked around for Malcolm and saw him standing there. She got up from the table and pulled Malcolm towards it.
"OK Malcolm, what do you know about your brother Reese?" Malcolm was starting to panic. He didn't know he had to talk to them too.
"I..uhh.. well what do you want to know?" Amanda spoke up before Natalie or Sara could.
"What does he really think of Natalie? What is he planning to pull her hair? Shove old garbage in her locker? Rip the pages out of Chemistry book?" Amanda grinned wanting to know if she was on the right track.
"Uh actually he doesn't want to do either of those things." Malcolm turned to Natalie. "Look, Reese really likes you. I mean REALLY likes you. He has never ever liked a smart girl. He has liked snobby girls, cheerleaders and any girl who would only laugh in his face and show him absolutley no interest and think he was nothing but a senseless dumbass with no purpose in school but to beat up the defenseless kids. But he thinks that you are a lot like him just more of a sense of knowledge then he does. I mean he gets all defensive if I mention you. So, no, he doesn't want to pull any pranks on you. He just wants you to like him. Thats all." Malcolm was still panicky. He hoped he wouldn't have to tell Reese what he just spilled to these girls otherwise he will really get it. Sara looked at Amanda and smirked.
"HA! See you were wrong! You're just jealous because Reese rejected YOU!" Amanda glared at Sara.
"You know I told you to never EVER mention that again!" Sara smiled innocently and put her hands in the air.
"Opps. My bad." Natalie looked at Malcolm.
"So everything you just said to me is totally true? I would really be hurting him if he found out the truth?" Malcolm nodded. He wanted to leave this uncomfortable situation he had been forced into. Luckily the lunch bell rang and Malcolm walked away as fast as possible. Obviously not fast enough because Reese grabbed him.
"Well? What happened?" Reese's eyes were full of hope and Malcolm gulped hard.
"Uh Reese, I don't think you want to know." Reese looked confused and let go of Malcolm.
"Why wouldn't I want to know?"
"Well, I don't think it would be something you necessarily want to hear."
"Well, I don't care! Tell me now, Malcolm!" Malcolm sighed. He hoped he wouldn't get to hurt by Reese. They always kill the messenger right? So Malcolm sighed and prepared to tell Reese everything. Which he did. He watched as Reese's expression dropped. Malcolm actually felt bad for him for once. Reese really liked Natalie and his heart had been broken, again. Reese walked off, angry, leaving Malcolm alone in the hall.
After the bell rang to let school out, Natalie stood at her locker packing her back pack. She looked at the pictures inside. Pictures from Florida. She sighed as she ran her fingers over them.
"This is the past. Long distance relationships really don't work. Especially when you meet new people." Before she knew it, someone slammed her locker almost taking her fingers off. "Hey! What the f..." Natalie stopped when she saw it was Reese. "Oh hi.. Reese." Reese looked at her angrily.
"Hi... NATALIE!" Natalie got worried.
"Um is something wrong, Reese?" He nodded, still mad.
"Oh yes something is very wrong! Malcolm told me what you said during lunch! You were leading me on! Well guess what! I don't like you! I don't know why I ever did anyway! You were just using me while you had a boyfriend in Florida! Why couldn't you have just told me!? Why did you have to make me find out this way?!" Natalie was completely stunned. She didn't know how to respond.
"I...I... I'm sorry. I..I just got so caught up in my feelings for you that I completely forgot about him. I didn't mean to lead you on... I didn't know what I was doing. I was leading myself on to think that this was all innocent until this afternoon. I was going to call Jordan and break up with him because Sara said for all I knew he could be cheating on me." Reese just looked at her.
"Yea well anything that could have been something is nothing now." Reese stormed off just leaving Natalie there.
"Crap... what have I done now?" She finished getting her things and walked off. Until she saw Malcolm. "Wait..." She thought to herself, "How did Reese now all that stuff unless Malcolm told him what happened! MALCOLM!" Malcolm stopped and turned to see who called his name. He saw Natalie standing there very mad.
"Um hi?" He started to get paniced.
"Don't hi me! You told Reese about lunch! You were eavesdropping on me!" Malcolm didn't know what to say.
"Reese made me! I mean I have no idea why but he just left me! And then you guys made me tell you those things about Reese and ..and I didn't know what to do!" Malcolm was completely panicking.
"I am so sick of guys! All of you! I am so going back to Florida!" Malcolm got a confused look on his face.
"Back? You just got here how could you leave already?" Natalie didn't answer him and just walked off to go home.