CHAPTER 7

Michael sat in his usual seat in English and waited for the arrival of Maria. The teacher had already come in and was about to start class when both Maria and Kyle came in laughing about something. The class went silent and all the males stared at the blond bombshell with there mouths gaping at her beauty, while the girls were all wondering where she bought her clothes from, all thinking of a shopping spree after school.

"Damn she's hot wonder if she'd go for some of the Brad lovin'? " Michael heard Brad Thornton say in front of him.

He was about to grab the guys neck and tell him to stay away from her when the teacher spoke.

"Well Mr Valenti, how nice of you to finally make it to class and wow only 5 min late. Your getting better." the teacher said sarcastically.

"I try" replied Kyle with a grin on his face and the class laughed.

"Sit down Mr Valenti" the teacher said with an exasperated sigh. He looked to Maria then to his schedule.

"You must be Maria Deluca, from New York I see." the teacher said raising an eyebrow while looking her up and down.

Maria did what she'd come accustomed to and snapped back defensively with a cold glare that told people not to mess with her "Yeah, you got a problem with that?"

The teacher looked shocked and actually backed away a few steps and the class was surprised someone so small could frighten a teacher and pack such an attitude. But that just made her all the more desirable to the males and more popular with the girls.

"Ah no, no problem. Um you can just take a seat in between Mr Guerin and Mr Valenti." The teacher stuttered warily.

Maria looked over at Michael and groaned. 'Crap now I have to sit next to him. Just great. The gods must be laughing at me or something. How can I sit next to him when all I wanna do is grab him and take him. Ok Maria shut up pg thoughts only and you know you can't get close after what happened last time.'

Michael's throat went dry at the thought of sitting next to her all year. He looked at her when she was seated but instead of seeing the smile from before, she now looked sad defeated. Michael then saw Kyle throw a note on her desk and after reading it the smile returned and she made a face at him.

'What the hell?' Michael thought feeling jealous at the interaction between the two. 'No don't be stupid Guerin, Kyle's got a thing for Tess he can't possibly like Maria. But I'd better have a private word to him just in case.'

Michael spent the rest of the class throwing glares at Kyle who seemed to be the only one able enough to gain the blonds attention. The bell rung and Maria got up and started to leave after telling Kyle she'd see him later.

"Hey man what's up with the glares dude.?" Asked Kyle

"What's up with you and Deluca, thought you had a thing for Tess" Michael growled.

"What's that supposed to mean? I met up with her at my locker coz hers is next to mine and we started talking and found we have a lot in common. She's a cool chick. A friend no more, you know how I feel about Tess. What's with the jealousy kick you got a thing for her or sumthin?" Kyle asked with an amused grin.

"No of course not just curious coz you two looked a little to friendly is all and you know Tess is a friend and I don't want to see her hurt." Michael lied while avoiding Kyle's eyes.

"Dude, we've been best mates since you creamed me in 2nd grade and I know when your lying. I gotta tell you though bro,I've never seen you so worked up for a girl ever. What's the deal?" Kyle asked with a slap on the back.

Michael looked at Kyle and new his gig was up. "I dunno dude. I mean we've done nothing but fight since the moment we met but I can't stop thinking about her. She's a witch she must be. Probably warped my brain or something. evil blond." Michael said while glaring at nothing

Kyle laughed at Michaels face. "Nah man she's just a woman. A hot woman but a woman. They've been getting us since the dawn of time and there's nothing we can do to stop it."

"Yeah well I'm certainly not gonna let her know and neither are you. Got it. Tell anyone and you're a dead man" Michael said and by the look in his eyes he was not joking.

"Don't worry man I won't. So what are you gonna do about it?" Kyle asked

"Dunno, probably see if I can tell if she feels anything for me" Michael said.

"Wow dude. I never thought I'd see the day when Michael Guerin would fall for a girl. Hell just froze over" Kyle laughed

"Ha Ha man very funny, but your right. I don't know what it is about her but I think she's the one. The one I can finally commit to." Michael said thoughtfully.

"You're a gonna mate. A gonna. But I'm happy for ya and don't worry I won't tell a sole."

Michael and Kyle then went there separate ways to class. Turning the corner Kyle ran into Isabel.

"Hey Iz guess what?"