Chapter Two: Giacinta
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School is not an exciting place. It's just a break from home. I do good only to please my parents. It's not like I get half the stuff I compute into my brain. Besides, I have a feeling I`ll end up managing my family's Italian restaurant. Oh how stereotypical of my family.
But I will tell you one thing I like about being good at school. The awards, the recognition, the pride you see in your loved ones eyes-then of course that all goes down the drain when one of my many brothers decides I need to be put back in my place.
Roxy, Hawk and I walked down the many halls of our school till we got to our lockers. Amazingly this year we managed to get ours in a close proximity. But it's funny, you would never expect us to be friends because we differ so much.
Hawks locker is decorated with pictures of what he calls Reallycoolbuttotallyunknownbandslikemine Bands. (Also No Doubt he loves No Doubt) Yes he does have a band, a one man band at the moment but I'm sure he'll get more members. He also has a picture of all of us at some Halloween party. I'm sure the only reason he has it is because Roxy was dressed up as Gwen Steffani. Most likely he was in heaven that night seeing two of his favorite women rolled into one.
Roxy is more classical than Hawk. She has a lot of classical people pinned up on her locker, Josh Groban, Charlotte Church, and some other peoples names I can't pronounce. She also likes a lot of Shakespeare. Name a sonnet and she'll recite it for you. If she can't she'll memorize it for you.
My locker is rather plain. I have a sticker attached to my mirror that Hawk gave me. It says "Do not tell me what I can and can't do when I rock". He thought it was funny, I thought it was weird so I put it up.
As Roxy said, today is my chance to talk to Alex and tell him I like him. It does seem to be a little ironic though that I'm getting more than one chance today.
As Shakespeare would say through Roxy, it was written in the stars that I talk to him, today, this year, because he just happens to have a locker three lockers down from me.
"Hey Gia! Don't forget about the Student Council meeting during lunch today. We have to discuss prom funding."
I froze. Was he talking to me? And what was he talking to me about? Oh yeah that's right I'm the Secretary and he's the President. How silly of me to forget. I dropped my American Government book and stumbled to get the words out of my mouth.
"Uh...ye...yeah. I'll be there"
"Aye aye Captain me matey shall be there! Argh!" Hawk said to Alex with a salute. Alex looked at him weirdly, chuckled and walked away.
"Argh matey, you blew the moment me wench Roxy was speaking of"
"I'm not a wench Hawk. And stop talking like that."
"Yes mam" Hawk said with a bow.
"Well well Gia, you do realize that recognition from the apple of your eye is a one way ticket into a relationship with that apple. And its two chances to talk to him."
I raised my eyebrows at Roxy and said, "Hmm, it also means I won't be eating lunch with you two bozos"
I left them standing there with looks of disbelief.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Home Room, film and entertainment class*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I wouldn't actually leave my friends like that. I have home room with them after all. And I have the misfortune of sitting next to them and having them bother me constantly during the movie because the like to sit on either side of me and make an Italian sandwich. Ha ha ha, me being the Italian part.
Roxy kept elbowing me and pointing at Alex who also had the misfortune of being in this class with Roxy and Hawk. Soon the whispering of them finally caught the attention of our teacher who told us to, and I quote, "Shut up and watch Casablanca". But, unfortunately my strong willed friends did not see this as a reason to stop talking about me.
I saw a note being slid secretly onto my desk and I sighed when I opened it.
{So Princess Gia, what are you going to say when you see him?}
I shook my head at Roxy`s inappropriate nickname and wrote back:
{Hi.}
Roxy wrinkled her nose at my replay and hastily wrote and flung the note back at me in disgust.
{You know, you're never going to get a man with an attitude like that. You're going to tell him you like him. You need to. You need a little fun in your life. Plus I think you two would make a great couple.}
I shook my head yet again and wrote back:
{Just like you thought Jim and Marcia would make a great couple? Besides, I don't really think I need to go hunting for a man at this point in my life, I got a lot to think about.}
Roxy laughed out loud at my reply, which prompted the rest of the class to look in our direction and go "Shh!" Alex on the other hand looked back smirked and mouthed "lunch". Unfortunately Roxy saw that and began writing furiously on her note. Another thing that was unfortunate was the fact that Hawk realized we were writing notes.
{OMG! It's destiny Gia! He talked to you! OH and besides, that whole Jim and Marcia thing wasn't my fault. I mean who could have predicted that Jim was a player? Oh and another thing, what in the world do you have to do that would prevent you from having a boyfriend? Making sure you don't burn the meatballs? Seriously Gia, do what I say...not what I do.}
My mouth gaped open and I began to write:
{Want do you mean who could have predicted Jim a player? You were the reason they broke up! And meatballs isn't what I do at the restaurant, I'm a hostess remember? SERIOUSLY ROXY, you are so thick headed.}
Hawk was leaning over reading what I wrote and before I could do anything about it he grabbed the paper from me. He wrote:
{Why in the hell are you guys writing notes without my permission? And this guy stuff is getting out of whack. Geez Gia, what are you chicken? Just talk to him!}
I rolled my eyes at his message and wrote:
{It takes one to know one.}
Roxy grabbed the note from Hawk's hands, read it, made a funny face and wrote:
{Hawk likes someone? You mean he likes a girl? A real girl? In the flesh? With like a brain and other organs?}
I giggled at the note and was glad the subject was off me and began to write:
{Yup he likes-}
That was when Hawk hastily grabbed the note from me with such force he flew out of his seat onto the floor. This again prompted our teacher and class to turn around and go "Sshh"
Hawk sheepishly got back into his chair and stuffed the note into my bag and whispered, "If you ever try and tell her again I will make sure you die. Do you hear me?"
"Then get your girlfriend to stop bugging me about the whole Alex thing, I'll do it on my own time."
Hawk had a staring contest with me for a few seconds and then looked at Roxy and said, "This guy stuff has got to stop. End of business, you hear me?"
Roxy nodded meekly at him, then looked at me and said, "What's wrong with him?"
I smiled and said, "Girl problems"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Lunch*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I procrastinated as much as I could getting to the room where we hold our Student Council meetings. I walked with Roxy and Hawk to their lockers and almost got to the cafeteria with them until Hawk gave me a dollar and said to spend it well and Roxy gave me a hug and said good luck. They then proceeded to push me to the room so I wouldn't flake out.
I walked into a literal Zoo. Seriously, the few people that actually attend the meetings who aren't officers were throwing paper balls at each other. Our treasurer Anna was having a deep discussion with our Vice President Chloe, no doubt about the latest seventeen magazine with the cutest lip glosses ever inside.
And then there was Alex, the only other person besides me who took his job seriously. He was also the only person besides me who had been elected into this position every single year. I can still remember the day I met him...
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Flashback*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"You guys I think I'm going to vomit."
"Oh come on Gia, its not that hard. Just get up there and read your speech." Roxy said.
"No, you don't understand. It's not that I'm nervous about, what well they do to me when I get up there?" I was a nut case. I had never run for a position in a Student government and I had a feeling that I wouldn't win. I mean I was up against Susan, one of the most popular girls in the school. Besides, the only thing the student body remembered me for was the ballet I was forced to do by my parents for the talent show in eighth grade. It was alright except that I was dancing to traditional Italian music.which made everyone laugh.
"They are going to vote for you. That's what they are going to do. I mean, I know Susan, and she is not organized to save her life. Remember that party she "organized" to raise money for our Dinner dance? She did it so badly we got hardly any money for the dance and had the worst one in the history of the school. Don't worry!" Hawk said reassuringly.
I still didn't believe them, but I already got myself into this mess so I might as well talk my way out of it.
"We have two Candidates for secretary this year. The first is Susan Waltz." Said our Class sponsor Mrs. Ferggie.
Susan walked up to the podium with grace and dignity that I lacked.
"Don't worry; she's not going to win."
I froze. That wasn't Hawk or Roxy. As a matter of a fact the body to the right of me wasn't either of them either. I turned at looked into the blue eyes of an Adonis.
"Giacinta Ramon, right? I'm Alexander Griffin. Alex for short." He stuck out his hand for me to shake and I did so. I can't believe this, this gorgeous boy actually said my name right. The only people who could do that were my family and friends.
"H..h..h.hi. what do you mean?"
He chuckled at me and said, "She can't go through a sentence without saying the word like, so how is so going to go through a speech? Plus I don't know if you know this but she's not exactly the brightest person in the world. I've been told that you, on the other hand, can go through a speech with out saying the word like."
I blushed and said, "Like, thanks."
His laughter was cut short by Mrs. Ferggie saying, "Thank you Susan, that was.interesting. Our next and final candidate for secretary is Giacita Ramen."
Great, another person who can't say my name. I walked up to the podium and began to make my speech with confidence in myself all because of a guy.
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"Gia, hey Gia!
I shook my head, who the hell broke off my happy moment?
"You okay Gia? You had a dazed and confused look on your face." Said Alex.
Oh it was him, the apple of my eye. Why does he have to look at me like that?
"Yeah I'm fine. Let's get started."
I started looking for an empty desk and amazingly found one next to Alex, who pointed it out to me. Normally Anna and Chloe are flanked on either side of him. Now they are flanked on the other side. How odd. I sat down and begin to take notes on the meeting.
Meeting Started: 12:13 pm Topic Discussed: Prom Funds
President Alex called meeting to order and asked for ideas to raise
more money for the Prom. Vice President Chloe brought up the idea of a
car wash. It is turned down on the account of it being so outplayed.
After a while I zoned out and took notes on only the good ideas. Which there were few of. I then started to focus on Alex. How in the world would I tell him I like him? Since the first time we met. However I do it, its going to be so hard because he is such a genuinely nice person. It would be a lot easier if he was one of those jerk jock types, but he's not. Which is why he's the captain on the lacrosse team and he is our president. Well a lot of the girls had a hand in that. He's adorable with his blue eyes and dark semi-curly hair. Not to mention the fact that he's got a nice body, nice butt. Plus he has such a commanding force whenever he's in a room full of people. He is always the leader; he would make a great president of our country one day. I sighed. Just looking at him talk made me melt.
"You got a better idea Gia?"
I was busted out of my day dream. I looked around and saw Anna giving me the dirtiest look I had ever seen.
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"Well I was talking about raising money for our prom, until I was rudely interrupted by your sigh. I haven't seen you contributing any ideas, so do you have one better?"
I looked at Anna, and then I looked at Chloe. Who was looking at Alex and almost drooling. Alex was looking at me, as was everyone else and I looked down at my paper.
Who am I kidding? If Chloe likes Alex too, I have no chance. She's absolutely beautiful. Alex would choose her over me in an instance. I'm about to cry looking at this paper. If there was only a way I could get ownership over him before Chloe or any other girl did-
My head snapped up. I have an idea. An actual idea and it's the perfect way to let Alex know I like him.
"An auction."
Everyone looked at me oddly. Alex tilted his head in a way to let me know he's interested and to beckon me on. I looked at Alex and said.
"A Date Auction."
Alex looked away quickly. Bad sign, but it got everyone else buzzing.
"We could call it the Senior Date Auction, and have seniors volunteer to be auctioned off. A week before we could have those volunteers walk around with signs around their necks stating what number they are. And everyone could come. And buy"
Alex smiled and said, "Awesome idea." And patted me on the shoulder.
Oh my goodness, he touched me.
The meeting soon ended, and everyone left feeling excited. I left so fast to tell Roxy and Hawk that I'm sure I dropped something.
This might be a lot easier after all.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*After School*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"I can't believe you came up with that idea, Gia!"
Roxy just couldn't be quiet about this whole auction thing. She had to make sure that everybody knew who came up with the idea. She said it was a way of furthering the idea of me into Alex's mind.
"What made you think of it anyway?" asked Hawk.
I turned my eyes off the road for a second, looked at Hawk and said, "Alex"
"OH MY GOD YOU COULD BUY HIM!"
"OH MY GOD ROXY COULD YOU BE QUIET!"
I laughed at Roxy and Hawk, it was funny to see them acting like this. I could just see the thoughts running through Hawk's mind. He has to know I set this up for him also. He's got to buy Roxy. And Roxy must volunteer. Wait a second that brought up a thought.
"Wait a minute you guys. What if Alex doesn't volunteer to be sold?"
Roxy thought for a minute then said, "Ask him if he is. And if he thinks about it, force him to."
"Oh yeah, what a way to win a guys heart, force him to do something." Hawk said with a laugh.
"Hawk, if he does do it when Gia asks him to, he's got to like her. It's inevitable!" Roxy said with a jump with caused her to hit her head on the roof of my truck.
Hawk rolled his eyes at Roxy as she rubbed away the pain from her head.
I pulled into the lot where the Ice Cream Parlor was and dropped Roxy and Hawk off.
"Tell my parents I'll be back in a second with the menus okay?"
Roxy gave me a thumb up sign and said, "Go get `em!" as I pulled away.
Alone in my car I began to think about what I would say to Alex when I went to pick up the menus. I thought about the note in second hour and smiled. I should say hi.
I pulled into the Copy Studio parking lot and parked my truck successfully. I took a deep breath and got out of the truck and walked up to the door, I pulled it open.
Ding ding.
I wish that bell wasn't so loud, and then maybe I would actually have some time to think about what I was to say. I then heard a muffled noise from the back,
"I'll be there in a minute!"
And then out of the backroom came Alex.
"Hey Gia! How you doing? I mean, what can I do to help you?" Alex said fumbling with something in his pocket.
I smiled and said, "I'm here to pick up the new menus for my family's restaurant. Are they done yet?"
"Ramen, right?" Alex said with a smirk.
I rolled my eyes and said, "Ramon."
Alex walked to the back room saying, "So Ms. Ramon that was a great idea you came up with today."
"Thanks." Wow, this is going along better than I thought.
He came back with two boxes, and said "Wait there's more."
I smiled and said, "So..um."
He came back with two boxes and said, "Are you going to volunteer to be auctioned?"
My eyes went big at this suggestion. Why in the world would I even bother thinking about volunteering?
"Actually um no. I was thinking I would be the person who would auction off people. Are you going to volunteer?"
Alex looked away fumbled with something in his pocket again and said, "You think I should?"
I said, "Of course!" a little too quickly.
Alex shook his head for a minute and went back to adding up everything on the register. He looked at me and said, "I'll make sure you're the auctioneer. That'll be $239.88"
I got the check book out and paid him. I started to grab the boxes to bring out into the truck when he grabbed three and said, "I'll help. You're the green truck right?"
I laughed and said, "How'd you guess?"
"Well my car is the blue El Comino, and my boss is the red mini cooper. Plus, the truck says "Ramon's Family Italian Restaurant" on it."
"Well then, I guess it's true. You're so cool. You're always so cool." I said as we put the menus in the bed of the truck.
I can't believe I said that, I hope he doesn't realize where it's from and what it means. He looked like he was thinking when he said,
"The Great Gatsby right? Daisy says that to Jay Gatsby in front of her husband right? And he figures out that she's in love with Gatsby?"
Oh no he does know what it means. I hope he doesn't realize that I meant it to him.
"Yeah. It is."
Alex smiled fumbled with his pocket and it was couple of seconds of uncomfortable silence, when I said, "Alex?"
His head snapped up, "Yeah?"
"I just wanted to say," say it, say I like you. "Thanks for helping me get this stuff in my truck. I really appreciate it." I am so stupid.
Alex smiled and said, "You're welcome. I have to go pick up some stuff up anyway for my boss."
"Okay then, um see you tomorrow."
"Yeah see you."
I got into the truck and slammed my head against the head rest of my seat. I was so stupid. I could have just said I liked him to him. It was right there, the moment Roxy was talking about. I'm just too much of a chicken.
I pulled out into the road and made my way to by parents' restaurant. I always heard that driving when you're mad isn't good.
I guess I should have thought of that before I saw that blue car coming straight for my truck.
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A/N; Dun dun dun! Haaha. What a cliffhanger. I am so proud of myself. I'm so sorry it took so long to get this out. I just rarely felt the need to write. But maybe now I can get a chapter out every two weeks. I think this chapter is a lot better than the first one. It`s also a lot longer. So tell me what you think! Hit that button right down there and leave a review. (nice ones or flames. Its alright with me) Oh and if you want to, tell me of errors. I'd really appreciate it!
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School is not an exciting place. It's just a break from home. I do good only to please my parents. It's not like I get half the stuff I compute into my brain. Besides, I have a feeling I`ll end up managing my family's Italian restaurant. Oh how stereotypical of my family.
But I will tell you one thing I like about being good at school. The awards, the recognition, the pride you see in your loved ones eyes-then of course that all goes down the drain when one of my many brothers decides I need to be put back in my place.
Roxy, Hawk and I walked down the many halls of our school till we got to our lockers. Amazingly this year we managed to get ours in a close proximity. But it's funny, you would never expect us to be friends because we differ so much.
Hawks locker is decorated with pictures of what he calls Reallycoolbuttotallyunknownbandslikemine Bands. (Also No Doubt he loves No Doubt) Yes he does have a band, a one man band at the moment but I'm sure he'll get more members. He also has a picture of all of us at some Halloween party. I'm sure the only reason he has it is because Roxy was dressed up as Gwen Steffani. Most likely he was in heaven that night seeing two of his favorite women rolled into one.
Roxy is more classical than Hawk. She has a lot of classical people pinned up on her locker, Josh Groban, Charlotte Church, and some other peoples names I can't pronounce. She also likes a lot of Shakespeare. Name a sonnet and she'll recite it for you. If she can't she'll memorize it for you.
My locker is rather plain. I have a sticker attached to my mirror that Hawk gave me. It says "Do not tell me what I can and can't do when I rock". He thought it was funny, I thought it was weird so I put it up.
As Roxy said, today is my chance to talk to Alex and tell him I like him. It does seem to be a little ironic though that I'm getting more than one chance today.
As Shakespeare would say through Roxy, it was written in the stars that I talk to him, today, this year, because he just happens to have a locker three lockers down from me.
"Hey Gia! Don't forget about the Student Council meeting during lunch today. We have to discuss prom funding."
I froze. Was he talking to me? And what was he talking to me about? Oh yeah that's right I'm the Secretary and he's the President. How silly of me to forget. I dropped my American Government book and stumbled to get the words out of my mouth.
"Uh...ye...yeah. I'll be there"
"Aye aye Captain me matey shall be there! Argh!" Hawk said to Alex with a salute. Alex looked at him weirdly, chuckled and walked away.
"Argh matey, you blew the moment me wench Roxy was speaking of"
"I'm not a wench Hawk. And stop talking like that."
"Yes mam" Hawk said with a bow.
"Well well Gia, you do realize that recognition from the apple of your eye is a one way ticket into a relationship with that apple. And its two chances to talk to him."
I raised my eyebrows at Roxy and said, "Hmm, it also means I won't be eating lunch with you two bozos"
I left them standing there with looks of disbelief.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Home Room, film and entertainment class*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I wouldn't actually leave my friends like that. I have home room with them after all. And I have the misfortune of sitting next to them and having them bother me constantly during the movie because the like to sit on either side of me and make an Italian sandwich. Ha ha ha, me being the Italian part.
Roxy kept elbowing me and pointing at Alex who also had the misfortune of being in this class with Roxy and Hawk. Soon the whispering of them finally caught the attention of our teacher who told us to, and I quote, "Shut up and watch Casablanca". But, unfortunately my strong willed friends did not see this as a reason to stop talking about me.
I saw a note being slid secretly onto my desk and I sighed when I opened it.
{So Princess Gia, what are you going to say when you see him?}
I shook my head at Roxy`s inappropriate nickname and wrote back:
{Hi.}
Roxy wrinkled her nose at my replay and hastily wrote and flung the note back at me in disgust.
{You know, you're never going to get a man with an attitude like that. You're going to tell him you like him. You need to. You need a little fun in your life. Plus I think you two would make a great couple.}
I shook my head yet again and wrote back:
{Just like you thought Jim and Marcia would make a great couple? Besides, I don't really think I need to go hunting for a man at this point in my life, I got a lot to think about.}
Roxy laughed out loud at my reply, which prompted the rest of the class to look in our direction and go "Shh!" Alex on the other hand looked back smirked and mouthed "lunch". Unfortunately Roxy saw that and began writing furiously on her note. Another thing that was unfortunate was the fact that Hawk realized we were writing notes.
{OMG! It's destiny Gia! He talked to you! OH and besides, that whole Jim and Marcia thing wasn't my fault. I mean who could have predicted that Jim was a player? Oh and another thing, what in the world do you have to do that would prevent you from having a boyfriend? Making sure you don't burn the meatballs? Seriously Gia, do what I say...not what I do.}
My mouth gaped open and I began to write:
{Want do you mean who could have predicted Jim a player? You were the reason they broke up! And meatballs isn't what I do at the restaurant, I'm a hostess remember? SERIOUSLY ROXY, you are so thick headed.}
Hawk was leaning over reading what I wrote and before I could do anything about it he grabbed the paper from me. He wrote:
{Why in the hell are you guys writing notes without my permission? And this guy stuff is getting out of whack. Geez Gia, what are you chicken? Just talk to him!}
I rolled my eyes at his message and wrote:
{It takes one to know one.}
Roxy grabbed the note from Hawk's hands, read it, made a funny face and wrote:
{Hawk likes someone? You mean he likes a girl? A real girl? In the flesh? With like a brain and other organs?}
I giggled at the note and was glad the subject was off me and began to write:
{Yup he likes-}
That was when Hawk hastily grabbed the note from me with such force he flew out of his seat onto the floor. This again prompted our teacher and class to turn around and go "Sshh"
Hawk sheepishly got back into his chair and stuffed the note into my bag and whispered, "If you ever try and tell her again I will make sure you die. Do you hear me?"
"Then get your girlfriend to stop bugging me about the whole Alex thing, I'll do it on my own time."
Hawk had a staring contest with me for a few seconds and then looked at Roxy and said, "This guy stuff has got to stop. End of business, you hear me?"
Roxy nodded meekly at him, then looked at me and said, "What's wrong with him?"
I smiled and said, "Girl problems"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Lunch*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I procrastinated as much as I could getting to the room where we hold our Student Council meetings. I walked with Roxy and Hawk to their lockers and almost got to the cafeteria with them until Hawk gave me a dollar and said to spend it well and Roxy gave me a hug and said good luck. They then proceeded to push me to the room so I wouldn't flake out.
I walked into a literal Zoo. Seriously, the few people that actually attend the meetings who aren't officers were throwing paper balls at each other. Our treasurer Anna was having a deep discussion with our Vice President Chloe, no doubt about the latest seventeen magazine with the cutest lip glosses ever inside.
And then there was Alex, the only other person besides me who took his job seriously. He was also the only person besides me who had been elected into this position every single year. I can still remember the day I met him...
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Flashback*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"You guys I think I'm going to vomit."
"Oh come on Gia, its not that hard. Just get up there and read your speech." Roxy said.
"No, you don't understand. It's not that I'm nervous about, what well they do to me when I get up there?" I was a nut case. I had never run for a position in a Student government and I had a feeling that I wouldn't win. I mean I was up against Susan, one of the most popular girls in the school. Besides, the only thing the student body remembered me for was the ballet I was forced to do by my parents for the talent show in eighth grade. It was alright except that I was dancing to traditional Italian music.which made everyone laugh.
"They are going to vote for you. That's what they are going to do. I mean, I know Susan, and she is not organized to save her life. Remember that party she "organized" to raise money for our Dinner dance? She did it so badly we got hardly any money for the dance and had the worst one in the history of the school. Don't worry!" Hawk said reassuringly.
I still didn't believe them, but I already got myself into this mess so I might as well talk my way out of it.
"We have two Candidates for secretary this year. The first is Susan Waltz." Said our Class sponsor Mrs. Ferggie.
Susan walked up to the podium with grace and dignity that I lacked.
"Don't worry; she's not going to win."
I froze. That wasn't Hawk or Roxy. As a matter of a fact the body to the right of me wasn't either of them either. I turned at looked into the blue eyes of an Adonis.
"Giacinta Ramon, right? I'm Alexander Griffin. Alex for short." He stuck out his hand for me to shake and I did so. I can't believe this, this gorgeous boy actually said my name right. The only people who could do that were my family and friends.
"H..h..h.hi. what do you mean?"
He chuckled at me and said, "She can't go through a sentence without saying the word like, so how is so going to go through a speech? Plus I don't know if you know this but she's not exactly the brightest person in the world. I've been told that you, on the other hand, can go through a speech with out saying the word like."
I blushed and said, "Like, thanks."
His laughter was cut short by Mrs. Ferggie saying, "Thank you Susan, that was.interesting. Our next and final candidate for secretary is Giacita Ramen."
Great, another person who can't say my name. I walked up to the podium and began to make my speech with confidence in myself all because of a guy.
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"Gia, hey Gia!
I shook my head, who the hell broke off my happy moment?
"You okay Gia? You had a dazed and confused look on your face." Said Alex.
Oh it was him, the apple of my eye. Why does he have to look at me like that?
"Yeah I'm fine. Let's get started."
I started looking for an empty desk and amazingly found one next to Alex, who pointed it out to me. Normally Anna and Chloe are flanked on either side of him. Now they are flanked on the other side. How odd. I sat down and begin to take notes on the meeting.
Meeting Started: 12:13 pm Topic Discussed: Prom Funds
President Alex called meeting to order and asked for ideas to raise
more money for the Prom. Vice President Chloe brought up the idea of a
car wash. It is turned down on the account of it being so outplayed.
After a while I zoned out and took notes on only the good ideas. Which there were few of. I then started to focus on Alex. How in the world would I tell him I like him? Since the first time we met. However I do it, its going to be so hard because he is such a genuinely nice person. It would be a lot easier if he was one of those jerk jock types, but he's not. Which is why he's the captain on the lacrosse team and he is our president. Well a lot of the girls had a hand in that. He's adorable with his blue eyes and dark semi-curly hair. Not to mention the fact that he's got a nice body, nice butt. Plus he has such a commanding force whenever he's in a room full of people. He is always the leader; he would make a great president of our country one day. I sighed. Just looking at him talk made me melt.
"You got a better idea Gia?"
I was busted out of my day dream. I looked around and saw Anna giving me the dirtiest look I had ever seen.
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"Well I was talking about raising money for our prom, until I was rudely interrupted by your sigh. I haven't seen you contributing any ideas, so do you have one better?"
I looked at Anna, and then I looked at Chloe. Who was looking at Alex and almost drooling. Alex was looking at me, as was everyone else and I looked down at my paper.
Who am I kidding? If Chloe likes Alex too, I have no chance. She's absolutely beautiful. Alex would choose her over me in an instance. I'm about to cry looking at this paper. If there was only a way I could get ownership over him before Chloe or any other girl did-
My head snapped up. I have an idea. An actual idea and it's the perfect way to let Alex know I like him.
"An auction."
Everyone looked at me oddly. Alex tilted his head in a way to let me know he's interested and to beckon me on. I looked at Alex and said.
"A Date Auction."
Alex looked away quickly. Bad sign, but it got everyone else buzzing.
"We could call it the Senior Date Auction, and have seniors volunteer to be auctioned off. A week before we could have those volunteers walk around with signs around their necks stating what number they are. And everyone could come. And buy"
Alex smiled and said, "Awesome idea." And patted me on the shoulder.
Oh my goodness, he touched me.
The meeting soon ended, and everyone left feeling excited. I left so fast to tell Roxy and Hawk that I'm sure I dropped something.
This might be a lot easier after all.
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"I can't believe you came up with that idea, Gia!"
Roxy just couldn't be quiet about this whole auction thing. She had to make sure that everybody knew who came up with the idea. She said it was a way of furthering the idea of me into Alex's mind.
"What made you think of it anyway?" asked Hawk.
I turned my eyes off the road for a second, looked at Hawk and said, "Alex"
"OH MY GOD YOU COULD BUY HIM!"
"OH MY GOD ROXY COULD YOU BE QUIET!"
I laughed at Roxy and Hawk, it was funny to see them acting like this. I could just see the thoughts running through Hawk's mind. He has to know I set this up for him also. He's got to buy Roxy. And Roxy must volunteer. Wait a second that brought up a thought.
"Wait a minute you guys. What if Alex doesn't volunteer to be sold?"
Roxy thought for a minute then said, "Ask him if he is. And if he thinks about it, force him to."
"Oh yeah, what a way to win a guys heart, force him to do something." Hawk said with a laugh.
"Hawk, if he does do it when Gia asks him to, he's got to like her. It's inevitable!" Roxy said with a jump with caused her to hit her head on the roof of my truck.
Hawk rolled his eyes at Roxy as she rubbed away the pain from her head.
I pulled into the lot where the Ice Cream Parlor was and dropped Roxy and Hawk off.
"Tell my parents I'll be back in a second with the menus okay?"
Roxy gave me a thumb up sign and said, "Go get `em!" as I pulled away.
Alone in my car I began to think about what I would say to Alex when I went to pick up the menus. I thought about the note in second hour and smiled. I should say hi.
I pulled into the Copy Studio parking lot and parked my truck successfully. I took a deep breath and got out of the truck and walked up to the door, I pulled it open.
Ding ding.
I wish that bell wasn't so loud, and then maybe I would actually have some time to think about what I was to say. I then heard a muffled noise from the back,
"I'll be there in a minute!"
And then out of the backroom came Alex.
"Hey Gia! How you doing? I mean, what can I do to help you?" Alex said fumbling with something in his pocket.
I smiled and said, "I'm here to pick up the new menus for my family's restaurant. Are they done yet?"
"Ramen, right?" Alex said with a smirk.
I rolled my eyes and said, "Ramon."
Alex walked to the back room saying, "So Ms. Ramon that was a great idea you came up with today."
"Thanks." Wow, this is going along better than I thought.
He came back with two boxes, and said "Wait there's more."
I smiled and said, "So..um."
He came back with two boxes and said, "Are you going to volunteer to be auctioned?"
My eyes went big at this suggestion. Why in the world would I even bother thinking about volunteering?
"Actually um no. I was thinking I would be the person who would auction off people. Are you going to volunteer?"
Alex looked away fumbled with something in his pocket again and said, "You think I should?"
I said, "Of course!" a little too quickly.
Alex shook his head for a minute and went back to adding up everything on the register. He looked at me and said, "I'll make sure you're the auctioneer. That'll be $239.88"
I got the check book out and paid him. I started to grab the boxes to bring out into the truck when he grabbed three and said, "I'll help. You're the green truck right?"
I laughed and said, "How'd you guess?"
"Well my car is the blue El Comino, and my boss is the red mini cooper. Plus, the truck says "Ramon's Family Italian Restaurant" on it."
"Well then, I guess it's true. You're so cool. You're always so cool." I said as we put the menus in the bed of the truck.
I can't believe I said that, I hope he doesn't realize where it's from and what it means. He looked like he was thinking when he said,
"The Great Gatsby right? Daisy says that to Jay Gatsby in front of her husband right? And he figures out that she's in love with Gatsby?"
Oh no he does know what it means. I hope he doesn't realize that I meant it to him.
"Yeah. It is."
Alex smiled fumbled with his pocket and it was couple of seconds of uncomfortable silence, when I said, "Alex?"
His head snapped up, "Yeah?"
"I just wanted to say," say it, say I like you. "Thanks for helping me get this stuff in my truck. I really appreciate it." I am so stupid.
Alex smiled and said, "You're welcome. I have to go pick up some stuff up anyway for my boss."
"Okay then, um see you tomorrow."
"Yeah see you."
I got into the truck and slammed my head against the head rest of my seat. I was so stupid. I could have just said I liked him to him. It was right there, the moment Roxy was talking about. I'm just too much of a chicken.
I pulled out into the road and made my way to by parents' restaurant. I always heard that driving when you're mad isn't good.
I guess I should have thought of that before I saw that blue car coming straight for my truck.
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A/N; Dun dun dun! Haaha. What a cliffhanger. I am so proud of myself. I'm so sorry it took so long to get this out. I just rarely felt the need to write. But maybe now I can get a chapter out every two weeks. I think this chapter is a lot better than the first one. It`s also a lot longer. So tell me what you think! Hit that button right down there and leave a review. (nice ones or flames. Its alright with me) Oh and if you want to, tell me of errors. I'd really appreciate it!
