A/N: Chapter Two. I'm posting this a day early because I'm trying to bribe Robtaymattlouned into staying. Is it working, Lucie? Well, Enjoy and please Review. I'm begging you. Review!
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8:24pm
"Well Michael, if you hang with Kenny for a bit, I'll put in a good word for you with Mia." She finished, waggling her eyebrows up and down.
She couldn't know. No, it's not possible. Lilly isn't that clever.
Is she?
"Why do you think I care about making a good impression with Mia?" I asked, trying to sound nonchalant, but failing if Lilly's facial expression was anything to go by.
"Oh … you don't. So tell me, just how horrible was it for you to see Kenny trying to kiss Mia again?" she smirked.
How the hell did she --
Oh god.
"Lilly, please tell me you didn't read my little … note, on my laptop." … Ok, so I'm not past begging yet. I figure 17 isn't too old to still be pleading to your sister.
"So how is Judith lately? I hear you don't exactly like her." She smirked again.
Have I ever said how much I hate Lilly?
"You little brat! Oh you have no idea how much I want to throw this overly large book at your head right now."
"Yeah, but you won't will you. I very much doubt Mia will like you when you've given her best friend a whopping great bruise on the side of her head. So be nice Mikey!"
Must … stop … hand … from … throwing … book …
"When do you want me?"
"Now."
"I hate you."
"I hate you too, Mikey."
So that would be how I managed to get myself into this whole mess. You know, I've spent the last 10 minutes trying to think of anything good that can comer out of this, and I've come up with absolutely nothing. Nothing!
Man, this sucks.
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8:36pm
I just thought of something. I don't know why I didn't think of it before to be quite honest.
Why don't I use this 'quality male bonding time' (I figured that was a nicer way of putting it. Yes, that's what I spent most of the last 10 minutes thinking of.) To try and get rid of Kenny.
It'll work. I think.
I can hope, can't I?
You never know. Maybe I'll get an attack of the conscience and fix him up with another girl. I doubt it, but it might happen.
Oh, maybe Judith would be interested. I think she's looking for another guy to pine over. Oh how perfect.
Kenny and Judith.
Haha. Wow, that's lightened my dark mood brilliantly. The mental picture is not so good though. It's like a tiger swallowing a mouse whole. Judith being the tiger of course. Well she has the claws for it … a fact I've learned from experience. I still have faint nail marks in my right arm. I'm telling you. Never get on the wrong side of Judith Gershner. It will only end badly.
Oh goody. Kenny's knocking on my door. Can you sense the sarcasm I used in that last sentence?
Oh shit. I need to hide my guitar. It's bad enough Kenny has the whole Michael-likes-my-girlfriend-and-even-though-he-is-a-senior-and-has-known-Mia-for-a-hell-of-a-lot-longer-I-still-managed-to-get-her-first thing on me. I don't need to let him in on the fact that I'm a musician and I spend most of my spare time writing soppy love songs about his girlfriend. I don't know why, but I have a feeling he wouldn't like that.
So, where to hide the guitar?
I know what you're thinking. 'How can Michael be thinking about where to put his guitar when Kenny is knocking on his door? Does he have no manners?' Well, the sad fact is, no I don't. The only thing I know is how to say please and thank you. You can just tell Mia's grandmother hates me can't you. Apparently, according to Lilly, she calls me 'The boy who is the brother of your so called best friend.' Needless to say, this little comment set Lilly off on how she is not a 'so called best friend' and about how Mia needs to become more assertive, so she would be able to tell her grandmother this. I still stick by what I said to Lilly the first time around.
Get over it. It 'aint gonna happen. Now, I like Mia, but that doesn't mean I think she has a hope in hell of becoming assertive. She's just too … nice, to stand up for herself. Don't get me wrong here; she can stand up for herself pretty well when she's mad. Burt that's the thing. When she's mad.
I've only ever seen Mia truly mad twice in my life.
1) When she was 7, and her teacher was trying to force-feed her some meatballs. Yeah, that was just frightening.
Highly entertaining though. Well, can you honestly say you wouldn't find it funny if a 7 year old girl took a plate of meatballs, and 'accidentally dropped' it into the teachers lap?
Yeah. Thought not.
The only other time I've seen Mia mad, is when she got that new look, and Lilly ripped into her about it. I didn't think it looked that bad really. Her hair wasn't yellow either. More of a … well yeah, it was yellow. But a nice yellow.
Woah, I went totally off track there didn't I. So where was I? Oh yes, where to put the guitar?
Under the bed? No, my Star Wars miniature figure collection is under there. (Don't laugh, they're cool.)
On the fire escape? No way. It might rain and I am not risking my guitar for anything or anyone.
Well, it'll have to be in the closet then. Aw I hope it'll be all right.
Ok, now time to face Kenny. The nasty, evil Kenny, who has no sense of pride. Can you tell I hate him?
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10:57pm
Oh I'm a genius. A fantastic genius. And apparently, I'm intimidating. Kenny cracked after 10 minutes alone with me. Oh that was truly the best fun I've ever had. Apparently, he's going to break it off with Mia tomorrow. He also said how sorry he was about taking Mia from me. Heehee. Here's how it went:
"Hey Kenny." I thought I'd start off nicely. It makes a change where Kenny's concerned. I guess that's why he started sweating and stuttering.
Oh Well.
"H-Hey M-Michael. Listen, sorry about this. Lilly's really strong. Did you know that? Oh, I guess you would, b-being her brother a-and all." He whimpered. Yeah. Is it just me, or does he sound really weak and pathetic right about now?
"Yeah Whatever." I snapped. I thought I might as well get straight to the point. I don't even like the guy, so why should I waste time with the niceties?
"Uh-" he started, but I cut him off. If he thought this was going to be fun, he had another thing coming.
"Why are you dating Mia?" I asked. I thought I'd ask the one question on my mind.
"Because I love her." He answered simply. And for once, I believed him. That didn't stop the next few words escaping my mouth though.
"But I love her too." I finished quietly. Sending both Kenny and myself into shock.
When did the Like, turn into Love?
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