Note: Jola! Wow, that's the word my friend and I made up, yeah, so....here's the story...Oh, BTW this is the big romancey chapter for the moment, it focuses all on the romance in the story! Woohoo! Read on, kids, read on!

Chapter 5 - Fluffy Lovey Doveyness!

Marta

"Aloha," I said, walking up to Freddy's locker. He half-smiled and stuffed his math book behind some notebooks.

"Hey," he said quietly, slamming the door shut.

"What's wrong, sweetie?" I asked, smiling. We had become extremely close over our little 'plan' to get Jack and Jenny back and suddenly, I didn't want Jack back. I liked Freddy much better, even if it was only fake. He began to talk, but Jenny strode up and grabbed his hand, kissing him on the cheek.

"Don't worry, Marta, you two don't have to act anymore. Freddy told me all about it on our date last weekend. It was sweet of you to help out in getting our relationship back together." I looked from Jenny to Freddy. Freddy stood staring at his shoes.

"Oh," I began, feeling a lump in my throat, "Okay, I'm...er...glad for you, Freddy. See you later." Feeling hot tears stinging the back of my eyes, I quickly fled the halls of Horace Green and ran to the gigantic magnolia tree.

Freddy

"I'll be right back, Jenny," I said, quickly running after Marta.

"Don't be to long, sugar!" she squealed. I rolled my eyes, she was really annoying. And she was no fun. Come to think of it, I really didn't like anything about her. Marta was much better. She was fun, she had the same interests as me, and she didn't just talk about herself and make-up. I quickly scanned the schoolyard to find Marta sitting under our spot, the magnolia tree.

"Hey, Blondie," I said, sitting down next to her. She quickly turned away from me, wiping tears away from her cheeks.

"What's wrong?" I asked, obviously knowing the answer.

"There's a certain boy who is messing with my emotions," Marta said, giggling slightly. I smiled, she could always act happy, no matter what. "What's wrong with you?"

I grinned. "There's a certain girl that I adore."

Her face fell, "Jenny?"

I laughed, "No, stupid, you can't take a hint!"

"Are you serious?" she asked excitedly. I just rolled my eyes and brought my lips to meet hers.

Zack

"Hello, Zack!" Eleni said to me, fluttering her eyelashes. I half-smiled, not ever really paying attention to what she was saying, I was looking for Summer. After she and I had talked at Dewey's the other day I couldn't stop thinking about her. Two days ago I would of jumped at the chance to talk to Eleni, but right now, I didn't really care that she was standing in front of me, flirting like crazy.

"Hey, Leni, have you seen Summer?" Eleni put on a fake pouty face.

"You would rather talk to the teacher's pet goody-goody than me?" I thought about the question she had just asked me. What had happened to my mad crush on Eleni? I immediately knew the answer. It had developed into a mad crush on Summer.

"Yes," I answered, truthfully, "Have you seen her?" Eleni looked extremely angry. I bit my lower lip so hard it was almost bleeding just so I wouldn't laugh.

"I think she's in her homeroom," she said through clenched teeth.

"Thanks, Len!" I turned on my heel and walked away, bursting into a fit of laughter. I quickly headed to Summer's homeroom to find her sitting in a desk on the front row scribbling quickly in a notebook.

"Someone forget to do homework?" I asked, leaning in the doorframe. She looked up and grinned.

"Surprising though it is, I fell asleep working on it last night. And I can't seem to do it right."

"What is it?" I asked, walking over and looking at her work. "Ah, math. You're in luck, Miss Hathaway, because math is the one and only subject I'm good at!" She giggled and I began to look it over. After explaining it to her she began to scribble furiously on the paper, her brow furrowed in concentration.

I must have been ogling at her because as soon as she finished she said, "Staring at my amazingly good looks?"

I smiled. "Yes." She gasped as I leaned forward, diminishing the space in between our faces.

I cupped her face in my hands just as I heard, "Get a room, children." It was Mr. Kreyton, our homeroom teacher. He was kind of wacky like that. We broke apart, both grinning, Summer blushing like crazy. Wow. I thought. Wow.

There ya go! Hey, if you liked 'Familiar Faces' I'm about to post the beginning of the sequel right after this one so get some more reading done!

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