Chapter 4: First Day at School Pt. 4
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Kaiana drummed her fingers on her notebook, feeling her mind begin to wander. Her brain was refusing to pay attention to the teacher. Nathan was absolutely right. Definitely no excitement here in Math…or shall we say Geometry I. She sneaked a glance at Nathan, who was sitting next to her, not surprised to see he appeared just as bored as she was. Apparently staring at the blank page on his notebook seemed to be more interesting than paying attention to the teacher. She looked at her watch and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw it was almost time for class to be over. Then the bell was ringing and it was time to head to American History. She and Nathan said their goodbyes and then she was off to find her History class.
American History wasn't that bad because she had Jake to keep her company. He genuinely seemed like a nice guy and Kaiana appreciated that. Actually, everyone seemed pretty cool…everyone except Justin and Allen. Now those guys reminded her of the spoiled jerks she met when she had been apart of the modeling industry. The bell rung thankfully, pushing both Justin and Allen out of her head. She got up and quickly gathered her stuff to head to her next class, waving goodbye to Jake first before continuing down the hall. Her next class, Biology, was the only class for the morning where she had felt completely alone. The teacher seemed ok…a Dr. Brown…and at least there didn't seem to be any jerks in this class. The students only stared at her for a moment because she was new, but then they soon lost disinterest.
She had actually managed to take some actual notes in this class. The only thing she had written down from Geometry and American History were the homework assignments that were due on Thursday. At least she had two days to finish them. Thankfully, Biology was finally over and it was time for lunch. She realized that she was starving. She had been too nervous about her first day at school to eat breakfast. She asked one of the students in the hall to direct her to the cafeteria and the girl was actually nice enough to show her the way. When they got to the cafeteria Kaiana thanked her and the girl walked away. She started scanning the cafeteria to try to find one of her new friends, but it was difficult. The cafeteria was loud and filled with teenagers, groups and cliques scattered about. Then her eyes caught sight of some guys with letter jackets sitting on top one of the tables. As she got closer, she realized it was Nathan, Jake, Tim, and Lucas.
Jake was the first person to see her and he waved her over. She began making her way over to them weaving her way through the tables when she felt someone brush up on her from behind. A familiar voice whispered, "Hi sweetness" in her ear. When she turned around, she saw Justin walking backwards away from her with that same sickening smile on his face, waving his hand at her playfully. She rolled her eyes, brushing off her irritation at Justin, and continued walking over to Nathan and Lucas. When she finally got to their table, Lucas got up so that she could sit on the bench before he sat back down again on the top of the table, his feet resting on the bench. She glanced up at him to tell him thanks, but his gaze seemed to be riveted on someone. Kaiana followed his gaze and realized he was looking at Justin. Justin, Allen, and some other guys from the basketball team were sitting at a table on the other side of the cafeteria. Lucas raised an eyebrow in question because Justin was staring over at their table. Well, actually he was staring at her. Kaiana groaned softly, thinking to herself why this guy couldn't just give it rest. This was another example of how her mouth got her into drama.
Nathan noticed Justin staring at her too and his face hardened. "I can't believe this guy," said Nathan, his voice tinged with anger. "He has the nerve to be staring at you after the stuff he pulled in Math today." Kaiana thought that Nathan's anger would have cooled down by now, but she was obviously wrong, as she took note of the disgusted look he was sending Justin's way. Lucas turned a questioning glance towards her. He obviously wanted to know what Nathan was talking about. She hesitated to tell Lucas, because she didn't know how he would react. He seemed pretty close with Haley and she didn't think he would appreciate anyone making snide comments about her. As a matter of fact, she remembered Lucas saying something about him being Haley's best friend earlier this morning. Plus, she didn't feel like rehashing the whole situation with Justin grabbing her arm and the stupid stuff he had said to her. Before she could make a decision whether to tell him or not, Tim blurted it out.
"Man...Lucas you should have been there," said Tim, the excitement in his voice apparent. "Your brother here was about to pummel Justin today in homeroom. I thought Nathan was gonna explode!" Kaiana looked at Nathan and then Lucas. Brothers... she didn't know they were brothers. They never said anything, plus they look nothing alike.
Nathan saw the surprise on Kaiana's face. "We're…uuh…sort of half brothers," he said, clearly uncomfortable with the topic. "We have the same father." Lucas's face darkened for a second but then it was gone.
Of course, being the nosy person she was she had to ask more questions. "So do you guys live together too," she asked, glancing from one to the other.
"No," said Lucas emphatically. "I live with my mom and Nathan lives with him. She noticed he spat out the word "him". Nathan stiffened at Lucas's comment, but he said nothing. Kaiana instantly felt sorry for pushing the issue, because now the air was thick with tension.
She looked over at Jake for help and he offered her a small smile. "So Kaiana," said Jake, rubbing his hands nervously on his thighs. "Are you planning to attend any of our games? Are you even into basketball?"
She smiled at him in thanks for changing the subject. "I don't know...maybe. I'm not that into sports you know, but I may go to some games...you know...when I don't have anything better to do."
"Well, damn queen bee. We hope you can grace us with your presence," said Nathan sarcastically. He was smiling now and the stiffness had left his body. She snuck a glance at Lucas and found he also was wearing a small smile. She breathed a small sigh of relief at that. Lucas was so much sexier when he was smiling. As soon as that thought entered her mind, she closed her eyes in frustration. She couldn't seem to stop thinking those things about Lucas...not even for a second. Lucas noticed the strange look on her face and asked if she was ok. All she could do was stare at him like a dummy. She caught herself a moment later though and managed to mumble "yeah". Jake snorted and Kaiana looked at him. He looked at Lucas and then her, before sending her a wink. Great…she was doing such a good job of hiding her attraction to Lucas. Not.
Just then someone called out Nathan's name and Kaiana saw Haley, Peyton, and Brooke heading their way. "Hey handsome," said Haley after she kissed Nathan on the cheek. Nathan's mood changed from calm to almost giddy instantly. He seemed so in love with Haley that he could barely see straight. Kaiana wished she could find someone who made her feel like that and who would look at her the way Nathan was looking at Haley now.
Brooke nudged Kaiana, breaking her out of her thoughts. "So chica how is your first day going so far," she asked. "I see you've met some more of our gorgeous men here. You see anything you like?" At Brooke's comment, Haley and Peyton started laughing. Kaiana couldn't help but smile herself.
"Actually Brooke I was beginning to wonder if it's maybe something in the water here or if you guys have a machine that just cranks out hot guys," Kaiana replied, chuckling softly, her eyes moving from guy to guy. Brooke gave her a cheeky smile and flipped her brown hair over her shoulder.
She then leaned over and whispered in Kaiana's ear, "Yeah the guys here are hot…especially the blonde ones". Kaiana blushed because she realized Brooke was making a reference to Lucas. Brooke nudged her and started giggling.
"Oh come on Brooke," said Peyton, rolling her eyes with a small smile on her face. "Leave the poor girl alone. We should have warned you about her. Sorry Kaiana, but we can't control her."
Yeah," Haley said. "Brooke has a certain way with people. We're not sure if it's good way though."
"You're just jealous because I'm so charming and you're not" said Brooke, raising her eyebrows flirtatiously.
"Yeah Brooke," said Haley sarcastically. "That's what it is." And then they both dissolved into giggles. Kaiana looked over at Peyton to see what she would add, but she was too busy staring at Jake. Jake also seemed to be staring right back at her. Well, it seems I'm not the only one with a thing for someone on the team. She poked Peyton to get her attention, who promptly blushed when she realized she had been caught staring at Jake. She changed the subject by asking Kaiana how her classes were.
"They were ok…a little boring, but everything went fine," Kaiana said nonchalantly.
"Well, not everything," said Tim, grinning widely. Kaiana gave him a look, trying to convey to him to shut up. She was happy that they were off that subject and he was bringing it up again.
"Wait a minute," said Lucas. "That's right. You said something happened in homeroom today. What went down?" Kaiana looked over at Nathan to see if he wanted to tell Lucas or not.
Nathan sighed loudly. "Justin said something stupid today and I flipped out on him," he said looking over at his brother. "I earned an afternoon in detention for it."
Haley gave Nathan a concerned look and hugged him. "What did he say Nathan," she asked. "It must have been bad, because you usually have more tolerance for Justin than that. I mean I know he's an ass and everything, but---"
"Look, he said something about you ok," said Nathan, cutting Haley off abruptly. "He can talk about me all he wants, but I won't let him get away with talking smack about you."
"Thanks for defending me," Haley said, kissing him softly on the lips. "But you know that he likes trying to get a rise out of you."
"That's what I said," Jake piped up. "The guy is prick who's just jealous of Nathan. He knows that he'll never be as good of a player as Nathan or Lucas for that matter. But I kinda understand why Nathan flipped out. I mean he even tried to start something with Kaiana." At that Lucas sat straight up, his eyes narrowing.
Brooke's face turned serious as she stared down at Kaiana. "Are you alright," she asked. "What did he do to you? Tell me and I'll kick his butt for ya."
"Well he kinda asked to show me around town and I turned him down," said Kaiana. "Let's just say he wasn't too happy about that. Then when we were about to leave class, he said some more stupid stuff, but that's it." She hoped that explanation would appease everyone, but wouldn't you know Tim just had to keep it going.
"Apparently he grabbed her arm too," said Tim. "At least that's what Nathan told me and Jake. We had already left class so we didn't see it."
Lucas got up with his hands clenched at his sides. Kaiana followed his gaze over to where Justin and Allen were sitting. He looked like he was ready to kill, so she reached over and put a hand on his arm. "It's alright Lucas," she said. "He didn't hurt me. He wouldn't have done anything to me with Nathan right there so relax ok." Lucas ignored her and began walking over to where Justin and Allen were sitting. Kaiana quickly got up from the bench and jogged after him, reaching out and grabbing his hand to stop him. "Lucas…please," she pleaded. "Don't make a scene ok. Besides, I'm fine…see." She gave him a beaming smile to further reassure him. He sent another murderous glance at Justin's table. "Come one Lucas…I'm fine," she said. Lucas looked at her then and felt his anger melt away. Then he surprised both himself and Kaiana by entwining his fingers with hers. He stared into her eyes, momentarily forgetting about Justin. Kaiana looked down at their hands and swore her heart stopped for a second. She gave his hand a slight tug and led him back over to their table. The both of them resumed their seats, except Lucas sat down on the bench next to her instead of on the table.
"Look man," said Nathan. "He ain't worth it. Besides, he knows we would deal with him if he tried to hurt one of the girls." Kaiana glanced over at Justin and he was still giving her that annoying smile. Suddenly, she wasn't too sure if what Nathan said was true.
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