Chapter 3
She sits right in front of me. I cant believe I've never noticed her before. What the hell was a preoccupied with? School work??
I smile at her outfit again. It's so normal. Nice…but normal. And the look really suits her. And the earthy, rich colours really compliment her auburn hair and honey eyes. And I don't know when the hell I became the 6th member of Queer Eye for a Straight Guy….but what I mean is…she looks like she knows who she is and she's comfortable with it. She's comfortable to be seen reading a book while she's walking down a school corridor. She's comfortable with wearing one of the ugliest scarves on the planet and adorning her feet with shoes that look like they were made when I was born. I like that. She seems like the kind of person I would've chosen as a friend in grade school. When friends were actually chosen and not just assigned to you depending on what clique you belonged to.
I crane my neck to try and get a look at the name on her folder. Haley James is etched in neat even writing in the top corner. Haley. My mums sister is called Haley- except she spells it Hayley. She was always my favourite aunt- she's quite similar my mom except a lot less spineless. I know- I should probably be more supportive of my mom, but I just cant help it, I get so frustrated with her. I love her, of course I do, sometimes I even like her. I just wish she'd grow a backbone and stand up to my dad once in a while.
Haley James must feel my eyes on her because she turns around.
"Can I help you?" she asks looking me straight in the eye. Man she's got awesome eyes. I'm a sucker for girls eyes. I don't have a colour preference or anything like that. They can have whatever hair colour and eye colour as long as everything's in the right place and they have personality, they're eligible. Maybe not for me, but still eligible. My best friend Jake loves girls with blue eyes. And Nate has a thing for blondes. Me? I think the female species are spectactular in general. But I guess it does take a lot for me to get seriously interested in a girl. Brooke spent forever matchmaking herself with me before I'd even consider a date with her. And I'm still not sure that us going out is right.
It's funny how much you can tell from a persons eyes. Brooke has these green, mischeiveous eyes. Even when she's in the most innocent situation it looks like she's thinking up some kind of prank or she's thinking about….y'know….sex. She has very sexy eyes. Haley James has big honey brown doe eyes. They look gentle and innocent and smiley. Even when she's not smiling.
"No…I'm good thanks." I give her an arrogant grin. Guys like me tend to give arrogant grins whether we mean to or not. Arrogant grins kind of come with the territory of popular guy. She gives me a kind of freaked out looking smile that plainly says 'ooook-weirdo…' and turns back around.
I keep watching her. She's scribbling away in her notes. I wonder what she's writing. I lean round my desk again to look at her paper. She stops writing abruptly and slowly turns around. "Seriously…what are you doing?" the expression on her face is kind of a mix between amusement, bewilderment and mild annoyance.
I know how stupid I must look so I decide to try and charm my way out of it.
"Just wondering what you were writing." I reply with what I like to think is an impressively captivating smile.
She raises an eyebrow and gestures to the whiteboard- clearly she is not taken in by my charm.
"Try what's on the board. And it's nice that you're so interested, seeing as you should probably be writing it to." she says glancing at my blank paper.
I'm surprised at her treatment of me. I know you're thinking "wow- that Lucas Scott- he really is arrogant-it's not just the grin" But it's just the truth. I'm used to girls swooning over me, giving up their boyfriends just for a shot with me, receiving 1000 watt smiles just because I said "can I borrow your pencil?" to them.
It's not like I'm attracted to this Haley James or anything. I mean- she's very pretty and all that but I have a girlfriend. A really hot girlfriend. A really hot girlfriend called Brooke. With sexy eyes.
I'm just interested- y'know?