Chapter 2.

I woke up at 7:30 am the next day. With my thoughts only focused on Vaughn and why I was having feelings for him all of a sudden caused me to toss and turn all night. With it being a Saturday morning, it was way too early for me to be awake. I tried to fall asleep for the next 15 minutes, but it didn't work. I had to talk to Francie.

"Fran! Fran! Wake up!" I said softly as I walked into her room.
"Syd? What's wrong? Is there someone in the apartment?" She jolted straight up in bed.
"No. There's no one in the apartment. I just need to talk to you. It is important."
"What's so important that you had to wake me up at almost 8am? I don't have to get up for another 3 hours." She flopped back down onto her pillows while I sat at the edge of the bed.
"Francie, I have a crush on a guy."
"So you're finally admitting that you like Michael? Wow. Took you long enough." I sat there stunned. How did Francie know?
"How did you know it was Vaughn?" I questioned.
"Seriously, Syd. You've been living with me for 7 months now. I see the two of you. You're with each other almost everyday. When you're with him you guys are always touching each other and have all these inside jokes. I see it in both of you. The way you look at each other says it all. Weiss and I almost throw up our food every time we all hang out because you guys are so sweet with each other." Ok, so it was obvious to everyone else but me. Why have I been so blind?
"Really? You could see that I liked him? Do you think he feels the same way? Last night I just started to realize how great of a guy he is."
"So you just realized how good looking he is last night? Cause' there are about 10 girls in our Chemistry Lab that noticed since the start of the semester."
"I know Fran. It's just, I'm not supposed to feel this way. He's my best friend. I've known him forever. If I screw this up I could lose the one person I need the most." I tucked a loose strand behind my ear.
"You won't screw this up. Trust me, you just need to tell him how you feel. Besides, you're gonna feel a lot better when you let it all out."
"Thanks Francie. I'll let you go back to bed now."

The rest of the weekend went by in a blur. I avoided Vaughn as much as possible. Not because I didn't want to see him, because I sure as hell did. But I just didn't know what to say to him yet. It's not like I can just go up to him and say, "Hey Vaughn! Guess what, I like you now. Do you wanna be my boyfriend?" He'd laugh in my face and we'd never speak again.

I avoided him all the way till Tuesday morning when we had our Chemistry Lab with Francie and Weiss. Of course Vaughn had to be my lab partner. Weiss insisted at the beginning of the year that Vaughn be my partner so he could be partners with Francie and copy everything off of her. It was an Introduction to Chemistry class. Everyone had to take it since it was a General Education class.

For the first half hour we went over our quiz last week and I sat there stealing glances at Vaughn and sweating profusely. I think he caught me staring at him caused he mouthed the words, "Are you ok?" I just nodded my head and looked to the right.

That's when I caught Lauren Reed staring at Vaughn. She made it so blatantly obvious. You could tell she was practically undressing him with her eyes. I suddenly got agitated and clenched my fists on the lab table till my hands were turning white. Just looking at the way she was dressed made me angry. Honestly, who wears a halter top with their bra straps showing? And please girlfriend, if you're gonna try to be a blonde, please make sure your eyebrows are the same color. While still glaring at Lauren, I narrowed my eyes and gave her the 'back off my man' look. Suddenly, I felt a hand covering mine. I look up to see Vaughn smiling at me.

"You look a little tense Syd. Are you ok?" He didn't remove his hand from mine. I didn't mind at all.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Lauren Reed was giving me dirty looks and I got a little upset."
"It's ok. I think she's jealous of you anyways. She's been bugging Weiss for my number apparently."
"Oh, haha. I saw her looking at you." I giggled nervously. Seriously, I giggled. I don't giggle.
"Yeah whatever, she's a snob," He patted my hand twice and then removed it. I suddenly missed the warmth of his hand. "We're still on for tonight, right?"
"Of course. What time are you going to pick me up?"
"The game starts at 7:15 so I'll be at your place at 6." Vaughn gave me a quick smile and then turned back to listen to our professor.

I seriously wanted to look back at Lauren and stick my tongue out at her like we were three years old. For sure she saw the interaction between me and Vaughn. But I just turned back to her and smiled. She gave me a disgusted look and started to pick at her fingernails. Serves her right for trying to get with my Vaughn.

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