Hay Lin's Love Bug
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Chapter 2: The Date
Hay Lin was coming out of Art and was heading toward the Gym. She was hoping to catch her love as he was going to his locker. Many people tried to talk to Hay Lin while she was on her way to the gym, but she just blew them off. Finally, she arrived at the gym, and luckily, they hadn't been let out of class yet. So she waited for a few minutes then finally a rush of students slammed through the doors. She searched for the boy, but he didn't come. So she looked inside after the pile of kids were gone, and saw he was talking to the gym teacher, so she went into the bathroom and washed her hands.
While she was standing at the sink, she watched out the door looking for the hot boy. Finally, he walked past. She quickly dried her hands in a bunch of towels and rushed out the door. She saw him and locked her eyes on him. She saw his locker. It was right near the main doors. In fact, it was the very first one on the right side of the hallway.
Hay Lin acted as if she was going to go out the front doors but when she got to him he got down on his knees trying to reach his books, so Hay Lin couldn't nudge him. Instead, she acted as if she was going to walk past him. She grabbed the doorknob, and then slowly turned around and asked, "Are you new here?" In the sweetest voice she could.
"Huh?" he mumbled as he looked all around trying to see who was talking.
"Right here," she said while cracking a small smile.
"Uh. Yes, yes I'm new here. Are you?"
"No, I'm not."
"Oh."
"So, have you met a group of people yet to eat with at lunch?"
"Uh, well… No, not really."
"Well, I don't have a group either. Would you like to go eat with me today?"
"Um, yea, sure. That'd be nice. Thanks."
"No problem. So, what kind of food do you like? Would a burger and fries be okay?"
"Yes. That's fine."
"Okay, well, we can go to the burger stand by the park and eat there if you want."
"Sure, sounds good," he said while standing up, arms fully loaded of books.
"Wow, first day - one class - and you already have that many books?"
"Huh? Well, I'm studying some things. These are my own books."
"Oh, okay. Well, don't take those to lunch; just drop them in your locker. How about I meet you at the stairs just outside?"
"Okay, I'll see you there," he said while smiling slightly.
"Okay, see ya," Hay Lin said over her shoulder while rushing to second period – she was going to be late if she walked.
She got inside her next class, Math, which she dreaded, and plopped down in the back seat. Taranee was in there with her, but she was sitting in the front row. Taranee's favorite subject was Math. She loved doing fractions and equations; all the things Hay Lin hated.
After second period it was time for lunch, so Hay Lin headed down the front lawn to wait for her date. Unluckily, while Hay Lin was waiting, Cornelia came up to her. She had just walked over from the other building.
"Hey," she said, "Are you eating the school's lunch with us?"
"Um, sorry no. I'm going somewhere else today."
"Oh, well, okay…. With whom?" she asked while getting her ear close to Hay Lin's mouth.
"Nunya."
"What?"
"Nunya."
"What's that mean, Hay Lin?"
"None ya business."
"Oh, okay. Be that way then! We'll find out sooner or later you know," she said while smiling and walking away.
"Pah!" Hay Lin replied hastily, yet smiling.
Then Hay Lin's love popped up out of no where. He walked up to Hay Lin and said, "You ready?"
"Yes," she said, "This way."
Hay Lin followed the sidewalk out until she got to the road and turned to look at the boy. "By the way, what's your name?" she said while smiling.
"Oh, it's James."
"James what?"
"James Stanson."
"Oh, wow," she said while fixing his collar, "I like that name."
"Um, thanks," he said while looking at what she was doing with his shirt. He noticed that she unbuttoned one of the bright blue buttons on it. He gave a nervous smile then asked, "How long do we have for lunch?"
"Oh yea, not long, just 30 minutes. Let's go. Try to keep up with me."
"Okay."
A few minutes later, James said, "You know, you walk really nice; almost as if you're walking on air."
"Oh, uh, yea," Hay Lin said nervously as she looked down at her feet.
"Is this the burger stand you were talking about?" James asked while nodding toward a stand parked beside a park bench.
"Yep! That's it!" she exclaimed excitingly.
"Here, let me pay," James said.
"Oh, okay, I was going to but, okay..."
After James got the burgers, fries, and drinks, he asked where they should go.
"Over there at that bench under that really wide tree. See it? That's my favorite spot," Hay Lin said.
"Okay, that's fine."
Hay Lin and James walked slowly over to the bench and sat down. James sat down on one side with his drink laying on the bench right beside the arm rest. Hay Lin wanted to be closer to him though, so she scooted over and put her soda beside her, too, on the bench.
Then she tried to think of something to say to make conversation. She remembered that the girls that morning were talking about baseball.
"Do you play any sports?" she asked.
"Yes, I play Little League but I don't play anything for the school."
"Oh. Well, do you like it here so far?" She asked as she took a sip of her drink.
"It's okay. I came from New York, so it's a lot different."
"Oh, I've always lived here. I love it."
"Do you know any places to play baseball?"
"Yes! There's a diamond right here in this park!" she said excitingly as she finished her burger. "You want to play a little after we finish?"
"Sure. That sounds fun."
They both finished their fries rather quickly; both wanting to play baseball, then threw their trash away in the nearest trash can.
"Are you ready to run?" Hay Lin asked while grabbing James' hand.
"Huh?"
Hay Lin pulled at James' hand and pulled him along as she ran over to the nearest baseball diamond.
"Here, there are a couple of bats and gloves in this storage room," Hay Lin said while letting go of James' hand and walking into a building beside the diamond. She came out with one bat and one glove. Then she picked up a ball from the ground.
"Here," she said handing James the glove and ball, "You want to throw me one?"
"Sure," James replied.
James walked to the small hill where you pitch and threw the ball.
Hay Lin aimed, swung, and missed – very badly – then said, "Wow, you're good, or I'm bad." Even from that distance, she could see him blush.
"Um, you want me to teach you how to hit it? Because, no offense, but that was pretty bad."
Hay Lin blushed brightly and nodded.
James walked over and said, "All right, now stand facing this way," he said while putting his hands on her hips going up under her vest a little bit – which gave her butterflies – and moved her so her side would be facing him. "Ok, now, hold the bat like this," he said while moving his hands from her hips to her arms and slid his hands down her arms to her own hands. He made her hands bring the bat back behind her head then he slowly swung it and yelled, "BAM!"
Hay Lin jumped and screamed at the same time. Then James started laughing.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you," he said.
"Don't worry about it."
"Okay, but when I said bam, that's when you hit the ball, and stop swinging the bat. It just stops moving all together. Then you run to first base… and then so on… but if it goes really far, you might as well go all the way around to home."
"All right. Let me try, wait, how do you swing again?" she said while smiling innocently.
"Like this," he said while holding her hands and slowly moving the bat out and stopping. "All right, do you get it now?"
"Yes, I think I do."
"Okay, then I'm going to go pitch."
"All right."
James ran back over to the small hill and threw the ball.
"Strike one!" James yelled. "Good try though!"
"Thanks," Hay Lin said while throwing the ball back to James. He caught it and it made his arm go back a bit.
"Wow, good throw, I can't wait 'til I can bat."
"OH NO!" Hay Lin suddenly shrieked.
"What?" James asked very startled.
"It's time for 3rd period!"
"Oh crap! Let's go!"
James ran over to Hay Lin and grabbed her hand while throwing down his glove. Hay Lin threw her bat down too and blushed all over while looking at James' hand and thinking about what had just happened.
"You want to do that again tomorrow? I want to bat with you," James said.
"Sure. I'll meet you at the same spot," Hay Lin said after going up the stairs to the school. Once they got inside, they both let go of each other's hand.
"I might see you in the hallway sometime," James said.
"All right, I'll see ya." Hay Lin waved goodbye as she ran to her next class. She walked in and was about three minutes late. When the teacher asked why she was late she said, "I went out to eat on my bike, and on the way back the chain broke. Sorry I'm late."
"Just take a seat," he addressed to Hay Lin, and then to the class, "It doesn't matter where you sit, though. In this class you will have assigned seats."
Hay Lin ended up sitting beside Martin, who had a huge crush on Irma. It was okay though, because Hay Lin started doodling and daydreaming about lunch.
It was the end of the day and Hay Lin was going over to her bike to unlock it from the bike rack, but suddenly her friends came up to her.
"Why haven't you talked to us at all today?" Will asked.
"Sorry, I was sort of thinking about something else." Hay Lin said.
"Hay Lin, did you meet a guy today?" Irma asked.
"Maybe," she said. Suddenly her pager started beeping. She needed to call her mom. "Hold on a second guys," she said while flipping out her cell phone.
Hay Lin talked to her mom and when she got off the phone she said, "Sorry guys, my parents said I can't go anywhere tonight; they're packed for some reason at the restaurant."
"Oh, well, you don't mind if we stop by do you?" Cornelia asked.
"And give me more work? Come on guys, I thought you were my friends. Listen, tomorrow after school let's meet at Cornelia's or something. I'll tell you everything there. Okay?"
"Sure, my place," Cornelia said.
Hay Lin jumped on her bike and hurried home.