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Stubborn

Andrew and Darien were becoming fast friends. They soon became the two hottest guys in the school. They were both the leader of their sport. Andrew, basketball and Darien, football. Darien's ego grew tremendously, for he wasn't used to all this attention. He was usually known for being the "top student". This annoyed Serena because he just got cockier and cockier.

She rolled her eyes when she saw Darien get his lunch and all the girls crowded over him and begged him to sit at their table. Girls these days are so pathetic… To her surprise, he chose to sit next to her! She then received angry looks.

"Uh, what are you doing?"

"Hello to you too, Meatball Head."

"Why are you sitting here?"

"I was thinking that if I sat here, the girls might run away after seeing your face."

She clenched her fists. "You egotistical, conceited…-"

Darien ignored her and greeted Mina as she sat down. "Hey, Mina."

"Hey, Darien. Why are you sitting here? Is that hunk of a friend of yours, Andrew going to sit here by any chance?"

Serena's eyes widened and her anger was forgotten. "Andrew is sitting here?" She got you her mirror and check if she looked okay.

"I'm sitting here because the other girls won't follow me here. As for Andrew, yeah, as long as Serena's face doesn't scare him away too!" he said laughing as he watched Serena fixing her hair.

Serena stopped and glared at him. She ignored him and turned to Mina. "Do I look okay?"

"Of course, you're beautiful. If you didn't wear everything so baggy, then maybe guys would notice your figure. I mean your looks could compete against mine. We could both be the two hottest girls in the school like Darien and Andrew are the hottest guys. Oh, and we could hook-up with them. Me with Andrew and you with Darien."

Darien was laughing until he heard the last part. "WHAT!"

Mina nodded. "Just to think of it, you both look cute together."

Darien and Serena look at her in disbelief.

"Me with Meatball Head? That just couldn't happen."

They both started laughing hysterically.

"Really," Mina said.

They both stopped and looked the other direction and said, "Whatever."

Then Andrew came over. "Hey, guys!"

The two girls had a dreamy look in their eyes and chorused, "Hi, Andrew."

Darien rolled his eyes. "So, we're sitting her today because the girls won't follow us here."

Andrew nodded and sat down. "Good idea. So what's up? What's with all the tension?"

"Nothing," Darien and Serena said simultaneously.

Mina gave them an amused look, but didn't say anything. "So, Andrew, how long have you been working at the arcade?"

"Oh, my dad let me work there when I turned 15. Someday, he said I can own it, but I don't know if I want to, I might do something else in my life, you know?" Andrew replied.

"Oh, yeah, I totally understand. I want to be who I want to be and be happy, not something my parents made me do. Did you ever tell him that you don't know if you want to take that on?"

"No, I feel guilty, you know? I mean, he wants to pass it down to me. Like father, like son. My grandfather owned it and gave it to him and he wants to pass down the tradition. I just don't want to hurt his feelings."

"I understand, but you should tell him sooner or later or you won't be happy in the future. He would understand; he just wants you to be happy right?"

"Yeah, right. Thank, Mina. I'll talk to him about it. You're the best."

"I know, I try. I should start some advice column or something, what do you think Serena?"

She snapped out of her trance of staring at Andrew. "Oh, yeah, good idea."

"Can I speak to Serena alone for a minute?" she asked the guys.

They nodded.

She pulled her aside. "Serena, Darien is yours, remember? I can feel the connection with you two. Not with Andrew. If you guys weren't so stubborn, you guys would be together by now. Why is it that he hasn't shown any interest in any girl yet? He just hangs out with YOU! Not any other girl."

"That just because he likes to tease me. We've always been like this since we were kids, only we didn't dislike each other like this, we were actually best friends."

Mina rolled her eyes. "Yes, and it evolved over the years into a crush. That's what it is called. There is no such thing as a girl being best friends with a guy without feelings."

Now Serena rolled her eyes. "Whatever. Look, the guys are waiting for us." She walked back towards their table.

She sighed and followed. This was going to be harder than she thought.

"What do you think they're talking about?" Andrew asked Darien.

He shrugged his shoulders. "Us? They're girls, how should I know?"

"I couldn't help but feel the tension between you and Serena. Is there something you aren't telling me?"

Darien rolled his eyes. "Well, you felt wrong. Nothing is going on."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

He sighed. He could see the connection. "You are so stubborn."

"Whatever, shut up, they're coming back," Darien said spotting the girls heading back to the table.

Mina picked up her lunch. "Time to go to class. Would you guys mind being the gentleman that you are and walk us to our next class?"

Serena gave her a look.

"Sure," Andrew replied and walked next to Mina.

Darien gave him a look, but was ignored by Andrew because he was staring into Mina's eyes. He sighed and walked next to Darien.

"What were you guys talking about?" Darien asked.

"Nothing," Serena replied.

"Come on, tell me."

"No."

"Why?"

"Fine," she growled. "She thinks there is a connection between us, she can be so weird. We've only been just friends."

Somehow, that hurt him inside, but he pushed it aside. "Yeah, friends. What else would we be Meatball Head?"

"Yeah, well see you after school. Remember that you are going to take me home later because my dad wants to chat again."

"Yeah."

They boys left them and went to their class.

"So, what is this about him taking you home?"

"Nothing, my dad just likes talking to him. On his way, he can just drop me off."

"You can't just walk?"

"No, he would follow me home and torture me."

"Sure…" she said disbelieving.

"That's the only reason."

"Okay," she said and let it go before Serena exploded.

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