Chapter 2- Some One like You
"Well," he started after a brief moment of silence, "What is it? You can trust me." She looked into his eyes and didn't know whether to break down into his arms, or just run. The thought had come to her mind multiple times in the past 20 minutes but she ignored it. "It's…" it's us she thought, but fought to ignore it, "it's Josie." A confused look appeared on Marshall's face. "Josie just told Vaughn how she feels and…" she couldn't finish. She couldn't burden Marshall with this. It was one thing for her to hide this from Lucas, but Marshall lived with the guy, she couldn't make him lie to his best friend. "It's ok, " he started, "I'm sure Lucas will be ok." He was trying to convince her, but even he didn't believe it. Sure Lucas hadn't been pining over Josie as often, but that didn't mean he wouldn't be upset. "But, " she started up again, "that's not it." For some reason he felt a sinking feeling in his gut. "What do you mean?" he gulped out. "When Josie told Vaughn, he sort of, well," she couldn't spit out the words, "he kind of, walked off." Now he just didn't know what was going on. Corrine could sense this and knew she had to say something. "I mean, I'm afraid that she's going to say or do something that she'll regret." Corrine was worried. "It'll be ok," he had a feeling this comforting wasn't working.
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"Why am I such an idiot?" Vaughn thought to himself out loud. After Josie had told him, he had walked away like a coward. Football was simple. Girls were much more complicated. He always thought Josie liked him, but he couldn't do that to Lucas. It had taken too long for him to finally earn Lucas' trust to go back now. "PEARSON!" Stew yelled at him, snapping him back to reality, "Game on Saturday! Pay Attention!" He couldn't believe it, but Stew was right. They had a game in two days, and Blake Holsey couldn't afford losing it. "Come On Vaughn, You can do this," he thought, trying to convince himself. He couldn't quit, not now. "BLUE 42, HUT, HUT, HIKE!" Vaughn was left with the ball searching for an open man, but the play wasn't coming out right; One of his guys kept getting flattened by Stew, and he had no idea what to do about it. "What am I doing?" he asked himself sincerely, "I can't do this…. not now." He couldn't just leave his team there though. "Travis!" he yelled to a scrawny 2nd Stringer, "Take Over for Me!" As the boy known as Travis hurriedly got ready, Vaughn could here the confused yells at him from his teammates. "Sorry Guys," he said while running backwards towards the school, "there's something I need to do."
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While every one of his friends were busy worrying about him, Lucas Randall was lying on his bed, waiting for Science to start. Unlike the rest of his peers he didn't feel there was anything wrong for him at the moment, and also unlike the rest of his friends he had come to a realization about himself. Well, more about her than him. It seemed for a while that the members of the science club were coupling up, which made him start to think. Corrine and Marshall were made for each other, and he had recently come to realize that so were Josie and Vaughn. Everyone felt bad for him, he was in love with a girl that loved someone else, but he knew different. He wasn't in love with Josie Trent, he did care about her, but it wasn't the way it used to be. He and Vaughn had become friends, and though Josie was the thing that had kept them apart, he couldn't help but thank her. He had to go talk to Josie, and even if she was on the brink of self-destruction, he needed to set things straight. He had heard from Corrine that she was out by the big oak, and he only had 15 minutes before science started. He got up and looked outside, he spotted her sitting curled up a while away from the picnic tables. As Lucas ran down the stairs, he thought about what he would say to her, and then realized that it didn't matter.
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Josie was still thinking about Vaughn by the time Lucas walked over to her. As Lucas walked towards her, he realized why he had fallen for her in the first place. Though her face was stained with tears, the sun was shining through her hair almost perfectly, giving her the faint resemblance of an angel. Josie snapped out of her trance as she felt a body side down next to her. "So," he started, "nice weather we're having huh?" He was trying desperately (and failing) to make her laugh. "Josie, are you ok?" Of Course she's not ok Lucas, what kind of idiot question is that, he asked himself. As he tried to console her, she burst into rambles . "Lucas, I went to see Vaughn, and then I told him, and he walked off, and now im sitting here, and Corrine came, and, and…." She couldn't hold it in much longer. Josie burst into tears. "Lucas," she said in between sobs, "maybe you were right the whole time. Lucas couldn't help but be confused. "About…." He started. "Vaughn." Josie stated matter of factly, "About how we can't trust him, and that….that…" She couldn't finish a sentence without breaking down. "Um, Josie," Lucas interrupted, "before you say anything else, I have something I need to tell you."