Chapter 5

Seth tried not to act overly excited in physics when Mahea walked in. She sat down next to him and smiled, remembering her little way of thanking him that morning. Seth still didn't know what to think of it, but he didn't want to get too excited about it.

"Okay guys, let me check the rest of your textbooks really fast." Mrs. Parker announced and quickly went up every isle and checked off students with their books covered.

She returned to her desk and smiled at the class. "Well guys, today we'll be heading into our textbooks to take a look at chapter one!" She said enthusiastically as the students moaned. "Oh c'mon, it's not that bad." She said and opened her textbooks. Slowly the students did that as well.

"I'm gonna try something new this year." She told them. "I'll try to go over each chapter with a PowerPoint, that way you guys don't die of boredom if I did it through lectures." She said, hearing sigh's of relief's coming from the class. Mrs. Parker turned off the lights and began her PowerPoint.

Mahea took out her notebook to start jotting down notes, while the students in back of her got comfortable in their seats and began to fall asleep. Mahea and Seth, along with the other students couldn't help but laugh whenever someone began snoring in the back of the class. The bell rang in no time, and mostly everyone raced out of the class, except for those who were just waking up.

The day went by rather quickly, and it was already time for Theatre Performance class with yet another game to play. After class, Dylan, Clarissa, Reggie, Seth and Mahea agreed to go to Tony's to hang out for a while. Seth and Mahea walked together both went to their lockers before they went to Tony's. Seth's locker was only down the hall from Mahea's, so they decided to go together.

"Hi." Mahea heard a voice from behind her. It was Damien, walking up to her.

She smiled. "Hi." She replied, and put some of her books into her locker. "Damien, right?" She asked for reassurance.

He nodded. "Yeah." He shoved his hands in his pockets, not sure what to say. "So, umm, I heard you're new here."

"Yeah, I just moved a couple weeks ago." She took her physics book out of her locker.

Damien cleared his throat. "So, maybe we can, ya know…" He stumbled over his words. "We can, um, hang out together, sometime…" He finally got out.

Mahea closed her locker and looked at him. "Yeah, sure." She smiled. She saw Seth walking up to them. "Hey Seth." She said, making Damien turn around to look at Seth's troubled face.

"Hey." Seth said with no enthusiasm in his voice at all.

Damien nodded. "Hey." Damien could feel the uncomfortable vibes from both Seth and Mahea so he decided it'd be best to take his leave. "Well, I'll see you later then." He said to Mahea. "Bye." He waved and turned around.

"See ya." She said to him. Both Mahea and Seth watched him walk away, then they turned to each other.

"What was that about?" Seth asked her as they started walking down the hall.

Mahea shrugged. "Oh, I don't know. He just asked to hang out sometime." She told him.

Seth looked at her, surprised. "Hang out?" He questioned, fiddling with his jacket zipper. "You mean, like on a date or something?" He asked her awkwardly.

Mahea chuckled. "Nah, I doubt it. Probably not." She told him, noticing Seth's unusual behavior.

Seth let out a deep breath. "Good." He said, then his face went red. "I mean, umm, I just…never mind." He said, completely embarrassed at what he just said.

They met up with Dylan, Reggie and Clarissa and showed Mahea around the neighborhood and took her to Tony's. They've all been going to Tony's since eight grade, and they even had their own table. They talked about school, classes, and just tried to relax now that school was in session. Mahea felt good that she'd made friends at school and she felt even better that she was hanging out with them.

Seth walked up to his front door and saw Shane's car in the driveway. "Hey Shane." Seth said when he walked in. Shane, Claire, and Julie were in the living room.

"Hi honey." Julie said from the couch. "Good day today?" She asked him, leaning on the edge of her seat.

Seth nodded. "Yeah, pretty good." He looked at Shane and Claire. "Is something wrong?" He asked, concerned.

"Oh no," Claire began to say. "We just came by to visit." She said, calming Seth down.

"Shane's been telling us you're having fun in Theatre Performance." Julie smiled.

Seth smiled. "Yeah, it's pretty fun. Some cool people this year." He told them.

"And that you've got a crush on some girl." Zoe commented, walking through the living room.

"What?" Seth asked, surprised she said that. "What girl?"

Zoe shrugged, walking into the kitchen then back to the living room. "I don't know. Shane was saying something about a girl in your theatre class." She said, one hand on her hip. "Mom have you seen my cell?" She asked, then followed her mom's gesture to the small table by the couch.

Seth looked at Shane. "What girl?" He asked, trying to sound casual.

Shane smiled. "You know what girl." He chuckled.

Claire and Julie looked at each other and smiled. "So, who's this girl Seth?" Julie asked him.

Seth looked around the room then shrugged. "Uh, I don't know. Just some girl." He said quietly. "Nothing big."

"It's Mahea." Shane said, making Seth jerk his head up.

"Shane!" He exclaimed, drawing his hands up to his face and burying it in them.

Claire looked surprised. "Oh, Mahea." She exchanged looks with Shane, then turned to Seth. "Well Seth, I think Mahea's a very intelligent, gifted and sweet girl." She said.

"Oh that's sweet Seth." Julie beamed.

Seth nodded. "Yeah okay." He slowly turned to walk out of the room. "I'm gonna go burry myself under by bed now. Bye." He said, and trailed off to his room.

"Who's Mahea?" Julie asked them. Claire and Shane decided they should tell her about Mahea.

"So, who's the girl?" Zoe asked from her doorway, watching Seth walk up the stairs.

"Leave me alone. I already embarrassed myself in front of mom. I'd rather not have a repeat of it with you." He said.

She shrugged. "That's okay, I was listening, so you don't need to tell me." She smirked.

Seth looked at her. "Thanks."

Lulu came out of her room and stopped in front of them. "What are we talking about?" She asked cheerfully.

"Nothing." Seth quickly replied.

"Seth likes a girl from school." Zoe taunted.

Both Zoe and Lulu began to chuckle, so Seth walked off to his room. Ignoring the fact that they were both following him into his room, he took his backpack off and jumped onto his bed.

"What?" He asked them.

Lulu looked at him for a few moments. "Do you really like a girl?" She asked him.

He stared back. "Why would it matter to you?" He said, not answering her question.

"That just means it's a yes." Zoe said.

Seth sat up on his bed. "Okay, why are you guys doing this?" He looked at the two of them. "Really, it doesn't have anything to do with either of you. You could care less what goes on in my life." He said, looking at Zoe.

"I know, but it's still interesting to know what does go on in your weird life." Zoe said, plopping herself down next to him, and Lulu sat down on the floor in front of them.

"So, what's her name, and what's she like?" Zoe asked him pleasantly.

Seth rolled his eyes. "This is when I wish I had older brothers." He said, annoyed.

Zoe slapped his knee. "Seriously Seth, we wanna know." She told him as Lulu nodded.

"Yeah, I mean, you've never had a girlfriend before." Lulu commented.

"Thanks Lulu." Seth replied, still annoyed.

"What I mean is that, this girl might actually like you too. So you could maybe end up dating." She said, getting excited.

Seth thought about Mahea for a few seconds, then smiled. "Well, she did kiss me." She said, which got both Zoe and Lulu excited.

"She kissed you!" Zoe exclaimed, almost jumping off the seat.

"Well, it was only on the cheek." He quickly told her.

She waved her hand, dismissing that comment. "So what, it's still a kiss. Trust me, I should know." Zoe smiled, Lulu giggled.

"So?" Lulu said. "Tell us what happened!" She said enthusiastically.

Seth felt that he wouldn't be able to get himself out of this situation, so he might as well tell them about Mahea. It wouldn't kill him to tell them, but he still would've like older brothers to talk about Mahea. But he had to make do with his sisters for now.