Chapter 8

Zoe finally started college on Monday, so she now had to drive Peter, Lulu and Seth to school on her way to her own school. Zoe spent the whole weekend complaining about starting school on Monday, and by now, everyone was able to tune her out quite well.

"I hate school." She moped, getting into the van. Seth got in the front seat and Lulu and Peter hopped in the back.

Julie sighed. "Well, you're gonna have to get over that, you have no choice." She said outside of the van.

Zoe rolled her eyes. "Whatever mom." She said, and started the car. "Bye." She said grumpily and started pulling out of the driveway. Peter, Seth and Lulu waved goodbye to their mom as she waved back.

"Bye guys!" She called to them, then turned to take Tyler to school.

"So," Zoe said, making conversation with Seth, which she rarely did. "You excited?" She asked.

Seth looked at her strangely. "About what?"

She rolled her eyes. "About seeing Mahea today. I mean, after you guys kissed and all." She teased, making him annoyed.

"I don't know." He told her. "I don't really care." He lied, hoping she'd stop asking about it.

"Really?" She questioned.

"Really." He stated.

Zoe smiled. "Then why don't you change what you wear? I mean, it's so weird." She told him.

"Why? Mahea likes what I wear." He said, looking at his clothes, then turned to Zoe who was grinning at him.

"You don't care, do you?" She smirked, making Lulu and Peter giggle in the back seat.

"Shut up." He replied, crossing his arms over his chest the rest of the way.

"Bye Zoe, bye Seth." Lulu said, getting out of the car. Peter followed her out of the car, then ran up this friends as they got closer to the building.

"Bye." Seth and Zoe both said, watching her walk up to her school building.

Lulu spotted her friend, Lacie and walked up to her. "Hey Lacie." Lulu smiled.

"Hey Lulu." She said. "So, did you tell your family yet?" She asked.

Lulu shook her head and frowned. "No, I didn't." Lacie's shoulders dropped. "I would've, but they would've gotten too excited for me. And if I didn't win, then it'd make it even worse." She explained, turning around to see Seth getting out of the van.

"Makes sense." Lacie said, then put her arm around Lulu's shoulder. "C'mon, we gotta win this thing." She smiled, and the two of them walked into school.

Once Dylan spotted Seth at his locker, he ran up to him, almost giving Seth a heart attack.

"Geez!" Seth gasped. "What is it?"

"So? How'd it go?" He smiled.

Seth lifted his eyebrow. "How did what go?" He closed his locker and turned to Dylan.

Dylan smirked. "You know. Saturday, your date with Mahea." He said, anxiously awaiting an answer.

"Oh, it went pretty good." Seth told him as they walked down the hall.

"Pretty good? Was that it?" Dylan asked.

Seth stopped walking and turned to him. "Dylan, a guy doesn't go around telling his friends what he did on date."

Dylan blinked a few times. "Yeah they do. They usually brag about their dates." He said, then smiled. "So it was a date!" He said happily, Seth rolling his eyes and continuing to his homeroom. Dylan walked with Seth to his homeroom, asking him about his date with Mahea until the bell rang. Seth was happy to see Dylan go, but knew that he'd be asked the same questions by Clarissa and Reggie when he saw them.

Seth was both nervous and excited to see Mahea in physics. He wasn't quite sure what he'd say or do, or how she'd act around him. When he saw her walk in, a smile immediately made it's way onto his face.

"Hey Mahea." He said as she sat in her seat.

Mahea smiled back to him. "Hey Seth." They stared at each other for several moments, until the loud bell broke their trance. Throughout the whole class period, they would each glance at one another to see if the other person was looking at them. Several times, Seth found himself staring at Mahea for so long, she'd look up and catch his eye, making him look at his book and blush.

At the end of the lecture, Mrs. Parker turned on the lights, making many students moan. The bell rang and everyone rushed out of the class.

"So, I'll see you at lunch?" Seth asked Mahea on their way out.

Mahea nodded. "Yep, see you then." She replied, and walked off to her class.

Dylan had told both Reggie and Clarissa about Seth and Mahea's date on Saturday. And they all were hinting towards details at lunch. But neither Seth nor Mahea gave away any juicy details, especially not about the kiss Mahea gave Seth at the end of their date.

"So?" Clarissa caught up with Mahea after lunch. "What happened?" She asked curiously.

Mahea smiled. "We told you guys. We went to the movies, had ice cream, played some games at the arcade. That's it." She told her.

Clarissa nodded. "Right." She said, disbelieving that was all that happened.

"What?" Mahea asked.

Clarissa looked at Mahea. "That smile says there was more that went on."

Mahea blushed. "Well, there might've been…"

"Oh, I knew it!" Clarissa gushed. "What?"

Mahea looked at Clarissa and smiled widely. Clarissa knew from that smile exactly what happened.

"Oh my gosh! You guys kissed, didn't you?" She said loudly, getting excited.

"Shhh!" Mahea said, trying to calm Clarissa down. "Yes, we did." She said quietly, smiling, Clarissa still excited.

Clarissa smiled. "That's awesome. I knew it'd work out between you guys." She said. "So, you guys official?" She asked.

Mahea looked at Clarissa. "Official? You mean like, boyfriend and girlfriend?" Clarissa nodded. "Oh, I don't know. I don't think so." She said, shaking her head. "Or at least not yet."

When Clarissa and Mahea passed the yearbook classroom, Damien made his way around the corner, watching them walk down the hall.

"Hmm, Mahea and Seth." He said quietly to himself. "Interesting…".

After theatre class, Shane started putting his chairs back in a circle as the students left. He called to talk to Seth once everyone left. He saw Mahea walk out the door last, and waved goodbye to Seth who was still at his chair. She looked to Shane and shook her head, he replied with a small nod.

"Seth." Shane said, and waved him to walk over to where he was.

"Yeah?" He asked, putting his backpack on his shoulders.

Shane smiled. "So, how'd Saturday go?" He asked.

Seth dropped his head back, then pulled it up again. "Man, everyone wants to know about it." He complained.

"Well, it was your first date." Shane said, still smiling. "So, it went good?"

Seth nodded. "Yeah, it was pretty good. We had fun." He told Shane, who looked like he wanted to know more. "And we got ice cream, and went to Fun Factory."

"And?" Shane asked.

"And I walked her home." Seth calmly said.

Shane's eyes widened. "Then what?" He said, being very obvious about what he wanted to know.

Seth threw up his hands. "And, she kissed me." He told him.

Shane smiled and gave Seth a hug. "Ah, that's right." He said, releasing Seth. "See, I knew it'd work out between you too. And just think, if you guys both get the lead roles in our production, that'd be even better. You'd really see the chemistry." Shane told Seth, walking into his small office.

Seth looked at Shane and followed him. "You mean, Mahea's really that good to get the lead?" He asked.

Shane nodded his head. "Oh yeah." He sat in his chair. "She got one of the lead roles in three productions, before she was ten!" He exclaimed. "And she kept acting while she moved to different school. She's pretty good Seth. She might even beat you out for that Oscar." He joked.

"Wow, I didn't know that." Seth said.

Shane nodded. "Well, you better get going'." He said, and Seth took his leave.

"Hey!" Seth said, walking into the living room to see Lulu, Zoe, and their mom sitting down, talking. "I thought you were gonna pick me up. Where were you?" He asked Zoe, gesturing with his hands.

Zoe bit her lip. "Oh yeah, sorry about that." She said, half smiling. "I forgot. I just wanted to get home after school." She told him as he took his backpack off.

"Zoe was telling us she had a pretty okay day at school." Julie said.

"Really?" Seth asked, not interested in hearing about it.

Zoe glared at Seth, then turned to her mom. "It was okay. Like I said, most of my classes are okay. Some of my teachers are boring, I can't stand one of them." She complained. "But other than that, it was okay."

Julie smiled. "That's great." She looked at Lulu who was restless in her seat. "And what about you Lulu? You said you had something to tell us?" She asked, everyone looking at Lulu.

Lulu smiled. "Well, I didn't tell you guys, because I didn't want you to get excited." She began. "But, I ran for student council President." She said, holding her breath.

"Well?" Julie asked.

"Yeah, what happened?" Seth asked her.

Lulu smiled. "Well, we had our election today. And I won!" She said happily.

Julie got up and hugged Lulu. "Oh, I'm so proud of you!" She said, squeezing Lulu tightly.

"Cool." Seth smiled.

"Awesome, I heard student council's really fun." Zoe said. "I was never in it, but I had friends who were. You'll do great, especially as President." Zoe smiled.

Everyone was excited to hear about Lulu being her seventh grade President. Lulu explained about the meetings, the other officers, and upcoming events she had to plan. She was finally glad she told her family about it. And after dinner, Peter and Tyler even made her a congratulations card. It was a good beginning of the school year for all the Plummer kids.