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Chapter Two
Near the end of the day Jayden was at his locker gathering his stuff for the weekend. He closed his locker and saw Emily talking with a guy from their English class. "Well, I guess I always thought you were sort of cute." Emily said to him. "What's your name again?"
"Roy, with an 'R'," He said with a sly smile. "So what do you say? We going out tonight?"
Jayden decided it was time to step in. "Hey Roy," He tapped his shoulder making him turn around. "Come here you gotta see this."
"What is it?"
"Some guy's making a major fool of himself asking out a girl who's totally not interested."
"Really? Where?"
It amazed Jayden how brainless some people could be. "It's you,"
"Yeah really funny Shiba." He looked at Emily. "Your loss."
"In time I'm sure she'll get over it." Jayden remarked as Roy walked away.
"Thanks Jayden, I never know what to say when creepy guys are coming on to me."
"Can't imagine anyone would."
Emily eyed him. "Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure,"
"Is Mike avoiding me?"
"What makes you say that?"
As if on cue Mike rounded the corner. "Hey Jayden," He saw Emily and ran down the hall.
"That's the third time he's done that since lunch." Emily said sadly.
"He's just shy, especially around beautiful girls like you."
Emily smiled. "He thinks I'm beautiful?"
"How could he not? I mean Em, look at you. I think he'd say how such a nice smile you have and how smart and sweet you are." There was a moment of silence. "He's intimidated…Mike I mean."
"Mike? Intimidated?"
"Well it's kinda hard to talk to girls you like."
"So, how come you're not intimidated?"
"Well, if you notice I'm not looking directly at your smart and sweet smile." He said avoiding having to look at her.
"Would you?"
"Yeah, I would. Do you want to go get something to eat?"
"Like a cheeseburger?"
"You read my mind. Since Roy was creeping you out it's my treat."
"Thanks,"
Together they walked into town and to the local burger joint. "I can't believe you've been living here for two years and have never been here."
"I just always heard it was such a dive."
"It used to be a dive, now it's a rat hole." Jayden joked.
"How's the food?"
"What do you mean how's the food? It's a rat hole."
"I'm serious Jay,"
"It's good, no matter how it seems here it's much better than the school food."
"Okay, so where's the menu?"
"There's no real menu. That's the owner behind the register. If he doesn't respect you he won't feed you. He's gonna turn to you with an eyebrow raised in which you'll have a two second window to order."
"What should I order."
"You tell him you want a turkey burger with everything. If he asks what you want to drink you're in."
"I'm so glad you're here."
Jayden smiled. "So am I," He said as they approached the counter.
"Turkey burger, with everything." Emily said quickly when the owner turned around.
"To drink?"
"What do you recommend?"
"Cola," He poured a glass of soda.
"Got diet?"
He poured half of it out. "Half the calories."
"I'll take my usual," Jayden said. They took the glass and went to a booth. "You did great,"
"Well I had help from the best." Emily said sitting down.
"You think so? The best is really Mike, you should see him order, I get chills." He lied going to sit across the booth.
"Where you going?"
"I was going to sit."
"What's wrong with sitting next to me?"
"I don't know, let me see." Jayden switched sides and sat next to Emily. "You're right, it's very nice on this side."
"Why is that?"
"I think it's being here with you."
"You know it's funny,"
"What is?"
"You start off your morning thinking of one person then you end up in a booth next to somebody else."
Jayden smiled then panicked when he saw Mike enter with Mia. "I was just thinking, did you know that Mike is my friend?"
"You're such a sweet guy Jay, I really like that." Emily leaned forward and kissed Jayden on the lips.
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Next chapter coming soon, sorry for how short this chapter was