Chapter Six - Us
Not many people were outside because of the weather. It looked as if it was about to rain. The sky was gray and the wind started to blow harder. I was glad. Not many people saw me with Jacob, hand in hand.
We went to our first period class, still hand in hand, which was chemistry. We were lab partners ever since the beginning of the school year. Mrs. Woods, our teacher, was showing us a slide presentation about famous scientists and their discoveries.
The bell finally rang and Jacob led me to my next class. As we were walking in the halls, hand in hand again, I heard whispers about us. I didn't really mind until more people started to stare. Jacob looked like he did not even notice the eyes looking at us. We were finally in front of my English class. I waved bye to Jacob and sat in my seat in the back of the room.
Alyssa, my beat friend, scooted her chair over to mine. "Why didn't you tell me about you and Jacob?" She asked in s joyous tone.
"It just happened." I said not even looking at her.
"Thins just don't happen." She said with a pout on her face. I'm guessing she was expecting a story. "When?"
"At my birthday party." I looked at her finally. She grew a smile to her face.
"How romantic."
English was boring now without Jacob. I knew everything about Shakespeare. Our family library had all his works. Mom and Dad loves to read and I guess I get it from them.
Time for lunch. The day was almost coming to an end. I found Jacob in front of his Spanish class. He was talking to some of his friends. I was scared to walk up to him with his friends watching. But I did anyways. "Ready for lunch?" I asked trying not to sound eager.
"Yep." He took my hand and his friends laughed.
"Have fun," one of his friends said as we walked to the cafeteria. Gossip was a big deal in this school. It was so small, everyone knew everything about each other.
He took me to the lunch table where we usually sat. Alyssa was sitting there with Gerald, her boyfriend, next to her. Candice and Carol, twins, were there too. We were a usual group.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Candice and Carol asked staring at me then to Jacob.
"Tell you what?" I asked sounding stupid.
"You." Candice said. "And Jacob." Carol added.
"It just happened." Jacob said proudly with a smile. I smiled with him.
After lunch, Jacob and I had gym. As we were walking I saw a poster for the school dance. Jacob noticed me looking. "Do you want to be my date for the dance?" He asked as if he did not care.
"I don't know…"
"Were you expecting another date?" He asked with a chuckle.
"I don't know."
"'Kay. Staying home is better than being crowded by a group of people."
"Maybe next time."
I didn't want to go to a school dance with Jacob that soon.
I walked into the girl's locker room and Jacob went to the boy's. As I was about to put my stuff away in my gym locker, a girl walks up to me. She had light brown hair with lighter brown highlights. She was a little bit shorter than me, but she was still tall. It was Heather.
"Are you going to the dance with Jacob?" She asked eagerly. She was rocking on her heels waiting for me to answer.
"No. I'm not going."
"Okay." She skipped away with a smirk and started to hum.
I walked out to the gym - volleyball again. My team was Alyssa, Carol, Heather, and some other people. I was about to serve when I saw Heather talking to Jacob. She was giggling and Jacob looked like he was having a good time talking to her. A rush came through me. It just came. I took the ball and spiked it at her head.
Her body fell to the ground, head first. "Oops! Sorry!" I screamed, trying to make myself look innocent.
She got up at least. Her face filled with rage and embarassment. Jacob laughed even harder.
"Good one, Nessie!" He was still laughing.
I blushed and bowed for his entertainment.
Others stared but after we started to play and my team won, they stopped. Gym was over and I was glad. The school day was over.
I went to the entrance of the school to wait for Jacob. I needed to know what he was 'giggling' about with Heather.