Point of views

Authors note: "still don't own recess or any of the characters. But hope ya'll enjoy this second chapter. Now send me reviews! Oh and a thanks to Madame Fist for sending me my first review. Ashley A. and Gretchen became friends after the episode where the Ashley's kicked Ashley A. out of the club; and Gretchen became her friend. I believe they built an eclipse viewer."

And the story goes on………

The next day the gym was crowded with students. All were waiting eagerly to take their year book picture. Gretchen quickly went to the girl's bathroom to make sure her hair look ok. Just as she was combing her hair Ashley A. walked in. "Gretchen! Your hair looks great! I knew you'd look good in layers! I did a great job!" and indeed she did. "Now for a bit of lip gloss..." Ashley dug in her purse and fished out a tube of gloss and some make up. "Wait! I don't what a lot of color" Gretchen said, with a worried look on her face. "Nonsense! Just a tiny-bit of color that's all. You want to look good for the pictures right?" Ashley had a small smile on her lips. Gretchen sighed, "Ok, but just a little." "I know, I know. 'Just so it looks natural.' I've heard you say that before". She applied a bit of pink-tinted gloss on Gretchen's lips and put light green eye shadow on her. She then added a bit of blush to her cheeks. "There! You look great!" Ashley said triumphantly. Gretchen looked in the mirror and was shocked to see her reflection. She looked the same, but better! "In five minute you made me look 5 times better! Thanks Ashley!" "Nope, thank you! Now everyone can see what a great makeup artist I'm destined to be! I'll see you later ok?" Ashley asked as she headed to the door. "Yeah. Later". Gretchen looked in the mirror. She was did look good. Her hair was shoulder length with a few layers. Her face looked great- no acne. Her dermatologist was awesome! She was so happy she had gotten contacts and her braces off. Jr. High was not the best years for her. But luckily her family's' good looks gene finally kicked in.

She grabbed her bag, headed to the gym, and got in line for the pictures. None of her friends were anywhere to be seen. She looked around the gym just in time to see Vince. "Vince!" she yelled. He turned around, saw her and started to walk over. "Gretchen! You look great!" He said as he hugged her, but left his arm around her waist. "So how have you been?" He asked looking around. He's acting weird she thought to her self. And sure enough she saw why. Closes behind him was this girl looking mad at Vince. I'll help him out. She placed her arm around him, and saw the girl turn away. "Thanks so much! I tried telling her I didn't like her, but she wouldn't leave me alone!" he replied. "Ahh, the life of a varsity basket ball boy." She smiled at him. "Why didn't you use Spinelli like last time?" She knew for a fact no girl in school would be crazy enough to go against Spinelli. "Well, no one would believe I'd be dating her. And plus T.J. got mad at me last time I did that. I don't see why they just date and get it over with." Vince said shaking his head. He couldn't believe his friends. They both liked each other but wouldn't admit it. "You never know," Gretchen started, "They could go to the Valentines Day Dance together. It's only what, a month away?" "Yeah, that reminds me," Vince started with a smirk on his face, "who are you gonna go with?" "Not sure yet. I don't even know if I'm going. Why? You know some one interested? And not Gus?" she had a feeling where this was going. He had been trying to set her up with Gus since freshman year. So what if he had developed a small crush on her? It only happened during a game of 'spin-the-bottle'. That kiss meant nothing. "Come on! You know that boy has been crushin on you! Why not give him a chance?" he said sticking up for Gus. "Because I don't like him. I thought you would understand seeing all the girls that follow you around!" she knew that would make him stop. "Fine. I give up. But on a different topic, guess who is coming to my game on Friday?" he put the bait out, and waited for her to bite. He knew she couldn't resist not knowing something. She made up her mind and decided to ask who. "My big brother Chad! He has a weekend off from MIT, so he is coming to see me play." "Really! I haven't seen him since last year. How is he?" She asked trying to suppress a blush on her checks. But Vince saw it. He knew she had a crush on his brother ever since Jr. High. Every one made fun of her glasses and braces, but not Chad. He told the kids to stop making fun of her and they did. Mostly because they were in 7th grade and he was a senior. Plus at the 'going way to college' party, Chad kissed Gretchen on the cheek. At that point Vince knew she had fallen for his bro. Sure Gus had a crush on her after they kissed, but that was a game, she had to kiss Gus. Chad, on the other hand had wanted to kiss Gretchen. "He's doing well. Just wanted to see the family; and me cream the other team, as I always do. Which by the way, can you pick me up after practice today? My car is in the shop and I don't have a ride."

Unknowing to both of them, a pair on dark brown eyes had been watching Gretchen ever since she walked into the gym. The owner of the eyes had never seen how beautiful she was. Yeah he had her as a lab partner in AP Chem., but she looked so different now. She had makeup on yes, but it seemed to him as if she didn't really need it at all. He saw her blush during her conversation, making him lose his breath. He had never seen her from a different point of view until now.

After the pictures were taken, it was time for lunch. As she walked into classroom, the sunlight hit her red hair, making it shine, causing him hold his breath. She sat down beside him, got out her books and said hi to him. For some reason he just nodded. They had decided to meet up during lunch to work on their lab assignment, in hopes they could finish by the end of class. "Can you set up the Bunsen burner while I get the chemicals?" she asked him. He just sat there looking at her. "Bob? You there?" she said as she poked him in the arm. "Huh? Oh! Bunsen burner. You got it." He got the supplies out. How could he have spaced out like that? One second he was looking for his notes, the next all he saw was her, and then she had to poke him to come back down to reality. She came back and started to put on her apron. "Almost forgot." She said as she reached over to get the safety goggles by him. He caught the sent of her shampoo. Like wild flowers, he thought to himself. For the rest of the lunch and sixth period, he keep losing track of time. When the bell for seventh rang, they had finished the lab. "Cant believe it was a simple carbon compound disguised as a metal compound!" Gretchen cried. "But at least we got it done, right?" she asked Bob. He had spaced out again. What was with him today? He had been acting weird since they had started on the lab. "Bob? Don't you have practice to go to?" she asked.

Her hair smelled so good. He felt a poke in his arm and realized she was staring at him. "Are you ok?" "Yeah, I'm good. I gotta go to practice, so I'll see you tomorrow." He said as he ran off, leaving a very confused Gretchen standing in the hallway. What is wrong with me? Since when do I start liking how her hair smelled? And why could I only think of running my fingers though her hair! During class, his imagination had started to get away from him and he had to put a stop before his thoughts went from PG-13 to rated R. It was just a small crush- wait. Not even that. It must have been his teenage hormones. Normal thoughts for a 17 year old, right? Luckily he had practice. Nothing like the love of the game to get the school nerd out of his mind.

And the story will continue, I think…………….

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