CHAPTER FIVE
The First…

The Next Morning, Corrie's Locker

Pushing through the crowd, I breathed out as I reached my locker. When I opened it, a shadow cast over me.

"Hey Corrie," it said. It wasn't Trevor, for I'd know his voice anywhere. Looking up, I saw that it was Danny Cratz, one of the more popular guys in this school. He was on the football team and every cheerleader was in love with him.

"Hey Danny," I answered, without looking up at him. Danny wasn't the kind of person to be mean of someone like me. He sits behind me in math class and we only talked when Sister paired us up to work on problems together.

"Listen, Corrie, I want to talk to you," he said, leaning against the locker beside mine.

Placing in all my books and taking out the one that I needed, I answered, "Yeah, about what?"

He placed his hand on my shoulder and turned me toward him. "I can't say here where there's people, but can I meet you here after school?"

Stepping back, I answered, "Umm, yeah, sure."

"Great," he let out a sigh of relief, "I really need to talk to you."

"Alright," I closed my locker, "I guess I'll see you in math class and then I'll wait for you after school."

"Good," he turned to his friends, "I'll see you then."

Watching him walk away, I was a bit perplexed. "Why would a guy like Danny Cratz want to talk to me after school?"

London came up the hallway, clearly wanting to talk to me about something. "Corrie! There you are."

"Good morning London," I shifted the weight of my books from one arm to the other, "What are you so excited about?"

"Look, I'm on the cover of a magazine!" she said, very excited.

"London, that's not unusual. You always are on the cover of some magazine," I explained to her, "Well, what's it about this time?"

"It's about me and my new beau!" she answered, obviously thrilled at that fact.

"Oh, who's the lucky boy?"

"Trevor!!!" she shrieked. Everyone in the hallway jumped and turned their attention to London, who was hopping up and down on the spot.

"Wait, Trevor's your boyfriend?!" I exclaimed, not believing that it would be true.

"Here," she handed me the magazine, "Read here!"

Taking it from her and reading the excerpt for the picture, I couldn't believe it.

"London and long time beau, Trevor, have finally come out from the shadows. London quotes that she and Trevor have been together for 6 months. It's no wonder why London would hold on to a boy like Trevor. After trying to save her from drowning, London says that she fell in love with him when she awoke to his eyes in a hospital. She also says that they're going strong up to this point."

I dropped the magazine in disbelief. "London, this isn't true, is it?"

"Well, if course it is…" London said flatly.

"Is this all true?" I said sternly, trying to find the truth.

"Is that Sister calling for me? Look, Corrie, I've got to go. See you later," she quickly said, running down the hallway.

Heartbroken, I wondered why Trevor wouldn't tell me about this relationship. And there I was, thinking that he really liked me.

"Hey Corrie," someone said, coming from behind.

Turning around, I saw that it was Mary Margaret. "Hey."

"Corrie, are you alright? You didn't sound okay on the phone yesterday," she asked, placing a kind hand on my shoulder.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"Good. Do you know what classes Trevor has today? I was thinking about 'accidentally' bumping into him and then asking him out."

"Umm, no," I lied, "All I know is he had lunch with me yesterday."

"Alright, well can you talk to him about it?"

"Do I have to?" I asked, wishing that the homeroom bell would ring.

"Please!!" she paused, "Wait, why can't you?"

Luckily, the bell rang and the hallway was filled with its normal traffic. Taking my time to homeroom, I wondered whether I should tell Trevor how I felt about him or continue to wonder whether he felt the same.

Just then, I remembered he had London, his rich girlfriend. Why would he want me?

Math Class

I walked into the room and saw Trevor in his seat, right next to mine.

"Should I act as if I didn't know?" I pondered to myself. I really wanted to know for sure whether London was lying or not.

"Corrie," Trevor ran up to me, "Hey Corrie, long time, no see," he smiled the boyish grin of his.

"Trevor, I have to ask you something," I decided that I had to know for sure.

"Sure, what is it?"

"You and London…are you?" I said a little reluctantly.

"Arg, London. Is there an article about us?"

"Yeah. Trevor, why didn't you tell me about your relationship with London?"

"Because, Corrie, there is nothing between us. She was making up lies about everything. I would've said something, but the lights and the questions and London's nails digging into my skin. I couldn't say anything."

"Trevor, is this the truth?" I looked at him straight in the eye.

He leaned in close, his face a mere few inches away from mine. "Corrie, would I lie to you?"

Getting lost in his blue eyes, I saw that he was telling the truth and smiled.

(slipping into Trevor's POV)

I let out a sigh of relief, but I didn't move. Our faces were so close to each other. I just wanted to reach out and touch her hair.

"Trevor, are you okay?" she asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine." We were so close. Our lips were merely a few inches apart. I just wanted to lean in closer and make contact.

She smiled again and then looked quickly at the floor.

Gently lifting her chin up, I looked into her eyes. "Corrie, remember what I wanted to tell you yesterday?"

Giggling, she nodded. "What did you want to say?"

"It really wasn't a matter of what I wanted to say, but more of what I wanted to do."

"What was that?"

"This." Feeling my heart pound against my chest, I pulled her in closer.

As our lips made contact, I could feel the softness of her lips. This close to her, I could smell her perfume and feel the warmth of her skin.

RRIINNGGGGG!!!! Then the period bell rung.

Backing away slowly, I smiled. "That was what I wanted to do, Corrie, that was what I wanted to do."

Blushing madly, Corrie smiled and played with her hands. "Wow, Trevor. I'm glad you did."

"Trevor, Corrie, would you mind getting to your seats?" Sister said, standing right in front of us.

Feeling light-hearted, I took Corrie's hand and lead her to her seat.

"Okay, class, today's lesson is about…" Sister started with today's lesson.

"Trevor," a hushed voice called from behind me. Turning around, I saw that it was Dan Cratz. He threw a note on my desk, which I cautiously opened hidden from Sister's view.

"Stay away from Corrie," was all that it read. Turning back, he looked at me with a face that read "she's-all-mine."

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I won't be able to update for a little while. I have my finals coming up and my drama production is next Friday, so I'll be taking about three weeks off to handwrite the rest of my stories and start new ones! So I hope you people can wait.

With much love,
Kat