Chapter 5 You Weren't There...
Joe
THIS was what I called awkward. But Kevin and I probably didn't deserve anything better, I mean if each of us was just as annoying as Nick was the last few minutes he was absolutely right when he yelled at us. I just couldn't really believe Nick though. It was obvious that he felt more for her than just friendship... well if she was his BFF I may have believed him but he's only known her for a few hours! Well but as long as he was happy it was none of my business so I spent most of the lesson thinking about Macy and Kevin. I was wondering why I didn't notice that like Nick said "obvious crush". Why did he notice things like that while I seemed to be blind? Maybe I should really calm down a bit and become a little more serious and quiet. Maybe that would help? Or is he something like a mind reader? Ah whatever.
I should have focused on the lesson because while I was just wondering about what Kevin liked about Macy the teacher called me to the blackboard and I stood there like a clueless idiot. Maybe I should try to improve my grades? But definitely not before I found out about Macy and Kevin. Oh and I so wanted to find out how Delilah feels about Nick although I had no clue how to do that. Wait, am I too obsessed with my brothers' love lives? Nah, no way.
Right after the lesson had ended I ran to my locker, full speed and guess what, I almost ran over Delilah. Well I actually planned to take care of that Kevin – Macy thing first but that was karma or some other crap.
"Oh, err, Delilah – I'm so sorry, I was kinda in a... hurry."
"Haha, it's okay Joe. I should get used to being run over, right? I prefer being run over to being home schooled though. Oh by the way could I ask you something or do you have to go already?"
"Of course you can. Why should I have to go already?"
"Err, because you're in a hurry, aren't you?"
"Oh, err, well that doesn't matter anymore. So just ask."
"Well I was wondering if you know where I can find Nick?"
"Oh, I'm not sure actually. We usually meet at our lockers after every lesson. I thought your schedules would match?"
"Yeah but he didn't come to any of the lessons..." "Wait, he didn't? Well we all missed the first lesson but then we went back to our classes. Or at least Kevin and I did."
"Oh alright. Well can I join you on the way to your locker then? Mine is on that way, too, you know..." She looked worried. Should that mean that she was falling for Nick, too? It was time for me to find out about that but I had to let my Joe charm play, for sure. We were just making our way through the crowd until I finally remembered that no one knew that Delilah really was on our school now.
The crowd freaked out – what a surprise – and we were trying to escape. No time for talking. The freaking crowd was still following us when we arrived at our lockers where Kevin and Nick where already waiting for me. Damn! How was I supposed to ask her the question now? As soon as Nick saw her he started to smile again but when he saw that I was holding her hand – I did that to make sure that she wouldn't get lost in the crowd – he looked so pissed off, I was seriously scared. I didn't want him to injure my good-looking face, you know? I released her hand while Nick was jumping on something – I'm not sure what it was because the crowd was standing around it and hid it from my eyes – and started yelling:
"You people! Yeah, Delilah Stevens really is a student here from now on. So? What's the big deal? Just leave her alone and accept her as a normal teenager, like you did with us, okay? Thanks."
Wow I was impressed! And he was oh so not falling for her. SURE THING NICK. Right after his feet touched the ground again he smiled at her – again. It was beginning to be scary, all that smiling & happiness on Nick's face. Delilah smiled back – what else did you expect? - and then asked me: " Would you mind if I...?"
"No, of course not. Just go. My question can wait." I was surprised that she didn't start to run but the distance between them obviously wasn't big enough for that. I guess I had to focus on mission Kacy/Mevin, or whatever you want to call it, again. Karma played an evil trick on me. Karma's a bitch, obviously. (author's note: Yep, stole that from Grey's Anatomy :D Maybe I'll let Joe quote George quite often, in memory of that poor guy xD)
