Chapter 2: The Plan

The following Friday Sam was daydreaming in her geometry class. How could she get Jake away from Kate, and make his realize that he liked her? She was still thinking about it when the bell rang ten minutes later. It was finally the best class of the day: lunch.

Sam met up with Jen at her locker and then the two girls proceeded to the cafeteria. They found their usual table, sat down, and started eating.

"Did you think of any ideas yet to get Jake away from that Kate girl?" asked Sam.

Jen put down her sandwich and said

"I thought of one thing, but I'm not sure it will work though."

"What?" demanded Sam.

"Well I was thinking that maybe if you went out with another guy, Jake might get jealous and realized his true feelings for you."

Sam thought about it. Could this possibly work? All the other ideas that she and Jen had come with during the last couple of days didn't seem possible, but this one might just work. If she decided to go with this plan who would she find to go out with to make Jake jealous?

"I like this plan Jen, there's just one problem."

"What's that" asked Jen.

"Who would I get to go out with me to make Jake jealous?"

Both girls started looking around the cafeteria for possible boys.

"What about Darrel?" asked Jen

"No way, I would just be encouraging him to think that I like him when I don't and besides he's Jake's best friend. I don't want to start a fight between them, if your theory is right."

"Good point." Said Jen.

Sam and Jen continued looking around the cafeteria and both of their eyes settled on the same guy.

"What about Quinn Ely?" both girls asked at the same time. They both grinned wickedly at each other.

"One thing that would get Jake's attention and annoy him would be if his older brother started 'dating' you." Said Jen.

"Besides that Quinn would love to play a joke on Jake, so he would probably go along with us on the plan." Said Sam.

"This is going to be interesting." Said Jen. "I'll ask Quinn if he wants to help us out. There's only one thing though. I'll actually have to tell him you like Jake as more than a friend, so he helps. That okay with you Sam?"

Sam shook her head yes. She knew that Quinn wouldn't tell anybody that she liked Jake as more than a friend.

For the first time in weeks Sam felt happy and had hope that the guy she loved would notice her and eventually fall in love with her. Sam knew that her thoughts were those of a romantic school girl's, but she didn't care. A sudden thought occurred to her.

"Hey Jen, are we still going shopping at the mall tonight?"

"Yeah, except my mom has to drive us. I still don't have my license, even though tomorrow is my sixteenth birthday."

"That's fine."

The bell rang ending the lunch period.

"I'll talk to Quinn and ask him next hour during biology." Said Jen.

Sam nodded her head and then headed in the opposite direction for her next class.

The next three class periods seemed to drag on forever to Sam. But finally the last bell of the day rang and Sam bolted out the door. Sam went to her locker and threw the books she didn't need in her locker and grabbed the books and notebooks that she needed. Then she dashed for her bus. For once, she actually got on the bus before Jen. Finally Jen found Sam and sat down next to her.

"So what did Quinn say," asked Sam impatiently.

"He said he would be thrilled to help us in our plan. Oh and by the way he said he thinks you and Jake should be together. He doesn't think much of that Kate Sanley. He said she was a stuck up blonde girl and that his little brother could do way better with you."

Sam smiled and thought to herself. Everybody around her thought that she and Jake should be together. She hoped that would come true in the future.

"Now we have to go into details with our plan," said Jen.

"How about we plan while we shop at the mall tonight?" asked Sam.

"That's what I was thinking, and I invited Quinn along to help us. He can also drive us to the mall. He might have some good ideas for us. Besides he would know what would make Jake jealous." Said Jen.

The bus stopped at their stop.

"We'll pick you up around six," said Jen. "Don't forget your overnight stuff either."

Sam was spending the night at Jen's after they went shopping at the mall.

"I won't forget. See ya." Said Sam.

The girls parted company and started towards their ranches and both couldn't wait for tonight to come, so they could plan.

I want to thank everybody who reviewed before and for the suggestions. The mall part of this story might seem confusing right now, but I promise that something surprising will happen at the mall. Please review and as always got suggestions I would love to hear them.

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