Chapter 9:

Love Triangle

The Bratz were on their way to lunch the next day.

"Sasha, what are you going to say to Dana?" Yasmin asked.

Sasha shook her head. "I don't know, but when I see her I'm going to tell her to stay the hell away form Alek."

"Sasha…" Jade's voice trailed off when she saw Koby heading in their direction. Her first thought was to run over to him. That's what she would have done if they were still together. He glanced at her and they locked eyes for a moment. He turned away just as quickly and acted like she wasn't there. She felt like he had just come over and slapped her.

Yasmin and Cloe noticed. "This is going to be hard to get used to," Cloe said quietly to Yasmin.

Yasmin nodded in agreement. "Definitely." Usually Jade and Koby were all over each other, now they couldn't even look at each other. It was definitely awkward.

"I hope you know that I can hear you," Jade said softly. Yasmin put a comforting hand on Jade's shoulder and she put her hand on it gratefully.

"There she is!" Sasha said pointing to Dana who was coming towards the cafeteria in their direction.

"Dana!" Cloe called to her.

Dana stopped when Cloe called her. "Yeah?"

"So you and Alek huh?" Sasha said innocently.

Dana blushed and smiled. "Well, we're not exactly together but I like him."

Yasmin, Jade, and Cloe looked at each other and smiled knowing that Sasha would flip out.

"Well find someone else!" Sasha said.

Dana stepped back surprised. "What…?"

"I hate to tell you this but Alek likes me. I don't know what he told you yesterday, but he's not serious about you."

Dana's eyes got wide. "But he…"

"Look, he's going to the prom with me not you." She looked at her nails. "I'd hate for him to know about the herpes you contracted before you came to this school," she said giving Dana an evil look.

Dana stared at Sasha in disbelief and was speechless for a moment. Sasha actually intended to black mail her if she went with Alek? "Why are you doing this to me?"

Sasha shrugged. "I don't have to do it Dana. Just stay away from my Alek if you know what's good for you." She looked at her friends. "I think we're done here girls." They went into the cafeteria and got their food then sat down at their table. Sasha was satisfied with what had just happened and it was clear on her face.

"You look a little too happy chica," Yasmin said.

Sasha looked around the cafeteria. "Where is he? I want to sit by him."

Jade pointed across the cafeteria. "He's over there with Koby."

Sasha stood up. "See ya." She went over to the table to the empty spot across from to Alek. "Mind if I sit here?"

"Go ahead," Alek said.

"'Sup Sasha," Eithan said.

"Hey," she said not taking her eyes off Alek.

"Hey Sasha, where's Jade?" Koby asked.

"Over there," she said nodding towards their table. "Why do you ask?" she said wondering if he was going to go talk to her.

He looked down at his food. "No reason, just curious."

Sahsa put her head I her hand and looked at Alek. "So how are you?"

"I'm alright Sasha," Alek said.

"So did you ever find a girl to test our Hershey's theory?" she asked.

"What?" Eithan said laughing.

"Shut up," Sasha said to him. She turned back to Alek.

He chuckled. "Not yet. I haven't gotten around to it."

"Well, I hope you know I'm still free."

He sipped his soda. "Well maybe we'll work on that."

Eithan was still looking at them trying to figure out what they were talking about. "What the hell is the Hershey's theory?"

Alek laughed. "Don't worry about it man." He noticed Dana passing by their table to find her friends. "Hey Dana!" he called. "Come pull up a chair."

She started to come over but then froze when she saw the look Sasha gave her. "Are you sure?"

He nodded. "Yeah." He pushed Koby's chair over.

"Hey! Dude…!"

"See, there's space. Go get a chair."

She hesitantly put her stuff down and brought a chair over.

Eithan gave Alek a look and he rolled his eyes and resisted the urge to give him the finger. "So Dana…"

"So Alek," Sahsa cut him off. "What music do you listen to?"

"He listens to Drake," Dana said.

Alek smiled. "Yeah, he's the greatest. I listen to a lot of rap, a bit of rock, Tray Songz and Usher."

"Oh really? I love Usher," Sasha said. "What are your favorites?"

Alek thought about that. "I like U Got It Bad and DJ Got Us Falling in Love and pretty much everything off of Confessions."

Sasha nodded. "Oh yeah, Confessions was the best album."

"And he likes Christina Aguilera," Koby said elbowing him.

Sasha giggled. "You like Christina Aguilera?"

"That girl's got some serious pipes alright," Alek said.

"I like Christina Aguilera too," Dana said.

"Really?" Alek said looking at her.

"Yeah. When she first came out my cousin played her music while I was over there and I've loved it ever since."

"Well, at least we've got a lot in common," he said to her.

Before Sasha could say anything the bell rang. They stood up and Sasha grabbed his arm and dragged him away. "So prom tickets are selling out fast huh?"

"Huh? Yeah they are," he said glancing back at Dana. "Has anyone asked you yet?"

She shook her head but looked at him hoping to get her message across. "Not yet. How about you? Have you asked anyone?"

"Nah, not yet. There's someone I want to ask though." He put his hand on her shoulder. "I'm sure someone will ask you soon Sasha. See ya." He went up the stairs to his next class.

Sasha stood there watching him leave in disbelief. Why hadn't he asked her? She made her intentions clear. Maybe the girl he wanted to ask was Dana! Hmm, maybe she should spread that rumor after all just to get out her anger.

Later that day as Dana was leaving Alek stopped her in the hallway. "Hey Dana."

"Hi," she said.

"Come here a sec," he said taking her hand and pulling her aside. "There's something I want to tell you."

"What is it?" she asked.

He hesitated for a moment suddenly becoming nervous. "Well uh, I wanted to tell you that um, I like you."

She stared at him for a moment wondering if she had heard correctly. "You do?"

"Yeah, do you like me back?" he asked hopefully.

She nodded. "Yeah, I like you."

He smiled. "Good. So I guess we're together then, huh?"

She smiled happily. "Yeah, we're together."

He put his hand on her cheek and ran his thumb across it, then he leaned in to kiss her.

She suddenly remembered what Sasha had said. If she were to ever find out she was with Alek, she'd tell the whole school she had herpes. And apparently news like that spread like wild fire around this school. She moved away from him before he could kiss her and he gave her a confused look.

"What's wrong? Aren't we together now? Why don't you want to kiss me?" he asked.

She sighed. "It's not that I don't want to kiss you Alek, I do. And I really do want to be together." She twisted her fingers as she did when she got nervous. "But, maybe we just shouldn't be together."

Alek's face fell. "Dana if you like me, why shouldn't we be together? Is there someone else?"

"No," she said shaking her head. "Not at all. It's just…"

"Just what?"

"Well Sasha likes you. You should be with her."

Alek put his arm around her. "Dana I don't want to go out with Sasha. You're the one I like."

It felt so good to be in his arms and she didn't want to have to end it before it even started. "But she said that if she saw us together she'd tell the whole school that I had some STD."

"She said that?" he said in disbelief. She nodded. He lifted her chin to look at him. "Forget what Sasha said."

"But…"

"But nothing. You like me don't you?"

"Yes, I like you a lot Alek."

"Then we'll be together no matter what she says." He took her hand and started walking down the hallway.

Isn't Sasha just evil? Well someone had to be the bad one.

Omg Alek and Dana are together! What will she do about it now?