Chapter 2

In about 10 minutes the lunch bell rang, and I gave Chris a hug. And was about to leave when Brandon said "I don't get one?" with a pout.

I gave him a hug and he whispered "Hang on, Damian broke up with the bitch a few days ago."

"Oh shit. Titanic just sank" I whispered back.

Brandon laughed and walked off.

Brandon was like my big brother even though we were the same age.

Caleb and I squeezed our way out of class and made our way to our lockers. "Are you having lunch with me?" I asked. "Yeah, I guess" He said. "Uhhh, so I'm going to put these books back …."

"And I'll meet you at your locker" Caleb said cutting me off, and finishing my sentence for me.

I smiled at him and walked away.

I stuffed the books back and checked my schedule. I had Science. Sigh. I shut my locker and got a heart attack when I saw Caleb leaning against the locker next to mine. "Hey. You done?" he said.

"Yeah….you almost gave a heart-attack"

"I know. You should have seen your face." He said imitating my reaction. I punched his shoulder.

We walked into the Cafeteria and to the table, we always sit at. I walked over to the hot-dog stand to get something to eat. Caleb dissapeared somewhere.

I got my hot-dog and sat in between Andrea and Mallory who were having a burger and sharing wedges. Shanea was sitting across me with a plate of fish and chips, next to her was Francine eating a hotdog and french fries. JoAnne, was having a can of coke and mashed potato. Caleb and Maria were no where to be found. "Hey Jo, have you seen Caleb and Maria?"

"I'm right here" I heard Caleb say from behind me. He placed his package of sushi on the table and grabbed a chair. Everyone looked at him and then at me. Mia a.k.a Maria came out of nowhere said " Uhh, hey…I'mMaria. Call me Mia!" she said to Caleb with a wave. And soon enough everybody introduced themselves to him.

Owen and Aaron walked up to Maria and Shanea and stood behind them. Everyone's gaze moved from Caleb to Owen and Aaron. "Hey guys. What's up?" Aaron said. "Guys, Maria and me have something to say." Shanea said breaking the silence.

"I'm dating Aaron" Maria said. "And I'm dating Owen" Shanea said. All of us gawked at them. What a coincidence, identical twins (Aaron and Owen) dating two best friends.

"Since when?" Andy (Andrea) asked.

"Uhh, 2 and a half weeks now" Maria said.

"And now you tell us…ooh, you dead girl" Mallory said.

I looked to Caleb, he gave me a puzzled look and I mouthed to him 'nevermind'. To my surprise, Caleb got up and gave the boys that handshake thing and said "Long time no see, mann!"

"Hold up, you guys know each other??" I asked

"Yeah, he kicked our asses at a B-Ball game" Owen said.

"Haha, I so did." Caleb said with a laugh.

Then Mallory spoke up. "Guys, especially Dani. I'm dating Brandon."

"Sweet. You better take care of my bro, Mal" I said to Mallory happy for her. I was so happy for all of them. "BRANDON!! GET YOUR ASS HERE NOW" I shouted at Brandon who was sitting at the table next to ours.

"Dani! I know you love me and all, but you really shouldn't shout like that." Brandon said walking over to our table. Brandon kissed Mallory on the cheek and said "What?!" to me. "You didn't say anything about this during English. How could you?" I said punching him in the stomache, and finally touching his six packs. "Sorry, she wanted to tell you all." He said with half a smile.

He bent down and gave me his 'sorry' hug. To tell you the truth, I was kind of jealous that Mallory had taken the nicest guy, I know. But I was happy for them. She was one lucky girl and he was one lucky guy.

I looked at my watch and looked at Shanea,Andy, and Mia. "Time to ciao!" I said to them. "Caleb, what class do you have?" I asked Caleb.

"Uhhh, History with "

"Ouch." I said. is one of the strictest teachers in this school.

"I'm in the same class and so is Owen and Mallory. So we gonna bully him A'ight?" Aaron said.

"Yup sure! Good luck, Caleb." I said.

"Heyy, I can take on these guys any time." He said as I left. Andy and me watched as Aaron and Owen gave their girlfriends a kiss. They were such sweet guys. The 4 of us already got our books and started heading to our classroom. I sat next to Maria and Andy sat next to Shanea so we could start harassing them with questions about their new lovers. A teacher came in and said we could do whatever we wanted as long as there was absolutely no noise. I caught a glimpse of a couple start kissing, and it kind of disgusted me….i mean seriously in front of a teacher?. I pulled out a piece of paper and wrote on it :

Dani: Tell me everything!

Mia:Weel, Shanea and me wnt 2 Starbucks to hang out during the hols, since ya'll were bz n we were brd. Yeahh…Then we orderedour drinks and looked 4 a table , it wz kinda empty, so we sat at a table outside and sipped and talked for wuite a while. Then the lunch rush came in and the place was so damned full. That's when the twins came in and were looking for a place to sit. And u know how Shanea thought they were hot and all that. She invited them to sit with us. Yeahh….then Aaron got a conversation going and Aaron and me noticed a whole fuckin load of eye contact between Shanea and Owen. Anyway, we had planned to go catch some waves so we exchanged numbers and ciao'ed. Later on that day, Shanea was staying over since she was too tired after catching those waves, which I tell you were freaking awesome. So she stayed over and as she was drying her hair, she got a text from Owen, asking if we could go on a double date and now we're together. Told ya it's a long story. =D.

Mia: =D Aaron.

Dani: Wow! Both of u dating the hottest twins I know of. I'm utterly speechless.

Dani:Hahahaha, LoLx.

Mia: He is a fuckin good kisser….haha

Dani: LoLz. How can you tell the difference between them, I mean they are exactly alike

Mia: Ohh….Aaron has brwn highlights and Owen doesn't …..derrrrr.

Dani: Wokay….Never..really noticed.

Mia: Haha, well…we're hitting the mall after school. You in?

Dani: You and who?

Mia: Shanea,Mal,Andy,Jo,me, some of the other gals and the guys mite join us later.

Dani:Yea..I'm in. I'll ask Caleb to walk around with the guys a bit.

Mia: You don't have to coz Aaron or Owen would prolly ask him.

Dani: Ohhhh,k.

Mia: Heyy….can I ask u smthing?

Dani: Ask away

Mia: How you coping with the heart-break?

Dani: I'm still hanging in there….but I mean it's hard, you know even though it's going to be a month since we broke I see him everyday, which makes it kind of hard. But I mean you guys,Caleb,Brandon and Chris have been great help.

Mia:Wow, well you know. I'm always gonna be there 4 u, sis.

Dani: Yeahh….Thnks

Mia: Anytime….Anyway, what class you got in uhhh….5 minutes?

Dani: Home the room and shopping

You mean you have homeroom and then you're coming with us rite?

Dani: No, I was saying it randomly…..derrr!

Mia: Sorry….still lovestruck now and forever.

Dani: We'll see. I'll tell you something later.

The bell rang and immediately there was the shuffling of feet and chairs.

"D! You don't mind Mal dating you're bro right?" Mia asked me.

"No! Why would I?. Why, what's up?" Iasked her.

"She just wanted to check." Mia said leaving me.

I walked out of class and to my locker. I stuffed my books in and pulled out a few papers and my earphones. I had History and my teacher was on Maternity leave, so well there was no point bringing my books. I tried my best to remember where Caleb's locker was, then I remembered he didn't tell me. I saw Shanea standing at her locker, and Owen coming up to her and giving her a peck on the cheek.

"Hey, Owen! You know where Caleb's locker is?"

"Yeah…89." He said.

"Thanks." I said walking past him. I walked through the numerous lockers. And almost gave up when I spotted Aaron shutting his locker. "AARON!!" I shouted. "Oh, hey D! You don't mind me calling you D, right? Mia kind of gave me the heads up on all your nicknames." he said turning around.

"Hey, chill. I don't mind, tell you're bro to call me that. I'm lost" I said catching up to him.

"you've been in this school for 2 years now, and you're lost?" he said giving me a questioning face.

"Dude, I mean I can't find Caleb's locker. Can you help me?"

"Yeah sure, I'll walk you there." He said

We started walking and soon enough I made a mental note of the exact where-abouts his locker was. I thanked Aaron and he walked off.

"Hey, so you finally found my locker?" Caleb said, before I could even say anything.

"Haha yeah." I said giving him a how'd you know look.

"Owen told me." He said shutting his locker and giving me a smile.

"So…what class you got?" I asked him as we started walking. He started walking back to his locker. I started giggling, he pulled out his class schedule and said "Uhhh……uhhh……History….uhh….yeah" he said.

"You're so blurr, you know that?" I told him.

"Yeah" he said giving me a goofy grin, making me giggle.

"Hahaha, okay….did Aaron like ask you out?" I asked him.

"D…I'm not gay….and neither is Aaron, he's with Maria, remember??" Caleb said as if I have amnesia.

"Caleb, me no got amnesia, I meant if Aaron asked you if you wanted to hang out at the mall with the rest of the gang?"

"Whoa…you have a gang now!!??" Caleb said jokingly.

I laughed.

"And to answer your question…..he did, and I'm going to hang with the gang" he said as we walked into the classroom and sat at the back.

"You know, you haven't told me much about yourself. I mean things other than that bastard." Caleb said, facing me. I turned to face him.

"Well, you haven't either."

"Tushe…..so what's your fav colour?" he said.

"Black,Blue,Purple,Red,Green, and White. You?"

"Whoa….that's very colourful…haha…Black and blue." He answered with a nod.

"So, you drive?" I asked him.

"Yeah…..why? Want me to pick you up?" he said waggling his eyebrows.

"No reason. And that is probably the worst pick up line I've ever heard" I told him.

"Hahaha, yeah…but I bet my car smells better than the bus." He said.

"How would I know? I drive" I told him.

"Oh…" he said with a smile.

Even looking at him made me want to melt. We kept quiet for a bit . He dug around his pocket for something and pulled out his earphones and started listening to some music and then pulled out his phone and started texting. I did the same.

"Sittin nxt 2 Caleb! =D" I texted Andy. Soon enough, she replied.

"Haha, get his number or something. What sub u gt?"

"History….tch on M leave"

"oh…gtg . Ciao!" she replied and that was the end.

"How'd you know they broke up?" I texted Brandon. Then I put my phone on the table, knowing he'd reply in about 5 minutes. A minute went by and my phone started vibrating.

"Who you texting??" It was from an unknown number…..

"People…..you know you're sitting next to me right??" I replied. I saved Caleb's number.

Then my phone started vibrating….

2 new messages.

"Wow, I didn't know you were in my History class." It was from another unknown number.

"Who are you?" I replied. Then read the other one.

"Well, you know me…I'm one of Damian's bestfriends….he tells me things." Chris replied.

"Why'd they break-up? Was it like a 'I'll sleep with you then I'll dump you' kin of thing?" I replied.

"Yeah, I know….just bored you know." Caleb replied.

"Where'd you get my number from?" I replied

"Hahaha…no. According to him, she wasn't the kind he liked. He told me that he missed you and that he made the wrg decision." Brandon replied in another 5 minutes.

"He know's you're my bro and that you're gonna tell me. He's such a fuckin idiot!" I replied.

"Aaron. Where's our tcher?" Caleb replied.

"Maternity leave" I replied.

"Turn around and I'll wave" the new message from the unknown number said. I turned around and Chris waved.

"Heyy!!! Sorry I didn't save your num!" I replied Chris, saving his number after the message was sent.

"Nahh…I don't know, I don't think Damian is that kind of guy. If he wanted to apologize, he'd talk to you." Brandon replied.

"Yeah….he has a bunch of luck on that. Lisa and Rick are together" I replied.

"Hell…..just broke loose!" Caleb replied.

"Huh?? You okay? What song you listening to?" I replied.

"Random…..Diary of Jane, aweosme song. From Step Up 2." Caleb replied in a matter of seconds.

"Hahaha….I know. Chase danced to it. You joinning dance club and/or B-Ball?"

"Prolly B-Ball....cant dance." He replied.

"cool…….whn r the try-outs?" I replied.

"same time as dance. You def joining dance right?" he replied.

"Yeahh…"

"Oh shit….that's bad…well we're joinin ya'll at the mall, so we'll figure this out there. Chillax" Brandon replied.