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Chapter 4: Brilliant plan

Kim's POV

I had a brilliant plan.

It was so amazing and wonderful, it was fool-proof.

I was going to pretend nothing happened.

Brilliant, right?

I thought about what to do all last night during dinner, when I was finishing off homework and all through the night when I was trying to get to sleep. At around one in the morning I came to the great decision of just pretending nothing happened, therefore my life doesn't have to change and neither do my siblings lives. Jared was probably just all hyped up from the atmosphere of the school and thought I was someone else.

So the next morning I went through my usual routine of shower, getting ready, packing my bag and breakfast before shoving my siblings into the car. Even though I convinced myself nothing was out of the ordinary my heart still sped up when we entered the parking lot. I walked to my locker extra slow, contemplating just running back into my car and rushing off home.

"Hi," Erin sung from her usual place beside my locker. "How's life?"

"Normal."

At least, I was trying to tell myself it was.

Erin happily chatted away as we walked to lesson and, against my will, my eyes couldn't help but seek out Jared in the hallways. It was almost an unconscious thing, I was so used to doing it that my eyes just moved automatically, even when I was trying to avoid him. Erin didn't pick up on my wandering eyes, as usual, and just continued with her story about how her rabbit chewed through their fence and into her neighbour's backyard.

Erin and I had to spilt up for next period, she had Art and I was too clumsy for stuff like that, so I waved at her before entering Social Studies class. The guy I sat next to, Kenneth, made small talk with me all period and I politely replied when deemed necessary. Afterwards I went to change over my books for the next periods over break when I felt someone loom over me. I thought it was Erin and I turned to her with a smirk, but my heart dropped when I noticed that Erin was nowhere to be seen.

"Hey, Kim." Jared smiled like it was normal for him to be stood beside my locker.

I blinked.

"Are you okay?" he continued when I didn't answer.

I nodded blankly.

What the hell was going on?

He smiled brightly at me, showing of a set of bright white teeth that contrasted greatly with the russet tones of his smooth skin. I had the sudden urge to cup his cheek but refrained myself. I didn't want to look like a bigger freak than I already did.

"What lesson do you have next?" he questioned calmly.

"S-science," I stuttered breathlessly. Why did he always make me breathless?

"Cool! I do, too, we'll go together."

…

Oh, God, I was going to faint.

Maybe if I did faint Jared could catch me and give me mouth to mouth...

Blushing wildly, I turned back to my locker and exchanged my books over for my lessons. I hoped Erin would suddenly pop up and drag me away like she normally did to get me out of sticky situations... but then again, I really hoped she didn't. I was a little shocked to see Jared still stood beside my locker patiently waiting for me. Usually, he would be hanging out with his friends by now near the water fountains, so why was he here with me? I wasn't someone Jared Cameron hung around with during breaks.

"Ready?" Jared asked once I had unconsciously slammed my locker shut.

"Um, yes."

Grinning brightly, he opened up his arm in a 'you first' gesture so I walked forward on slightly wobbly feet. Jared came to my side a millisecond later and walked along like this was a totally normal, un-weird thing for him to do. People who were near their lockers sent us confused, envious and outraged looks as we passed by them. We passed the water fountain on the way to the science block and I flushed when all of Jared's friends looked at us like we were Batman and the Joker making out against the lockers. I glanced over at Jared to see if he had abandoned me yet but when I looked I caught his eyes, getting lost in the deep brown depths. It took everything I had to look away.

"So how are you today, Kim?" he asked as we turned the corner.

"Eh, good," I mumbled. "You?"

"Brilliant."

My lips involuntarily twitched upwards at his happy tone. I knew from other people's gossip and from being around him all these years that Jared was a pretty content guy. He was always joking and laughing. As much as I had seen it, I had never been on the receiving end of it. His energy seemed to radiate off of him and into me.

He held the door open for me as we walked into the science classroom and I shyly smiled at him, he beamed back. I turned back around just to have another look at him before the lessons started but was suddenly bombarded with a flash of raven hair. Erin basically jumped into my arms, squeezed and then let go.

"Guess who asked for my number!" she screamed, bouncing up and down.

"What?"

"Oscar Walker just asked me for my number," he giggled ecstatically. She hopped to the side just enough for me to catch sight of Jared. He was looking at me with a goofy grin on his face and I couldn't help but smile back. He was just so cute. "What's put that smile on your face?" she followed my gaze. "Ooooohh, I should have guessed. Jared's the only person that can get your knees wobbling."

"Shhhh!" I hissed as we took our seats. "He might hear you."

"Yeah, with the supersonic hearing he has," she scoffed laughingly. "He's on the other side of the room, Kimmy. Calm down."

I shuffled in my seat and peeked over to where Jared sat next to the windows. He was grinning as he made small talk with the guy in front of him, his face glowing with mirth. For some reason I kind of wished he had heard us because I knew that I would never be able to tell him myself. Sighing heavily, I turned to the front just as the teacher came into the classroom.

Jared probably thought I was a moron by the way I been acting around him. This was probably just some new craze that he was going to get bored of in a few days, drop me and then make jokes to his friend about me. Even worse, what if it was a joke? Maybe his friends had bet him to befriend and date me before kicking me to the curb as soon as I started to fall in love with him.

No, Jared wasn't that evil... was he?

My eyes automatically flickered over to examine Jared. He wasn't joking around like his friends like usual, instead concentrating on the teacher and what he was writing on the board. He was paying more attention to the lesson than I was. My eyes got caught up in his perfect profile, only stopping when Erin pinched my leg to get my attention. I worked silently through the lessons and dragged Erin to our next lesson. I didn't want to speak to Jared again, it would only confuse me more. I was fine just admiring him for afar, it worked well for the both of us so I wasn't going to ruin that. Why was he trying to ruin that?

I all but ran to my car, not giving even Erin enough time to say goodbye. After dinner, I tried to finish off some homework but I couldn't think straight.

Is Jared being genuine? Is he playing me? Am I thinking too much about this? Why has he picked now to talk to me?

I fell asleep thinking about Jared frigging Cameron and his mysterious ways. In the distance I heard a wolf howl, but I was too far gone to comprehend it.

Thoughts?

Sorry about the late update but my parents surprised me with a holiday for finishing my exams and I didn't have access to internet. Thank you for being patient!

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