Here's chapter 6. Enjoy.
It's been two days since Phase 1 was completed. And it appears to be working. To keep the image up, we have to hold hands when we walk in the hallway, and it's seriously having an affect on Diego. Every time, we'd walk by him, he'd have this angry scowl.
Of course, I've been keeping up with my end of the deal. I've been telling him things about Emma like what are her hobbies and stuff like that. And apparently he finds it interesting, because he's never asked to talk about other stuff about her.
But this morning, he sent me a text.
From: Jax
It's time to activate Phase 2.
Flashback
"After Phase 1 is done, that's when we activate Phase 2."
"And what is the 'oh so brilliant' name for this one?"
"I call it, The Distraction."
I met up with him like we agreed before school.
"Ok, so how are we gonna do this?" I ask.
"Well, his reaction to us 'dating' was different than I expected, but the plan should still work. But the plan still needs the key element." Jax says.
"And why is it called, 'The Distraction'?" I ask.
"Well, you said that he's been obsessed with that Maddie chick, right?"
"Yeah," I say.
"Well, even if we make him jealous, he can still just focus on being Maddies little lapdog. That means, we need to separate those two. Just long enough that he realizes that he likes you," he explains to me.
There he was. Doing what had become his new daily pastime. Following Maddie, and doing whatever it was that she required his powers for. Time to activate Phase 2.
"Let's go," Jax tells me.
We walk into the cafeteria, holding hands, my head on his shoulder. We sat down at a table just Diego's line of sight, and began the distraction.
First, Jax put his arm around my shoulder, and (as disgusting as this is) I snuggled into him. Diego, however mad he seemed, didn't care enough to look away from Maddie.
So, we started talking about some random fake story, with me laughing at the "funny parts". A quick glance showed that, although Diego kept sneaking glances at us, he was still focusing too much on Maddie.
So, we kicked up a notch. Jax moved my hair from my face, and we started leaning.
'Please, turn around so that I really don't have to kiss this guy.'
Just as we were about to meet, a strawberry smoothie hits Jax. We immediately scooted away, and I looked at Diego.
When I looked, all I could see was one thing in his eyes. The saddest thing I'd ever seen on his face. One look and I knew that he was hurting. And I felt so sorry for having done this. But it worked out for the best, because while he was busy trying to separate us, he threw Maddie's favorite drink. And now, she was beyond furious.
We walked away, and Jac cleans himself up with a spell. Then he leans down and tells me, "It worked."
'Yeah… it worked too much.'
The Distraction, completed.