CHAPTER 2
I walk inside the school. Greg waves good-bye to the girls as he walks off to his classes.
"So what are your classes?" I ask Universe.
"I have: Art, Language Arts, Math, Lunch, Social Studies then Drama." She says. I look down at my schedule. We had every single class together.
"We have every single class together." I tell her.
"Really? Cool!" She turns to her sister. "I'll see you later Snow. Stay out of trouble. I mean it." Universe gives her a meaningful look. She turns back to me with a huge smile that makes my heart flutter. I hear someone start to call my name. Meredith bursts through a mob of people blocking the hallway.
"Meredith!" I say, totally forgetting that she even existed. Meredith has been the girl of my dreams since I was in second grade… up until now. Meredith's curly brown hair could never compare to Universe's silver. Her pink glossy lips were small compared to Universe's lushes red ones. Meredith's skin was flawless unlike some girls I see, but Universe's looked like she never had a zit in her entire life! All in all Meredith was pretty, but Universe was drop-dead-gorgeous, insanely beautiful , and anything else you can possibly think of to describe a girl.
"I'm Meredith, Vlad's girlfriend!" She says smiling happily at Universe. I could tell universe's smile was fake because it never reached her eyes, and by the way she kept looking at my arms around Meredith's waist.
"I'm Universe. Universe Storm." She says.
"Well… uh… Meredith we have to get to class." I say, saving the three of us from the awkward silence. I look down at Meredith, she smiles.
"Okay. I'll see at lunch right?" She asks me.
"Yeah, yeah you will." She surprises me by standing on her toes and kissing my lips. As she did this I couldn't help but think how it would feel to kiss Universe's. She pulls away, then glares at Universe before she walks away.
"She must really think I'm major competition for her to glare at me like that." Universe says thoughtfully.
"Yeah, she NEVER glares at people." I say.
"But, she is right. I AM major competition." She says while looking at me. I stare right into her… green eyes. She just said she is major competition. It clicks in my brain and my eyes go wide in shock.
"Surprised by my statement?" She asks. I nod my head, not trusting my voice because I think I just lost it. She laughs.
"I'm glad. The only problem is I'll be breaking her heart if I steal you, and I'm not that kind of person. So I'll let you decide. Sit with me at lunch so you can get to know me a little better." She says while trailing a hand down my cheek sending warmth and electrics shocks in its wake. She then runs her fingertips over my lips, letting her hand drop when each finger has run over them.
"Let's get to class." I nod and lead the way, knowing what happened between us was wrong, but I couldn't help it. I felt this strange pull toward her. And somehow I knew Meredith was never really the girl of my dreams, Universe was. I just had to wait for her.