Leah's POV:
*** At lunch
"Hailey!" Someone shouted as I put my school books into my locker. It felt so good to get rid of those heavy books. Those books are killing me. Man, I had forgotten how heavy textbooks can be. I whipped around to see Embry, the guy I met earlier in the school parking lot, is coming towards me.
"Embry." I said when he reached me. I was happy to see him again. It was good to see an familiar face again. "Hi. How was class?" I asked trying to start an conversation with him. It is time for lunch. And I need a friend. I really don't want to eat alone. Sure, I met some people. They fell under two types. I liked them, or I hated them. But mostly the ones I bonded with had a different lunch period than me. The ones I hate, had the same lunch as I do. They all invited me, and which I had declined as politely as possible.
"Class was okay. Some were pretty interesting, some were boring, you know the usual. But the chemistry project should be fun. I am partners with Claire. That should be interesting."
I nodded. "Yeah, it should. I think you an Claire would make an pretty cute couple, even though I have never met her. I think you two should just be honest with your feelings towards each other. And than start from there. I think it would work out great, as long as you are honest with each other."
Embry gave me an toothy grin. "Really? You really think so? Thanks" he said his smile genuine.
"Yeah. I do." I said returning his smile. "I hope I get to meet her soon. You deserve to be happy, Embry. Just make sure she doesn't play with your heart anymore. Jut don't play games with each other, be honest. Let her know what you want. Make sure you two are on the same page."
"Yeah. I really like her. We know each other for an long time. We tried to date once a while back. But our relationship was complicated from the start. We were good at times and than it was bad. It was hard for the both of us. She ended it. We decided to see other people. After being on a date with an few girls, I realize that I don't want to see other girls. I only want to date her. I don't want her with other people. I want us to be together. Because that's where we belong."
"You should tell her that." I said. "So you have early lunch?" I asked changing the subject.
" Yea. I do. You want to sit with me and my friends?" he asked hopefully.
"Yeah." I said. "I would love to." I said smiling.
"Really?" he said surprised. What did he think I would say? Did he think I would say no? Did he think I would be rude to him? What kind of person does he think I am?
"Well, yea." I said mystified. "Did you think I would of said no?"
"I don't know." he said embarrassed turning red. "It just that you seem kind of intimidating. You have this aura surrounding you. You seem so familiar to me. It's like I know you from somewhere, or seen you from somewhere. Whenever I am around you, I cant help but to feel like I should admire you or something. I just feel intimidated. I don't know." he said rambling now.
I laughed at what he just said. If it were possible I just like Embry even more than I did.
"Okay, Embry." I said. "First of all, you are rambling. And don't get me wrong, that is just so adorable to me. You know Embry, I like you. I think you are awesome. You are nice guy, with a lot of great friends. I can see that you are popular. And you are popular for an reason. It's because people like being around you. I can see why. I love to sit with you and your friends. And you don't have to get all flustered, all you have to do is ask. You are really adorable you know? You remind me so much of my brother. You used to remind me of the good times, when things were simple."
"Hey man." someone said giving Embry an pound. Than he looked at me up and down checking me out. "What's up baby?"
"Aaron." Embry said sighing. "You have a girlfriend. Remember her? Her name is Rosalie Hale? You know the captain of the cheerleading team? In case you have forgotten her. Why do you have to keep hitting on girls all the time?"
"Of course I haven't forgotten her. How can you forget and girl like Rose? You cant. But that doesn't mean I cant appreciate girls. There are so many out there. Tall girls, red heads, blondes, dark skinned, dark haired, so on and so forth. Just because I am taken doesn't mean I cant look. Especially if there is an attractive girl standing besides me."
I smiled and tried not to roll my eyes. No big surprise here. I heard it all before. I been hit on a million times, I heard on the lines before. Nothing can really surprise me except for Sam. He surprised the hell out of me when he kissed me last night. He bought those feelings that I never would felt to the surface.
"What's your name beautiful?" he said eyeing my cleavage.
Typical male. No surprise there.
"It's Hailey Summers." I said. "And I have an boyfriend."
"And I have girlfriend. And that's not stopping me." Aaron said his eyes on my boobs.
Hello? My face is up here, not down there. Such an typical male. They are all the same.
All of an sudden I really, really miss Cameron. I wish I can see him. I tried calling him, multiple times but he wouldn't answer the phone.
Embry sighed again. "Aaron, stop it. Hailey is new here, cant you give this poor girl some space to breath." he said pulling Aaron back. To me he said. "I'm sorry about Aaron. He is always like this when he is around really pretty girls. He turns into an idiot. He is usually pretty cool. You will get use to him. Pay him no attention."
Like it was that easy with the guy trying to wrap his hands around my shoulders.
Embry grabbed Aaron away again. "Come on man. Let's go."
"What man?" he protested. "I was just getting started."
"Come on let's go to the cafeteria. Come on, Hailey." Embry said again not letting go of him.
"Your eating with us?" Aaron asked his eyes lighting up.
"Yea." I said. "I am eating with you guys. Don't make me regret it." I muttered the last part.
******
"Wow." Aaron said as he stared at my chest as I talked to Embry and his friends.
I rolled my eyes. He wasn't even paying attention to what I was saying, since he is so focused on my chest.
"Aaron!" the blonde hair girl who looks like an super modeled snapped. Her name is Rosalie. She's the girlfriend that Embry talked about. "Hello? I am right here? Why do you keep looking at her? Aren't you going to pay attention to me?" she said completely annoyed.
For the past twenty minutes all Aaron have been doing is to stare at me, checking me out. It felt a little weird, since he was doing it in front of his girlfriend. She was pissed off. Not that I would blame her. If Cameron did the very same thing I would be beyond pissed off.
"Aaron!" she screamed. "Will you stop looking at Hailey like an idiot. You are practically drooling!"
That startled Aaron. He looked away from me for the first time. He looked at the ticked off Rose. "I'm sorry babe." he said lamely not knowing what else to say.
"Sorry? You do this every time! When will you ever stop hitting on girls!" she said exasperated. "It happens every time. You are always flirting and hitting on girls. When can you just pay attention to me? Why cant you just be focused on me?"
Everyone in table went silent.
Everyone is waiting to see what Aaron would do or say next.
"I was just looking. It's not like I was doing anything. I am not cheating on you or anything like that. I am being faithful. I never cheated on you. I swear." he said.
Yeah right. Not the way you were looking at me. Not the way you probably are looking at other girls as well. I don't believe that for an second.
"That is beside the point Aaron." Rose said. "Are you bored with me?"
Aaron didn't answer right away. "No." he finally said after an pause.
I knew right than that was an lie. I could see it in his eyes.
"Than why than? Why do you always hit on girls? Why do you flirt with them? Are you sure you are not bored with me?"
"No." he said his eyes not meeting Rose's. His eyes started wondering on my body again.
"Will you stop looking at her like that?" Sam yelled at him suddenly.
I had it. I am tired of the drama. All of an sudden I understood how Seth might of felt. "I am going to go." I said getting up from the cafeteria. "And Aaron, you are the biggest jerk I have ever met. You are an true definition of an asshole. Bigger one than my so called mother. And Rosalie I don't know what you see in him. He is not worth your time or energy." I said before I stalked off.
Sam's POV:
Jackass doesn't even begin to describe my best friend's friend. Aaron Manning is many things. He deserves to be called every name. I really don't see how Embry stands him.
I seen how he treats girl. I see how he treats his own girl.
I wanted to punch Aaron when I saw Leah's face when she left the table. The whole tabled glared at him.
"Man, I cant believe you drove her away." Someone at the end of the table muttered.
"She seem cool." some one else piped in. "I cant believe you are acting like an idiot once again."
"Yeah, man what were you thinking?" Embry asked. "You were such an jerk."
Jerk? That is mild way of putting it. There is not an strong enough adjective in the English language to describe Aaron Manning. Asshole and Jerk, are not big enough.
"Aaron." Rose scolded. "You really are an asshole. I am don't want to be with you anymore. I want to break up. I cant do this anymore. I cant handle you checking out other girls. I don't want to see you flirting with other girls. You tell me you never cheated, all it is just harmless flirting. But I don't believe that. I tried telling myself that it is nothing, that you are being truthful, but deep down I know it is bullshit. I don't want this B.S. I am tired of it. I want an out. I am through."
"Rose." he said looking at her now. "Baby." he started again.
"Don't baby me." Rose said angrily. "We aren't working out. I am not happy anymore. At first we were good. We were happy, we were good together. But than everything change when you started checking out other girls. You are bored with me. Just be honest with me here."
"Rose, I am not bored. It's just.." he said trailing a little.
"Just what?" she said. "Just what? Tell me, just what? I don't want to hear excuses. You want something else. You want someone else. You want someone new. You got tired of me. I wish you were just honest with me. Why cant you just be straightforward with me?"
"Rose, can you give me another chance." he begged trying to take her hands.
"No." she said taking her hand away from his grasps. "I have given you chances. I am tired of dealing with your ass. I cant deal with it. I cant give you another chance. I don't want to seat around waiting for you. I cant sit around hoping that you would pay attention to me. Or look at me the way you used to look at me."
Rose stood up on the table and throw her lunch into the trash. "See you around guys." she said to us.
"Rose." Aaron said standing up himself. "I am sorry, I can change. I am sorry, I don't want to break up."
She kept on walking. "When have I heard that before?"
"God, he can be such an asshole sometimes." Embry said.
Sometimes? Try always.
****** later
As soon as I got home, I saw Leah sitting on the kitchen floor crying. I immediately went over to her and put my arms around her.
"It's going to be okay." I said caressing her. "It's going to be okay."
"No, it's not." she weep. "It's not going to be okay anytime soon."
"What happen?" I asked her my forehead wrinkling in concern.
"Cameron, that's what's wrong." she said.
"Cameron? What happened?" I asked soothingly. "Can you tell me?"
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