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'So Mia, you wanna go to that party?' I practically threw my writing pad in her face. I wanted to do anything and everything I possibly could to get Christian off my mind. He still offered to help me with speaking abilities and I gratefully accepted. I didn't want a small incident to ruin my overall perception. This was important to me and Christian new very well that it was. But that didn't mean that I still didn't think of him in other ways. Because I did. I absolutely did. It was hard not to when you lived with such a good looking guy. So instead of hopelessly moping around or thinking about him, I decided to throw myself into some fun activities, such as this party.

"Hmm. I don't know…"

I shoved her with my hands, a gesture telling her that she has to go.

"Maybe."

'Ugh. Well I'm going for sure.' I shoved it in her face.

"You'd go to a party without me?" She gasped in surprise. I nodded my head enthusiastically. Of course I was going to go. I've never been to a party and I wasn't going to let Mia put a damper on my attitude. "Fine, I'll go." She smiled.

Yay! We strolled down the hallway to my pre-calculus class. Mia saw me and decided to be the good person she is and walk me there. This week has been going by pretty fast; it was already Thursday which meant the party was tomorrow. I was really excited and I couldn't wait to see what the fuss was all about. Besides that I have enjoyed most of my classes, except for first period and eighth period. I semi like my first class because Mr. Force awesome, and he was also nice to look at, but the downside was summed up to one word and one word only. Mimi. That little wench was driving me insane. She went out of her way just to humiliate me anyway she could. Not only did I have her in that class, I had her in athletics. She was definitely the bitchy cheerleader you see in movies and that stupid coach wasn't any better. I don't what's going on but I swear those two were teaming up on me. Elena gave me these weird looks and put me on the spot in front of everyone. Mia tried to defend me but there was only so much she could do. I have no clue as to what I did to her for her to be so cold towards me, but I didn't care. I took her verbal acts and showed her that she wasn't getting to me. Once we were in front of the class room, Mia bid me fare well and sauntered off to wherever it was she was going.

I entered the class room and took my seat next to Tyler and Adrian. Tyler was very cute, his black glistened in the light and those eyes seemed to bore into my soul. They were probably as blue as mine were. Adrian had dark brown hair and green eyes that were more on the brown side. He was the class clown so it seemed, and always had something smart to say. They were the two that I 'talked' to the most, and by talk I mean write. They thought it was very interesting and liked it. "Hey, beautiful." Tyler was also the flirt.

I rolled my eyes and tried my best to give him a smile. It's getting a lot easier to control those muscles again. I find myself trying to smile a lot more.

"You know Ana, you're really breaking my heart." He put his hand over his heart and made a face like something was hurting him. If only I could find the will to laugh.

"Dude, you are so pathetic." Adrian was looking at him with amusement in his eyes and his mouth was open in a big smile.

"Shush Adrian. Ana please, will you go out with me?"

Oh god. He can't be serious?

"Please? You are so beautiful and intelligent. I can't do math problems like you."

I stared, my eyes wide. I scribbled a few words on my paper and showed Adrian. 'He's kidding right?'

His eyes were just as wide as mine. "I really have no idea."

"Hey, you're coming to my party right?" I looked back at Tyler and nodded at his question. "That's great. You could be my date." His wide cheesy grin made me want to laugh. I would definitely go as his date but I wouldn't do the whole boyfriend/girlfriend thing.

'Hmmm I don't know, wouldn't everyone make fun of you for bringing a mute' I showed him the sentence and he grimaced a little.

"Ana, I don't give a shit what others think. Just because I'm popular doesn't mean I'm an asshole."

Okay, now I feel a little bad. 'Maybe.' I wrote.

"That's cool. I can work with maybe. Just let me know by tomorrow."

'I will' I gave him the best smile I could muster and turned my attention to the teacher who was about to give her lecture. He returned the smile and put his attention elsewhere as well.

I felt like the lecture went on and on. We did so many math problems I felt like my head was going to fall off. Tyler was falling asleep and Adrian kept throwing paper balls at people when the teacher wasn't looking. And I just sat there, watching his little acts. I could tell Adrian was the type of person who had a short attention span. He would make noises with his mouth, play on his phone, tap on the desk, throw paper balls, and make jokes whenever the teacher asked him a question. He was definitely amusing to watch. Tyler on the other hand was less entertaining. If he was bored then he pretty much would fall asleep. When the teacher wasn't looking, I'd lean over and stick my pen in his ear, causing him to jump up and fall out of his chair. It was pretty funny. The highlight of my day and Adrian's too. So that is what the whole period consisted of: endless math problems, a sleeping Tyler, and an Adrian with a short attention span who gets distracted easily. All three of us practically jumped out of our chairs and raced towards the door when the bell rang.

Tyler threw an arm over my shoulder and walked down the hall, with Adrian on the other side of me. I feel a little smothered. "You wanna have lunch with us?" I was supposed to meet up with Mia for lunch and the last time I checked, Tyler and Adrian were in close circles with Christian. I don't know how I feel about having lunch with all three of them at the same time. I think it was safe to say that I would benefit more to have lunch with Mia. But…on the other hand Mimi will be there and I honestly don't feel like putting up with her shit. "I mean it would be a great honor." Tyler continued his please with a devilish grin.

I lifted the pad to write. 'I don't know. I think I'll just have lunch by myself.'

"And why on earth would you wanna do that when you have two guys right here offering you to join them?"

"Yeah, it makes no sense." Adrian chimed in.

Well, one is to just have time to myself. I brought my book The Flower and the Flame to read. I have yet to finish it and it's practically killing me. I'm just dying to find out what happens. 'Maybe next time.' I wrote.

"Come on Ana…" I completely zoned Tyler out when my eyes locked with Christians. He was leaning against the lockers, watching me intently. His eyes held my gaze and I saw anger in his eyes. I think it was anger, maybe something less than that? I don't know, but he didn't look to happy. I couldn't remember anything that I had done to make him upset. I pretty much avoided him unless he was giving me my talking lessons. I bit my lip unintentionally. His eyes left mine to stare at them, his own lips parting in reaction. But he instantly jerked his eyes back towards mine. He then looked at Tyler, giving him a look that wasn't all too friendly. And that's when I realized I was walking with two hot guys and one of them had their arm wrapped around me. Great. This probably looked bad. Of course Christian could never know that I thought he was way more hot then these too. Christian was beautiful all on his own. But he made it perfectly clear how he feels and why should I feel bad about someone else who is showing interest.

I averted my gaze and returned to the conversation with Tyler and Adrian that I totally missed. We walked past Christian and I could feel his eyes burning into the back of my head. I ignored him, listening to Tyler and Adrian as they listed off reasons as to why I should have lunch with them.

'Tomorrow, I promise.' I wrote down.

"Fine. We'll let you get off this time, Ana. But tomorrow…" Tyler shook his head, telling me I was definitely having lunch with them tomorrow.

When we got to the cafeteria, we parted ways. They went to sit with their crowd and I isolated myself from everyone else and found an empty table in the far back. I really did feel like being a long right now, and it wasn't to sulk about Him. It was to simply read my book which had me building up a lot of anticipation. I took a seat and dug the book out of my bag. I flipped to the page I left off and began to read. There was nothing I loved more than a good book and the time to actually read it. I felt myself get lost in the book, becoming Heather was so easy to me. I wish I could literally jump in the book and experience the real deal. That would be so cool. I don't think I would ever come out of the book. Brandon made me want to do it. The love he obviously had for her was undeniably there. He might have had a funny way of showing but as the ready I knew and so did Heather. I took a small break from my book to look around the cafeteria. I saw Mia, sitting with her friends, looking a little grim. Mimi was talking and it was clear that Mia just wasn't interested in anything she had to say. I smiled to myself and looked around again, seeing Adrian tell some sort of story and acting it out. Tyler was right there laughing at his friend and encouraging him. I mentally laughed and could only imagine what it was they were talking about. I kept glancing around and saw a few girls have an elicit conversation. They looked mad and were verbally bantering at one another. I see a possible fight in the future. My attention was then taking away from them and focusing on a tall blonde who seemed to be in a very intense conversation with someone. She was tall, beautiful as always but the look on her face made her less attractive. She talking to someone, but I could see who it was, due to a large pillar blocking the view. I could only see her, so whatever the conversation was about is basically one sided on my part. I watched closely…I could be nosey sometimes but what else was there to do. I could read but this seemed a little more interesting. He face was hard and tense; her mouth was still moving quickly. Suddenly a hand came up to shush her and she looked shocked, well not too shocked, but definitely surprised. I guess it was the other person turn to talk. He had to be a male though by the look of his hands. Her face than changed instantly, taking on a regret type of look. She looked like she was sorry about something and had some sort of plead in her eyes.

As if she sensed me looking, her eyes locked with mine and I quickly glanced away, returning to my book. I wasn't going to get caught doing that again. After a while I forgot about the little scene I witnessed with Elena. The book again consumed so much so that I didn't realize Christian sitting in front of me until he cleared his throat. I looked up from my book and gave him a small wave.

"So have you been practicing your talking?" His smile was strained.

I shook my hand side to side, telling him kind of sort of.

"Well, let's hear it."

I have actually been practicing a lot lately, whenever I have time I say a few words. It comes to me a lot easier now and I have Christian to thank for that. I bit my lip, thinking about what words I should say.

"Don't do that." Christian said sternly.

Well now I know a word to say. "What?" It didn't come out all that strong. It was almost a whisper, but he heard me.

Completely ignoring my question he said, "Say something else. Two words."

"Upper Lip."

"Is that it?"

"Fuck you." I've been practicing that one just for Mimi. By the look on Christians face, he was surprised that a curse word would be a part of my vocabulary. Obviously he didn't have to face the wrath of Mimi every single day. The next thing he should teach me is how to fight. So after my verbal abuse, I could give her a good punch is the face. Maybe that will get her to shut up and leave me alone.

I got a real smile out of him and a small laugh. "Now that I wasn't expecting." He sighed. "So I see you've gotten friendly with Tyler and Adrian."

Ha! I knew he didn't just come over here to ask me about my communication skills. I wasn't ready to answer questions that were more than three words verbally, so I grabbed my note pad and wrote 'They are really nice and good friends.'

He laughed. "If I know Tyler, he's being more then friendly."

I cocked an eyebrow at him. 'He may have a small crush.' I wrote.

"I'm sure." He said with a roll of his eyes. "I take it he invited you to his pool party?"

I nodded my head. 'He even asked me to be his date.'

His eyes grew dark and his voice became deep. "And what did you say?"

'That I would think about it.'

"And have you thought about it?"

Geez, what's with all the questions? 'Nope, too busy reading.'

"I don't think you should go."

"Why?" I said. This talking is getting easier every day, although hearing my own voice is a little weird.

"I just don't think it's a good Idea." He shrugged his shoulders.

I had to write down my next response. 'You're kidding right? You're going to tell me not to do something but you won't give me a reason why?'

He furrowed his brows together but didn't answer.

'Are you going?' I wrote.

"Yeah."

'Well if you're worried or something than you can watch over me. BUT, I am going.'

He gave me a small smile. "You're stubborn." He sighed. "Fine." I returned his smile. Behind him I saw Elena, watching us. She looked…annoyed. What the heck is that all about? I ignored it and returned my gaze to Christian. "Why are you having lunch by yourself?"

I shrugged my shoulders and lifted my book.

"To read? There has to be more to it than that."

"No." I said.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes." I said.

"You sure are getting good at those two words."

'They're easy ones' I wrote.

"Right. Well I will see you eighth period for some more practice."

"K."

"And today we will try to work on some nice sentence structures."

I rolled my eyes. I guess he was tired of the one word responses. He stood up from the table and gave me one his dashing smiles. I could just melt, but I wouldn't. Nope, not me.

"Hey, Christian!" I, again, bowled my eyes. Mimi walked up and put her arms around Christian. If I didn't know Christian or how Mimi was a nut case, I might be jealous. "So I've been thinking…" She trailed off when she saw, when I know for a fact she saw me earlier talking to him and that's why she's here now. "Oh, it's you." I gave her the rolling of my eyes and a straight face that said not to mess with me today. I really wasn't in the mood. "You know Ana, that's your name isn't it?" Please, as if she didn't know.

"Mimi, stop, leave her alone." Christian said, removing her arms from around him.

"I wanted to ask you a question." She said with a big ugly smile. Ugh, she made me want to puke.

"What is it?"

"Can you pretty please be my date to Tyler's party?" She whined. Christian's eyes flicked to me and a small smile started to grow on his face. And not a good one, more like one of those when you're about to do something the other wouldn't approve of.

"I thought you and Tyler were a thing?" He asked. Oh I see. Christian can be a real jerk sometimes. I didn't even say I was going with him, but he won't take it that way. If I didn't know any better, I'd say he was jealous. Hmm. A jealous Christian…I think I like it! Serves him right for rejecting our kiss.

"No. I dropped him a while ago. I just wasn't feeling it." What a liar. A dirty liar. "But I am feeling you. So what do you say?" I wish he would say yes. I really do. If he wants to play these childish games then so be it. I'll bite and I'll make him wish he never agreed to go with that little tramp.

"Maybe." He said. "I'll think about it and let you know by tomorrow." Well played Christian, well played. He gave the same answer, I gave Tyler.

But unlike Tyler she didn't take a maybe. "Well why maybe? You might as well just say yes if you're going to say maybe." She trailed her hand up his arm, which he quickly grabbed with his hand.

He held her wrist tightly and said in a hard tone, "I said maybe." When he released her, he whispered, "Take it or leave it."

"Okay fine. I'll take it." She said, sucking her teeth at him.

He turned to look at me, his feature no longer hard but soft. "I'll see you later, Ana, remember eighth period. Don't be late."

I nodded at him and gave a tiny smile.

"Don't be late for what?" Mimi asked once he was gone. She leaned over the table and stared at me. "What is going on during eighth period?" I didn't answer, but her eyes went wide with realization. "Is that why you're always leaving in the middle of cheerleading? To go meet with Christian? What are you two doing?" I still didn't answer. I'll let her imagination think whatever it wants. She regained her composure though. Her brain was obviously working and I'm guessing she came up with an answer, most likely being that he feels sorry for me and blah blah blah, just like with Tyler. "He's mine Ana, so stay away from him." It's hard to do that since I live with the guy, but maybe she doesn't know that. I don't think Mia would have told her since there not close or anything and I know for a fact that Christian never would have told her either. So either she's completely in the dark or she just finds it irrelevant. "He is mine."

I stood up and bent over to write on my pad. Before showing her, I grabbed my book and put it in my bag and then tossed it over my shoulder. I stood in front of her and looked her in the eye. We had a small stare down but I put the paper in front of her face.

She tilted her head a little and I watched her read the words 'If that's true, than he would have said yes to you being his date. You are delusional and desperate.'

Her mouth parted in surprise and the rage that showed in her eyes almost made me cringe. Almost. I smiled sweetly at her at least that was my goal, and walked away.

I just keep digging myself deeper with that girl.

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