"Hey Marcus." Bree greets, as she takes the seat in front of me.

"Hi." I reply.

The bell rings and there is no sign of Mrs. Johnson, so I get up to leave.

"Where are you going?" Bree asks.

"If the teachers not here, then I don't know why I have to be here." I reply as I walk out the door.

I hear some other kids follow me out, and I also hear some pondering if they should leave or stay. I don't wait to see if Bree follows me, she is a goody to shoes, so she'll sit in the classroom till the bell rings.

"Hey Marcus!" I hear Adam enthusiastically shout.

I turn around and see Adam standing by the vending machine waving at me. I walk over, "What's up?"

Adam seems to take this literally, "The celling, and I can't get my cookies from the vending machine."

"Did you try hitting it?" I ask. Then Adam hits the side of vending machine, leaving a small dent, but the cookies do fall and Adam is able to get his snack.

"Thanks, so why aren't you in class?" Adam asks.

"I could ask you the same thing." I retort.

"I was hungry so I came to get food." Adam responds.

"Ok, I'm going to head to class, see you later." I walk off.

"Bye." Adam calls after me.

Line break

As the day goes on, I get more nervous. I don't think Douglas will hurt Maya, or me in front of Maya, he is usually extremely nice when strangers are around but he doesn't take surprises well.

"Marcus are you ok?" Chase asks, we are currently dissecting a baby pig in AP Biology.

"Yeah." I say. Chase just goes back to dissecting the pig.

"Maya told me that you guys are hanging out today." Chase says.

"Are you jealous?" I ask, knowing he'll deny it.

"What! No, it's just; I didn't know you two were good friends. Not that it matters, I'm just saying." Chase tries to walk back his comment.

"No worries Chase, I wont steal Maya away from you. So when do you start work?" I ask.

"Today after school. Maya and I are only friends, I don't care who see dates, or becomes friends with." Chase says, I wonder if he believes that himself, because I sure don't.

"Cool. Just so you know Maya is only my friend." I say.

"Stop talking Mr. Davis." Mr. Richards warn, I'm his least favorite student, and Chase is his favorite.

"Yes sir." I mock salute him; he just rolls his eyes before going back to helping some girl.

"You might not want to make him angry." Chase cautions.

"Whatever." I roll my eyes.

"So what are you guys doing?" Chase asks.

"Chase if you're jealous or want to come just say something." I reply.

"I'm not jealous, and I can't go I have work. I'm just trying to make conversation." Chase responds, his hands are in the pigs stomach, and I'm holding it open for him.

"She learned that I'm in self defense so I offered to teach her some." I say.

"That's cool." Chase responds.

Before I could say anything, Mr. Richards says, "Ok class, lets start getting cleaned up. We'll pick up where we left off at the beginning of class next time."

A feeling of dread washes over me, maybe I should send Douglas a text.

Marcus: Hey I'm bringing a friend home after school today. Please don't scare her.

"No texting in class Marcus, if I catch you again I will take your phone." Mr. Richards warns.

I just put my phone in my back pocket. I feel it vibrate, probably a text from Douglas. I stand with my back to the teacher, and Chase is facing me, so I gesture for him to start talking, Chase jumps but says, "That pre calculus test tomorrow sound hard-" He keeps talking about formulas. I tune him out.

Douglas re Marcus: Why would I scare my daughter.

He thinks I'm bringing Bree home; he is going to kill me when he finds out the truth.

Marcus re Douglas: It's not Bree, its Chases friend.

Douglas re Marcus: Why aren't you bringing some one important?

I can practically see his disappointment and anger.

Marcus re Douglas: She is important; Chase has a crush on her and trusts her.

Douglas re Marcus: Smart. We can use her as plan B to get them if plan A doesn't work.

That's not exactly what I had in mind, but he doesn't need to know that,

Marcus re Douglas: Yeah. G2G class is about to get out.

Douglas re Marcus: Bye.

"So who was that?" Chase asks.

"Just my dad. Thanks for helping me." I reply.

"You're welcome." Chase says.

Just then the bell rings. I also realize that Maya and I never made any plans to meet up, luckily I see her walk up to Chase. I stay back and listen to their conversation.

"Good luck with your first day of work." I can hear that she genuinely cares.

"Thanks." I can hear Chase stammer, and I see the tips of his ears turn red. I'm a little envious, I've never had someone like that, and I know I never will get the chance to.

"Bye Chase." Maya says, I see them hug; when they pull away I start to walk over.

"Hey." I smirk. I see Chase eavesdropping as he walks off.

"Lets go. I need to be home by four, so I can make dinner, and beat my dad. Who will probably ground me forever if he sees me on a motorcycle again." Maya says.

Maya and I were walking to my motorcycle, talking about school, when I notice Bree and Caitlin waiting by my motorcycle. I nudge Maya and she looks up, then she whispers, "I was hanging out with Chase, and his siblings before school, when Caitlin walked over to Bree, she has something important to tell you."

I nod, and then put my signature smirk on and walk over to them, "Hey ladies."

Bree smiles at me, and Caitlin blushes and gives me a small wave. I can't believe I forgot I told her we would talk today. Maya makes up some excuse to talk to Bree a little ways away from us, and Bree picks up on the silent message Lets give them some alone time.

"Hey Marcus, can we talk for a moment?" Caitlin asks me. I just nod at her to continue.

"So um I was wondering if you would liketohangoutsometimeasmorethenjustfriends?" She was out of breath by the time she was done; I had no idea what she said.

"I didn't understand anything after would." I state.

"I said 'so um I was wondering if you would like to hang out sometime as more then just friends." Her whole face is a deep red by the end of it; she is also looking at her feet.

"No. We are friends I don't want to ruin that." I say, I'm trying to let her down easy, but she has tears in her eyes, she nods before running off to Bree and dragging her away.

Maya walks over, "What did you say to her?"

I sigh, "She wants to be more then just friends, but I don't."

"Please tell me you let her down easy." Maya says.

"I thought I did, but then she started crying." I said. To avoid any more questions I grab my helmet and hand it to Maya.

"What about you?" Maya asks as she puts my helmet on, she's having trouble but I let her figure it out.

"I've only got one. Plus I'm more afraid of your dad then getting in a crash. I'm a pretty good motorcyclists if I do say so my self." I brag.

"Your humble too." Maya adds sarcastically.

"Do you think Caitlin will forgive me?" I ask, I don't want there to be awkwardness at school tomorrow.

"Eventually, I'd give it a month." Maya says, and then she finally has the helmet on. "Everyone's staring." She adds.

I look around and notice everyone is looking at us, I glare at them, many turn around, a few run away, but one glares back. "Who's that?" I ask gesturing to the guy who is glaring back at me.

"That's Rodney, Caitlin's ex. They had a mutual break up when she left for the summer. He was dating someone else when she got back. But now that he's single he wants her back." Maya replies.

I get on the bike and help Maya get on. She wraps he arms around me, I feel Rodney glaring at me. He must think I made Caitlin cry, and then asked Maya out. I hope there aren't any rumors tomorrow; they'll probably make Chase and Caitlin angry.

But I can't worry about that now, I have to worry about Douglas. I also have to make it look like we have a good relationship, so Maya doesn't think I'm getting abused.

A/N I'm glad I had time to update today. Don't get mad if you want Caitlin x Marcus, they can still become a couple. Let me know in reviews if you want them to end up together.

Please let me know if I make any spelling or grammar mistakes.

Thanks for reading this!

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amichele: Thanks for reviewing! Maya seemed like the logical choice. I'm glad you liked Leo getting a happy meal.