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Chapter 14
Marina's POV
I was feeling extremely bored today. I took a nap in my first 3 classes. Thankfully I weaseled my way out of detention. Vincent kept telling me how excited he was for our date, but now I'm having second thoughts. He's sweet and all, but he's not….my type. 'Then who is?' Jimmy's face popped up into my mind.
I blushed. 'Why was I thinking of Jimmy? He's so cute when he's smiles. Marina why are you thinking about your friend like this? Stop daydreaming about him. Oh, look there he is!'
Jimmy waved at me. I smiled. He was wearing his usual hat backwards, which I thought was extremely cute. He was walking towards me.
"Hey." I said quietly.
"Hey, what's up?"
"Just thinking." I said.
"About?" He said rolling his hands gesturing me to answer.
"A boy." I answered.
"Vincent?" He said frowning.
"Actually, no, you know him, though." I said mysteriously.
"Gary? Drew? Ash? Paul? Please, tell me it's not Paul." He said guessing.
"No, no, no, and biggest no of all." I said.
"Then who?" He pleaded.
"That's for me to know and for you to never find out." I said flirtatiously.
"Why can't I know?" Jimmy said childishly stomping his feet.
I wiggled my finger, "You know Jimmy, it's not mature to stomp your feet."
Jimmy just stuck out his tongue. After a minute of silence we burst out laughing.
Jimmy's POV
Marina and I were talking during the rest of class. I still don't know who she was thinking bout, though by the look of things it looked like she really liked that guy. If I knew who he was I would have a nice 'talk' with him. I snapped out of my thoughts and saw me popping my knuckles.
"Uhh, Jimmy, you okay?" Marina looked at me worriedly.
"Yeah, just perfect." I practically growled.
"Umm okay?" She said.
"Don't worry, I'm just tired." I lied.
"Then, you should go to bed earlier." She smiled at me. I could feel a blush heating up my face.
"Your face is red. Do you have a fever?" She put her hand on my forehead. My face heated up even more.
"No, I'm fine. Don't worry about me." I faked a smile. She lifted her hand off my head. I was kind of disappointed, though.
"Hey, Jimmy, can I ask you something?" She said with a straight face.
"Yeah, sure anything." I meant it.
"Well, the other day when I accepted Vincent on a date I wasn't thinking clearly, but now I don't really want to go." Marina said guiltily.
"Then why don't you tell him?" I said feeling really happy when I should've felt bad for Vincent, but right now I feel like I'm going to explode with happiness.
"Well, I don't want to hurt his feelings." Marina said looking down at her feet. I put my hand on her shoulder reassuring. She stiffened then relaxed.
Marina's POV
Jimmy seemed happy about what I just told him, but for some reason I'm glad he's glad. When he put his hand on my shoulder I was a little shocked. I looked at him and blushed. He was staring at me.
"Uhh, Jimmy?" I nudged towards his hand.
"Oh, sorry!" He blushed and took his hand off.
"It's okay." I smiled.
"Hey, I got to go, see you later?" Jimmy said hopefully
"Okay, see you later." I gave him a quick hug and blushed.
"Yeah, bye." He said hiding his face.
Jimmy's POV
My face was probably redder than an apple's. I didn't need to go anywhere, but by the way things were turning out I would've started blurting out random comments to Marina to keep a conversation going and I've already embarrassed myself enough in front of her.
I wanted to be with Marina so bad. She was perfect to me in every little way. The way she smiled, the way she walked, even the way she breathes. Wow, I sound like a total stalker.
"Hi, Jimmy, what 'cha doing?" A flirtatious voice came from behind me. I turned around. It was my ex, Carla.
"What do you want?" I spat.
"You." She said inching closer.
"Well, you can have someone else. I'm not interested." I said stepping away.
"How can you not want me?" She wailed. 'She is SO annoying!' I thought angrily.
"Because I don't like my girlfriends to be really annoying and some other stuff I shouldn't say." I was pretty attempted to call the cops because this girl just wouldn't give up.
"How dare you! I will make you pay Jimmy Kenta! No one and I mean no one gets away with dumping me!" She wailed.
"Well, watch me." I walked to my class. I could hear her stomping off throwing a tantrum. People were staring at me like, 'dude, you are so dead!' I didn't care, though. As long as that thing is away from me I'm fine.
Marina's POV
I saw Jimmy and his ex, Cathy, no Carla fighting. I could only hear some of it, though. There was already a pretty big crowd forming and I was at the back. I could hear Jimmy rejecting Carla, though. I wanted to see that so bad. Too bad I was too short. When the crowd dispersed I saw Jimmy walking off. 'Dang it, I missed it all!' I headed off to class.
Class was boring. Actually that was an understatement. It was boring with a capitol B-O-R-I-N-G! The teacher was talking about how you can tell how old trees are. If teachers aren't interesting then they shouldn't get off topic! I also couldn't take a nap and risk detention because I sat in the front row. Why me?
I decided I was just going to text on my phone since the tables hid everything under them. I got out my phone while he was drawing a tree stump on the board. I got out a piece of paper and a pencil. I started an outline of a body, so it looked like I was doing something important. I decided to text Jimmy because he looked like he was going to die from boredom.
Me: Hi Jimmy isn't class boring?
Jimmy: Yes, get me out of this class!
Me: No can do. I'm stuck here too.
Jimmy: Why do the boring teachers have to roam this school?
Me: IDK, but what are you doing?
Jimmy: Trying to not fall asleep. You?
Me: Same, but I sit in the front row, so I have to pretend to pay attention.
Jimmy: That stinks :(
Me: Yeah… So what's up with that fight in the halls?
Jimmy: Oh, you saw that? Well, she was trying to take me back and I didn't want her back. She just makes the simplest things into the school's latest gossip. You know? She's just one of those girls who have to be dramatic about everything.
Me: Wow, sounds like you've got a stalker on your hands. Good luck!
Jimmy: Thanks a lot! :P
Me: You're welcome! ;)
Jimmy: So… what do you want to talk about?
Me: IDK
Jimmy: Haha okay. IDK means I don't know.
Me: That's not what I meant, but okay…..
The bell rang. 'YES!' I thought. Jimmy was even more excited than I was. He screamed it out loud and ran out the door screaming, "FREEDOM!" I ran out to catch up with him. By now he was walking, so that made it easier.
"You know, tomorrow the teacher's going to give you detention if you do that." I said chuckling.
"Not if he can't catch me." Jimmy smirked.
"Touché."
"Want to sit together for lunch?" He said.
"Yeah, sure, but do you mind if my friends sit with us too?"
"Not if you don't mind my friends sitting with us." He said walking with his hands in his pockets.
"Well, then I guess it's settled. We're going to sit together for lunch." I said announcing it to no one.
"You are so weird and dramatic, but in a good way." He said smiling.
"Thanks, I guess."
Jimmy's POV
The next thing I know I grabbed Marina's hand. She blushed, but didn't pull away.
'Why'd I just do that?'
'Because you wanted to.' I resisted the urge to slap myself.
I walked with her in the halls. Her hand intertwined with mine. 'I like her.' I admitted to myself.
When we got into the cafeteria I freed our hands. Marina didn't object either. She looked a little sad, though. We got out food and chose an empty table. I sat across to Marina. A few minutes later Drew, Paul, Ash, and Gary joined us. Misty, May, Leaf, and Dawn joined us next.
I sat across Marina. Drew sat across May, Paul sat across Dawn, Ash sat across Misty, and Gary sat across Leaf.
"So, Jimmy, care to explain why we're sitting with them." Drew grumbled.
"I asked Marina to. Then she asked her friends to. Got a problem with that?" I asked arching an eyebrow.
"No." Drew mumbled.
"Good." I said triumphantly.
Marina's POV
I sweat dropped at May and Dawn's glares at the boys across them.
"You know, Drew, you don't have to be mean." May said madly.
"I could, but it's too much fun messing with you." Drew said nonchalantly.
"Agh, I swear someday I'm going to commit murder!" May said furiously. Drew didn't say anything. He just ignored her, but you could see a smirk tugging at his lips.
"Paul, talk to me!" Dawn said waving her hand in front of his face. He continued to ignore her, but you could see he was resisting to smile. It shocked me a little. I imagined Paul smiling. It was a little scary.
I watched my friends argue with guys they obviously liked. They wouldn't admit it, but they were all paired perfectly with someone. Then who was I paired with? The only person left was Jimmy…
I blushed at the thought of Jimmy and I dating, but it was a nice thought to have. I mentally gasped. 'That's why I could never picture myself with Vincent. I liked Jimmy!' I let the truth hit me with its full force. It was a good force for once.
Jimmy's POV
After lunch I ditched my friends because some of them were too busy flirting with the girl of their dreams. I ditched them with Marina. I could tell she was feeling the same thing. We hung out for the rest of the school day. The only period I didn't have with her was last. I really like her, though.
"Well, bye Marina. See you tomorrow I guess."
"Yeah, bye." She said looking away.
"Hey wouldyougooutwithme?" I asked really fast. Marina must've understood because she blushed.
"I don't know. I still have to figure out how to tell Vincent 'no' without hurting his feelings." She said apologetically.
"Is that a 'yes'?" I said feeling a tidal wave of hope.
"It's not a 'no'." She said flirtatiously.
"Then I take that as a 'yes'." I mentally whooped.
"Okay, but only if I find a way to tell Vincent 'no'." She said smiling.
"If that's your only problem then I could take care of it for you." I said.
"Really, thanks!" She said hugging me and pecking me on the cheek.
"Well, bye." She said.
"Y-yeah, b-b-y-bye." I said blushing furiously. She giggled and headed off to class.
I didn't care if she saw me right then. I ran down the halls whooping, "Wahoo!"
Marina's POV
I could hear him whooping down the halls, but I felt like doing the same thing. I shook my head and thought, 'he's so cute.' Today turned out better than I thought.
Ahh! I updated 3 days in a row! Don't expect an update tomorrow because you're not getting one.
