Chapter Four

Adam POV

I went to the library at 1pm on Friday afternoon and sat at a table at the very back of the library, waiting for Jake. I had spent the most of night writing up ideas to use for our assignment, but I seriously doubted that Jake had even considered what to do for our assignment.

At half past, Jake strolled in, looking around and I looked up from my phone as he sat down. I looked at the rather bored expression on his face, he obviously had the same amount of desire as I did.

"Alright, so what are we doing?" Jake asked.

I pulled out my notes, noticing the small smirk on his face and rolls his eyes slightly.

"What?" I asked, feeling defensive and he gave a small laugh.

"Someone's taking this seriously," Jake chuckled "how many books are on that list? Two-hundred?"

I ignored that comment. There was no point reacting to his comment, he was only trying to irritate me.

"What do you think of doing an assignment on Wuthering Heights?" I asked, reading my first title and looking at Jake.

"No," Jake shook his head "that's an obvious choice and I'm guessing you've already read it."

"What makes you think I've read it?" I asked, even though I actually had.

Jake looked at me with a grin, his arm slung around the back of his chair.

"I can tell, you've read it and it was something you read in your own time." Jake said casually with that annoying smirk "go on, tell me. Have you read that book before?"

"Yeah, I might have done." I said, getting seriously pissed off that he was analysing me like a councillor, but Jake just grinned and laughed.

"You're so easy to wined up!" Jake laughed "I'm only joking, man. Relax yourself."

Jake calmed down, looking more relaxed now and less I'm-a-bad-ass. I

"Okay, have you got any ideas?" I asked.

"Of Mice & Men by John Steinbeck," Jake said easily and I looked at him in surprise, that was a really good choice "have you read that?"

"No, have you?"

"Does reading a summary of the book on the internet count?" Jake asked hopefully, making me laugh.

"Nah, I don't think it does."

Jake shrugged, but was still grinning.

"Fair enough," Jake said, then gave a cocky grin "I'll go find us some copies to read and you can write my notes, yeah?"

"In your dreams, mate" I laughed as Jake stood, heading towards the fiction isle and thinking that maybe my first opinion of Jake wasn't absolutely right, he seemed like a cool guy.

Jake POV

For a white guy, Adam was actually alright and wasn't stuck up like I thought he was. Being the English teacher's kid, I thought he was all about books and school, but I couldn't have been more wrong. We spent more time chatting about our lives, interests and hobbies than getting on with our assignment. Adam was actually quite athletic and he told me that when he lived in London, he played for a youth basketball team, but when I suggested he should join the school basketball team he seemed uninterested.

"I haven't played in a while," Adam shrugged "I'm a little out of shape."

"I'll get you a try-out and practice with you for it," I said grinning "you've got good muscle definition and we need a bit of fresh blood on the team, all the other dudes look like they could be knocked over by a baby finger they're that skinny."

Adam laughed and gave a small nod.

"Alright, I'll think about it,"

"Awesome," I beamed, but seeing the clock my smile faltered "oh shit! I'm late!

I stood up and shoved my notes and papers into my bag with my new book, I'd have to start working on it this weekend.

"Everything okay?" Adam asked and I gave an apologetic look.

"Yeah, sound" I said, slinging my rucksack over my shoulder "I just got to get to Glee Practice, if I'm late again I'm in shit."

"You're in the Glee Club?" Adam said and I could tell he was trying not to laugh.

"Yeah, I am." I said with a confident grin "I'm not just a pretty face with a fit body, but I've also got an awesome voice. I'm a man of many skills."

Adam looked like he was going to come out with a sarcastic comment, but I seriously needed to go. Grabbing his pen and a piece of paper, I wrote my phone number down on it quickly.

"That's my number," I explained "if you want to come round my place next week to work on this assignment, that'll be cool."

"Yeah, okay" Adam said, standing up and pulling on his hoodie "I'll see you later."

I arrived at Glee Club just in time, after having sprinted halfway accoss the school (I seem to be running around a lot lately).

Kitty gave me an evil glare as I sat next to her, her arms crossed and that queen bitch look on her face told me I was in deep shit.

"Why haven't you called me?" she snapped and I frowned in confusion.

"I saw you yesterday," I said slowly, trying to read her expression "what's your problem?"

"My problem is, you never want to spend any time with me!" Kitty hissed and I rolled my eyes in exasperation.

It is true though, I don't want to spend time with Kitty and that's because she annoys the fuck out of me. If only I was man enough to end it, I wouldn't have to deal with her shit. Marley and Ryder walked in just then, Ryder was kissing Marley's neck and I had the sudden urge to leap to my feet and beat the crap out of my ex-best friend for stabbing me in the back by stealing my girl. As the rest of the class filed in, my thoughts went to Adam. I really enjoyed our study session in the library, even though we only talked and didn't study. I liked talking to someone who didn't judge me because of my surname or my skin colour, he was really cool. He was a laugh as well and he seemed like a really decent guy.

Mr Shue walked, in holding an audition sheet and looking worried.

"If any of you knows anyone who wants to join, get them to come to the audition in two weeks time," Mr Shue said seriously "because there are ten of you, we need two more students to join and if we don't have twelve in two weeks, we won't be able to compete for sectionals."

Everyone else looked seriously worried and I couldn't blame them, everyone knew Glee was at the bottom of the high school food chain and we were basically screwed.

As I watched Blaine, Tina, Unique, Ryder and Marley perform One Day More, I had a sudden thought that made me grin. This club needed more singers and especially some good singers, so what if I could convince Adam to audition. That will get us one more step closer to sectionals if he joined.

Author's Note:

Thanks for reading and make sure you leave a review, I've debated whether to continue with this story and it would be great to know what you guys think of the story so far.