Author's Note: So, this is like really short. My only point with this one was introducing a bit of the future drama by bringing a new character in. I know she seems really flat right now, but I'm working on Patricia ^.^ Help will be very much appreciated!
Chapter Three
“Lei!” Aurora called. I was used to hearing her call me like that. I turned to her direction, after waving Eric off. What was he up to, anyway? Wanting to talk to me. My guts heated, and I crossed my arms across my torso.
I smiled at my best friend, who had stopped in front of me, panting. “Isn’t he great?”
She linked our arms, and started walking. I looked sadly at the end of the hall to my left, as we crossed the turn that would lead to the girls’ bathroom. “Who?” I asked, turning back to Aurora.
“Ian!” She exclaimed at me.
“Oh, right. You know, I think you should go and talk to-“ I got cut off as Ju reached us, and linked arms with Aurora, leading her a few steps away from me.
“You know, Steph just wanted to show something to you!” She was smiling widely, as she nodded at Steph, that had just reached us too.
“Yeah! I have it in my locker!” She continued down the hall with Aurora, practically dragging her, as Ju turned to me with begging eyes.
“You don’t want me to tell her,” I stated.
“Yeah. You know, it was a Summer fling, she has no business with it, and she seems to like him. That’s rare, and you know it.”
I sighed. I wasn’t going to tell her if Ju didn’t want to. Or Ian. I gave her a nod, and she hugged me, relieved. She was incredibly attached to Aurora, and I even had a jealous fret about it a year back or so. It just blew away, though. I don’t usually hold onto grudges as I wished I did; to my bad, I’m too forgiving and it has turned on me. People eventually look at me as someone too easy, someone too simple to conquer and I believe sometimes I am.
Aurora returned to me in a minute or something, and waved Ju away.
“What did Steph have to show you?”
“Oh, just some pictures on her phone. And some crazy videos she and Ju made. They were hilarious.”
“So, you were telling me about Ian’s awesomeness and hotness and whatever more,” I told at her.
She smiled widely and held tightly onto my arm. “He’s just awesome. Really. He’s freaking everything! He’s sweet, and polite, and smart, and h-o-t,” she spelled out the letters of the last word.
“Yeah, yeah.” Aurora continued telling me about everything. They hadn’t talked much, but he had looked at her quite a few times and smiled. Of course, she told me about a time when Ian smiled at Ju, and the other girl looked away quickly, as if scared or something, and how she had absolutely no clue what that was all about. I didn’t said a word about it.
We reached the cafeteria far too quickly. If I was seen, I might get trapped with conversations and then I couldn’t run for it and hide in bathroom. And then it would be too late, for the bell would ring and I wouldn’t have managed to stop the cut from bleeding and-
“Lei! Hey!” I just felt a quick hug and hadn’t actually taken a good look at the person since I kept my head low, when thinking. I could feel the strong scent of tobacco around the person and so I knew who she was.
“Hi, Patricia. How you doing?”
“Good. I’m glad to see you,” she smiled at me.
“I’m glad too.” I didn’t know her for that long, but she was very easy going person and would just tell me things in her life. Without me asking anything. But I liked her.
“Be right back!” Aurora said, and moved to a table where Martha and Cat were waving at her.
“You know, I made a new best friend!” She said to me excitedly, and smiled widely. “He was always around, because we live close, and then we just started talking and I really like him. He’s awesome.” She started walking towards the east side of the cafeteria, slowly. “I just wanted to tell you who he was. I’m kind of really thinking only about him, so he might come up a lot. I wanted you to know what I was talking about.”
She was a nice girl. Normally not too talkative, but she was comic, and extremely easy going. She stopped and smiled widely. “Him,” she pointed forwards and I followed her direction. My heart skipped a beat once I saw who it was.
“Eric’s your best friend?” I asked her, pulling my glare away from her.
