Status: active, slow but surely.
He Doesn't Look A Thing Like Jesus; But He Talks Like A Gentleman
I Hate Everything About You
After pointedly spending the whole study hall avoiding Jack Barakat, Chase was nearly ecstatic to go to lunch. It was her safe haven. Sure, the Barakats were there but they stayed far on the other side of the cafeteria. Running into the cafeteria she let out a large sigh and slung her bag onto the empty table in front of her. Looking out the fogged up window across the room from her, she cursed the weather. If it hadn’t been raining she’d have gone out in the courtyard for lunch. The fall sun, just right and the beautiful leaves threatening to fall off of the trees at any moment. But, instead it was dark as night outside, foggy, dreary and thunder was barely audible under the roar of teenagers in the cafeteria.
“I heard you’ve had a fun first day so far,” Rian Dawson sarcastically smiling sitting next to Chase.
“And who may you have heard that from?”
“Take a guess,” Rian smiled. He was Alex’s closest friend.
“Alex.” She didn’t even play along.
“Wow that bad?” Rian realized gaining a serious demeanor.
“Oh. Definitely.” She said dryly. “How has yours been?” she asked a bit more cheerily taking on her usual school façade.
“Gym, Sociology, Lunch, Early Dismissal? Great!” Rian bragged happily.
“I’m glad,” Chase smiled and no matter how hard she tried she couldn’t help but stare as Jasyn, Jack, Zack Merrick, and Tommy Scott entered into the cafeteria. Each smiling and laughing. Zack Merrick was Jasyn and Jack’s cousin.
Jasyn and Tommy were holding hands, and as they sit, Tommy sweetly took Jasyn’s hand and kissed it lightly.
“Ahw, how pathetic,” Alex feigned adoration, and brought Chase back into her world, as he and two of Chase’s better friends on the squad, Keri and Kelli, sat down with them.
“Seriously,” Kelli rolled her eyes.
“Someone seriously needs to tell that girl that there’s no appeal in sallow-looking skin, and dark craters under your eyes,” Kerri judged Jasyn.
The two girls, along with every other girl in the school, hell-in the town; with the exception of family, and Jasyn Barakat; seemed to be completely infatuated with Alex Gaskarth, and he loved every moment of it. At any beck in call he could have nearly anyone he wanted do whatever he wanted.
Today, the girls seemed to irritate Alex for some reason. As he looked on, across the imaginary line that split the cafeteria in two, he surveyed Jasyn Barakat. She wasn’t ugly, and she didn’t look as bad as the jealous cheerleader next to him was making it sound.
Hearing his own thoughts, Alex wanted to spit on himself. He was defending Jasyn Barakat in his head? What was all of that about?
Kelli and Kerri went on with mindless chatter with Rian, yet Chase and Alex both seemed to be in their own worlds, neither so much as uttering a word for almost five minutes.
Strangely enough they both were stealing glances over at the Barakat table.
Alex was looking inside him wondering why he couldn’t bring himself to turn his attention. Chase was watching Jasyn and Tommy interact. He was acting so sweet with her, and she couldn’t help but to be jealous.
Another reason to hate Jasyn.
“Chaaase? Hello Earth to Chase,” Kerri waved her hand in front of Chase’s face seemingly waking her up.
“Hmm, yeah sorry what?” she asked.
“Ker was just saying how kickass cheer is going to be now that you’ve made captain!” Kelli said excitedly.
The night before, after one of the more rigorous practices, the girls had had a vote to elect a new cheer captain. Although Chase was only a junior, she was friendly, popular, and had the brains to pull it off and by nearly a unanimous vote she’d won.
Chase smiled. As pathetic as it may sound, that was one thing that she had that Jasyn Barakat didn’t have. The squad. The grades. The leadership skills. It boosted up her ego.
“Chase, I knew you could do it!” Rian happily congratulated his friend, and they shared a hug.
“Watch the hands Dawson, or Gaskarth is going to kick your ass,” two of Alex’s friends from football said as Alex ruffled up his sexily disheveled hair.
“They’re right Ri,” Alex kidded, as he stood up. “Anyone want anything?” he asked politely as he got up to buy himself a bottle of water. Everyone declined, and Alex shuffled his feet to, just out of the cafeteria, the vending machine. The hallway was empty, and Alex inserted a dollar into the machine. He pressed the first button on the machine since each of them was the same thing.
A message appeared on the small screen. SOLD OUT.
Alex sighed, irritated, and tried the next button. Same thing. So on and so forth. Every single one sold out. And the machine still had his dollar.
Completely fed up, Alex kicked the machine, “DAMNIT!” he called out to no one in particular.
He heard a small scoff and whipped around to see none other then Jasyn Barakat standing there, staring at him.
Then something strange and new happened. For some reason he’d never know she gave him a small smile. And his lips, as if rebelling his mind and everything else, crept upward at the corners until he was smiling back at her. Jasyn was gone as quickly as she appeared leaving Alex wondering, What the hell was that?
“I heard you’ve had a fun first day so far,” Rian Dawson sarcastically smiling sitting next to Chase.
“And who may you have heard that from?”
“Take a guess,” Rian smiled. He was Alex’s closest friend.
“Alex.” She didn’t even play along.
“Wow that bad?” Rian realized gaining a serious demeanor.
“Oh. Definitely.” She said dryly. “How has yours been?” she asked a bit more cheerily taking on her usual school façade.
“Gym, Sociology, Lunch, Early Dismissal? Great!” Rian bragged happily.
“I’m glad,” Chase smiled and no matter how hard she tried she couldn’t help but stare as Jasyn, Jack, Zack Merrick, and Tommy Scott entered into the cafeteria. Each smiling and laughing. Zack Merrick was Jasyn and Jack’s cousin.
Jasyn and Tommy were holding hands, and as they sit, Tommy sweetly took Jasyn’s hand and kissed it lightly.
“Ahw, how pathetic,” Alex feigned adoration, and brought Chase back into her world, as he and two of Chase’s better friends on the squad, Keri and Kelli, sat down with them.
“Seriously,” Kelli rolled her eyes.
“Someone seriously needs to tell that girl that there’s no appeal in sallow-looking skin, and dark craters under your eyes,” Kerri judged Jasyn.
The two girls, along with every other girl in the school, hell-in the town; with the exception of family, and Jasyn Barakat; seemed to be completely infatuated with Alex Gaskarth, and he loved every moment of it. At any beck in call he could have nearly anyone he wanted do whatever he wanted.
Today, the girls seemed to irritate Alex for some reason. As he looked on, across the imaginary line that split the cafeteria in two, he surveyed Jasyn Barakat. She wasn’t ugly, and she didn’t look as bad as the jealous cheerleader next to him was making it sound.
Hearing his own thoughts, Alex wanted to spit on himself. He was defending Jasyn Barakat in his head? What was all of that about?
Kelli and Kerri went on with mindless chatter with Rian, yet Chase and Alex both seemed to be in their own worlds, neither so much as uttering a word for almost five minutes.
Strangely enough they both were stealing glances over at the Barakat table.
Alex was looking inside him wondering why he couldn’t bring himself to turn his attention. Chase was watching Jasyn and Tommy interact. He was acting so sweet with her, and she couldn’t help but to be jealous.
Another reason to hate Jasyn.
“Chaaase? Hello Earth to Chase,” Kerri waved her hand in front of Chase’s face seemingly waking her up.
“Hmm, yeah sorry what?” she asked.
“Ker was just saying how kickass cheer is going to be now that you’ve made captain!” Kelli said excitedly.
The night before, after one of the more rigorous practices, the girls had had a vote to elect a new cheer captain. Although Chase was only a junior, she was friendly, popular, and had the brains to pull it off and by nearly a unanimous vote she’d won.
Chase smiled. As pathetic as it may sound, that was one thing that she had that Jasyn Barakat didn’t have. The squad. The grades. The leadership skills. It boosted up her ego.
“Chase, I knew you could do it!” Rian happily congratulated his friend, and they shared a hug.
“Watch the hands Dawson, or Gaskarth is going to kick your ass,” two of Alex’s friends from football said as Alex ruffled up his sexily disheveled hair.
“They’re right Ri,” Alex kidded, as he stood up. “Anyone want anything?” he asked politely as he got up to buy himself a bottle of water. Everyone declined, and Alex shuffled his feet to, just out of the cafeteria, the vending machine. The hallway was empty, and Alex inserted a dollar into the machine. He pressed the first button on the machine since each of them was the same thing.
A message appeared on the small screen. SOLD OUT.
Alex sighed, irritated, and tried the next button. Same thing. So on and so forth. Every single one sold out. And the machine still had his dollar.
Completely fed up, Alex kicked the machine, “DAMNIT!” he called out to no one in particular.
He heard a small scoff and whipped around to see none other then Jasyn Barakat standing there, staring at him.
Then something strange and new happened. For some reason he’d never know she gave him a small smile. And his lips, as if rebelling his mind and everything else, crept upward at the corners until he was smiling back at her. Jasyn was gone as quickly as she appeared leaving Alex wondering, What the hell was that?