Chapter 3

“You talked to that guy?” Kelly asked looking at me suspiciously and I nodded.

“Is he acting like a jerk?” She asked in an angry tone.

“No, he’s nice and he called me Livie.” I said and she raised her eyebrows.

“I don’t.. have a good feeling..”

“What?”

“I think he’s interested in you.” She smirked as she smacked my butt.

“Kelly!” I hissed.

“Students! Please sit down..” We both turned to our teacher and sat down. James walked in and he turned to me smiling before he turned to Joey. I turned to Joey and he was already glaring at me.

“Hello class, I’m James Smith. From Brighton, UK. Nice to meet you all.” He greeted and some girls looked at him in awe. 

“James, pick a seat and pick a friend to tour you around. Since you don’t know their names, you can point at them.” James nodded and he walked to my seat. I turned to Kelly and she smirked.

“Livie, will you tour me around?” When he said that, some people gasped, and I turned to Joey. Joey was busy with his book and I turned to James.

“Sure.” 

“Okay, Olivia. You will show him around.” The teacher said and I nodded. He sat between me and Joey. I turned to Kelly and she winked. I heard some girls started to mock me. 

Math class was not fun, Joey was busy with his thoughts. I kept glancing at him but he was busy looking at his things. 

The bell rang and Kelly sat on my desk. As I was about to ask her, but suddenly she left. I called her but she ignored me. I turned my head to see James already sitting in front of me. 

“James, let’s eat!” Joey said and I turned to Joey instantly. Joey looked at me annoyed and then he turned his head to James.

“No thanks, Livie here is going to give me a tour.” James smiled at me and Joey left. I put everything into my bag and started my tour for James. 

“This is the school garden, beautiful right?” I asked and he looked at me before turning his attention to the garden. 

“Yes.” 

“This garden connects to the cafeteria where everyone has their lunch, the cool thing is.. the cafeteria is seethrough so everyone can enjoy the garden.” I pointed at the cafeteria and James followed my direction. His eyes narrowed and he smirked. 

“What are-” Before I can ask, he grabbed my hand and walked back into the building. 

“Please, continue.”

“This is the library and let’s go here..” I walked first and pointed at the soccer field. “This is the soccer field and that’s our class.” I pointed at the window of our class earlier. I turned to the field and chuckled.

“Why are you laughing?” 

“I was punished earlier because I gave Joey my book and the teacher punished me to stand there.” 

“Why did you give your book to him?” He asked curiously.

“Because I like him, I like him a lot.” I said without looking at James. 

“Come on, let’s continue.” He said as he took my hand. I led him to the basketball court.

“This is the basketball court where Joey pratices.” I said and he nodded.

“I’ll be joining the team by the way.”

“Really? You’ll come to today’s practice?” I asked.

“Sort of.”

“That’s cool, let me show you other rooms.” I toured him around the school and we laughed at random things. James is nice and I can say that he’s a fun guy to hangout with. 

“Thank you, Livie.” 

“You are welcome. I hope you will like it here.”

“Let’s go to class.. my last class is.. Biology.” 

“Oh! We’re the same then.” I said squealing and he chuckled.

“Let’s go..” He said as he grabbed my hand. We walked to class together. We were busy talking until class that I didn’t notice that we’re already inside. Everyone was looking at us and I saw Joey raising his eyebrows and Kelly smirking. I turned to James and let his hand go before walking to my seat. 

“What’s with the holding hands?” Kelly teased.

“Huh?” 

“I saw you from the cafeteria, so did Joey. He was watching you both and you two looked like a couple.” She winked.

Biology class started and I was not listening. I was daydreaming throughout the lesson. Sometimes I turned to Joey but he was too focused. The bell rang and Joey got out of the class as fast as he can. James bid him goodbye but he didn’t know that we will see each other again.

Kelly told me that she has to go home so I’ll watch Joey alone today. I got up and put my stuff back into my locker. I bought 4 cold water and a towel for Joey. 

I walked to the basketball court and walked up to the bleachers. I sat there and watched Joey play. James appeared a few minutes later and he talked to Joey about something. Joey chuckled and patted his back. They both started playing and I can say that they played along really well. After an hour and a half, they’re done. I walked down to Joey to give him water and a towel. 

“Here you go.” I said and he looked at me glaring. I looked away and he grabbed my towel to wipe his sweat. He then threw the towel to the ground and grabbed the water bottle from my hand. He dropped it too. 

After that he walked away, I looked down and held back my tears. I have to be strong and I walked to his bench and put the rest of the water bottles there. I sighed and decided to go home.