"Hey, Calvin you want a hit?" Tom walks over to me, reaching out his hand to pass me the glass bowl.
"No thanks I'm not in the mood right now!" It's not like me passing on a hit. If Tom was paying attention, he would begin to wonder why I said no. That's not the worst of it, I can sense Hannah's eyes on me and Nina. I'm F@cked!
I immediately stopped laughing with Jackie when I heard Tom say Calvin's name, intrigued I glanced over at him. Then taking a quick glance to see who was beside him. Great, why is she here? This will foil our plan! I hate to see his pretty face get beat in, in front of me. I know I need to play this smart and hope Nina can improv with me. because this is about to play out, right now in front of everyone!
Calvin glimpses at me, using my kryptonite, his baby blues. Awe, why did he have to do this to me? And why does he have to be so frigin cute and tall? After this debacle of a relationship, all that's left for me, are short, new England boys! Later, I will be putting my foot in my own mouth for that thought. Oh, how the universe has a great sense of humor.
Calvin's eyes were soft and had a sparkle about them, as he watched me intensely as if he felt something for me, it was actually very sweet. All the while I'm sure he was waiting to see how I was going to react with Nina standing so close to him. Sad really, I know he really liked me. I guess he gave into those teenage boy hormones, letting them create chaos in his life. I'm not into being played; I have watched my mom deal with that shit!
Then I noticed his gaze shifted over to Nina, with a look of indifference like he felt nothing for her. Dumb boy, he didn't even realize what he just revealed to the both of us with just two looks. He didn't need to utter a word from his mouth, we both knew how he felt now! I couldn't help but feel bad for Nina, she must feel so hurt by his unthoughtful actions.
Tom and Jay were now distracting Calvin, talking about after school plans. Quickly I gave Nina a wink and a nod, letting her know we should play it cool. I'm here for you girl; I got your back! I know she felt exactly what my energy was communicating to her, through my body language. Nina smiled, nodded back, then giggled to herself. Oh, it's on now, and we knew, there was no turning back. Can we pull this off and act like we are both cool with Calvin right now? In order, for us to teach Mr. Filmore a lesson, about how to treat woman right. Hopefully he will understand that two timing us was not very nice, at all!
I smiled and walked over to Nina, pretending to introduce myself to her. "Hi, I don't think I know you. My name is Hannah, I'm a freshman, what's your name?" Nina smiled back rolling her eyes as she snickered, playing alongside me.
"My name is Nina, I am also a freshman here, and no, you don't know me, but I have seen you around the halls in between classes." Nina really was a good little actress, we can do this, it's all about playing it cool, I tell myself.
In this point of our conversation, Calvin had noticed that we both were getting to know each other, he was getting nervous. Calvin walked away without a word, leaving Tom just standing there, in the middle of their conversation. Taking a short jog over to us, it is clear he isn't happy about us interacting with one another. He so rudely interrupted our conversation, standing in between the two of us creating a barrier.
Being amused at Calvin's attempt to keep both Nina and I from talking to each other any further. I couldn't help but want to boil the water around him a little bit. "Oh, there you are Calvin, I have been looking all over the school and a few of our favorite hangout spots for you. Are we still on for later?" Ok so I might have turned up the water a little too high now.
Too far, too far I screamed at myself as my mouth kept moving, listening to the uttering of words coming out of it non-stop. It's as if my brain and my mouth were not aligned to the same outcome. Oh shit, I don't see him getting out of this one, unless Nina ignores what I just said as if she didn't hear it. Nope she did not ignore, abort Nina abort again screaming to myself, as I watched her mouth open to speak, I squinted my eyes just wishing I could go invisible.
"Yeah Calvin, didn't you tell me you had to babysit your cousins tonight?" Nina blurted out, looking him straight in the eyes, with a look of disappointment.
How is Nina going to play this? It could go down right now if she lets her pissed off emotions fly out right now. Feeling terribly uncomfortable, as I wait for this to be over. You know that feeling you get when you are with a couple, and they have it out right in front of you. Yeah, well that's how I feel right now. Let's not forget to mention Calvin is my boyfriend to boot!
Aside from that, I have been placed in the middle of this weird high school love triangle! Having no idea what to do or even say next. I'm just going to have to roll with Nina and wing it from here. I'll Keep my mouth shut and just observe for now.
Nina folds her arms together, tilting her head to the right, she scowls in Calvin's direction. By this time Calvin had removed himself from between the two of us. Standing off to the side he must have thought he was outsmarting us. By not letting either of us know he was with one or the other. Calvin didn't dare to look Nina in the eyes, he kept his eyes to the ground as he nervously rolled a rock back and forth with his left foot.
"Oh yeah, that's right, I am supposed to babysit today after school, I almost forgot. Hey, Hannah, I'm going to have to call you later. Nina and I have to study over the phone after school for a test tomorrow. Then I'll catch up with you and the guys later when my aunt gets home. I'll come by Tom's house, and we can all hangout and smoke up." Calvin, I have to admit, played a good hand with the cards we dealt him. Well played Mr. Filmore, well played. I knew I didn't date dumb guys; he might be just as good at this game as we are.
Great, now it's my turn to respond back to him, as he was looking directly into my eyes, to make sure I could read between his lines. What I mean by that is he looked at me with eyes wide open. You know the look you give to your girlfriends when a guy is trying to pick you up. And you need an excuse to get rid of him. Did he really think we were this gullible? Of course he did, so far so good, it was working for him, so he thought. It was as plain as the nose on his face what he was trying to do. Believing he could get each of us to believe in this story, that he just spun all by himself. As if he was just friends with the two of us. Calvin will eventually realize he stuck himself in his own wicked web of lies, as we watch him try to squirm out.
He thought he was so clever to make Nina assume that I was just one of the guys, and we were going to hang out later. While spinning the story to me, that Nina was just helping him study for a test, and it is nothing more than that. Also, he doesn't want me to worry about it because our plans are still on. While trying to get me to assume he's not interested in her. With his help me get this girl off my back, because she is crazy look.
Oh, Mr. Filmore, I must ask, do you think you have some big balls? Because you are assuming that you can pull this off, when in all reality you have shown me, you're stupider than I thought. But what if I were to make it harder for you to keep spinning your lies. I could easily do something to you as your girlfriend, right in front of Nina, that would be hard for her to not assume, we were together.
Turning my head to look behind me, so I can catch the reactions of Calvin's friends faces. They know he is lying out his ass. All of them except for our mutual friends Jay and Tom, they are both clueless at the moment, and I would like to keep it this way, for now. Knowing, I am going to keep up with this charade of being Calvin's girlfriend. I am going to have to show some sort of affection towards Calvin. Otherwise, Jay and Tom will start to wonder what is up with Calvin and this chick Nina, that they just met at Tom's house the day before.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Jay was moseying on over to me, guessing it was about that time for the bell to ring for class. I went to check the time on my wrist, noticing that I forgot to put on my watch this morning. Giving me the perfect excuse to pay some attention to Calvin in front of my friends. Skipping over to Calvin, I grabbed his wrist pulling it up to my face to check the time on his watch. Then strategically I gently brushed his hand against my cheek as I backed away from him.
"It's about that time to head back to class! Who's going to walk back with me?" Casually asking the group, not to pinpoint Calvin out on purpose. Originally, I skipped class with Jay, Janet, and Tom, but they would think it's weird if I walked back without Calvin and left him here with Nina by himself.
"I'll walk back with you Hannah!" Nina responded back to me. That's when I noticed her getting a little too chummy with Calvin. Looks as though she is enjoying flirting with him, as she continues to jump up on him, trying to knock his hat off his head.
"Oops, did I do that?" Nina said. when she finally accomplished her mission. Batting her big green eyes at him.
"Admit it, you know you want me, stop playing!" I couldn't believe, what I heard Calvin just say to her while I'm standing a stone's throw away from him!
Calvin bent down to pick up his hat off the ground, then hit Nina in the ass with it. Calvin must have thought I was too busy talking with Janet, to notice what was going on between them. Oh, Mr. Filmore how dense are you, I notice everything you should know that!
"Hannah, you good? We should all be heading back, we don't want detention again, come on you guys!" Janet must sense how pissed off I am, shit, I hope she doesn't know why!
It's sickening to watch Calvin eating up all this attention from Nina! I bet he isn't even thinking with his right head, right now. Did Mr. Filmore forget that his girlfriend is right here?
Who am I to complain, having a realization that maybe I'm just as bad as him, Here I am phone dating Jared and physically dating Calvin! Hey, at least I am not trying to sleep with either of them, so technically Calvin is worse than I am. Look at him, he is flirting back with her right in front of my face.
At least when I flirt with Jared it's only over the phone. I am not going to lie they are really getting on my nerves. Even as a child I never liked to share my favorite Ken doll, not even with my best friend. Here I am now sharing my boyfriend, as I pretend not to know about it! This is absurd, how long can I continue this, wait is this what jealousy feels like? If so, I don't like it, am I admitting to having feelings for Calvin, like real feelings? This is breaking news to me, but how could I, now? Knowing he had planned on two timing me!
This is going to be a lot harder than I thought it would be! Glancing over at Calvin while he was chatting it up with Nina and his posse. Feeling the impulse to break it up.
Hey, that girl has had enough time with my boyfriend! Besides, it's not like he asked her to be his girlfriend. Calvin only asked Nina to hang out with him at Tom's house to watch him skate. He hasn't even kissed her, I think. I know he hasn't slept with her, so technically he has done nothing wrong yet, right?
Wake up Hannah, you're not thinking straight where is your thought process going with this? Not listening to my brain as my ego has taken over. I have had just about enough of watching those two get along. Am I missing something here? About a half an hour ago Calvin was looking at her all ashamed of himself. He also was giving me sweet puppy dog eyes, what happened? Must be his hormones running the show now.
I'm not sure if I should trust this Nina chick! I really don't know her, seeing I just met her, maybe her plan all along was to break us up. She's a great little actress I tell you, as I can see her cheeks blushing as she talks with Mr. Filmore.
As we all walked back to school, Janet was talking my ear off, and to be honest I have not been listening to a single word she has said. I have been too busy glaring at Nina and Calvin, hanging out with my own egoic thoughts, to be a good friend.
"Have you listened to anything I told you about, Jay?" Janet seems a bit irritated with me.
"Sorry Janet I am a little distracted with something right now, I didn't mean to ignore you." Trying to wake myself up, shaking my head, before we enter the building.
"Yeah, I have noticed something going on between them two. I don't think you're wrong for feeling mad right now. You need to go do something about it, and like now, before the bell rings!" Janet has always been so aware of everything happening in our group of friends.
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