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Chapter 5

            He snorted. “That would only succeed in causing more gossip. It’s bad enough that you’re being seen walking with me.”

            “I already told you that I don’t care what other people think of me.” We made the rest of the walk in silence. When we got to the classroom, I paused at the doorway. “Which seat is yours?”

            “Back right corner,” he replied.

            I removed my arm from his and grabbed his hand, placing it on my shoulder so that he could follow behind me. When we reached his seat, I turned to face him. “Here you are, sir. Will you be needing my services for anything else?”

            He grinned, and I was once again startled by the transformation that came over his face when he wasn’t scowling. “I think I’m good from here,” he told me. He hesitated for a moment before adding, “thanks.”

            “No problem. I’ll talk to you later on. You have my number, so give me a call tonight and we’ll set up a time to work on the biology project.”

            “You can be bossy sometimes, you know that?”

            “Yeah, yeah, I know. I have to get to my class now before I’m late. Have fun in here.” I turned around and left the room, once again ignoring all the stares. The people in this school really needed to get a life.

            I got to my classroom just before the bell rang and quickly took my seat next to David. I greeted him and Rachel quickly before turning my attention to the front of the room.

            After class, the three of us headed to the cafeteria for lunch. We sat at what was now our usual table and I greeted everyone else. Rachel turned to me once we were settled. “So, we’re all going to the movies tonight. Do you want to come with us? You can bring Jared too, so we can meet him.”

            I thought about it for a minute. “That might be fun. Let me just give him a quick call.” I pulled out my cell phone and quickly dialed Jared’s number. He picked up after three rings. “Hey Jared.”

            “Hailey? Why are you calling me now? Shouldn’t you be in class?”

            “No, it’s lunch time. I’m sitting with Rachel and everyone else and they invited us to go to the movies tonight. Want to go?”

            “Ah, the fake boyfriend routine. I almost forgot about that. But yeah, that sounds like fun. Wait, I don’t have to kiss you or anything do I?”

            I chuckled. “No, don’t worry about that. So I’ll tell them yes then?”

            “Sure. It’ll be nice to go out, even if it is with a bunch of immature high school kids.”

            “Hey! I’m a high school kid too!”

            “I rest my case,” he replied smugly.

            “Jerk,” I muttered.

            “Aw, you don’t mean that. You love my.”

            I rolled my eyes. “Yeah, yeah. I’m going to eat my lunch now. I’ll see you after school.”

            “Okay, talk to you later Hales.”

            I ended the call and turned to Rachel. “He’s all for it. I apologize in advance though, because he can be a bit of a moron sometimes.”