Chapter 14
~ to be continued~
Dave glared at Tim. He was irritated. Nicole just sat there quietly, feeling guilty. Jen was studying Nicole, trying to figure out what's so great about her that made Dave and Tim quarrelled over her...
Well, Dave did not really like Nicole. He's just flirty, remember? However, he had to admit that there's something special about Nicole. Something that all the other girls did not have...
In the end, the four of them sat in silence and finished their lunch...
(Back to Christine's table)
"John, remember that question I asked you the other time? Can you answer me now?" Christine asked John.
John stared at the table. Did he like Nicole? He wanted to deny, but if he did not like Nicole, why did his heart ache everytime when he saw Nicole with Dave of Tim? Why?
"C'mon. Tell me," Christine urged him impatiently. "Maybe I can help you."
John gave a long sigh, surrendering. She had been asking for the answer everywhere, everytime when she meets him. Well, seems like she is sincere enough.
"Um... Yeah. I like her. But, so what?" John nodded his head. He looked around, making sure that no one had been listening...
John's answer made Christine grin widely. Ah~ That's the answer she had been waiting for. Now, she could officially start her big project---- making Nicole fall into deep love with John!
Well, the first thing she has to do is to transform John into the prefect prince charming for Nicole. However, she will have to find out what kind of prince did Nicole prefers. Is it the mysterious and calm type? Or the jerky yet charming type? Or the quiet and shy type? There's a lot of questions, a great variety of answers, but Christine's going to nail it this time round.
John was staring at her, trying to figure out why Christine is so excited about his answer. Christine was smiling, her eyes dreamy, her cheeks red... Well, she must have been really happy. Over what, he had no idea.
He looked over to Nicole's table. The four of them were eating in silence. Dave looked bored. Jen looked... Well, jealous. Tim looked confused. Nicole seems expressionless... Tim continued to eat his chips, which had now turned cold.
(After school)
"Hey, Nick. Let's eat some ice-cream and hang around together today, okay?" Christine asked Nicole, hoping she will say yes. Nicole nodded her head.
"Oh, you babes are here. Wanna hang out together," Dave reached out for Nicole's hand and kissed it. "My fair ladies," he continued his words as he winked to Christine and smiled.
"Then, you ought to feel honored to have two roses accompanying you, the only guy here." Christine said cheekily. "Maybe Tim could join too..."
"No!" Nicole immediately shouted. Dave and Christine looked at her in surprise. This is the first time they ever hear Nicole shout. They wondered why she's so against the idea of hanging out with Tim...
Nicole, finally realised what she had done, blushed and looked down at her shoes. "I just didn't want to see him today..." She said quietly.
"Then, let's leave him alone then. After all, I don't want to get hit with a tray for the second time." He laughed as he tried to cover Nicole's embarrassment.
Christine sighed and spoke, "Well.... So then, I guess... Meet up outside me and Nick's classroom after school, ok?" She held up an 'okay' sign.
Nicole did not reply and Dave, who was thinking that Nicole might answer her, did not reply too. So, basically, no one replied to Christine, leaving her to seem like an idiot who is talking to the wall. She immediately hid her hand behind her and pretended nothing had happened. She gave an awkward-cum-forceful smile and said, "I guess you guys were okay right?"
------ After school....
... ...
"Geez......."
Nicole and Christine were staring at Tim, who was also standing outside their classroom with Dave.
.... ...
"WHY ARE YOU HEREEEEE?????" Nicole yelled into Tim when she finally recovered her stupor. Everyone and everything seems to blow in the direction where Nicole is shouting. (Tim's and Dave's hair is blowing....) Her fists were tightly clenched on her sides.
"Eh....." Tim made a really long sound. "Not sure."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY NOT SURE????"
"My long legs were tired from crouching under the desk." Tim gave a see-I-am-so-smart smile, feeling proud of himself.
Nicole, who had been suppressing her anger since the moment she saw Tim (though you might had thought that Nicole had just yelled at Tim earlier, but that was not counted as one.....), could not stand him anymore. Inside her, was fuming with magma, ready to be shot out as larva. She clenched her fists tighter, till she could feel her nails piercing into her flesh.
"IS THAT EVEN CONSIDERED AS AN EXPLANATION?????" She looked up at Tim with murderous eyes and grabbed him at the collar. "TELL ME!!!!!" She said as she landed a punch on his face. (Sorry that I did not mention earlier, but Nicole was once a gold medalist in Boxing competition)
Tim was cupping the swollen cheek with his hand. "Why are you always so violent? And think about it. You guys were in the wrong at first. You all should have invited me," Tim leaned down at Nicole and said, "RIGHT----?"
"YOU......?!" Nicole was fumed up again.
"Erm... Haha... You see...." Dave scratched his head as he related to Nicole and Christine about how Tim had pestered him about where he is going to and how Tim had kind of guessed that that they were going out together.
(Below is what it is like when Tim finally gets to know the truth)
----- An hour earlier, in Tim's and Dave's classroom
"Are you free today?" Tim asked as he sat on the table next to Dave's.
"Erm.... I got to meet up with an old school friend... Someone whom you don't know..." Dave forced himself to smile out a 'convincing' smile.
"Eh????---- You sure?" Tim was beginning to sense that there was something suspicious about it.
"Ya! Of course. I am sure-----.... I mean, how can I be not sure about it....." ~_~/////
Tim was now really convinced that there is something really wrong going on... So, he followed Dave everywhere he went and asked the same question everytime he had a chance to see him. "Can you tell me, please????" Once, he even went into the same cubicle with Dave which made him terrified by it.
"Ok...~~~~ Ok~~~~ I surrender.... I will tell you later...." Dave manage to stutter out the words.
"Tell me now!"
"Later, I said~~~~~"
"Now, please......"
"COULD YOU MIND GOING OUT THANK YOU???? I CAN'T EVEN DO MY BUSINESS AT EASE!!!!!"
"No. I want to accompany you here. You can treat me as an invisible person"
"JUST GO OUT, FOR HEAVEN SAKE!!!"
So, that's how Tim managed to knew about the truth after Dave was out of the cubicle.
"You should have told me that earlier, right? And I would not have to go through such a trouble, right?" Tim replied and patted on Dave's shoulder.
"Yeah, yeah. I should have done that...." Dave crouched his shoulders as he gave a long sigh and dragged his feet along with him. "Who are you really?....."
"Your best of the best friend!" Tim gave him a wink.
Dave gave out an even longer sigh....
~ to be continued~
