Chase

13

THURSDAY
2:56 PM

"Are you waiting for someone?" Cam asked me, leaning against the locker beside mine. The hallway filled with students trying to get out of the building but some lingered around in their little groups. I was usually out of here the second the bell rang which is why Cam asked.

I blew a raspberry with my lips, shoving the books I needed into my bag. Do I even have this much homework? "Yeah."

"Is it Amelia?"

I knew for a fact that Amelia hadn't told Cam of her feelings for him yet. I don't know if it was because she was my closest friend but I could sense her nevousness every time Cam came up to us. She looked like she would throw up on Cam's shoes every single time. Imagine her telling him she was into him.

Amelia was like a sister to me so I could tell she wasn't just into Cam. It was more than that and I wasn't stupid enough to see it.

But Cameron? He was obvlious to it all. He even asked her if she was getting sick again and it looked like it took her entire being to shake her head no. I think it was because she finally accepted that she had a thing for my cousin that managed to change how she acted towards him now.

"Sandra?" Cam caught my attention again and I almost dropped my physics textbook, catching it before it fell to the ground.

"Um, sorry. No, not Ames."

"So," A certain smile creeped onto Cameron's face. "Your man."

I rolled my eyes so dramatically I almost lost my vision for a second. "Kevin is not my man but yes he's meeting me here at my locker."

"Are you going to his house so you two have a chance to hook-"

"There will be no hook. No hooking left, hooking right, hooking down and definitely no hooking up of any sort. He's been helping me with biology lately so he's coming over to mine."

"Oh, is this because your mom wants to quote on quote 'meet the man in your life'?" Cam smirked.

"What-How do you know she said that? I only told Ames about that." And there's no way that Amelia told him that.

"My mom and your mom have been talking again." He said.

"What? Are you serious? After months-a year they decided to start talking again?"

"Yeah. They bumped into one another at the groccery store the other day or something like that. So Kev's meeting your parents? Big step in your relationship."

"Do me a favor and shut up." Cam mimicked my words and I turned to glare at him when he cut in.
"Have you even seen Kevin today? He wasn't at first."

"No I haven't." I felt kind of weird about that. He didn't text me in the morning either but he knew already that today was the day that he would be coming over. I should've texted him this morning or something. I was going to ask Amelia if she saw him in art today but I could already imagine the smug look on her face if I did. I should've just-I stopped my thought when a familiar laugh was heard down the hallway.

Speak of the devil.

And he wasn't alone. I recognized the girl beside him as Allison Tinto. In the four years of high school I have never had a class with her but I got the impression from a lot of people of what she was like. They weren't good impressions but I wasn't realy one to judge someone I didn't know well enough.

Kevin listened to her talk and when his head turned in my direction for just a fraction I didn't miss the how her hands lingered on his arm to catch his attention. He gave her that Kevin smile and I heard Cam mumble a "wow" under his breath.