Love Potion No. 9

Chapter 3 - You Break It, You Brought It

*Camila's POV*

I headed to my locker confident that soon Matt would be mine. Sure Lauren would be steamed, but I didn't care. If she had bothered to be my friend, I may have not done what I did. But as she has said more than once; "We're not friends."

Since we're not friends, that I don't feel bad about stealing her boyfriend. Ok, I feel a little bad but I'm still going to do it anyway.

I stopped by my locker and grabbed my books for the next couple of classes. Then I headed to Matt's locker to get the notes I supposedly needed to get. I just wanted to see if the potion has taken effect yet. I guess it takes at least a few minutes to take effect. The potion didn't seem to affect Becky or my parents right away, or seemed to at least.

I walked confidently to Matt's locker where he was pulling out some note books. I put my best smile on as I walked up. Lauren was standing behind him, eyeing me oddly. She's always looking at me suspiciously when I'm around Matt. Disregarding Lauren, I walked up to Matt and looked him in the eye.

"Got those notes? I'll have them back tomorrow." I said.

He nodded and pulled out a notebook, which he handed to me. "Here you go Camila."

As I took the notebook, I looked right at him. He acted as he always did, friendly but nothing more. I thought that the potion may take longer to do its thing, with a bit of disappointment.

It was then I looked at Lauren who was quietly starring at me. She said nothing and just kept eyeing me. I thought her stare was odd, as it was not her usual look of scorn. She appeared to be simply studying me with great interest. But I wasn't interested in Lauren, so I said thanks and kept on going to my next class.

I looked back as Matt put his arm around Lauren and gave her a kiss.

"Come on Love potion, do your stuff." I said out loud to myself.

The next class was Carter's class and today I sat in the back. I didn't feel like getting called today. I had to act like a duck yesterday and he said I was rather unconvincing. Lord know's, what he'll have me acting like today.

A minute later Lauren and Matt walked in. Matt had an odd look of disappointment on his face. Lauren still had that strange look on hers. My spirits perked up as I thought, perhaps something may be starting.

But much to my surprise, they sat next to me. They have on occasion when there was no space elsewhere, but it rarely happened. It was even stranger, when Lauren sat between Matt and I.

"Ha...I get it. She doesn't want me to be next to Matt. Protecting her man so to speak." I thought, as a smug look came to my face. "Won't be you're man much longer Lauren."

Soon after, Carter climbed into the window and started to lecture on death scenes. I kept glancing at Matt who seemed to be paying rapt attention to the lecture. A moment later I suddenly became of something on my leg.

Cautiously I looked down do see, much to my utter shock, it was Lauren's black fingernail polished, pale hand. I instantly froze with a deer in the headlights look on my face. The pale hand was resting just above my knee. I couldn't move my eyes ways from the most improbable of all things, Lauren's hand resting calmly on my leg.

Then it began to move ever so slowly, much like a spider. Lauren began to move the hand up my leg. It sent an odd tingle that went through my whole body. I wanted to run in fear, but I was completely paralyzed.

What was going on? Lauren was touching me! I somehow managed to remove my eyes from her hand, to Lauren and Matt. Matt was still firmly paying attention the lecture.