The New Girl

Chapter 22

Chapter 22- It Ain't my Fault

"Just, try it." He says moving the spawn of Satan closer to me.

  "Alex, I'm not putting that thing near my mouth." I say calmly as we stand together at his locker while he's holding a Slim Jim.

"Taylor, you have got to be the only goddamned person I know who never tried a Slim Jim!" He says seeming stressed over it.

   "Because I'm the only sane person you know! No way would I eat that! It looks and smells extremely odd." I say in disgust.

     "You look and smell extremely odd." He says with a playful scowl on his face. I roll my eyes.

   "Oh come on, please? I would never steer you wrong." He says pleading with me.

   "No."

   "Yes."

    "No."

     "Yes."

    "No."

    "No!"

    "Yes!"

     "YES!" He yells in victory and I face palm.
I snatch the Slim Jim out his hand and stare at it.

I can feel the excitement radiating from his body and I just want to punch his adorable face.

  I take a deep breath and bite into it, half expecting to puke, half expecting to die immediately, but neither happen.

  In fact...... my taste buds were dancing for joy, having a jolly good time, while my brain was doing a full 360!

"What the hell?" I ask in pure shock!
Alex starts to chuckle with excitement and grabs my shoulders.

   "I told you!" He says slightly shaking me.

I continue to eat it and Alex's face slowly grows back to normal.

"Mkay short stack, I'm gonna need that back." He says and tries to grab it. I pull it away from his reach and look at him bewildered. He can't possibly expect to get this back can he?

   "Oh come on! Give it back and I'll buy you 5 after school." He says and I smile, happily handing him his Slim Jim.

I thought he would tear off the piece I bit off of but he bit right into it and I don't know why but I blushed.

Do it Sam, ask him out already!

I kept telling myself I would ask him out, but It's been a week now and I still haven't. I'm just scared okay!

The bell rang and I was about to walk away but then.....

"Hey, Taylor?" Alex calls out for me. I look up and raise my eyebrow at him.

    "You wanna, maybe hangout sometime? Like we did at  homecoming, but I pay and we see a movie after?" He asks and my heart just about leaps. I don't hide my blush or huge smile.

   "Are you asking me on a date, Hernandez?" I ask.

He grins and nods.

"Yes, indeed I am....Taylor." He says and I smile bigger.

SEE ETHAN, THIS IS A DATE, DATE TAKE THAT!

"Well then of course, my King." I say doing a slight bow.

"I shall pick my Queen up at 7, on Saturday then?" He asks returning the bow.

   "You shall." I say and we walk to class our separate ways.