Captured: Luke's Perspective (Book Three)

Chapter 5: Jealousy

"Hey Madison," I said coldly. "What do you want?" 

Madison's jaw dropped.

 "You would say that to your girlfriend?" she asked.

 "Ex-girlfriend," I corrected. "Now, what do you want?" 

"What do I want?" Madison repeated as if it was a challenging question.

"I want you to go to the dance with me," insist Madison. 

"And I want to marry a Disney movie princess and honeymoon to London, but I don't see that actually happening." I replied coldly.

 "Oh Luke," she laughed. "You are so funny."

The tone that she was using didn't mean that she was being serious. 

"Sorry," I said. "But I don't want to go to some dance with you."

 Madison squinted at me then crossed her arms.

 "Because of Cole?" she questioned. 

"What does Cole have to do with anything?" I asked.

"While I was rehearsing for the dance competition," Madison explained. 

"I saw Cole talking to some male dancer." I glared at her.

 "So?" I asked. 

"So," Madison began. "Are you jealous?"

 I shook my head and stared at the door. 

"I know you are jealous," she continued. "Cole isn't good for you."

"Shut up, Rebecca." I said. Madison blushed and glared at me.

 "That's not my name," she said. "Yeah it is," I argue. 

"You made your parents change it, because you wanted to be named after Madison Square Garden, right?" 

How I knew about it, because she told me.

Madison clamped her mouth shut.

 "Either keep your mouth quiet about my friend, or I will tell the world about your name, Rebecca." 

 The front doors finally opened as all of the kids hurried upstairs to get their lockers.

As I unlocked my locker, Cole walked over to me.

 She wore a blue plaid shirt, jeans, and sneakers. She brushed away her locks and smiled at me. I could have sworn my heart was accelerating a bit faster.

 "How are you doing?" she asked.

I smiled. 

"Alexander gave me a package of all of his journals, photos, and letters for me to look at." 

Cole bit her lip. 

"Alexander isn't mad at you," I reassured, reading her thoughts. 

"He said to me that he once attended a lot of extracurricular activities when he was our age."

Cole let out a sigh of relief.

 "Have you found anything exciting?" she asked. 

"I discovered his older sister and Natalie have a bit of an argument. When I asked Alexander, he explained that she has bipolar and dementia."

"She has two diseases?" Cole asked. 

"Apparently," I shrugged. 

"After school, I am going to pay a visit with June."