Cheers, Mathletes, and Touchdowns Part Eleven

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A/N: My school is on strike. For those of you who live in countries where such things never happen, lucky you. So, it looks like I'm home for probably the next seven months (except I get a scholarship and travel abroad). The main thing is that I'm at home and will try now better than ever to write more and upload as soon as I get internet access. Thanks for persevering.

 

A/N: has it actually been that long since I uploaded a chapter? I'm really sorry, but I tell you, it's not easy at all being a Law student.  If you don't love it, don't go for it.

Part Eleven

Josh (contd.)

A little recap

I  finished   singing  and  bowed  to  the  audience,  ignoring  the  shouts  of  a  fourth  encore  with  a  slightly  throaty  cough  to  imply  how  croaky  my  voice  had  become.

I  bowed  again  before  jumping  down  from  the  makeshift  crowd  and  handing  the  model  microphone  to  a  waiting  hand.  I  face  Samantha  and  smiled  shyly.  She  smiled  back.

"Hi,"  I  said.

"Hi."  She  replied.

 

"I  didn't  know  you  visited  the  arcade  here,"  I  told  her.  "Ben  said  you  were  always  buried  in  your  textbooks  on  Saturdays."

Sam  smiled  at  me,  somewhat  shyly,  and  I  smiled  back  as  activity  increased  around  us  and  the  audience  booed  off the  guy  that  was  on  the  microphone.  There  were  shouts  of  outrage  as  the  next  guy  who  climbed  on  was  also  awful.  I  couldn't  care  less  though;  I  mean,  hello,  I'm  having  a  crush  here.

"Yeah,  I  decided  to  take  a  break  today.  The  mall's  kind  of  fun."  She  said,  gesturing  with  her  hand.

"Yeah,   it  is."  I  replied  stupidly.

"I  didn't  know  you  could  sing."  Samantha  told  me.

I  shrugged  like  it  wasn't  much  of  a  big  deal.  "I  was  in  a  band  at  my  former  school.  I  played  the  drums."

"Yeah,  really?"  she  sounded  impressed.

I  opened  my  mouth  to  respond  but  Ben's  voice  cut  me  short.

"Hey,  Sam,  is  that  really  you?"  He  said,  laughing.

Sam  raised  her  hands  in  mock  surrender,  "Yeah,  of  course,  it's  me."

Damian  joined  in  at  this  point,  coming  into  the group  we  were  forming,  "I  thought  I  was  seeing  things  for  a  while  there."

Ben  and  Damian  laughed,  I  smiled,  and  Sam  said  sarcastically,  "Yeah,  yeah,  Damian,  very  funny."

"Hello,  my  cute  little  friend,  don't  get  your  knickers  in  a  bunch.  I  was  just  fooling  around  with  you."

Sam  reached  up  and  gave  him  a  rough  tap  on  the  back  of  his  head.

"OW! That's  mean,  Sam."  Ben  said  for  him.

Sam  mumbled  something  like,  "he  can  talk  for  himself,"   just  as  Ben  asked  her  what  she  was  doing  at  the  mall  on  a  Saturday.

"Gave  myself  a  break,  I  thought  I  deserved  it."  She said  matter-of-factly.

Both  of  her  friends  nodded  in  agreement.

"You  do.  You  really  do,"  They  both  said  at  the  same  time.

Sam  leaned  in  conspiratorially,  "Val  got  a  job  here  at  the  mall."

Ben's  mouth  dropped  open,  but Damian  just  looked  around  and  said,  "I  didn't  see  anyone  like  her;  at  the  arcade  or  at  the  jeans  department."

Sam  laughed,  "Don't  be   silly,  Damian,  she  got  a   job  at  the  'Female  Variety Department'."

The  guys  seemed  to  catch  to  her  meaning  the  same  moment  I  did  and  all  of  our  mouths  dropped  open  to  match  Ben  stance.

"What?" Ben  and  Damian  said  together  again.  This  was  getting  real  creepy.  If  they  did  the   talk-together  thing  once  again,  I'll  have  to  call  them  on  it.

I  had  to  admit  though  that  hearing  Val  got  a  job  in  the  'female  variety  department'  came  as  a  bit  of  a  surprise.  Val  seemed  like  the  kind  of  girl  who  wasn't  much  into  clothes  and  designer  stuff,  so  no  one  could  really  blame  me.

"I  have  to  see  this,"  Ben  shouted  unexpectedly,  and  Damian  agreed.

With  a  "See  you  later"  that  came  from  both  of  them  at  the  same  time (for  the  third  time),  they  disappeared  upstairs  to  probably  embarrass  or  poke  fun  at  Val  to  no  end.

I  turned   to  Sam  who  was  quietly  laughing  and  asked  her  if  she  wanted  to  go  sit  somewhere  nice,  and  she  said  yes;  so  we  walked  down  to  the  arcade-snack bar go-between  and  sat  on  the   only  other  couch  next  to  a  couple  that  was  already  there.

"Ok, so Sam," I started  somewhat  nervously, "would  you  like  something  to  eat?"

She  replied  to fast,  "Oh,  no,  thanks  for  offering."

I  sat  back  down,  "Okay,  no  problem."

"Cool,"  she   said.

Was  it  me,  or  was  this  awkward?

Sam  cleared  her  throat  and  I  faced  her  hurriedly.

"What?"  I  asked  with  what  I  supposed  was concern  in  my  voice..

"Er..."  she  started  uncertainly.

"I  just  wanted  to  say  thank  you  for  the  other  day."

"What  other  day?"  I  asked  innocently.  I  remembered  perfectly  what  she  was  talking  about  but  the  conversation  was  supposed  to  go  on.

"The  day  at  the  cafeteria,  when  I  choked."  Sam  said,  looking  down  at  her  feet  and  blushing.

"Oh,  that  day,"  I  said,  feigning  surprise.

"Yeah, I'm really sorry." Sam said.

"Don't be. If anything, it was hilarious watching your friends try to help."

Sam blushed again and I just smiled.

For the next few moments, we just sat there with this somewhat-awkward silence between us.

She cleared her throat and I did the same, and still we didn't say anything.

Some minutes later when it was becoming boring to just sit there and stare at all these other couples and friends, I  blurted out, "Let's just go get something to eat."

"Alright." She replied.

A/N: I think I should prepare you that there will be no Josh's POV in the next chapter but he'll definitely feature or be mentioned. Sorry this is so short, I just decided not to waste this golden opportunity of borrowed internet access.

I hope you'll check out my new story and give me the support you've given me for Cheers...

thanks

annie93 xx

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