Not So Average Romance Story

Chapter 10

Jose's POV

I followed Eve's bobbing head towards the cafeteria.

It's Monday. Mondays are Mystery Meatloaf days.

I inwardly shudder. Good thing I packed a lunch.

We spot Jay sitting with Cecilia and Brian, my other friends. I plop down next to Jay pulling my lunch out my bag and give her a reassuring smile. Eve takes a seat on the other side of Jay.

"Dude, I heard you got into it with Zane," Brian says while taking a bite of his cold pizza.

Cece nearly chokes on the milk she was drinking. "What?!"

I shrug it off, not wanting to make a big deal about it. I mean it's just Zane! If you ask me the douche needed to be but in his place.

I glance over at Eve who still hasn't said anything since we left the principal's office. She pulls a king sized Kit Kat out of her bag along with a bottle of Starbucks Mocha iced coffee. I laugh and she looks up at me, lifting a questioning eyebrow.

"What?" She deadpans.

"That's your lunch?"

She rolls her eyes.

"No its a giant mutant mushroom come to take over planet earth and convert all the humans into their personal slaves."

She then proceeded to sip from her iced coffee as if that was the most normal thing in the world to say.

It was so strange how she could be so calm after nearly being expelled her first day of school.

I mean if it was me I would be freaking out. I laugh at this thought. If there's anything I've learned about her in these past few hours is that she's anything but normal that's for sure.

I know what your thinking.

Jose! Tell us what the frack went down in that office!

Well to put it simply, nothing.

Absolutely nothing.

I don't know how he did it but Zane had somehow managed to convince the principal that this was all some big misunderstanding and we all got off with a slap on the wrist. I don't know how the guy did it or why the hell he didn't just pin the blame on us and bail himself out, but I'm glad he did what he did. I'll have to thank him later.

"And who is this lovely ball of feistiness?"

Brian winks at Eve as he says this, causing her to scoff and place her earbuds in her ears. She pressed a few buttons on her phone and then you could here NF's Mansion begin to blast really loud. It was a miracle she wasn't going deaf.

I laugh at Brian's rejection.

"That's Kitty," Jay says. "She's new here so go easy." She gives him a pointed look.

Brian places his hand over his heart, feigning emotional hurt.

"Are you insinuating that the acquired taste that is Brian Macovich could possibly scare away someone?"

"Yes," all three of us say at the same time before busting into laughter.

"Whatever," Brian fake pouts while chuckling to himself.

I look back at Eve. She's bobbing her head lightly to the music and mouthing the words to herself. She looks so innocent in her own little world. I wanted to be invited in.

Insidious is blind inception
What's reality with all these questions?
Feels like I missed my alarm and slept in
And slept in

Somehow the words seem to fit her seamlessly and perfectly. Honestly I'm surprised she listens to NF. Don't get me wrong I respect NF in all kinds of ways -the man's amazing- but I just didn't peg Eve as one of his fans. I pictured her as more of a hard metal kinda girl with all the black she wears. Most of his music is just sad.. rap, but sad rap.

Then again I probably shouldn't judge cause every now and then I get down to a High School Musical sound track. No judging me! Those songs are freaking catchy.

These walls are my blank expression
My mind is a home I'm trapped in
And it's lonely inside this mansion
Inside this mansion

As she mouths these words, I realize she doesn't know that I'm watching her like the stalker I probably am.

Suddenly her eyes look so heartbreakingly sad that I want to distract her. I glance down at the Kit Kat sitting in front of her and smirk.

Perfect.

I reach across Jay and break a piece off, quickly shoving it in my mouth before she can react. Her grey, blue eyes grow ten shades darker as she narrows her eyes at me.

"WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!"

I laugh at her reaction glad that I've distracted her. Then I realize with the look she's giving me that's she's probably thinking of a million different ways she could castrate me with the paper clip Jay has laying on the table and my laughter dies.

Oh fuck.. I just infuriated the Kitty in to the god damn Lion... Someone protect my balls.