High School Scandal (A BoyxBoy Romantic Comedy)

~Scandal~ 4

      "Uh," my date cleared his throat beside me, "I think your friend is following us."

      "I know," I said, putting the book I had been studying back on the shelf. "Ignore him."

      Greg cleared his throat again, glancing uneasily over my shoulder where I knew Derek was trying to hide himself behind some book shelves and failing miserably. He seemed to be the only one who thought he wasn't. That idiot.

      "He keeps glaring at me."

      I sighed. "Pretend he's not there."

      "Kind of hard to do the way his eyes are shooting daggers at me."

      I rubbed my temple tiredly, a habit that formed whenever Derek was involved. "Do you want to go some place else?"

      "Think he'll follow us again if we leave?"

      Yes. I did. "Doesn't matter. We can just keep pretending like we don't see him."

      "Does he really think that those shelves are hiding him?"

      "Forgive him, he's an idiot." Unfortunately he was my idiot.

      Greg frowned as we continued down the isle. "I don't really want to leave the library yet. I still wanted to show you some books I liked but..." he trailed off, glancing behind him.

      Reluctantly, I looked behind me and caught Derek still trying to hide behind shelves, standing perfectly still as if acting like a statue made him less visible. Guess he wasn't aware the the shelves were thin enough to show exactly where he was standing. Plus I could see a clear view of his shoes peaking out from the corner.

      Pathetic, I thought. You're going to have to do better than that, Derek.

      "Maybe we should call him over," Greg suggested kindly, "have him join us instead of following us."

      I crossed my arms. "No."

      Greg blinked. "No?"

      I shook my head. "Let's just finish out our date without him having to tag along with us." Derek forced to hang out with Greg? I shuddered to think of the disastrous outcome. It was better to just have him watch us from the distance.

      "Uh, no offense, Evan, but he's kind of already tagging along if you really think about it." Greg scratched his head. "I guess I wouldn't mind if he just joined us."

      Yeah, well I minded. Greg didn't know Derek like I did. As hot headed as he is, Derek would just end up opening his big mouth and say something that would make Greg regret ever inviting him. No, it was better for Derek to stay right where he is. And I voiced exactly that.

      Greg frowned again then shrugged. "Okay, if you say so. Still, if looks could kill...hey, what exactly did you tell him about me?"

      "I didn't," I answered honestly.

      "Huh? You didn't tell him that you were going out on a date with me?"

      "I told him I was going out on a date...but I didn't mention with whom."

      "Why?"

      I sighed. "Because he's an idiot."

      "That's harsh."

      I shrugged. "Come on, let's go somewhere else. Didn't you say that you wanted to go to the Egyptian museum?"

      Greg grinned at the very mention of his favorite topic. Ancient Egypt. "Yeah, lets go. Hey, did you know that Cleopatra..."