Undateable

Eight

I nod, "Yeah, we actually became friends. I think," I say.

"You think?" she arches an eye brow.

I smile, "Your brother is my first friend, so that's why I'm not that certain if he's my friend or not."

She frowns, "Kieran's your first friend?" she sounds shocked.

I nod, "Yeah. I don't have any friends before Kieran."

"Why?"

"Because I didn't want any. How can a person like me have any friends here? I'm never in class, I'm always hiding out somewhere, I always use people to get out of class... no one really wants to be my friend," Cade explains.

I can tell Kaia feels a little sympathetic. I smirk, feeling proud to get Kaia to feel sorry for me. "But you just said that the Scooby-Doo girls want's to date you," she says.

"Yeah, cause I'm hot and rebellious. Not because they like spending time with me," I say, trying to push her sympathy more. If I get her to feel sorry for me, she'd probably fall for me. I noticed that Kaia has a soft spot for people with no friends or victims of bullies. She probably has a soft spot for more different types of people.

"Wait a minute, didn't you say that you almost always lie. That's a lie too, isn't it?" she accuses. I grin.

"What? No, it's true. I'm all alone," I pretend to look sad.

"Yeah, right. As if you have no friends," she says.

We stop in front of an empty classroom. I open the door and I allow Kaia to sit on a chair. "I'll be back," I tell her. I head to the front of the classroom, grabbing the first aid kit in the teacher's drawers. I know that that Mr Riley wouldn't be happy with me taking things out of his drawers, but it's not like I haven't done it before.

I move back to Kaia and I kneel in front of her. She takes off her shoes and her socks, to reveal her swollen ankle.

"You probably need ice for that," I tell her. She pulls up her bag from her side and takes out an ice box. I smirk, "You have an ice box in your bag? Do you happen to have alcohol in there too?" I joke.

She rolls her eyes, "Very funny," she mutters. I take the ice box from her hand and place it on her ankle. She hisses. "It's cold," she says.

"I noticed something about you," I say, wrapping some paper rolls around the ice box. I hand the ice box back to her and she places it on her ankle.

"That I'm hilarious?" she smiles with pride.

"No," I say. Her smile disappears into a scowl. "You don't like to show people that you're in pain, but only to those you trust," I state, leaning against the counter tables.

"Doesn't everyone?" she asks, her eyes fixated on her ankle. She hisses again as she moves the ice box.

"Yeah, so it's true. That means you trust me enough to show me you're in pain," I state, smirking. Her whole body tenses and she looks up at me. She shifts uncomfortable in her seat and looks back down to her foot, not denying that she trusts me.

"Don't take it to the heart, I tend to trust people easily," she mutters.

"Yeah, you tend to care about everyone too," I say.

She frowns, "No I don't," she says defensively.

I laugh, "I saw the way you talk to Ben, Mrs Harper and even Vivian. All three people you hate, but yet you show a little soft spot for them too," I state. It's true. I saw the way she talked to Ben and Mrs Harper. I know she doesn't like them but she talks to them as though she wants to protect them or she still cares about them despite what they're like.

"Ha, when did I ever show any sympathy towards Vivian?" she laughs.

"You say hi to her every day as though you two are friends," I state, remembering the time at her house when she greets Vivian.

"Okay fine. I don't hate them. I don't hate anyone," she says.

"Yeah, because you care about everyone to the point you can't hate them. Despite that they annoy you to your bones, you will always want to protect them when they are upset or whatever," I say. Kaia groans with annoyance.

"No, I don't. That's a lie. I don't protect people who doesn't deserve to be protected," she spat.

"That's what you wish you felt but that's not what you really feel. You feel like you have a responsibility to look after everyone because you don't really worry much about your own life. You have time to think about others," I state. I could sense she's getting angry. "Don't get offended by it. It's a good personality to have. It would make you becoming a lawyer much easier because you'd feel passionate about it."

I could see all the anger vanish away from her. She looks up at me, "Really?" she asks. I could tell this has turned into a compliment in her mind.

I nod, "Really. You protect people who need protecting," I tell her. "But an issue can arise as to where your loyalty lies."

She glares at me and I laugh. "What? I'm a very loyal person!" she pouts, avoiding to look at me.

"Highly doubt it," I state.

After ten minutes, Kaia puts the ice box down. I twist around her foot to let her muscles relax. Honestly, I have no idea what I'm doing and I think Kaia should go to the nurse's office but she keeps saying that it's nothing and her ankle is actually feeling much better. But I'm not sure if she's telling the truth. Kaia hides away her pain.

Maybe, if I make her open up to me, she would want to date me? I look at Kaia. I have no idea how to seduce her into dating me but it's a challenge I want to take. Kaia, you better be careful because I'm going to make you fall in love with me so much that you are going to forget about all your morals.