The Boy Next Door

Chapter 14

He smiled at her in admiration

"I like that"

"You should" I said without thinking

"Well, Since you're into books, how about you help me out with my literature assignment. I mean we could figure it out together. I'll even take you to dinner after" Lucas said

Molly looked dumbfounded

"Uh......" She was at a loss for words

I fake coughed "say *cough* yes *cough*"

That was when she snapped out of her trance.

"Uh.. yeah, sure. I'd love to" she replied

"Cool. I'll let you know when"

"No problem"

"Jade" he nodded at me

"Lucas"

"Bye Molly " he said before he stood up and left

"What just happened" Molly squealed

"Did you hear that?" I squealed "He said 'bye Molly'. Not just 'bye'. He even added your name"

"Thank you so much Jade. I'm confused though. I hate reading books. I don't even know how this got into my bag. How am I going to help him?"

"Well,  I say you should get the name of the book beforehand then work on it. You can always use Google"

"Thanks a lot"

"You're welcome"

"Come on. Let's get to class"

We carried our things and left the cafeteria. As we walked down the corridor, I spotted Christopher. I waved and he waved back. He even came over to talk to me

"Hey Jade. Hey Molly" he greeted

"Hey Chris. I'll see you later J" Molly said before walking away

"Hi" I spoke

"I just came to tell you that I'm really excited about our date. I wanna get to know you more"

"The feeling is mutual"

I couldn't help but think I may like Christopher too. He seems sweet and good with words.

I lost interest in our conversation when I saw Riley walking in our direction. I smiled at him and he smiled back but frowned when he saw Christopher. He shook his head then walked the opposite direction. What's wrong? Did they have a fight again?

"Can we talk later" I told him

"Sure"

I went after Riley

"Hey" I called tapping his shoulder. He faced me with a scowl on his face

"What do you want?" He said

What's his problem? We were fine yesterday but then I remembered this was his usual character

"What's up?" I asked "I haven't seen you all day"

"How would you? You've been all up under Christopher"

"If I didn't know you any better, I'd say you were jealous"

"Jealous of what? Someone who doesn't like you?"

"He asked me out on a date. Of course, he likes me"

Riley face palmed himself shaking his head

"I swear to God you're so fucking naïve. Can't you see he's using you?"