The next school day, I drove myself to school. I woke up a little early so when I arrived at school, the halls were still empty.
I started to walk around the school. I walked to the field in hope of finding a soccer ball.
I arrived at the gates and I noticed that it was open. Someone must have arrived before me. I slowly walked inside the field.
When I entered, I looked around. I saw two figures sitting on the bleachers. Who could be this early anyway?
I squinted my eyes and looked closer, I saw that it was Jace and...
Suddenly, someone grabbed me and dragged me. It was Zylen.
"What are you doing?" I told him.
"What are you doing?" He repeated my question.
"I was trying to find a soccer ball."
"Is that all?" He asked. I nod.
"Did you see? Did you see Jace and Vanessa?"
"What?! Jace is with Vanessa?" I exclaimed.
"Shush woman! They'll hear you!" He whispered.
"Sorry. Anyway, he's with Vanessa?" I asked.
"Yep, they even went to school together." He replied.
What? I felt my throat tighten and I felt like I was suffocating.
"Are you stalking Jace?" I asked, my tone sounded more like an accusation rather than a question.
"I got curious okay? I mean, they were never this close right?" He said and pointed at Jace and Vanessa.
I nod in agreement. "We met her last Saturday. At first, I thought she was harmless, but then she started acting like a clingy girlfriend. Except that she isn't his girlfriend." I told Zylen.
"Ohh, I see." Zylen says and rubs his jawline, just like in those detective movies.
"Zy, you better not do anything reckless." I warned him.
"No, of course not. I'm just gonna do some stuff." He smiled a mischievous smile.
I just sighed. "I will be supervising you with this stuff of yours." I said and used air quotes on the word 'stuff'.
He laughed and said, "Sure, whatever."
"I'll go ahead." I said and walked towards Jace and Vanessa.
As I walked towards them I waved my hand. Jace waved back and stood up. He started walking towards me. Vanessa also stood up and followed Jace.
"Where's Chase?" I asked.
"He fetched his bitch for the week." Jace said and rolled his eyes.
I laughed. "So what are you guys doing here?" I asked the two of them.
"Oh, I just bumped into Jace then I decided to stay with him since he was alone." Vanessa smiled.
"Ohh." I replied and smiled back.
We stood there in awkward silence.
"Cathy, let's go." Jace said and grabbed my hand.
"Wait, what about Vanessa?" I said.
"She's not our classmate. We're not going to the same place." He replied.
"I'll be fine." She smiled one of her annoying fake smiles.
"See? She even said it herself." He said and walked away.
I waved at Vanessa and catched up to Jace.
We entered the hallway. Everyone looked at Jace. The girls grabbed their phones and took stolen shots of Jace.
Jace maintained his poker face. I poked his cheek and said, "Smileeeeeee."
He just rolled his eyes and removed my hand. I laughed to myself.
We reached the classroom and sat down. Jace grabbed his earphones and closed his eyes.
I sat down and started doodling.
"Cathy!" Someone exclaimed.
I turned my head and saw Zylen standing at our door.
He told me to walk over. I closed my notebook and walked towards him.
"What is it?" I asked.
"We'll continue spying on them later." He told me.
"Lunch time?"
He nods. In the corner of my eye, I saw Vanessa walking towards our classroom.
She approached me and asked, "Is Jace here?"
I pointed to where Jace was. "Thanks." She said and walked towards Jace.
I looked at them. Vanessa poked Jace and Jace looked at her. He removed his earplugs and she talked talking. I was even surprised when I saw that Jace was actually listening to her.
"Didn't your parents teach you that it's rude to stare?" Zylen asked.
I didn't even notice that I was staring at them. I blushed slightly.
"Tch. Are you going to help me or not?" He asked.
"Of course I am!" I replied.
He smiled. A smile that spelled trouble.
"Okay, meet me at my locker. I'll tell you the plan there." He said and walked away.
I sighed. What have done? If Jace knew that I was spying on him, he would be furious.
I went back to my seat and sat down.
"So Jace, would you like to eat lunch with me?" Vanessa said.
Instinctively, I turned towards the two of them. Jace didn't see me looking at them but Vanessa did. She started to smile.
Tch. I actually fell for her trap.
"Sure. Whatever." Jace replied.
"That's great! Would you like to come with us Cathy?" She asked.
This woman is starting to get on my nerves. "No thanks. I've got my own plans." I smiled.
"Ohh that's sad." She said. But she didn't sound sad at all.
"Guess it will just be the two of us Jace." Vanessa smiled.
"What plans?" Jace asked me.
He's right. What plans? I asked myself.
"My dad and I have some things to settle." I decided to say.
He didn't look convinced but he didn't pry.
The bell rang and Vanessa went back to her classroom. Then class started.
The lunch bell rang. I quickly grabbed my bag and said goodbye to Jace.
I walked out of the classroom and into the hallway. It was very crowded. I wouldn't have spotted Zylen if he wasn't so tall. His fluffy chocolate brown head emerged from all the rest.
I walked towards him. He smiled when he saw me.
"So, what's the plan?" I asked Zylen.
"Actually I don't have a plan." He replied.
"I knew it. Good thing I know where they will eat."
"That's great! Let's go!" He said and grabbed my hand.
We walked to the garden. Vanessa said that they would be eating at the fourth tree from the left side. Just as she said, they were there eating packed lunch.
Zylen and I tiptoed to the third tree and hid there.
Vanessa prepared chocolate sandwiches. They looked delicious.
"Here Jace." Vanessa said and handed a sandwich to Jace.
"No thanks. I don't eat sweet stuff." He said.
"Really? I didn't prepare anything but these!"
"It's fine, I'm not hungry."
Then it became silent. Vanessa munched on her sandwich silently.
"I'll go get some drinks." Vanessa said breaking the silence. She quickly walked away.
Now Jace was all alone. I just hope he doesn't find out that we're spying on him.
"Plans with daddy huh?" Jace suddenly said.
I gasped and quickly covered my mouth.
"You guys can come out now."
Zylen and I walked towards Jace, our heads down.
"Zylen, you were curious right?" Jace asked.
"Yes." Zylen replied.
"Just go before I beat you up." Jace sighed.
"Can I get a sandwich?" Zylen asked. This boy doesn't really know how to read the situation.
Jace nods. Zylen grabbed a sandwich and quickly ran away.
"Rine." He said and patted the space beside him. I sat down.
"You'll always be my priority. You'll always be the girl on the top of my list. You know that right?" He said.
That statement made me blush a little.
I nod. Jace might be cold, but he's not unforgiving. That statement may not seem like it, but that states that he forgives me.
He tossed me a sandwich. I catched it and ate it.
"Go. Your dad must be waiting." He told me. In other words, Go. Before Vanessa sees you.
"Bye Jace." I told him and left.
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Hey :) sorry for not updating, I had a serious case of author's block.
Sorry if there are typos, I haven't double checked it yet.
Hope you enjoyed it :D