The bell rang and me and Mark got up leaving for first period.

Yesterday Cali told us she gave up her virginity. Me and Mark kept making jokes and snickered every so often. Our Cali? Cali, the maniac Cali, gave it up.

We walked into English and I sat by Cali. I leaned my chin on hand looked at her. Mark sat behind us and he leaned in as if Cali were about to tell a huge secret. Mark wiggled his eyebrows and I gave a deep sigh.

"Ok what the hell is going on with you two?" Cali asked.

I shrugged, "Nothing."

I gave a mischievous grin and Mark chuckled.

"Sooo...." Mark said, "You. Jerry."

Me and Mark planned this, so right when he said that I let a soft moan so only we could hear.

Cali turned red and I kept going.

"Jerry...." I moaned out, "Ohhhh."

Me and Mark burst into laughter and high fived each other.

"It's not funny," Cali said, "Stop making such a big deal about it."

"Oh we're not," Mark said, "We're just making fun of you."

"Well I'm going to make fun of you two when you guys do it," Cali hissed.

"Mmm hmm," I said.

"Just shut up," Cali said.

Mark chuckled, "Only cause your my friend."

We all turned to the front of the class and our teacher walked in. English, I absolutely hate this class period.

Shawn's POV

"Ok class please put on your goggles and then you may begin," Our teacher said.

Me and Em did as we were told. Our goggles consisted of plastic glasses that didn't even look like goggles. I shrugged it off and put them on.

"How do I look?" I asked Em.

She smirked, "Like a nerd from those seventies and eighties movies."

I laughed, "You don't look to bad."

She smiled, "Oh really?"

"Yeah if you just get a face transplant, then you'll be fine," I joked.

She hung her mouth open in utter shock that I said that. But she smiled, "You're so mean."

I chuckled, "I was kidding. You're beautiful. People would want your face to be their transplant."

Em blushed and looked down at her chemistry book, "Let's get to work."

Shit did I actually just say that? Mother F. Dammit now she probably thinks I'm weird or something.

'But Shawn,' my little inside voice said, 'It was such a nice compliment.'

'I know but now she probably thinks I'm hitting on her,' I answered back.

'But you totally were,' it said, 'Just ask her out already. You've known her for like two or three weeks. Yeah not the longest time, but you've had fun together.'

'But what if she rejects me?' I asked.

'Stop being such a baby! Has a girl ever rejected you?' It asked.

'No, your right.' I answered.

'I always am', I said in a snooty tone.

'Shut up me!' I snapped.

I glanced over at Em, she was calculating drops of some chemical and put it in a small vial. I counted the drops. One...two....three...

'Shawn Lewis Parris!' My vocie snapped, 'Just ask her already!'

'Ok here's the thing,' I thought to myself, 'I have never been in a real relationship. And asking her is harder than it looks, because I have no idea how the hell to do it. Got it!?!'

'Gee well sorry,' it said back.

'Ok you know what, you're just like those cartoons.' I thought, 'Where there's a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other. You're just made up, an imagination, and I feel like I'm going crazy. So I'd appreciate it if you would just shut the fuck up!'

Oh my god I'm going insane. I don't want to end up in an asylum!

"Shawn are you ok?" Em asked.

"Huh?" I asked dumbly, "What? Oh yeah...yeah I'm ok."

She gave me an odd look but then quickly looked over at the tweezers, "Can you hand that to me?"

I handed her the tweezers and went back to thinking. Asking is harder than it looks. I know for sure Em won't let someone take advantage of her. Those sluts and whores were easier. It was just, 'Hey meet me behind the blechers in an hour,' or 'Wanna come over later?'

Yeah that was easy because they were horny and all touchy, but Em. I actually wanna try to have a relationship with her. She was just different. And funny. And she just looked like someone that wants to chill.

Ok I'm gonna do it, I thought.

"Em?" I asked.

"Yeah?" She said looking up at me.

I froze, "Would you like to...."

Em frowned like she didn't know what I was talking about.

I sighed, "Would you like to hand me the gloves?"

She chuckled, "Why didn't you say so?"

She handed me the yellow, rubber gloves. I didn't need gloves, heck I had some right at my feet. Gladly she didn't notice.

'Baby,' the voice said.

'Shut. Up.' I replied.

What the heck is the matter with me? She's just another girl. I've had a million dates with girls. Why couldn't I just say these eight simple words, 'Would you like to go out with me?'

I shut my eyes and talked really fast, "Em would you like to go on a date with me?"

I opened my eyes and glanced at her.

She looked up at me, her eyebrows slightly tilted down, "What?"

I talked slower this time, "Would you like to go on a date? With me?"

Em put the tweezer down and smiled, "I'd love to."

"Really?" I asked.

She said yes! Holy mother of queso, she said yes!

"Yeah. I think it'll be fun," she said.

"Great. So I'll text you later," I said.

She nodded and looked over at our teacher who was walking around, "We better get to work. I don't want to get detention."

I nodded and we went back to work. Em had a smile the whole time we worked and every so often I'd glance in her direction. Whenever she looked at me and I was looking at her, she'd quickly look down and blush.

I chuckled at her actions and went back to the textbook.

"What?" She asked.

I shrugged, "Nothing."

She said yes. I was going on a date with Emily Firton. But where should I take her? Hell what am I suppose to do? Usually my dates would end up as the tow of us tangled together in a heap on my bed. I am not going to do that with Em. I'm going to try. And I'm going to go her pace. Maybe I'll actually end up with a girlfriend and not with a play toy.

After chemistry we went to our lockers and grabbed our books for next period.

"I'll see you in english," I said.

"And history," Em replied heading down to her next class.

"See ya Em," I called after her.

With that I grabbed my books to math and headed to the classroom. Ever since Tori helped me, I've been doing better. Now I just have to keep my average up and if I ever need help, I'll just ask my stepsister.

I reached the math room and sat down in my seat. I layed back in the chair, thinking.

Where should I take Em?

Tori's POV

The day went by pretty quickly, before I knew it it was lunch time. Me, Mark, and Cali headed down to lunch.

"No Cali," Mark said.

"Freddy Krueger is all the fingers," I said.

"So who is it that has three claws?" Cali asked.

"Wolverine!" Me and Mark shouted.

"Ohhhhhhhh," Cali said, "Yeah I remember now."

I shook my head, "You don't know anything."

"Seriously Cali," Mark said, "Watch your movie history."

We started this discussion after we left our class. I wished I was the wolverine so I could slash my enemies throats and Cali started talking about his face and five claws. Me and Mark stared at Cali with an odd look, because wolverine only has three claws and his face is nothing compared to Freddy Krueger.

We reached the lunch room and sat down in our usual spot. I pulled out a bag of Doritos and started snacking on that.

Em walked in a couple seconds later. She was smiling and she sat down with us.

"Hey guys," she said.

"Hey you look in a good mood," Cali said munching on a baby carrot.

Em shrugged, "I guess."

I saw a guy with a tray of food start walking towards us. He had jet black hair, and really green eyes. He was average height and had a nice set of biceps that showed through his short sleeve shirt.

"Looks like lover boy is coming over," Mark said to Cali.

She rolled her eyes and gave Mark the finger.

"Did I miss something?" Em asked.

"No. You didn't miss anything," Cali said.

Jerry walked over and sat by Cali, "Hey Cal."

Cali smiled and clapped her hands putting them under the table, "Jerry these are my friends."

I chuckled and shook Jerry's hand, "I'm Tori."

Jerry then shook Mark's hand, "I remember you. You're Mark."

Mark nodded, "Yeah and how have you heard of me?"

Mark said it with to much enthusium and with a really big smile. It clearly gave the 'How the hell do you know me? Are you a stalker?' look.

"In the locker room. A while back. You stood up to Trent Micheals, that took guts man. And the fact you gave him a bloody lip and nose. Awesome." Jerry said.

Mark shrugged, "He's an ass."

"Amen," I muttered.

"And you're Tori? The Tori that cuffed him to his bed?" Jerry asked.

I nodded with a grin, "That'd be me."

"What?" Em asked totally lost.

"I'll tell you later," I said to her.

"Well," Cali said, "I'm just glad you like my friends."

Jerry put his arm around Cali's shoulders, "Well Tori is like a freaking legend now. And Mark is like her bodyguard or something."

"Huh?" I asked.

Mark arched his eyebrows, "Bodyguard?"

Wait I'm a legend? Since when and when the hell did I get a bodyguard? What the heck is Jerry talking about?

"Yeah," Jerry said, "Well ever since Tori handcuffed Trent to his bed, guys are wondering how to get you."

Great. Now I have all the man whores after me.

"Uh huh," I said looking down at my chips. Suddenly I lost my appetite.

"That's bull shit," Mark said.

Jerry pointed a finger at Mark, "But you're the reason no one has the guts to do it. After they saw you nearly beat up Trent. The Trent Micheals. Just because you were pissed for what he ALMOST did to Tori. They're backing away."

What?

I was never at the fight an all, but did Mark seriously almost beat up Trent. For me?

"She's my best friend. I wasn't gonna go let her get knocked on by a shithead like Trent," Mark said.

I laughed, "Thanks Mark."

"Not how I imagined our first talk would be..." Cali said then shrugged, "But alright."

"You handcuffed Trent to his bed?" Em said astonished.

She was obviously lost. And had no idea why the heck I did that. I'd explain it to her later.

"Yup," I said popping the P, "Best decision of my life."

So now the whole school knows that I handcuffed Trent to his bed. This is awesome. In a way. According to Jerry, all the guys are now after me. Or at least the schools players are. Great. Just great.

"So Cal," Jerry said, "I met your friends. Come an meet mine?"

Cali looked at us as if asking if she could go.

"Well why are you still here?" I asked, "Go!"

"Wait Jerry," Mark said, "I don't care if this hell hole we call school, says I'm Tori's 'bodyguard.' If you hurt our Cali...I will personally grab a hammer, hit your balls so many times, you will never have children. And my pinky would be bigger than your dick."

Jerry gulped and Mark just smiled. Cali stood there to astonished to say anything.

I shook my head, Mark was like a big, overprotective brother.

"Mark!" Cali finally yelled.

"What?" he asked as if he never said anything, "I thought you were going to go meet his friends. So go."

"Come on Cal," Jerry said getting up. He and Cali walked over to Jerry's table.

I turned my head so I was looking at Mark, "If he does break Cali's heart. Can I have a swing with that hammer?"

He and Em started to laugh.

He nodded, "Yeah."

I chuckled and looked down at my lunch. I wasn't that hungry anymore. Just the thought of all those players made me sick. From what Jerry said, the only thing keeping them away was Mark.

"So apparently you're my bodyguard," I said to Mark.

Em laughed, "We should get Mark a suit and shades."

We all laughed.

"Can I have a Bluetooth too?" Mark asked.

I laughed even harder, "Anything you want."

We all laughed a bit more and made jokes about Mark being a bodyguard.

"So what is this with Trent and being cuffed to his bed?" Em asked.

I sighed and started telling her the story with Trent. When I was done, lunch was almost over.

"That jerk!" Em shouted.

Mark smirked, "That's what I said."

"Nice job with cuffing him though," Em added.

"Thanks Em. But apparently now I have the football team after me. Whoop di do," I said sarcastically.

"Yeah right," Mark said, "Just tell me who's bugging you and I'll turn them to pulp."

I smiled. Overprotective big brother.

Em mouthed a 'Wow' and looked down at her food.

The bell rang and we all got up and to our next class. Me, Mark, and Em had the next class together. So we all walked to History. Em sat down beside Shawn and me and Mark went to our seats.

History went by quickly and before I knew it, I was in homeroom with Mark.

We had our phones out and we played this app we found where we have to race against each other. We whisper shouted everything so the teacher wouldn't hear. But either way it was hard to hear us, homeroom was extremely loud.

"So Tori," Mark said never taking his eyes off his phone screen.

"What up Mark?" I asked.

He grinned, "Conlan was super happy after his....shall we call it a date between him and Suzie?"

I nodded with a laughed, "So Conlan was happy with his 'date' with Suzie?"

"Yup," Mark chuckled, "But next time he's paying."

I laughed, "We made good chauffeurs, don't you think?"

Mark nodded, "Yup. Because we payed."

We laughed and gave each other a fist bump. We continued to play the racing game until the bell rang.

"Want a ride?" Mark asked putting his phone away.

I looked out the window. The sun was shining and even though it was starting to get chilly, and the leaves were turning to fall, it was a beautiful day. The sky was it's light blue and it had a couple puffy, white clouds here and there.

"Nah. It's sunny, I'll bike." I said.

Mark gave me a look, "You sure?"

"Yeah I'd rather not be there when Cali starts giving you a lecture on how mean you were to her boyfriend," I smirked.

"Shit I forgot about that," Mark muttered.

I laughed, "Bye Mark."

"See ya Tori," he called after me as I walked the opposite direction than him.

I grabbed my bike from the rack once I reached outside and started to peddle down the dirt road. In forty-five minutes I reached home. After placing my bike in the shed I walked up the steps on the porch and into the house.

The guys were all sitting around the dining table talking football. The school has a game Friday and they were trying to get ready.

Suzie was in the living room watching....Animal Planet? I mentally sighed, such a strange child.

I walked up to the guys and grabbed the football that was on the table. I slammed it on the table getting their attention.

"Can we talk? Privately?" I asked glancing at Suzie who didn't even notice.

"Uhh...sure." Cole said.

"Where?" Shawn asked.

"Why?" Blake asked rudely.

"Just...go to the basement." I said.

They all looked at me confused as ever and marched down the basement. I can't believe they actually did what I told them to do. Wow I followed after them thinking the whole way downstairs. Why didn't they tell me the players were after me? Did they even know? Was this just a game to them?

Oh they are in big, big trouble.

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Hasta la vista peoples.

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