Chapter 29

I wandered around for just a couple of minutes, time enough to see my friends all exiting the cafeteria together. Josh looked over and spotted me.

"See you tomorrow, Anthony!" he called out to me, causing the others to notice me and wave. I waved back, watching them walk away. Nora continued to stare at me, however. Even from that distance I swear she was blushing. I grinned and turned around, feeling completely awesome as I started to make my way back to class.

I settled back into my seat, the teacher waiting for the other students to head back inside. Jennifer walked in and sauntered past me once again, her eyes closed and a content smile on her face. As she passed, I gave her a quick backhand across her ass. She gasped in surprise and quickly took a look around. She then gave a soft humph.

"You're lucky no one was watching," she quietly said as she took her seat.

"Does that mean you liked it?" I quietly asked as I turned to her with a grin. She grinned back but quickly tried to hide it as she looked away to rummage through her backpack.

"Don't make me give you a fucking black eye," she remarked.

"Oh, 'fuck' I like that word. Like what you and I did."

"Shut up," she quietly demanded. I grinned to myself as I decided to blink my eyes and stop time just before jumping to my feet.

"Hey everyone!" I exclaimed, startling Jennifer as she quickly looked up at me. "Jennifer and I fucked! She doesn't want you to know it, but we had some amazing sex—"

"Shut up!" she shrieked, looking around the room in a panic. Having been through it before, she quickly realized what happened. "Wait, wha—Oh, you asshole!"

I laughed as I sat back down, managing to get a grin on her face as she shook her head in amusement at me. I waited for us both to quickly calm down before resuming time once more.

The rest of class was actually fairly standard. I settled in comfortably after my work was done and waited until the bell rang. Everyone gathered up their backpacks, as did I, and began to head to fourth period.

"Hey, Anthony," Eve got my attention as she approached me.

"Yeah?" I asked, coming to a halt.

"Why don't you hang out with us during lunch again tomorrow? I'll try to get one of my guy friends to join us so you can talk about guy stuff."

I smiled, appreciating the gesture. "I don't mind talking to girls," I replied.

"Really?" she asked with surprise in her voice. "Well, whatever's good for you. I think Lila will start to warm up to you in time, don't worry."

"I'm not worried and—I don't blame her for how she acted toward me. I pretty much deserved it. Like I said I'm trying to make some positive changes."

"Awesome," she said with a nod. "Well I gotta hurry, my class is on the other side of the building!" she then quickly started to jog away, waving back to me. "See you tomorrow!"

"See ya," I quietly replied, although she was already out of the room.

Eve was so gorgeous. I was enthralled to be making more friends of the opposite sex like her, Talia, Tamara and even Jennifer; though the latter would never admit it out loud. I had a spring in my step as I headed on to Spanish class where my other, established female friends were waiting for me.

I walked into the classroom, becoming immediately distracted by Ms. Adanna and her immaculate butt as she was already writing things on the whiteboard. I quickly shook it off and headed for my seat. Sarah and Jordan eagerly greeted me.

"Hey, you two," I said as I slipped off my backpack and sat down.

"I still have to get you back for yesterday," Jordan said, grinning mischievously at me.

"Trust me—I will. You won't know when to expect it, but it’s coming." I smirked in amusement.

"Ooh," she sarcastically replied. "I'm so scared." Sarah quietly laughed in amusement.

Once class begun, the lot of us were in our seats and began our assignments. My mind felt so much clearer and settled now that I'd finally eaten something. Adding to that was the reassurance of knowing that I was really starting to hit it off with Eve. Nora seemed quite interested in me, which made me wonder. I could have sworn I heard she had a boyfriend, but then Jennifer's words of wisdom suddenly replayed in my head, 'Just remember that girls can't resist a good distraction from the drama of their relationship. Even if they're in a good place with their man, there's no reason they wouldn't want to spice things up a bit.'

I couldn't help but curiously hum to myself.

Ms. Adanna soon moved on to having us speak Spanish phrases along with her while also making us take notes of what we were saying. At the same time I couldn't help but notice she was looking so beautiful in a lovely green sun dress. I would've loved to pull that right off her body. I wondered if she was wearing any panties underneath?

Sarah tapped the back of my shoulder, causing me to turn around to her. She had an innocent grin on her face.

"Could I borrow a sheet of paper?" she politely asked. I grinned and shook my head, getting a paper from my backpack for her.

"You're so unprepared," I playfully scolded her.

"I know, I'm the worst when it comes to remembering stuff like that." She smiled as I handed her the sheet of paper. "Thanks, I owe you one."

"That's about the twentieth 'I owe you' I've gotten. When am I gonna get to collect on these?"

"Whenever I think of something," she replied with a shrug. I smiled again and turned around to focus back on my work. I was always so charmed by Sarah, no matter what she did. She was kind, thoughtful and never demanding. I guess that's why I had a tiny, microscopic, insignificant little crush on her. Seriously—it wasn't that big of a crush.

I mean it!