Chapter 5

It has been 2 weeks since Luke left. We texted almost every day, but I missed his presence a lot. My relationship with my parents started to get better, they tried to make up time for me these days. Shasha, on the other hand, she is hiding something from me. I tried to dig in some information from her but she is pretty damn good at hiding it. I wanted to confront her but I know that she is going to tell me anyway. Speaking of the devil, I received a text from her.

" Hey, need a ride to school?"

" Yes, my dad left early this morning"

" Good. I need to tell you something"

"About time!! I can feel the incoming "

"Ohh shut it, I'll be there in 30"

On our way to school, Shasha finally spilled the tea. She had a crush on a boy named Caleb. They met at the mall during the summer break. I've never heard of any 'Caleb' before. Shasha said he just moved here, not just that, but she told me a bunch of stuff like how green his eyes look and how gentleman he was with her. Yup, it's official that my best friend is positively in love with whoever this boy is.

It's been two years, I haven't seen Shasha like this. Not since her ex decided to broke up with her for another girl. I remember how devastated Shasha was. He was a cool friend, nor he was cheating on Shasha but the circumstances just wrong.

Let's hope this time everything will work out for Shasha. She deserves a better person and loyal. She can be crazy sometimes but once you become apart of her life, her family. She will always be going to be there for you.

As soon as we arrived at school, we both went to our first period which was English. I like the English period, Mrs Lewis is a lovely lady. She always motivates her students and students love her vibe, she is just a bright person to be around with.

"Good morning, Class," said Mrs Lewis

"Today I'm going to assign you into a pair of two to complete your final assessment before your graduation. This will determine your grades and whether you're graduating or not"

" So, you and your partner will work along with each other on the poetry of your own choice and present it to the class. For the individual task, write your opinion about the poetry and relate to it"

Mrs.Lewis gave us a month to submit our worksheet. I waited for my name to be called. As I thought I was going to be paired with Shasha, I heard

" Shayna, you're with Edward "

Oh no, anyone but him. I'm okay to be paired with others but this boy since the first day gave me some weird feelings. My eyes began to search for Edward, wondering if he was in the class. When I caught his presence, he was already staring at me. I gave him a small smile but I can feel the weird tingling vibe in me. I shook it off.

Before I left the classroom, Mrs. Lewis called me "Shayna, can I talk to you?"

"sure, is anything it is wrong with my grade?"

"No no, you still in a good shape DEFINITELY, Shay," Mrs. Lewis said, smiling.

"I wanted you to guide Edward in the project and through the presentation. I looked up into his file. Seems a good kid but he's something. Dropping somehow and I want my BEST student to guide him"

"and that person is me?"

"Yes, Shay. I hope this isn't too much to ask but he might need it to graduate"

I took a deep breath and thinking.

"Okay, I will help him"

* Skip to Lunch Break*

I went into the line to pick up some lunch but when I got back to my seat with Shasha, I saw two boys there with her. One of them was talking to Shasha and the other one was Edward?

'What's he doing there?'

As I was looking at them, Shasha waved her hand and said

"Yo Shay! Come here!"

"I'm coming"

"Shay, this is Caleb. Caleb, this is Shay "

I looked over at the boy. He indeed has green eyes, cute but not my type. Caleb smiled at me while offering his hand

"Caleb, Caleb Thomas"

"Shayna Asher" I smiled back and shake his hands

"Oh yeah ladies, this is Edward, my cousin"

I and Shasha looked at each other and said at the same time

"Your cousin?"

"Yeah, my dad and his mother are siblings," said Caleb

"So ladies, how did you became friends?" asked Caleb

"We met at the park when we were 7. I was bullied by some boys but this angel came and smack the boys at the back of their head" Shasha said pointing at me while laughing

"Yeah since then she became my best friend," I said, smiling

"Wow it's hard to believe that you can be violent Shayna," said Caleb laughing

"I saw injustice and I had to prevent it," I said simply

I continued eating my lunch. Caleb and Shasha continued their previous conversation meanwhile me, I tried to find a topic to start a conversation with Edward. I looked at him

"So.." me and Edward said at the same time

"You first"

"So, when we should start the English project?" asked Edward

"We can start tomorrow if that's okay with you?"

"Yeah sure, I'm free tomorrow"

"Are you okay being partnered up with me?"

"I'm okay, why would I not be okay?"

"You seriously don't know?" Edward asked with shock but questioning and surprised face at me

The bell rang before I could even ask him anything.

"Okay, I got to go to Chemistry. Nice to meet you, Shay" said Caleb

"Yeah, you too"

"See you later, beautiful," said Caleb while winking at Shasha

I gave Shasha the "oh, he is just flirting with you" kinda look. Shasha was madly blushed by his comment. When I'm about to head to my class, I slightly bumped into Edward not knowing that he was standing so close to me. He gave a small paper and said

"Text me if you are changing your plans tomorrow" he was looking straight at my eyes.

"okay.." 'His eyes..it's blue but mixes between the deep ocean and sometimes aqua. It's beautiful'

"See you tomorrow, Shayna Asher"

I can feel butterflies in my stomach when Edward said my name. I don't know what's wrong with me but this boy is something else. AM I ATTRACTED TO HIM?? My inner thoughts began saying

'Mrs. Lewis is right. He's something'

'SHAY! Get yourself together! You love Luke, remember?!'