Meet Brian

Valentina's POV

The whole day I couldn't concentrate. When I got to the English class, I pretended I had a headache and went to the nurse. I ended up staying until the end of the English class.

After English class, I had math class and then I had Spanish class. I only really made one friend in that class.

His name is Brian, he is 6 foot, has a great smile, and he's Spanish, just like me. He had a smooth light brown complexion, with black hair. His eyes where dark brown.

He made Spanish class fun, telling jokes to make everybody laugh. We sat beside each other in the back of the class.

And now we where sitting by each other watching a movie. I had no idea what was happening since everything was of course in Spanish.

Brian scooted a little closer to me, "How are you enjoying this school so far?" He whispered. I looked at the teacher, since we weren't supposed to be talking.

The teacher had her back turned grading papers.

I leaned towards Brian, "Its okay I guess, the school is nice, the people here are very interesting." I said instantly thinking about Blake.

I paused thinking about the kiss that happened in gym class this morning. I kept my eyes on the movie until I seen a hand in front of me waving.

I turned and saw Brian with a worried expression on his face, "Are you okay? What are you thinking about?" He asked.

I turned my back around and glanced at him. Should I tell him what happened? We seemed to become friends really fast, but who can you really trust in highschool?

In my old school, no matter what you said it would spread like wildfire.

I bit my lip nervously. Why not? I thought. He seems like an okay enough guy.

"Do you know who Blake is?" I asked slowly. My heart felt like it was pumping a little faster and my mouth felt dry.

Brian was silent at first. I looked at him, and he starred back at me. He watched me intently for a moment, studying me.

"Why?" He looked at me with a cold stare. It was like every time Blake's name came up people acted differently.

I get she's popular, but so what? How big of a deal is this girl?

I wasn't sure if I should tell Brian, it seemed to upset him for some reason and I didn't want to keep talking about it.

"Just wondering," I smiled slightly, hoping he'll let it go. Now I wish I haven't said anything.

We both sat in silence until Brian spoke.

"Did she do something to you?" Brian asked softly. I didn't know what type of tone was in his voice.

"Why do you ask?"

"She's a player Valentina," lines showed up on his forehead as he frowned. "She dates countless girls, fucks them and tosses them," he told me.

"You seem really smart, so if I was you, I would leave whatever is going on alone," He finished. He turned to look at the movie, but he wasn't watching it.

He seemed upset all of a sudden, and didn't say anything else. We sat there in silence with the rest of the class watching the movie.

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I was headed to the bus stop to go home, feeling a little sad. I still was confused by my sexuality but I wasn't sure if I should talk to Blake anymore unless I actually have to.

Brian warned me, Macy tried to warn me and I wasn't sure if I should actually listen to them.

No matter what people say, I am the type of person who loves to draw my own conclusion. Blake seemed nice for the most part. A little too confident however with her smirks and annoying nickname she gave me.

She was definitely popular. But that doesn't automatically make her a bitch. Right?

I heard a car honk and looked around.

I spotted a red mustang pulling up beside while I walked. The windows rolled and Blake appeared, along with Zane.

Blake was the one driving. "Hey Valentina! Want a ride?" Valentina yelled.

I paused for a moment, realizing a lot of people were starring between me and the mustang.

I noticed Blake didn't say a word. She had on shades and looked forward.

I opened my mouth to say something, but then Zane spoke first.

"Great! Get in," Zane demanded. She had a huge smile on her face, like she was up to something.

I crossed my fingers and headed into the backseat, I didn't want more attention to be drawn to me, I was slowly adapting to this school.

I closed the door behind me, realizing how close I was to Blake and Zane. I was right in the middle seat with my book bag right on my lap, feeling once again nervous.

Blake pulled off driving into the road. I looked back, seeing the school get smaller and smaller. No turning back now.

"So Valentina," Blake started, "I heard that Brian has a little crush on you."

That threw me totally off-guard.

I wasn't sure where that came from, and i wanted to open the doors and roll out onto the streets. This was a mistake.

"What are you talking about?" I asked in a small voice. I looked up at Blake and noticed she was starring back at me through her shades.

Zane turned around her fake brown eyes studied me for a minute. Her eyes held trouble in them. I felt like she knew what was going on between me and her sister, and was instigating. in fact I was sure of it.

Zane turned back around and said, "A friend in your Spanish class told me all about how you was whispering to Brian, and sitting close up together....like a couple."

I kept quiet, looking back at Blake. She was deathly quiet and I didn't know what to say. Her eyes were back on the road.

Zane turned around to look at me and said, "Weeeellllll?" she dragged out.

I don't like her, I thought to myself.

She know exactly what she is doing.

"We're not," I said plainly. I kept looking at Blake, but didn't seem like she wanted to look at me.

Zane shrugged, "If you say so," Zane smacked her lips and faced forward once again.

I just wanted to get out as soon as possible.

Blake pulled into my neighborhood, which i was very happy about.

As soon as she pulled in, I unlocked the door and ran out. I didn't stop until I reached my front door.

"Byee Valentina!!!" Zane yelled out the window. The red mustang sped out of sight fast.

I felt like I wanted to cry. I was out of breath and had so many thoughts running through my head.

I was so embarrassed of course Brian and i are not dating.

I got inside my house and sank down to the ground. This day sucked.

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Two hours later I was still sitting on the ground, feeling pretty down. My dad came in from work and sat beside me.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

I looked at him, instantly thinking I should tell him. He has always been a really good dad. I think he would understand.

So I tell him.

I start with meeting Blake, hearing things about her and I even talked about what happened today.

I was pretty sure that when I walked into school tomorrow, rumors about Brian and I would probably be around. Nothing is a secret in that place.

My dad listened to me, before giving some advice, "follow your heart, focus on your studies and just do what you feel is right.' he advised.

I looked at him in shock, "You wouldn't care if I was gay?"

A hurt look flashed on his face. "For you to think I would be that judgmental is a little heartbroken Val; but nowadays if you don't want your child to be gay, then you shouldn't have a child since you still have a childish mind."

I didn't fully understand what he meant, but it made me feel better.

He stood up and reached up his hand, helping me out. My dad always knew just the right things to say.

I didn't know what was going to happen, but I felt ready for anything. Well almost anything.