Two Sides

"Lesley, lesley" said Julia running down the hallway, with wide opened arms towards Lesley to hug her.

Lesley sighted her, smiled and start running too. They both collided and gave each other a very tight hug.

"I missed you, you just left me all alone yesterday" Julia said faking a tear.

"I missed you too".

"How was your date? How did it go"?.

"It was ok, it went well. Ethan was the one that probably enjoyed himself the most".

"Of course he would, that's what he loves doing the most, having fun".

"What places did you guys go to"?

"We went to the park first, Inner Valley Park, we actually spent most of the day at the park, then my mom took us to a restaurant to have our dinner and lastly my mom took us shopping at a boutique".

"Uuuuuuuh, your mom's classy".

"I had a great day. Anyways did you help me take notes yesterday"?.

"I did to the point my arms almost fell off. Look they're all red" said Julia showing her her arms.

"Aaaaaah, thank you" Lesley said excitedly hugging Julia.

"Anyways something juicy happened yesterday while you were gone".

"Uuuuh, I love juicy stuffs".

"Ok, so while I was having my lunch yesterday ALONE at the cafeteria".

Lesley rolled her eyes and giggled on how she emphasized the alone.

"Minding my own business, Guess who came to sat with me".

"Oh Holy Shit, please don't tell me it's Rodney".

"Oh My Gosh, how did you know? You guessed it right, it was him. I was munching my food when he suddenly just sat beside me. Nathan sat in front of me, and damn, boy was looking fine. It was weird since the entire school was staring at me. I was so surprised to the extent that my food couldn't digest well again".

"So what did he want with you"?.

"He asked where you were".

"Wait.... What"?.

"I know right, I myself was shocked just like you. Like, when did you too become friends suddenly"?.

"We're not friends".

"So how come he's asking about you"?.

"I don't know".

"It was kinda weird being surrounded by the both of them".

"What was your response"?.

"I told him where you were and he was like, how can she go on a date on a school day" Julia said mimicking his voice.

"You did tell him that the date was with my mom and brother"?.

"Yes I did".

"Gosh, he's really persistent".

"Oh, and it seems like he already figured that we were the ones he saw in that room at George's birthday party".

"Really? Well that's good, at least I don't have anything to hide again".

"I guess so".

"I know I clearly told him to stay away from my path and that includes not disturbing you".

"Well you didn't exactly tell him that part about me".

"He could at least take a hint".

"Why is he even asking about me"?

"I don't know. But Nathan is really handsome".

"Julia, that's not the topic at hand now".

"It is for me".

"Forget it, let's go to class".

After the first period of class was over, Lesley went to ease herself in the restroom. On her way to the restroom she overheard two guys on the stairs mentioning her name in their conversation. She looked down and saw that the guys were Rodney and Nathan. She scoffed which made them look up and then confronted them.

"You know it's not nice gossiping about someone if the person is not here to defend herself" She said folding her arms.

"We weren't gossiping about you" Said Rodney.

"Really?, cause that not how it looks like".

"Whatever, think whatever is best for you".

"I thought I told you to stay away from my path".

"Your father doesn't own this school, and I get to choose the path I want to be".

"Ugh, you're so annoying".

"Likewise".

Nathan was staring at them this whole while watching their drama unfold.

RODNEY'S POV.

Bumping into a girl carrying some books, the books all fell to the ground. Muttering his apology and bending down to help her, he looked at her and realized that she was familiar. He kept on looking and that's when it clicked, she was the girl he met at mall.

"You, you, you, what are you doing here"?

He didn't even realized that that was the first thing he asked. She gave him a nonchalant behaviour which he kind of expected...

'She actually looks kinda different, maybe it's the school uniform" He thought.

Seeing that she was struggling to carry all the books, he offered his help which she rejected, but he helped her anyway.

He wanted to use that opportunity to apologize for the incident that happened at the mall but it seems like the skies weren't on his side this time.

He watched her walked away angrily afterwards.

Looking over at his side in the cafeteria he saw that fierce girl best friend eating alone. He was expecting to see her with her best friend but it was just her best friend eating alone.

'I wonder where she is' He thought.

He then realized that he doesn't even know her name and has been calling her that fierce girl all this while.

"That's another thing I must find out" He muttered.

He stood up wanting to go meet her when Nathan held his wrist.

"Where you going man? He asked.

"I just want to meet up with that blonde girl over there" He said pointing over to Julia.

He watched Nathan stare at her for quite a while.

"Is something wrong Nathan? Do you know her"?.

"Isn't that the girl we saw at George's birthday party"?.

"Uh, I don't understand".

"You know that time I was looking for a room to make a call and I found one but it was occupied, the girl that occupied it was her. I remember she was with a friend too but I couldn't see her face clearly. I'm guessing that friend was her best friend".

"Really? Thanks for the information".

"Why do you wanna meet her"?.

"I wanna ask her about something and also talk to her".

"Ok, if you say so".

"Let's meet her together".

They went to sit with her giving her a shock. He sat by her side while Nathan sat in her front.

"Ummmmmm, Hi?" She said awkwardly.

"I know we didn't start off on a good note, but I'll like to amend that, both with you and your bestfriend".

"Why"?.

"Cause I'm a person of peace".

Both Julia and Nathan giggled at his statement.

"You? A person of peace? C'mon let's be real" Nathan said.

"Thank you, exactly my thought".Julia said backing him up.

"Ok, maybe I'm not a person of peace but I'm not a bad guy".

"OK".

"Where's your friend? What's her name though"?.

"Lesley".

"And yours"?.

"Julia".

"Not bad. I'm guessing you already know both of our names".

"Yeah, I don't think there's anybody in this school that doesn't know the both of you".

"I guess. So where's Lesley".

"She isn't in school today".

"Why"?.

"She went on a date with her mom and brother".

"How can she go on a date on school day"?.

"I don't know, ask her when she's back".

"Sorry, I don't mean to be rude. It seems like your friend has the wrong idea about me".

"Does she? Cause I don't think that's the case".

"It may seem that way but I assure you I'm not like that".

"Well your actions speaks louder and different from your words. You know what I'm talking about considering what happened at the mall".

"What am I missing here"? Nathan asked confused.

"I'll explain later" Rodney replied.

"I shouldn't even be the one you should be telling all this to. You should tell that to Lesley".

"I should but you're the only one here so I'm starting with you first".

"Ok"......

"Where you the ones we saw in that room that time at George's party? You know, the time when Nathan was looking for a room to make a call"?.

"Ah, yes, we were the ones".

"You guys were pretty weird that time".

"We were trying to hide from you, well more like Lesley was trying to hide from you".

"So she already figured out that I attended this school"?.

"Yeah, before you did".

"I see, that's why she wasn't surprised to see me that time".

"Anyways that all I wanted to say. Enjoy your meal" He said standing up and heading back to his seat.

Nathan and Rodney sat at the stairway having a conversation. They heard someone scoffed and looked up. It was Lesley. Rodney was kinda happy to see her as he could use this chance to apologize for real but once again the skies weren't on his side again. She started the conversation with a "You know it's not nice to gossip about someone if the person isn't here to defend herself".

'God, Nooooooo, why do we have to start this conversation like this again'?He screamed in his thought.

He tried not to respond to her in the way she was talking to him but he couldn't.

'She's quite annoying' He thought.

Another chance to apologize gone down the drain.......