Celebrity Undercover

4. Little Summer

"We give long term love, to short term people." -R.H. Sin.I woke up with a smile on my face, for the first time in my entire life, I actually woke up before the alarm. I was excited. I made a new friend. Maybe this year won't be so bad at all.But my smile quickly vanished and I felt a pit on my stomach when I realized that he might've just been friendly to me because I was his guide. He might completely ignore me today, acting like yesterday never even happened. I really hope the later doesn't happen, I would be really disappointed. I actually enjoyed having an actual friend, and if it would go better I might even get used to him and we could hang out, out of school and maybe it would reach at a point where I wouldn't stammer around him. Okay, I might actually be going too far with that.Dismissing the thoughts out of my head, I jump out of the bed and tried to rummage through my closet for something presentable to wear, for the first time. I didn't develop a crush on him, on the contrary, I love being his friend, but I couldn't help but wonder, if I wanted to be his friend, I have to at least look good for him. I can't ruin his image. That's not a friendly thing to do.I found a pair of blue jeans and a black t-shirt with the word "freedom". Well, this would do, at least it was better than what I wore yesterday. I take a warm shower before slipping onto my clothes. I wash my face several times, trying to get rid of my oily morning face, I noticed the pimple had reduced somehow and I heaved a sigh of relief. I ran a brush through my long dark hair, tying them up in a high ponytail. I actually look neat.I grab my favorite black jacket incase it gets cold and run downstairs to meet my mum at the kitchen. She had boiled some eggs, with toast. I don't like eggs, I don't know why she insists on making them in the morning. I open the fridge and take out the jug of orange juice, dropping the contents in my glass. "Well you ditched your sweater today, i'm glad you decided to actually listen to me for once," she observes, eyeing me with a smile on her face. I roll my eyes but I let her believe that she convinced me to put an effort in how I look today. "It's getting late, I didn't wake up early only to be late for school, let's go," I change the subject, my mum would freak out if she found out about Alec, and i'm pretty sure that i'd actually go for that shopping she's being trying to convince me to go to for years now.Thankfully, she listens to me, and takes one last sip of coffee from her cup and darts out of the kitchen to her car. As we drove towards the main road, I couldn't help but feel nervous of what was to come. Today could go two ways, he would either be friendly to me and stay with me just like he did yesterday, or he would completely ignore me. I try not to think about the later as it made my stomach churn.When we pull up at our school's parking lot, I kiss my mum goodbye and walk off towards the school. I decide to take a trip to Ms. Trinity's office. We haven't had a good talk since we closed school for the winter holidays. I made a quick trip to my locker to take out my math book-which is what I have for first period,with a pen. I know if I stayed to talk with Ms. Trinity, we might forget ourselves and I might be late for class if I had to make a trip to my locker before the first class."Hey Anna!" I chirp, taking a seat on one of the comfortable chairs at the waiting area. She looks up from her computer screen to focus her attention at me, she smiles when she notices me, showing me her perfect sets of teeth. I return her smile, showing my teeth, covered with braces. Speaking of which, I only have all two weeks until I can finally get rid of them. "Hey baby girl! Whatsup? How was yesterday with that hunky piece of man?" She replies excitedly. I couldn't help but smile, "Well, in the beginning, I was kinda mad at you for doing that, especially without telling me first! At least I would've prepar-""You know perfectly well that if I had told you earlier, you would've found your way out of this," she cuts me off, making me roll my eyes. Okay, so she is right, I would've found my way out of this, but only because I don't like to make an effort in engaging in conversations, and let me tell you, it takes a lot of effort in me to do so. I can't help but overthink every single word before I speak. "And anyway, you're practically the only one who doesn't know Alec joined the school since you missed the assembly in the morning, he requested that his stay here should be kept a secret.""Whatever. Anyway, I guess I should thank you now. He's really nice, I regret judging him before I actually got to know him." She smiles triumphantly at this making me regret admitting this to her. I know what was coming next, she's going to tease me like there's no tomorrow. "I knew you would thank me one day, but I didn't expect it to be this soon. Aw! Little Summer has a little crush on someone!""Who?" A deep voice comes from the door. I jump, quickly turning to look at the owner of the voice. It was Alec, he was smirking, leaning on the door with his arms crossed on his chest. I try hard to hide my face, I knew I was blushing, and if either of them saw my blushing face, they would assume I actually do have a crush. Which is so not true! I just happen to be shy and I blush easily, and the fact that I have a really pale skin doesn't help either. Ms. Trinity's smile got even wider, if that was possible,"oh Alec! What brings you here?" I roll my eyes when I notice her bat her eyelashes, trust Ms. Trinity to flirt with a teenager. He returns her smile, walking further inside the office, "I was called by Mr. Smith.""Ah yes! Please enter," she says, gesturing him towards the door. He nods with a smile before he opens the headmaster's door, "oh and about that little crush, little Summer, I want to know more about that," he says with a half smile and a wink before entering inside the office. I couldn't help but gap at the empty closed door in front of me. How the hell am I going to get out of that one?!The bell rings just when Mr. Smith and Alec come out of the door, we both stopped arguing on who's hotter between Zac Efron and Channing Tatum, to look at them, and FYI, I was at Channing Tatum's side."Oh there you are," Mr. Smith acknowledges me, with a big smile on his face. That man seems happier ever since Alec joined the school, I wonder why. It's not like it gains publicity, because according to the news and tabloids, no one knows where Alec Armstrong is."You're going to guide Alec for another day, he says he did not adjust properly to the school yet," he continues. My heart jumped out of my chest when I realized he wasn't going to avoid me today. I smile inwardly, trying to not let my happiness show. I nod my head and waved a quick goodbye to Ms. Trinity before walking out of the office, making my way to class.-"Mmh. What took you so long?" A deep voice startles me while I was walking out of the classroom. I jump, holding my hand against my chest,"Alec! You startled me."He gives me a half smile before he starts to walk off,"that's what you get for making me wait too long.""Last I remember, I don't recall asking you to wait for me," I retort, following behind him. I inwardly gave myself a pat for not stammering. I couldn't help but stare at his lean figure. He was so tall, on the other hand, I was so short. Seriously , i'm like five foot two. "Where are we going anyway?""Last I remember, I don't recall asking you to follow me," he gives me his wonderful comeback, turning back a little to give me his signature half smile. I roll my eyes, trying to reach him, but my small legs couldn't reach his fast strides."Slow down, will you."By now we were beside my locker,"aw you escorted me to my locker," I say sarcastically. I wonder where my confidence is coming. Was I getting comfortable with him now? I don't stammer as I used to before. He rolls his eyes as he waits for me to shove my stuffs into the locker, I observe that he carried his bag. "Aren't you going to keep your stuff in your locker too?" I ask him, as we made our way to the basketball court. "Nah."We enter the basketball court and sat at the bleachers. "We forgot to buy our food!" I exclaim. How I even forgot that, I wasn't sure. He probably shocked the hunger out of me when he surprised me outside the class."Don't worry, I got you covered," he says with a grin. He unzips his bag and takes out a plastic container."My famous Saganaki. It's a Greek snack." He says proudly, holding out the container to me, gesturing me to try it."You probably asked a chef to cook it for you huh, rich boy," I joke, as I take a piece. I try it and I swear I could feel my tastebuds explode. It was delicious. "What? No. I'll have you know, i'm famous for my cooking," he says, folding his arms against his chest,"well, only when it comes to cooking Greek food." He adds with a chuckle. "Mh. Then that's why it tastes horrible," I joke, bumping my shoulder with his. He pouts,"you're kidding right? I made sure to keep the right amount of-"I cut him off laughing loudly. He frowns looking at me, folding his arms across his chest,"what's so funny?""I was kidding. It was delicious," I assure him with a smile. He gives me a cocky smile,"well duh.""So tell me about your little crush, who is it?" He asks in a teasing tone. I blush, "no one! Ms. Trinity is just assuming things again."He smirks,"but that blush is stating otherwise.""That's not true! I blush easily, it has nothing to do with me having a crush on anyone." Just as he opens his mouth to respond, the bell rings making me jump up quickly in delight. Saved by the bell!"Well, time for class!" I say quickly walking towards my chemistry class, which he thankfully doesn't take. I sit at my usual seat at the front and take out my books. I try rereading yesterday's notes before Ms. Anderson comes in. She always asks us random questions from the previous class before she continues with the current topic, and I don't like failing to answer any of them. "Hey, is this seat taken?" A girl's voice asks. I look up to see the pretty girl from the cafeteria yesterday. She had worn another sleeveless dress that reached her mid thigh, I still wonder how she doesn't feel cold in those clothes."N-nope," I answer her, silently praying she doesn't sit with me and try to make me talk. I don't know what I would answer her if she tries to make a conversation with me. I'm usually the type of person who can't continue a conversation, as you must've probably noticed."Do you mind if I sit here?" She asks timidly, biting her lip. She looks like the type of girl who can easily get friends, heck I bet every guy in school has already tried to talk to her. Why was she risking her reputation, to be seen with me?"I-I don't mind," I tell her with a small smile. She sighs heavily before slumping into her seat. "Incase you haven't noticed, i'm new here. I can't seem to make any friends here! Every girl seems to be looking at me with a mean face, and whenever I walk I can hear them whispering. Are they always like that? And the guys oh god, they can't seem to stop trying to make a conversation with me and I'm pretty sure they just want to get into my pants-" she rambles. She looks frustrated and I couldn't help but let out a snicker. The girls probably hate her guts because they see her as a threat to them, and she doesn't even seem to notice it. "Oh i'm sorry, I didn't introduce myself. I'm Alexis Devine," she says with a smile. "Summer Moore."