I'd Rather Be In Love With . . .

Chapter Five - From Zero To Hero

"Let me go right now!" I screamed trying to pull my elbow away. I was still holding onto Nicky and Chris was still dragging me away from the building. "I mean it Chris!" he still wouldn't let go. What the hell!?! My hand slipped from Nicky and she stopped just looking at him drag me away. "Nicky!" I screamed out begging her to help, but she just winked and walked away.

"Ok what the hell!?!" He asked clearly angry as we reached the back car park. He folded his arms over his chest and frowned at me. Why the hell is he angry?! Nothing happened to him! I sighed and folded my arms over my chest mimicking him.

"Why did you drag me away?! That was none of your business!" I screamed back not taking one step towards him.

"Because you-" he cut off as his face changed and he seemed to be trying to contain something. I raised an eyebrow but then I got it. He burst into laughter and almost fell to the floor in laughter! "Oh my god! You should have seen your face! I'm just messin' with you, I felt like dragging you out before you got your ass kicked out," WHAT.THE.HELL?!

Fair point though.

I tried to keep the irritated scream that wanted to leave my mouth as he leaned against a silver BMW still laughing. I.HATE.HIM! I walked up to him and for some reason playfully punched him in the stomach. He looked at me for a second before bending over and laughing...AGAIN! I just stood there looking up at the sky asking why I was the one stuck with an i***t?!

"That isn't funny Chris!"

"Yes, yes it is!"

"Don't you have to practice or something to do?!" he stopped laughing and looked up at me, his smirk leaving his face.

"Actually I need to see Alice. She owes me one." I looked at him confused for a second but when I saw that grin return to his face and I got what he meant.

"Ok! I'm going then bye!" I said clutching my bag and turning on my heel to walk off.

"Wait!" I was pulled back as he grabbed my arm and spun me around to face him.

"WHAT!?!" I yelled frustrated from the rage I wasn't allowed to expel. But he didn't seem fazed by me yelling at him. Instead, he just smiled,

"You gonna go to the game?" my features softened and I looked down sighing before looking back up to his eyes again.

"Sure, when is it?"

"Next week Monday,"

"Yep I'll go.....now will you let me go please?" he let my arm go and turned running back inside the building. I couldn't help but watch as he ran, the way his muscles flexed, the way his tanned skin glistened in the sun and the way his arms went back and forth.

FAY! WHAT THE LIVING HELL ARE YOU DOING!?!

I actually have no clue.

I shook my head from side to side and just as I was about to turn to walk away he turned around and jogged backward waving his hand in the air trying to get my attention.

"WHAT?!" I yelled at the top of my voice, this time so he could hear me. His hands flew down and circled his mouth before he screamed back.

"TOP ROW IN THE MIDDLE, THREE SEATS ALONG IS THE BEST!" I smiled and put my thumbs up giving him the message that I understood what he said. I could just faintly see him smile as he turned to keep going.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~THREE DAYS AFTER~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Well, everything so far is actually ok, I hang out with Nicky, my roommate is creepy and as far as Chris goes, I see him at lunch, after classes end at sometimes at night since I and Nicky go to the library to get away from her drunken roommate. I and Nicky decided tomorrow we'd just go out shopping and then on Sunday....well we haven't thought that far ahead yet.

"Finally, Friday!" Nicky said leaning back on the chair. We were in the library looking up some poems that we knew would be discussed in the next class. "I think I'm just gonna give up on this, I can't find anything!" she moaned leaning back on the table and resting her head down on her folded hands that were resting on the open book.

"Well looks like we better hit the net," I said sighing and getting up shutting the book closed.

"What? You mean cheat?!" she said outraged that I had even suggested it.

"Well yeah, I mean....if we don't have one single idea. Plus it'll be fun!" I said smiling and running to a computer. Ok, I was just trying to get her to come when I said it would be fun.

"But we can't! I mean what if-"

"Come on! Do you really wanna stay here all night?! Besides looking up some points on a poem isn't really cheating is it now?" she bit down on her bottom lip with a pained expression as she thought about it. She shook her head and then ran over to my side kneeling down and staring at the computer screen. "Ok, so all we have to do is find some facts and write notes." I scanned the net and an hour later we had everything done.

"Ugh back to the room...." Nicky cut off as she swung her backpack on her shoulder. From one of the book stands Chris stepped out with a huge grin on his face and a book open wide in his hand. He hid his grin and pretended to be staring down at the book concentrated and interested in what he was reading. I couldn't help the smile that owned my face; I grabbed my bag and walked over to him.

"You read?!" I asked pretending to be shocked. He lifted his face up to look at me,

"Well no unless I have too, but you guys spent an hour on the computer when you could have just looked at the poetry section." He said, his grin sweeping his face again. Damn! I actually forgot to do the simplest thing, look at the poetry section! Yes I know I'm stupid! But hey people make mistakes!

I playfully slapped his shoulder and he chuckled before bursting into laughter. Nicky was smiling at us and the next thing I knew the librarian was standing up over her desk and shushing us. I pressed my lips together concealing the laughter that now wanted to own me. Chris did the same but as soon as she left, Chris brought the book he was holding up covering our faces as he stuck his middle finger up and we again burst into laughter and I buried my head into his shoulder muffling my laugh.

"Let's just go before you two get us into more trouble," Nicky said rolling her eyes back in her head jokingly. She grabbed my arm and I turned from him walking out with her.

"Hey wait up!" Chris whispered putting the book back and running to catch up with us. We waited at the top of the stairs, Nicky holding the door open. Chris ran up the stairs and placed a hand on my shoulder before turning to look at the librarian who was staring back at us with her eyes narrowed. "Bye mam." Chris said using a southern accent.

We ran out, I couldn't hold the laughter in! Chris ran with us and Nicky just looked at us with her hands on her hips, "You two act like five-year-olds]," she added at the end joining in with the laughter.

"You're such an ass!" I managed to say in between gasps of air. For some reason, he manages to make the smallest of things so funny. It's kinda...FUN!

"We need to go," Nicky finally said wrapping her arm around mine. "It's for her own good, she has to get up at nine tomorrow and from what she tells me she usually gets up at eleven back home." Nicky was so nice when people got to know her, she really does get out of her shell when she gets to know you too. Like now she isn't afraid to be herself around me and Chris. Not that Chris hangs out with us that much, usually he's at practice or with the guys after it, but when he can...he does. It's like when he sees us he'll come over excited to just chill with the two nerds he barely knows.

"Why?" he asked straightening up and looking at us, his brown eyes were dark now and shinning.

"We agreed to go shopping, Nicky wants a makeover." Nicky looked down embarrassed, she allowed her hair to fall and cover her face. "Nick we talked about this before. You're only getting some new clothes, nothing else." She kept thinking nothing looks good on her, well it should be the other way around, nothing looks good on me!

"You guys want a lift? I have nothing to do and getting drunk with the guys is getting a bit over the top since I don't really drink, plus I've had way too many threesomes with the same girls, they need to stop beating around the same bush." I looked at Nicky and she simply shrugged her shoulders.

"Sure," I said turning around with Nicky. "See ya," I said not looking back. But when I heard that voice I had too.

"Hey, baby wanna come over." I stopped and turned to see a curvy tanned, blue-eyed or maybe it was green? Girl leaning against the side of the other building that we were walking away from. She was wearing a mini red skirt that practically showed off her black thong and a top that exposed her stomach and the first few buttons of it where undone showing off some of her bra. He smiled at her and turned to look at me; if it wasn't for him waving I think I would have blushed with his catching me looking at him.

I waved back and he walked off taking the girls hand and leading her inside the dorms.

For some odd reason, I really hated that girl at that point. Oh well, we all know how much footballers like s*x.

Once I got into my dorm I almost screamed my lungs out! Sandra was lying down on her bed; her arms folded and tape over her eyes like a cross. She had painted on some fake blood on the corner of her mouth running down her chin to her neck. A few chains lay wrapped around her ankles attached to the bottom of the bedpost

"Don't stare at me!" she yelled out of know where sensing my gaze.

"Sorry," I muttered making my way to my bed. See what I meant by CREEPY!?!

I pulled on my purpled silk shorts and my purple vest that stopped just reaching my hips. I pulled the covers over me and facing the wall, I fell asleep.