Chapter 4

Blake Andrews couldn't take his eyes off the new girl. Her name was Amelia, he had heard that when she introduced herself earlier. He was a bit shy when she caught him staring. He had never been shy in the presence of any girl before, this was the first time. He couldn't deny the fact that he already had a crush on her.

"Damn it." He said to himself. He had never really been in love with any girl before. Girls were supposed to be in love with him, not the other way round. Almost all the girls in Maverick High had a crush on him and he loved the attention he was getting from it.

 He couldn't possibly be in love with someone he barely knows. Or can he? He thought. Either way, he made a mental note of walking up to her after class and telling her he liked her. Just then, Charlie leaned over and whispered in his ear.

"The new girl, she is beautiful, isn't she?" Charlie said.

"Yeah, she is.'' Blake said. 

Charlie had also been staring at Amelia ever since she stepped into the class, he was also crushing on her already.

"I think I like her. I'm walking up to her after class to let her know,'' Blake said.

Charlie was surprised. Blake has never been known to like any girl in his life. Why did it have to be a girl he also liked?

"But Blake, you are dating Catherine already". Charlie said.

"I'm going to her after classes and that is none of your business.'' Blake said coldly.

"Yes Blake". Charlie said sadly. 

He had never been able to stand up to Blake since when they were kids. Anything Blake said was the final say and Charlie always had to do his bidding or else he was going to lose Blake's friendship. Charlie was bullied back in elementary school when they were kids and no one wanted to be friends with him. 

Blake was the only one who talked to him and sometimes stood up for him, ever since then, they had been good friends. He liked Amelia but Blake also liked Amelia and there was nothing he could do about it.

The bell finally rang for recess and Mr Ben left the class. All the students trooped to the school's cafeteria for lunch. Blake waited for Amelia to leave the class and then he followed her. After Amelia got her food, She went and sat down alone, it seemed she hadn't made friends yet. Good, Blake thought. He got his food, braced himself and went to sit with her.

"Hi, Mind if I join you?" He said, already sitting down.

She looked up at him and didn't say a word. Blake panicked a bit but kept his cool.

"Welcome to Maverick High, I'm Blake Andrews.'' He stretched his hand for a handshake, she took it and shook him rather awkwardly.

"I hope you're having a good first day at school?" He asked, taking his first spoon of food.

"Yeah, thanks.'' she said, keeping her eyes on her plate.

"You're really beautiful,'' He said.

Amelia finally looked up, he smiled at her but she didn't return the smile. She dropped her head back down and continued eating.

"Didn't you hear what I said, I just said that you are beautiful". He said, his anger rising. Who the hell did she think she is, snubbing him. Does she know how many girls are dying just to have him say a simple "hello" to them?

"I heard you, thanks.'' She said rather absently.

"Well, I'm the captain of the school's football team in case you didn't know.'' he said proudly.

Amelia remained silent like she didn't hear a word he said.

"I would like us to be friends and hang out one of these days". He said.

"Sorry, but I don't hang out with strangers.'' she said.

And with that, she got up to leave having finished eating, leaving him surprised and angry at the same time. No girl had ever turned him down in his entire life. They were the ones always begging for his attention. He couldn't believe what just happened with Amelia, and he hoped no one had noticed that. He struggled to finish up his lunch just before the bell rang and they were asked to go back to class.

On his way back to class, he kept thinking about the awkward conversation he just had with Amelia. He couldn't think of what he had done to warrant such cold and snobbish behavior from her. They haven't met before, he was very sure of that. So why was she acting like he offended her? 

"Maybe she was in a bad mood.'' he muttered to himself. He decided not to bother himself with her again but deep down he knew he had fallen in love for the first time in his entire life and he would do anything to get her. 

When he got back to class, he saw her reading, she looked up and their eyes met. He quickly averted his eyes, feeling a little embarrassed. He walked over to his seat, Charlie saw him coming and grinned.

"What's up man, how did it go?" He asked.

Blake forced a smile and said;

"How did you think it went? You know I always get the girls, it was really easy, looks like she already liked me.'' he lied.

He didn't want Charlie to know the truth about what had transpired between him and Amelia. Not that Charlie was going to do anything about it though but still, he didn't want anyone to know she had rejected him. He was still going to try his luck with her again and this time, he really hoped that she would at least be nice to him. 

Just then, the English teacher stepped in and asked them to bring their notes out. He looked over at Amelia again and hoped that she would look at him again but this time, she kept a straight face. He sighed and finally looked away.