~*~ Chapter 1: The Pink Pen ~*~
“So, we’re using pink pens now?” he said approaching his best friend.
“Very funny, Ryan. I’m not laughing now, but I’ll write it down and make sure I’ll do it later, alright?” Seth took the girl’s pen he was holding and placed it in his jeans’ pocket.
“Good. You do that.” Ryan motioned for them to start walking “So, have you met Summer yet?”
“Not really. And I’m not really in a hurry to meet her. She'll probably wanna hit me, and you’d never guess, but that short little thing is really strong, you know?”
“Oh, I bet she is. Poor you, must have suffered while you two were dating.”
“I did.” Seth made a hurtful face “But I couldn’t hit her back.”
“Of course not, because if you did, she’d know you can’t even hurt a fly.”
“Ha ha. Another joke so very funny, Atwood.”
The two of them proceeded to the cafeteria, Seth expecting not to see Summer and Ryan eagered to see Marissa.
Earlier that day, Ryan and Marissa had met and decided to forget everything about the previous three months and put a fresh new start in their relationship.
Seth wasn’t so lucky, mostly because Summer was probably hiding from him after he ran away for three months on a sailing trip.
“Ryan, I’m telling you, man.” Seth was talking, but Ryan was trying not to listen as they sat on a free table to have their lunch “This Comic Book Club will be huge. Comic books are everywhere now. It’s not a geeky thing anymore. They make Hollywood Blockbusters now a day! I’m telling you, everyone’s gonna want to join. But first…” Seth took his bag and from out of it, a bunch of pink flyers “We’re gonna have to distribute these.”
“We?” Ryan frowned.
“Of course.”
“Why of course?”
“Because you’re gonna be my vice-president. If I get sick or an important date with an important lady or something like that comes up and I can’t attend the meeting, you’re gonna have to be there for the members.”
“Seth, I really don’t think…”
“Ryan, it’s settled. You’re giving these away as soon as we finish lunch. Advertising. That’s the spirit.”
“What about you?”
“I’m gonna do just the same, but I’m guessing by your face, I’m gonna do it with a little more enthusiasm than you, so I’m gonna work the crowd, make sure they’ll be there for the first official meeting.”
Ryan just rolled his eyes and started to eat his lunch.
"So, now I’m having lunch. You wouldn’t believe the cafeteria! They have arcade machines and a pool table and couches and… Dude! This place is out of this world! I’ve never seen any school like this one before. And even where we sit to eat… it has a view and everything. I can get used to these rich people habits. But I won’t. I can’t. It’s not me and I won’t let myself be sunk by all of this façade. It’s my first day here and I can see most of these people wear masks, pretending to be someone they are not just because, that way, they think other people will welcome them into their little clicks and then they’ll feel safe. Bunch of idiotic people! Hate them all. Well… not them all. Actually, on my way to lunch, I bumped, literally bumped… actually, this guy bumped into me. He was… ok. Not ok, but cute. Ok, ok, so he was really cute. My type of guy. He was wearing a vintage green t-shirt with a white long sleeve one underneath it and black pants. Totally my type. But of course, if he doesn’t have a girlfriend, he must be…’"
“So, there you are.” Brandi heard someone’s voice and closed her diary immediately before looking up to see to whom the voice belonged to.
“I…” seeing Seth standing beside her was something she was not expecting to happen, especially so soon.
“You dropped your pen.” Seth sat in the chair in front of her and handed her the pink pen.
“Oh…” Brandi slowly took it and placed it in her pencil case “Thank you.” she thanked without making eye contact.
“Not a problem. I don’t believe we’ve been introduced yet. My name is Seth Cohen.” he showed off his hand and his amazing, brilliant smile. It took a while for Brandi to recover from that smile and take his hand on hers and shake it in return.
“Brandi Jackson.”
“Nice to meet you, Brandi Jackson.” Seth kept the smile on “So, I have a proposition for you.”
“Yes?” Brandi frowned. She was surprised.
“Here.” Seth gave her a flyer from The Comic Book Club.
“Comics?” she said with no enthusiasm in her voice, then frowned and looked up at Seth.
“Yes, comics! That’s the spirit I’m looking for!” Seth joked because of the little enthusiasm she showed in her voice “But seriously, my friend and I are starting this club today and it’s gonna be awesome. You have to come. Everyone’s into comics these days. Superman's got his own TV show and a new movie coming out. Batman also has his new movie coming out. And even the heroines are getting their space, like Elektra. So, it’s really popular and…” Seth stopped when he noticed the smile on Brandi’s face. That silly smile you give to someone you’re in love with and you’re just happy to know he’s talking to you “What?” he smiled back, not knowing the reason for her smile.
“Oh…” Brandi shook her head “Nothing. Sorry.”
“You were smiling. Why?”
“Oh, nothing really, I…”
“Listen, I gotta go.” Seth cut her off out of the blue and she didn’t understand what that was about. She thought they were having a nice conversation. Well, at least Seth seemed to be enjoying talking “But I’ll see you at the meeting, alright?” he asked and stepped away from the table without even looking at Brandi or hearing her answer.
Brandi kept her eyes on Seth’s walk until he stopped at this really gorgeous brunette, athletic build, short girl.
“Of course…” she looked down at the flyer, her suspicion consolidating in front of her. Clearly that was his girlfriend.
She stood up, collected her stuff from the table, and took the flyer Seth had given her, kneaded it and trailed to the garbage, throwing it away.
* Thanx Hannah and Thea for reviewing and correcting the grammar errors *
~*~ Prologue ~*~
~*~ Chapter 2 ~*~
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