excitement shining in her eyes were
evident. As her friend, I didn’t want them to be extinguished.
However, some matters needed to be clarified.
I decided to divulge the truth,
hoping that she would be fine with it. “He takes the same bus as
me.”
Chapter 10 Beauty?
While we were
making our way to the art room, Mandy slowed down her pace to walk
beside me.
“Guess what … yesterday Jareth
asked about you,” she informed with a cheeky smile.
Even after a week had passed
since my infamous screw-up, I was still hot topic to talk
about.
“I see …” I was feeling more
depressed as I dwelled on it.
She nudged my arm. “He seemed
disappointed when I told him that you’d opted out of the club.”
I could understand his
disappointment since everyone could no longer enjoy my clown shows.
“Uh huh.”
What was the use of telling
Mandy my thoughts when all the girls had good impressions of him?
They would stand on his side.
Mandy crinkled her nose as she
casted a disapproving look at me. “Aren’t you thrilled that he may
be interested in you?”
I stared at her, wanting to
rattle out my displeasure on how everyone had jumped to conclusions
about me being Jareth’s type, just because Rachel had made a
general statement about him having weird taste in girls. I still
remembered that particular moment when we were walking out of St.
Andrew’s school compound. All the girls turned to look at me when
our captain … my ex-captain said that. It was as if they had agreed
unanimously that I was weird. I might do things differently and has
difficulty mixing well with people, but it didn’t mean I wasn’t
normal.
Moreover, had they ever
considered that I could be further snubbed because of their
assumptions?
However, I didn’t reveal to
Mandy my worries and annoyance at their behaviour. I retorted, “Why
should he be? Plus I saw him checking out Fiona when we first
entered the gymnasium.”
It was a natural thing for any
guy to do that since Fiona was an attractive girl. Though not as
gorgeous as Kelly, she was pretty in her own ways. A feminine girl
with beautiful, fair complexion, she looked like a dainty porcelain
doll. Brian should consider himself lucky to have someone like
Fiona falling for him.
Mandy’s jaws dropped open.
“Really? I didn’t notice that.”
I nodded in confirmation. Maybe
all of them were too distracted by the awesomeness of the place.
The presence of boys made me so uneasy that I took note of them
right from the start.
She put her hand over her mouth
to mute the chuckles. “She may have her sights set on Brian, but I
think she’ll be happy to know this.”
I smiled. “Did she get to
befriend Brian already?”
“Nope. Only Jareth and few other
guys mingled with us. Brian hung out with the boys the entire
time.”
I felt bad for Fiona, especially
when she looked so disappointed the moment Rachel had remarked, “He
had a girlfriend.” Charmine was quick to point out the use of the
past tense. Fiona’s face immediately brightened up after that.
Another girl displayed the same reactions as Fiona.
If only Rachel knew whether
Anton was attached … but even the senior girl didn’t have the
chance to talk to him.
“How about Anton and you?” I
asked. Frankly speaking, I wasn’t sure if I was glad that she
didn’t mind his humble background, or sad that she had fallen for
the same guy as I had.
A frown appeared on Mandy’s face
as she raised her shoulders. “He regarded us as transparent.
Impossible to get friendly with him.”
“Oh …” I wasn’t feeling good
about lack of advancement in her relationship with Anton
either.
“There’s one good news: I’d
learnt from Jareth that he’s in the top class.”
“That’s good.” My heart seemed
to rock faster when I heard that. Anton was truly someone who could
defy the odds. All the more I felt that he was way out of my
league. A confident, nice, pretty and sporty girl like Mandy would
match him better.
Mandy
evident. As her friend, I didn’t want them to be extinguished.
However, some matters needed to be clarified.
I decided to divulge the truth,
hoping that she would be fine with it. “He takes the same bus as
me.”
Chapter 10 Beauty?
While we were
making our way to the art room, Mandy slowed down her pace to walk
beside me.
“Guess what … yesterday Jareth
asked about you,” she informed with a cheeky smile.
Even after a week had passed
since my infamous screw-up, I was still hot topic to talk
about.
“I see …” I was feeling more
depressed as I dwelled on it.
She nudged my arm. “He seemed
disappointed when I told him that you’d opted out of the club.”
I could understand his
disappointment since everyone could no longer enjoy my clown shows.
“Uh huh.”
What was the use of telling
Mandy my thoughts when all the girls had good impressions of him?
They would stand on his side.
Mandy crinkled her nose as she
casted a disapproving look at me. “Aren’t you thrilled that he may
be interested in you?”
I stared at her, wanting to
rattle out my displeasure on how everyone had jumped to conclusions
about me being Jareth’s type, just because Rachel had made a
general statement about him having weird taste in girls. I still
remembered that particular moment when we were walking out of St.
Andrew’s school compound. All the girls turned to look at me when
our captain … my ex-captain said that. It was as if they had agreed
unanimously that I was weird. I might do things differently and has
difficulty mixing well with people, but it didn’t mean I wasn’t
normal.
Moreover, had they ever
considered that I could be further snubbed because of their
assumptions?
However, I didn’t reveal to
Mandy my worries and annoyance at their behaviour. I retorted, “Why
should he be? Plus I saw him checking out Fiona when we first
entered the gymnasium.”
It was a natural thing for any
guy to do that since Fiona was an attractive girl. Though not as
gorgeous as Kelly, she was pretty in her own ways. A feminine girl
with beautiful, fair complexion, she looked like a dainty porcelain
doll. Brian should consider himself lucky to have someone like
Fiona falling for him.
Mandy’s jaws dropped open.
“Really? I didn’t notice that.”
I nodded in confirmation. Maybe
all of them were too distracted by the awesomeness of the place.
The presence of boys made me so uneasy that I took note of them
right from the start.
She put her hand over her mouth
to mute the chuckles. “She may have her sights set on Brian, but I
think she’ll be happy to know this.”
I smiled. “Did she get to
befriend Brian already?”
“Nope. Only Jareth and few other
guys mingled with us. Brian hung out with the boys the entire
time.”
I felt bad for Fiona, especially
when she looked so disappointed the moment Rachel had remarked, “He
had a girlfriend.” Charmine was quick to point out the use of the
past tense. Fiona’s face immediately brightened up after that.
Another girl displayed the same reactions as Fiona.
If only Rachel knew whether
Anton was attached … but even the senior girl didn’t have the
chance to talk to him.
“How about Anton and you?” I
asked. Frankly speaking, I wasn’t sure if I was glad that she
didn’t mind his humble background, or sad that she had fallen for
the same guy as I had.
A frown appeared on Mandy’s face
as she raised her shoulders. “He regarded us as transparent.
Impossible to get friendly with him.”
“Oh …” I wasn’t feeling good
about lack of advancement in her relationship with Anton
either.
“There’s one good news: I’d
learnt from Jareth that he’s in the top class.”
“That’s good.” My heart seemed
to rock faster when I heard that. Anton was truly someone who could
defy the odds. All the more I felt that he was way out of my
league. A confident, nice, pretty and sporty girl like Mandy would
match him better.
Mandy
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