My mate, My exception novel Chapter 3

"What's up Jen, are you ready- wait are you okay?"

He stands in front of me stopping me. The "he" I'm referring to is Dylan.

Dylan's about my height and has light brown hair that he lets hang longer- just below his ears. He isn't exactly a friend of mine, but I do sit by him at lunch. Riley has last lunch and I have second, so I usually just sit by the rest of the kids in my grade. Most of them are the popular girls, but they aren't rude like your cliché mean girls. Dylan's one of the few guys who sits there.

Dylan's on the football team. He's usually funny, but cocky which gets quite annoying. He always sits right next to me and flirts with me often. Sometimes I wonder if he likes me, but I'm not his usual type. He also usually just takes his shot with girls and yet he's never tried to ask me out.

"Yeah, I'm fine Dylan. I think I'm just starting to get sick." I say, taking a break to lean against the wall.

"Do you want me to take you to the nurse?" He asks knitting his eyebrows together.

I pop my eyes open and fight through the haze to push off the wall and head to lunch without passing out. "Absolutely not, I'll be fine."

Dylan walks next to me and doesn't say anything else. When we enter the lunch room, I make my way over to the table. Before we get there Dylan grabs my wrist.

"Listen Jen, I was wondering if you wanted....." He starts, but is quickly interrupted by one of my other close friends, Leah.

"Jen! Come sit down! I have so much to tell you!"

I smile a small smile at Dylan and pull my arm out of his grasp to walk over to Leah. I sit next to her as she starts talking a mile a minute.

Maybe it's my dizziness, or just how fast she talks, but I only process a few of her words. I hear "Tyler" and "asked" and "prom". I hope I guess right in assuming that Tyler has asked her to prom.

Tyler's Leah's boyfriend and he goes to Rockton schools. I don't know him that well, but have talked to him on a few past occasions.

"That's great Leah! I'm so happy for you." I say while forcing on a smile.

Leah squeals again before leaning forward and hugging me. "It is great isn't it! I'm so excited I can barely stand it! Has Dylan asked you yet?" She asks biting her lip.

I have been slow on intake all day, but that question snaps me out of my daze.

"No!" I whisper yell. "Was he going to?" I panic as I think of that outcome. Jake immediately comes to my mind and a pain goes to my stomach with me just thinking about his face.