Chapter 3

a.n. – been a long while i know. i wonder if you guys are even interested in this story anymore. hopefully you are. and hopefully you like this chapter. special thanks to my beta Courtney. and a special belated birthday shout out to Taylor5795 who’s birthday was last Wednesday.

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Looking up at the sky, my eyes squint as the sun shines. Just another day spent skate boarding. Except today there was a banana smoothie at stake. Sitting on the sidewalk, I watch Conner show off his skills. Pfft. No big deal. I’m going to wipe that smug look off his face soon enough.

Propping my arms on my knees I let my head fall. The heat is so intense. My bangs are matted against my forehead while the rest of my hair is in a messy bun. I had on ripped shorts with black leggings and a white tank top, which probably wouldn’t remain white for long. I was sight to behold all right; a sweaty mess of a sight.

Bleh. Today was not a good day to be skateboarding. But I can’t blame it all on the heat. No. My mind would be spacing regardless.

Blond hair.

A tall, kind of scrawny, blond haired boy.

Why am I even thinking about him?

There seriously has to be dozens of tall blond boys in town. But none are the one that I want to see. Not that I want to see him in that sense. Lord knows our prior encounters haven’t been so pleasant. Just something. It can’t be the blond hair. No. Like I said, there are tons of blond haired boys around here.

Icy blue eyes.

Maybe. But icy isn't the right word for them. That shade and the demeanor behind it are far from icy. At least as far as first impressions go. No. Icy just isn't right.

Sapphire. No.

Cornflower. A boy with cornflower eyes. Funny, but no.

Hmmm...

Cerulean. Yeah. Cerulean blue.

I cannot believe I'm sitting here thinking about the color of some boys’ eyes. A boy I don't even know for pete's sake.

Heh.

Maybe he bewitched me or something.

"Hello! Earth to Laken!"

Snapping out of my daydream, I notice the waving tattooed hand in front of my face. Conner, of course. A faint blush spreads along my cheeks. For the daydreaming or the boy in front of me I don’t know. Pushing his hand away from my face I raise an eyebrow. “In a hurry for me to kick your butt?”

“Why are you blushing?” Conner asked ignoring my previous statement. “Having dirty thoughts?” His face leaned down close to mine. Too close. I would have blushed at his assumption if I wasn’t tomato red already. Putting my hand on his face I push him back and stand up. He stumbled a little but causally plays it off.

“Come on. I’m in the mood for a smoothie.” Foot on skateboard, I didn’t wait for him to say something before taking off.

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"Yum." I savored the taste in my mouth. "This smoothie is so good." I taunted the pouting boy across from me. Victory tasted so sweet.

"I hope you choke." Mumbled the freshly dyed red haired boy. His oxyn eyes sent draggers in my direction. Conner isn't always such a sore loser. I think it just has to do with the fact that he got beat by a girl.

"I told you not to bet against her." Alex snickered. His hand reaching for the glass but I slapped it away. No way. This victory prize was all mine. "Don't you know how to share?" I shook my head and stuck out my tongue in response.

How mature was I?

Not at all.

"Oh the banana is so creamy." I sucked more from the straw. It really wasn’t all teasing. The seaport café really does make the best smoothies in town. "And the chocolate chunks, yum yum.” Licking my lips, I flashed Conner a cheeky smile. He flipped me the bird.

I didn't mean to mess with him so much. But it was exciting landing that trick. This was my hall of fame moment, girl power and all that. Though I had about a billion bruises from practicing all week. It was so worth it.

"I was hanging out with Seth yesterday." Huh? My head snapped up to look at Alex. "He was asking about you."

I think I just forgot how to breathe.

"Seth Lamadi?" He nodded. "As in hottie Lamadi with the swimmers body!" I nearly squealed.

Seth has been a crush of mine since the moment I laid eyes on him last year. I never bothered to approach him due to the fact that he had a steady girlfriend. I may be a lot of things but I am no man stealer. Actually last I remember Seth was still dating that girl when we got out from school. I guess summer changes things.

"Like I would check out his body type." He scoffed. I raise an eyebrow.

"Oh please." I roll my eyes and take a sip from my smoothie. "You check out more guys than I do." Conner snorted with laughter and Alex threw a french fry at him.

I guess this would be uncomfortable for most normal girls. Having your ex-boyfriend checking out guys in front of you. But it really isn't. Not for me anyway. Then again I can't say I'm really all that normal when it comes to relationships. Heh. I don’t like normal.

"Do you want to know what he was asking or not?" I nodded continuing to sip down the smoothie. "He wanted to know if you were single."

Can this day possibly get any better!?

First I win the chocolate banana smoothie. Now I find out that hottie Lamadi wants to know if I'm single. Pinch me I think I'm in heaven.

"And..."

"I told him you're a lesbian." Alex shrugged and stuffed another fry in his mouth.

The straw in my mouth slipped out and I stared at him wide-eyed. Did he… Did he just say what I think he said?! I searched his face for signs that would give away his bad attempt at a joke. Oh geez. He’s really serious.

“Wh-Wha-WHAT!”

Slamming my hands down on the table I knocked over the remainder of my smoothie. Damn it. Alex looked from the spilled smoothie to my face and I noticed him shallow hard. Oh yeah he knew he was in trouble now.

Conner took a glance at me and smirked as he turned to Alex. “Now would be a good time to run dude.” No sooner had Conner finished saying the word run that Alex took off on my skateboard. Dashing after him, I left Conner behind as he yelled after us about being left with the bill.

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“Tell me again, why are you walking me home?”

“Felt like it.” Conner didn’t even give me a glance when he said that. Well ah that explains oh so much. I should have known he wouldn’t give me a real answer. How can say something like that so nonchalant – like it doesn’t mean anything. Well I guess he doesn’t really mean anything by it.

Men are really stu- oh… oh wow.

It’s him.

Blond hair. Blue… Cerulean blue eyes. It’s that pretty boy. But he isn’t alone. A girl is walking – shopping bag in one hand and the other hand in his. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised; he is a pretty boy after all.

She’s tall, almost as tall as him, with golden brown wavy hair. Geez. She looks straight out from those Covergirl commercials. Subconsciously my eyes fall down to give myself a one over. My white tank top was covered in brown spots and the leggings had a couple of holes from when I fell. Not only that but I was sure I had helmet hair too. Yep. This is straight out from hell. If Conner weren’t with me I would have ducked into a store by now. No such luck though.

But I have to admit; it is actually amusing watching this girl fondle herself over him. Ohhhh… I get it now. No wonder he’s so cocky. He’s one of those guys that have to beat them off with a stick.

Hehe. That girl obviously failed body language 101. She links her hand with his but after a few seconds he drops it, but she does the same thing over again. I bite the inside of my cheek to hold back a laugh. I ended up snorting instead.

“Something funny?” Conner asked, bemusement in his tone. Had he noticed I was looking at pretty boy? No. I don’t think so – Conner can be pretty dense. Taking a glance at Conner, he was looking at me as he awaited my answer.

“No.” I said quickly, biting my lip to hide my laughter from leaking out again. Looking back straight ahead of me I felt my breathe lock in my throat.

He’s looking straight at me. Does he… yeah… he remembers me. I can see a smirk playing at the corner of his thin lips. Yeah well, I suppose it’s hard to forget a girl who starts a food fight with you in the middle of the street.

Just as we’re passing by each other, I move my shoulder so that it hits his. Hard. He moves back a few steps. And for an instant, less than a second, our eyes lock together. I shrug casually and smirk as I keep walking. But he noticed. I know he noticed because for that one second there was a smirk on his lips too.

“Hey.” Feeling an elbow nudging my ribs, I frowned and looked at Conner. "You know that guy?" Conner asked as he gave me a quizzical look. Ah so he noticed the exchange. I shook my head and mumbled a small ‘no’ as I picked up my pace a little.

Nope. It was the truth. I didn’t know that guy at all.

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author notes: i know it was two months since the last update. please no rock throwing. since i really have no clue what direction to take this in i can only write when inspiration hits. oh i got the bit of hottie lamadi with the swimmers body part from a hannah montana episode.

this chapter didn't have much reid x laken action in it but I want to show the type of relationship my oc's have first since it will be very important later on. don’t worry next chapter should contain some good amount of reid goodness to drive laken crazy with. remember all reviewers get a sneak peek into the next chapter!

just so you guys know in the next chapter laken and reid will officially introduce themselves. bet you want that chapter preview now right? well leave a review to get!