Ms Shy & Mr Popular (l.h)

2. Mr Popular

Luke's POV:
Hey I've always wanted to be Amanda's friend. You can't judge me on that. At one point everyone wanted to be Amanda's friend. That was before she for some strange reason became shy and never talked to anyone again. Well except for Ashton. When she got the "Ms shy" label most people started ignoring her. They knew when a certain label couldn't collide with another. But I never stopped wanting to be her friend. Yes I may have teased her, but that's only a friendly teasing. When I found out that she was my tutor, I may have acted jerky on the outside, but on the inside I was really happy.

I was sitting at a lunch table and seen Amanda and Ashton come in. They get some food and sit at a nearby table. "Guys can I invite some people to sit with us?" I asked. "Yeah sure but make it someone good." Mikey said. I got up and walked over to Ashton and Amanda. "Hey guys! Wanna come sit with us for lunch today?" I asked. Ashton looked at me. "Um I don't know Luke. Do "the boys" approve?" Amanda asked. I laughed and rolled my eyes. "If I approve, then they approve." I said. I put out my hand and Amanda took it. She stood up followed by Ashton. As we walked everyone started staring at us. They had weird looks on their faces. We got to the table and sat down. Mikey and Cal gave me a look. "Guys this is-" I was cut off. "Amanda, I'm Amanda." She said. Ashton was just as shocked as the rest of us.

"Wait did "Ms shy" just say something?!?!" Cal asked shocked. "Yes Calum I can talk I just don't choose too. And I'm scared to death right now." She replied. "Don't be scared. But why are you always shy?" I asked. "No....no..... NO!" Ashton yelled. Amanda got teary eyed and ran off. We just sat there silently. "You can't just ask someone that! And if you wanna know go get her!" Ashton added. Mikey, Cal and I ran off to find Amanda running out of the building. "Well it looks like we lost her." Cal said shrugging it off. "Ha you wish I know where she lives, and come on guys, she's not that bad." I said. "But she's "Ms shy" we can't collide Luke." Mikey said. "Sometimes things collide when you least expect it too. And then it makes something beautiful." I said. I ran out the door followed by Mikey and Cal to Amanda's house. We walked in and heard crying from upstairs. We walked upstairs and put our ears to Amanda's door.

"Hi mom, hi dad, hi Josh! Yes of course it's harder. Why would I be talking to you if it wasn't harder? It's just keeping the two biggest secrets in your life to only one person is hard when you constantly need someone to trust. Someone to just cuddle on the couch with and spill your heart out, and tell them that you love them so much. But that someone doesn't know yet. He never will. He thinks I'm just a "Ms shy." No I'm not crazy! "Ms shy" and "Mr popular" will never collide, no matter how hard I dream of it. I love you. I'll talk to you some other day when I decide to join you." I looked at Cal and then Mikey. "What do we do?" I whispered. "Luke it's what you need to do. She obviously trusts you, she just needs to know it." Mikey whispered. "We'll sit on the couch and wait. You need to talk to her." Cal whispered walking down the stairs with Mikey. I knocked on the door. "Come in." She said. I walked in and she shot up. "Luke! Um what did you hear?" She asked nervously. "Um nothing. Just crying." I lied. "Good. Now that you see me crying are you gonna make fun of me?" She asked annoyed. "No why would I do that? I came here to make sure you're alright and to know..... You can trust me." I said. She looked at me and but her lip. "But the real question is.... What will you think?" She said. "I don't know. There's only one way to find that out." I said. I laid down on her bed and signalled for her to lay down. She slowly did. "Now it's your choice if you want to tell me or not. But I want to cuddle." I said. A smile appeared on her face. And then she faced towards me.

Her eyes were beautiful. They sparkled when she was happy and got dull when she was sad or mad. "Promise you won't run away?" She asked. "Never planned on it." I said smiling. "Well it all started back in 2006. My mom, my dad, my brother and I were going to visit my grandmother over Christmas break. My grandmother lived in Canada so it's very snowy around Christmas. Long story short, we got in a plane crash and I was the only survivor. And to make it better, I can see things, hear things, and talk to things, these things are called spirits. Yup call me a freak. Just another reason why I'm shy." She said crying. I brushed her tear away with my thumb. "Why would I call you a freak? It's a part of life. And that makes you even more special then you already are." I said smiling. Her eyes went back to the sparkling Hazel they were before. "You know Luke, you may have pissed me off in the past, but know I consider you a friend, a close friend." She smiled. "And I say the same to you Collins." I laughed. "Hahaha fuck you Mikey!" Cal yelled from downstairs. Amanda looked at me annoyed. "Hemmings you actually brought them here?" She asked. "Yes know let's go see what happened before anything gets broken." I laughed dragging Amanda downstairs.

We walked down to see Mikey and Cal playing COD. "Well making ourselves at home are we?" I asked. "Dude Amanda rocks! Look at all these games!" Mikey said excitedly. "My favourite is Fifa." Amanda laughed. Cal turned quickly to her. "Ok she's our new best friend!" Cal said. "Oh so now you believe me?" I asked. "Well duh! But she has to pass the last test." Mikey said standing up. "Favourite food?" He asked. "Pizza duh!" Amanda said. "She's in! And so is Ashton he's cool!" Cal said. Amanda and I laughed. "When unexpected things collide..." I said. "They make beautiful things."
Amanda finished.