chapter 3
Rob watched Rayna sit down next to a couple of her friends in the caf, and decided to sit with then. After a few non-conversations with dumb jocks, he had been sitting alone. Now, he got up the nerve to go sit down next to her.
" Hey." He said, half smiling at her.
" Hey." She grabbed her backpack off the chair he was waiting to sit down in and dropped it on the floor.
" Thanks."
" No prob."
" So, who are you?" a skinny guy with longish hair asked him.
" This is Rob." Rayna said. " Rob, that's Drew." She pointed to the skinny guy, then to the redhead with spiky hair next to him. " That's Jake." Across the table, she pointed to a girl with ten skin and brown dreadlocks. " That's Aubrey, and the next to us is Sam." Sam had short blue hair, and pale skin.
" Hi." Rob said meekly.
" So, who's going to my party tonight?" Jake asked.
" Me." Everyone said but Rob.
" You wanna come?" Rayna asked him.
" Sure." She grabbed a napkin and a pen and scribbled down an address. " Here. It's around 6:30."
" Cool. Thanks."
" Uh-huh." She continued eating.
The bell rang. " Well, I'll see you later." Rob said.
" Bye!" Everybody chorused.
Rob pulled up in front of a fairly big house. He could hear the music before he got out of his car. After locking his doors, he walked up to the front door and rang the bell. A muscular guy opened it.
" Hey. Who are you?"
" I'm Rob."
" Ohhhh right. Rayna told us you were coming. Go straight through into the back. There's food and stuff there."
" Cool, thanks."
" Yup."
Rob walked through the house and through a big glass sliding door. There was a bunch of people milling around, talking in small groups. A couple people were dancing to the loud rock music. Drew, the guy from the caf, came up to him and told him where Rayna was. He was her hanging out in plastic lawn chairs with Erika and Sam. He thanked Drew and walked over to her.
" Hey." She turned around and smiled at him.
" Hey! Pull up a chair." He found one a few feet away and pulled it up. " So, what's up?" she asked him.
" Nothing much."
" Where're you from?" Sam asked him.
" Arizona."
" Really? Where in Arizona?" Rayna asked him.
" Flagstaff."
" You're kidding me! Did you go to the high school there?"
" Yeh."
" Do you know Tim Davis?"
" Yeh! We used to hang out a lot. How do you know him?" he sat up a little straighter in his chair.
" We used to skate together. I used to live in Phoenix."
" Wow….it really is a small world!" She laughed.
Suddenly, a girl with wavy, long brown hair ran over to them and grabbed Rayna and Sam.
" C'mom. We've gotta dance. Jake's gonna play Linkin' Park for us."
" Kay, cool." Rayna got up and followed the girl.
" That's Karie. She, Rayna, and Sam are in this jazz dance group. They have a dance for a bunch of songs…"
Rob nodded and watched as a bunch of people stood in a formation and the music started. They launched in to their dance. Rob watched, mesmerized.
" Like what you see?" Erika smirked at him. Rob turned crimson. Erika laughed. When the song ended, Rayna came back over and sat back in her chair.
" How were we?" She asked them. Erika laughed again. " What?" Rayna asked, her forehead crinkling in confusion.
" Nothing." Erika said. She rolled her eyes, got up, and walked away.
" Okay." Rayna said. " So, are you having fun?"
Rob nodded. " Hey! Why don't I teach you how to dance?"
His eyes widened. " What? Are you kidding me?"
" No! Come on." She grabbed him and pulled him out of the chair, giggling.
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