In Love With The Wrong Guy Chapter 4 The Baby Doll Project

A Story by Ronnin

I didn’t see Alexander and Winnie come back inside the room until the class started. Everyone had just settled in, and the teacher had arrived. My mind was full of questions. I didn’t know if I was just confused or actually jealous about them. I didn’t even know why I felt like that. What was it with Alexander? Why was he such an impact to me when everyone else didn’t seem so important? My confusions left me unfocused with the class.

“Rise and shine, children!” the jolly teacher of SexEd, Mrs. Cornett, exclaimed with excitement again. She just wouldn’t admit that she wanted to have sex. I could see that all over her face. “It’s time for sex education!”

She started talking stuff about our activities for that day as I turned my neck around and tried to see Alexander; I saw him. He was in the back seats with Winnie and the others. I was pretty sure he was talking to her and not paying attention to Mrs. Cornett. They were laughing, having a good time. I was never that close to someone I’ve just met. I thought I’d do the same so I wouldn’t seem like a total loser to them, yet that would be so naïve. I just tried my best to pay attention to the class.

“Okay!” Mrs. Cornett seemed to have finished discussing the activities for today. I didn’t even hear what she said. “Grab a partner, and let’s pick up your offspring upstairs!”

I didn’t understand what she meant by ‘offspring’. That was because I didn’t listen. Everyone stood up and took their stuff, so I did the same. I turned to see Alexander again, but she was with Winnie as they talked to a bunch of other people in class. I guess they were asking what Mrs. Cornett had told us. And I’m alarmingly surprised with the number of people Alexander has made friends with for his first day.

The other students started walking out of the room. I looked as they walked out of the room. I still didn’t know what to do.

“Hey!” I called the guy who sat next to me. I didn’t know his name; I just needed to know what the heck Mrs. Cornett wanted us to do. I got the guy’s attention as he stopped walking.

“Yeah?” he made sure to himself that he was the one I was calling.

“Sorry. I wasn’t paying attention.” I tried to make a joke out of it. Somehow, I wanted Alexander and Winnie to see that I can perfectly make friends on my own. “Can you explain to me what Mrs. Cornett wanted us to do?”

“Oh!” he chuckled. “She assigned us a project to take care of a baby doll up to next week. The baby doll probably has weird s**t to it.”

“Oh.” Of course, I wanted to thank him. I reached out my hand to him. “Thanks! I’m Liyah Loveworth, by the way.”

“I’m Steve Jobbs.” He shook my hand. “And I know you’re Liyah.”

“Really?” I asked. Was I popular? “Why’s that?”

“You’re the girl who beat up that bully a few years ago.” He stated. Oh my God, was I famous because of that? I felt proud and ashamed at the same time.

“Yeah.”

“Some guys have been quite avoiding you. They fear you in a way.”

“Really?” I chuckled. My reputation didn’t seem to have vanished over the years. “I’m not that much of a lunatic anymore.”

“Yeah. I can tell.” He smiled. “I didn’t actually expect you to be nice. I thought you’d be like hateful all the time. But now you just seem like a girl with a huge sense of justice.”

“That’s weird.” I laughed. “But thanks.”

“Sure.” He said. “Are you coming up?”

“Okay.” I chuckled. I tried my best to seem entertained especially because I didn’t want him to change his opinion of me. “But I haven’t got a partner yet, so I was wondering.”

“You know, I haven’t got a partner myself.” He said. I actually liked Steve �"I mean as a friend. He’s like Nick but so much lesser appeal than Alexander. “You want to work together?”

“I’d be delighted to.” I chuckled. “I just thought someone like you would have girls to back you up.”

“Well, my girlfriend didn’t take this course, so no.”

“Oh.” So, he has a girlfriend. Well, I thought I wouldn’t mind unless his girlfriend’s a psycho that would kill me for raising a baby doll with her boyfriend. “I hope she’s fine that we made a baby of plastic.”

“Yeah.” He laughed. I got social points for having humor! “Come on. Let’s go up.”

I just followed Steve upstairs. For the first time, I actually made friends with a guy. Alexander and Winnie were out of my sight already. They probably had each other as partners and went upstairs already. Steve and I went up with the other pairs. I kept quiet. My hands were twitching. I thought I got rid of Winnie and Alexander from my thoughts, but it just went worse when I was filled with silence. They became a bother to me until we got to the SexEd department. There were doll babies in sky blue towels. They were placed on top of the tables.

“Oh God.” I reacted. I really wasn’t a big fan of babies. I was no good at baby care. Well, they were just dolls but still babies.

“They’re a crazy bunch.” Steve who stood beside laughed. I felt a bit serious and bipolar.

“I gotta tell you something. I hate babies.”

“Really?” he chuckled. “Then, this is gonna be a long journey.”

I turned to see Alexander and Winnie. They picked up theirs along with the other pairs. So, they really were partners, and Winnie got him to work with her on that essay. Alexander held the doll around his arm like it was real to him. Winnie laughed with him and did her mini-claps again. The baby doll made a crying noise. So, there was a radio thingy inside the doll. Mrs Cornett walked to Winnie and gave her a baby’s bottle, most likely to be a fake like the baby. Winnie put the tip of the bottle in the baby’s mouth. Soon enough, the baby doll stopped crying.

“Yay!” Winnie cheered, and Alexander laughed. I never noticed the other pairs, but Winnie and Alexander were really trending in my mind. My feelings started to burst again. I wanted to prove something. I wanted them to see what I could do without them. I wanted them to feel jealous, yet I was the one feeling jealous.

“Liyah.” Steve had been calling my attention for several times before I noticed.

“I’m sorry. What?” I faced back to Steve. He was carrying our baby doll project. He was soothing and gently swinging the doll.

“How do I look?” He winked at me.

“Like a young guy who has a kid because he had early sex.” I tried to be honest with humor.

“Right.” He chuckled. “It’s good that he ain’t crying.”

“It’s a guy?” I asked for the doll’s gender.

“Yeah. He had a plastic penis.” He kidded, and I laughed. I had my eyes rolling to Winnie and Alexander. I wanted them to see me laugh. It sounded naïve, but �"yeah- it is naïve.

“Has everyone got a doll?” Mrs. Cornett asked us all. No one answered, so she implied that we all had our own.

“All right!” she continued. “The condition of that doll by next week will compose 75 percent of your grade for this semester, so work hard on them!”

All of us went silent for a moment, waiting for the teacher to add more details. But she didn’t. We were silenced until Alexander talked.

“Class dismissed.” Alexander kidded. Then, everyone laughed. I got to admit that was kinda’ funny especially because he was a new student. It seemed like Alexander already was friends with almost everyone in class.

“Yes, Mr. Johnson.” Mrs. Cornett continued smiling. Alexander just smiled at her, and they seemed to be getting along. “You’re all dismissed!”

Everyone cheered and hurried out, even Steve. Steve walked out the department with our baby doll, but I didn’t follow. I didn’t care. I was just staring at Alexander and Winnie as they were walking out. I seemed to be the only one not on the way out. I was stunned. Winnie and Alexander were passing by me to exit the room. They were walking together. I was looking at Alexander as they were walking. He saw me looking at him and smiled. That made me smile, too. I guessed Winnie was not that special. Maybe Alexander was just nice to everyone, and that got me to smile. Maybe it’s not too late. Maybe I can still do this.

“Liyah!” I was daydreaming too long that I heard Steve calling me outside.

“Yeah?” I turned to see him at the hall.

“Come on! We haven’t talked about this doll!”

“Okay.” I laughed. I was suddenly in a good mood again. I slid my shoes until I got to Steve.

I didn’t care what happened anymore. I was giggling. I was filled with hope and motivation. I was sure I can get close to Alexander anytime, and I was not about to lose to Winnie.