Chapter 2

“Wow!  Who’s the hot guy!” Chelsea exclaimed as she and Alisha were getting out of her Jeep.

“Chelsea!” Alisha chided her bestie. 

“Oh, c’mon, Ali.” Chelsea responded back, referring to Chelsea’s nickname for Alisha.  “Don’t act so modest.  You know you were looking too.”

“Well, he is hot!” Alisha admitted, not letting on that she had the major hots for the new guy in school.

As Alisha and Chelsea walked together to their lockers to get ready for class, the new guy, Hadley Jamison, noticed the two girls and gave them a wink.  Alisha felt butterflies in her stomach when Hadley looked their way.

Alisha and Chelsea went their separate ways as Chelsea had English first period and Alisha had Algebra.  When Alisha walked into her Algebra class, she was surprised to see Hadley, looking as studly as ever before  she and Chelsea had seen in the school parking lot.

Hadley noticed Alisha too and walked to the desk next to her. 

“Well, hello!” Hadley greeted Alisha.  “The name’s Hadley.”

“Alisha.” Alisha said, introducing herself. 

“Is this class hard?” Hadley asked a nervous Alisha.

“No, Mr. Wilson is easy-going.” Alisha offered.

“Good, because to tell you the truth, I’m not that good at Algebra.” Hadley admitted.

“Oh?  If you ever need help with any of the assignments, I could offer some help.” Alisha offered.

“I may take you up on your offer.” Hadley said, smiling at her.

Mr. Wilson called the class to order as students settled into their seats.  Hadley was getting bored with the day’s lesson as Alisha could very well tell by watching him.  As Alisha found herself looking at Hadely, she didn’t realize Mr. Wilson calling on her to answer a question.

“Pssst.” Hadely said, nudging Alisha.  “The teacher is calling on you.”

Embarrassed that she was paying more attention to Hadley than to what was being taught in class, Alisha looked up immediately to the board as Mr. Wilson pointed to the blackboard for Alisha to solve.

Hadley watched as Alisha walked to the front of the class to solve the problem.  Alisha didn’t know what was wrong with her.  It was not like her to ogle guys.  But there was just something about Hadley Jamison that intrigued her. 

Chelsea was waiting outside Alisha’s Algebra class and happened to notice the guy that she and Alisha had seen in the school parking lot while waiting for her best friend.

“OMG!” Chelsea exclaimed.  “You are so lucky to have that in your homeroom!”

“Yea.” Alisha said shyly, not wanting to admit her crush on Hadley Jamison.

“What’s his name?” Chelsea asked her bestie.

“His name is Hadley Jamison.” Alisha replied to her friend.

“You so have to introduce me to him.” Chelsea told Alisha.

“Well, when we see him again, I will.”

But Chelsea didn’t have long to wait as Hadley walked over to Alisha.

“So, who’s your friend?” Hadley asked Alisha.

“This is my best friend, Chelsea Grimes.” Alisha introduced Chelsea to Hadley.

“Glad to meet you.” Hadley said to Chelsea, as he winked at her, making Alisha a little jealous.

“Me too.” Chelsea said, batting her eyelashes at him.

“So, you two want to meet me in the cafeteria for lunch?”

“We’d be glad to!” Chelsea agreed for the two of them.

“Great!  I’ll see you two at lunch!” Hadley said as he headed for his biology class.

Reviews

[Schatzi]

Hi Tootse Harvey Novels,

It's a cute and innocent chapter. I have one suggestion: the storyline does not appear to advance much. I can see you are setting up the scene and characters but the story needs to advance a bit more too. I have not read much YA novels so this may be how the story advances, in which case, you are spot on but if that is not the case, then you may want to add a few more details to entice the reader to read on.

Thank you for sharing.

Kind regards,

Schatzi

[A Soap Mess Stories]

Thank you for the suggestions Schatzi

[Lalochezia]

Would it be too late to change some of the names? The accumulation of C's is a little confusing.

Also, I would flesh out the surroundings more: What does the classroom like like? What are some of the other students' reactions to Chase?

Also, you can save yourself some of the additions as the dialogs provide sufficient information, e.g.:
“Ciara.” Ciara said, introducing herself.

[A Soap Mess Stories]

Thanks for the suggestions Lalochezia.