calls. The attention of every student in the canteen is focussed on us.
“Tony don’t..”
“Do you like my sister?” He asks. Gauthier looks at me amused, and doesn’t turn to Tony who is still standing behind him, staring him down with a look that is more combative than it is friendly. Tony is mad, being a protective brother. I’d find it very cute and laughable, if the whole school’s attention wasn’t focussed on us.
“Yeah,” Gauthier admits clearly, not once taking his eyes off me, making my face burn hot with embarrassment, as I try and fail to look away. “Yeah, I like her a lot.”
“Then ask her out dude! It’s the normal thing to do instead of constantly drilling holes into the back of her head with your eyes..”
“Tony!”
“Stay out of this, Sophia.” Tony surprises me by saying.
“I couldn’t stay out of it if I tried, Tony. You’re talking about me..”
“Okay! Just.. ask her out already man!”
“Tony, you’re making a scene,” I tell him with a frown.
“I’m making a scene! You two have been eyeballing each other for far too long. I can’t take it anymore. So as much as it irks me, I need him to just ask you out so that he can stop staring at you all the time,” Tony says. He now turns back to Gauthier. “Get some balls and do it man!”
“I have sizable balls, thanks,” Gauthier says, making the guys around us laugh out loud. “Go out with me, Sophia,” he adds softly. I shake my head when he says this and start walking back.
“Sophia, say yes already!”
“Tony!”
“I’m going to chant your name, and ask the whole canteen to do the same if you don’t say yes to Gauthier! Poor dude’s eyes might soon pop out from eyeballing you all around the school.” I cannot help but smile a little as our schoolmates laugh at this.
“Alright! Jeez! Stop making a scene already. I’ll go out with him.”
“Great,” Jennifer says suddenly, rising from her seat and coming to place her arm around my shoulders, though she doesn’t seem that pleased that so much attention has been taken away from her. “Your first date can be my birthday party tonight, which I plan to celebrate in that club, Nuit Noire.” I start when she speaks the name of the place I dread most in this city.
“We can’t get in..” Collin starts.
“Gauthier can get you in,” I surprise everyone by saying.
“Sophia, don’t..” Gauthier starts.
“His father owns the place,” I proceed to say, ignoring his warning gaze.
“Really?” Jennifer now exclaims with excitement. “You’ve got to let us in. It’s my birthday..”
“I can’t,” Gauthier says. “It’s not a place for children..”
“Did you just call us children!” Collin says laughing. “Dude I’d only expect that from parents, not from a pal.”
“Yeah, come on,” my brother now says, moving to seat on the table before Gauthier. “Now, I want to go.”
“You’re coming too?” Mandy asks, her excitement clear in her voice at the notion that Tony wants to go too.
“To a nightclub? I wouldn’t miss it for anything.” Tony says. Mandy beams at his answer. “So, dude, will you be opening the doors for us tonight or what?”
“I’ll see what I can do..” Gauthier starts.
“It’s the condition for dating my sister..”
“Tony!” I call in reproach, but his friends’ laughter drowns my voice. “I don’t like being pawned off,” I tell him.
“Come on, sis,” he says laughing, putting his hands around my shoulder. “It’s some of the benefits of having a hot sister,” he mocks, being sure he gets away before I can move to shove him with all my strength. He then arrests my hands to my sides in his tight grip and looks at Gauthier questioningly.
“How much do you want to date Sophia?” Tony asks him.
“Come by the club at nine,” Gauthier promptly says in answer, sending the table into more fits of laughter.
“Alright man!” Tony exclaims cheerfully, leading me back to our table, his
“Tony don’t..”
“Do you like my sister?” He asks. Gauthier looks at me amused, and doesn’t turn to Tony who is still standing behind him, staring him down with a look that is more combative than it is friendly. Tony is mad, being a protective brother. I’d find it very cute and laughable, if the whole school’s attention wasn’t focussed on us.
“Yeah,” Gauthier admits clearly, not once taking his eyes off me, making my face burn hot with embarrassment, as I try and fail to look away. “Yeah, I like her a lot.”
“Then ask her out dude! It’s the normal thing to do instead of constantly drilling holes into the back of her head with your eyes..”
“Tony!”
“Stay out of this, Sophia.” Tony surprises me by saying.
“I couldn’t stay out of it if I tried, Tony. You’re talking about me..”
“Okay! Just.. ask her out already man!”
“Tony, you’re making a scene,” I tell him with a frown.
“I’m making a scene! You two have been eyeballing each other for far too long. I can’t take it anymore. So as much as it irks me, I need him to just ask you out so that he can stop staring at you all the time,” Tony says. He now turns back to Gauthier. “Get some balls and do it man!”
“I have sizable balls, thanks,” Gauthier says, making the guys around us laugh out loud. “Go out with me, Sophia,” he adds softly. I shake my head when he says this and start walking back.
“Sophia, say yes already!”
“Tony!”
“I’m going to chant your name, and ask the whole canteen to do the same if you don’t say yes to Gauthier! Poor dude’s eyes might soon pop out from eyeballing you all around the school.” I cannot help but smile a little as our schoolmates laugh at this.
“Alright! Jeez! Stop making a scene already. I’ll go out with him.”
“Great,” Jennifer says suddenly, rising from her seat and coming to place her arm around my shoulders, though she doesn’t seem that pleased that so much attention has been taken away from her. “Your first date can be my birthday party tonight, which I plan to celebrate in that club, Nuit Noire.” I start when she speaks the name of the place I dread most in this city.
“We can’t get in..” Collin starts.
“Gauthier can get you in,” I surprise everyone by saying.
“Sophia, don’t..” Gauthier starts.
“His father owns the place,” I proceed to say, ignoring his warning gaze.
“Really?” Jennifer now exclaims with excitement. “You’ve got to let us in. It’s my birthday..”
“I can’t,” Gauthier says. “It’s not a place for children..”
“Did you just call us children!” Collin says laughing. “Dude I’d only expect that from parents, not from a pal.”
“Yeah, come on,” my brother now says, moving to seat on the table before Gauthier. “Now, I want to go.”
“You’re coming too?” Mandy asks, her excitement clear in her voice at the notion that Tony wants to go too.
“To a nightclub? I wouldn’t miss it for anything.” Tony says. Mandy beams at his answer. “So, dude, will you be opening the doors for us tonight or what?”
“I’ll see what I can do..” Gauthier starts.
“It’s the condition for dating my sister..”
“Tony!” I call in reproach, but his friends’ laughter drowns my voice. “I don’t like being pawned off,” I tell him.
“Come on, sis,” he says laughing, putting his hands around my shoulder. “It’s some of the benefits of having a hot sister,” he mocks, being sure he gets away before I can move to shove him with all my strength. He then arrests my hands to my sides in his tight grip and looks at Gauthier questioningly.
“How much do you want to date Sophia?” Tony asks him.
“Come by the club at nine,” Gauthier promptly says in answer, sending the table into more fits of laughter.
“Alright man!” Tony exclaims cheerfully, leading me back to our table, his
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