and it was past time for him to do something.
Ava made Raven feel better about turning down Kato’s offer. It wouldn’t be right to accept to go with him if she didn’t like him that way. Raven didn’t want to tell Ava the complete truth about what Kato had done because she didn’t want Ava thinking there was more to her feelings for Beck than she already knew.
That he got her hot and bothered.
And that she was. He hadn’t even said a word! All he needed to do was flash his smile, and she melted.
God I’m such a mess!
“ So, you don’t want to go out tonight at all?” Ava asked, putting her things away after finishing up.
“It’ll look bad if I go, Ay. I said I was busy, and then I turn up? That’s not nice.”
“Yeah, but you also told him that you were trying to turn him down gently, which means you were available; just not for him.”
“That’s true, but I still feel bad.”
“Ok, say we go…and he looks all puppy eyed. Just apologize and say you didn’t want to give him the wrong impression that you would be with him when you weren’t interested.”
That sounded familiar. Raven knew all too well what Beck’s rules were for. He never wanted girls to expect anything from him. He didn’t give them any reason to think they would.
She’d done the same to Kato, but in the old fashioned way. She’d just said no.
“Ok so we’ll go tomorrow then,” Ava shrugged. “It’s no biggie. That just means more Ray-Ray Ay-Ay time!”
*****
Raven walked into class on shaky legs.
Her stomach lurched into her throat when she saw Beck already sat down, his arm hung lazily around the back of her chair as he lounged in his own. His long legs stuck out the bottom of the desk with his ankles crossed over.
His other arm was extended, and eyes cast down at the piece of paper he was writing on.
Without moving, he looked up to her, amusement in his eyes but no other expression on his -so handsome it hurts- face.
Raven quickly broke the eye contact and moved to her seat. She looked down to Beck’s hand, waiting for him to move it off her chair.
He didn’t.
She waited.
He still didn’t move.
“Beck,” she whispered. “Can you take you hand off my chair?”
Beck slowly blinked his eyes and turned his head in her direction, looking up at her.
“No.”
“No?”
“No.”
His mouth twitched with a smile he was trying to hold back.
So he wants to play? I’m going to play too.
Raven took hold of the side of the chair and pulled it out enough so she could sit down. She could feel Beck’s eyes on her. She didn’t move an inch. Not because she didn’t want to, but she was afraid any movement would cause him to either say something to her, or she would have to turn to look at him.
“Good morning, Raven,” he breathed. Even being a foot apart, Raven felt the warm air on her neck.
She shivered.
“Hey,” she rasped.
“The green hornet’s driver is a green eyed monster,” he chuckled. “Does he like you? Does he want to sit next to you, does he want to…rock your world?”
That got Raven’s full attention, and she snapped her eyes to his. He was grinning like a madman.
“What the hell are you talking about?” she asked as though he didn’t already know.
“You know what,” he glanced to Kato and then back to her. “Bruce Lee asked you out.”
Beck wasn’t being nasty. Kato’s name was, in fact, Bruce Lee. Kato was his nickname because of the TV series. He wasn’t even Chinese. He had almost white blonde hair, turquoise eyes, and was originally from Toronto in Canada.
Raven flushed, as usual around Beck, and turned back to the front.
“He’s looking over,” he continued. “He doesn’t like that my arm is on your chair.”
“So that’s why you did that? To piss him off?”
It made sense. Beck had his arm on her chair before she’d even gotten to class. It would look as though he were being territorial.
“Not really,” he smiled again. “Ok, maybe a
Ava made Raven feel better about turning down Kato’s offer. It wouldn’t be right to accept to go with him if she didn’t like him that way. Raven didn’t want to tell Ava the complete truth about what Kato had done because she didn’t want Ava thinking there was more to her feelings for Beck than she already knew.
That he got her hot and bothered.
And that she was. He hadn’t even said a word! All he needed to do was flash his smile, and she melted.
God I’m such a mess!
“ So, you don’t want to go out tonight at all?” Ava asked, putting her things away after finishing up.
“It’ll look bad if I go, Ay. I said I was busy, and then I turn up? That’s not nice.”
“Yeah, but you also told him that you were trying to turn him down gently, which means you were available; just not for him.”
“That’s true, but I still feel bad.”
“Ok, say we go…and he looks all puppy eyed. Just apologize and say you didn’t want to give him the wrong impression that you would be with him when you weren’t interested.”
That sounded familiar. Raven knew all too well what Beck’s rules were for. He never wanted girls to expect anything from him. He didn’t give them any reason to think they would.
She’d done the same to Kato, but in the old fashioned way. She’d just said no.
“Ok so we’ll go tomorrow then,” Ava shrugged. “It’s no biggie. That just means more Ray-Ray Ay-Ay time!”
*****
Raven walked into class on shaky legs.
Her stomach lurched into her throat when she saw Beck already sat down, his arm hung lazily around the back of her chair as he lounged in his own. His long legs stuck out the bottom of the desk with his ankles crossed over.
His other arm was extended, and eyes cast down at the piece of paper he was writing on.
Without moving, he looked up to her, amusement in his eyes but no other expression on his -so handsome it hurts- face.
Raven quickly broke the eye contact and moved to her seat. She looked down to Beck’s hand, waiting for him to move it off her chair.
He didn’t.
She waited.
He still didn’t move.
“Beck,” she whispered. “Can you take you hand off my chair?”
Beck slowly blinked his eyes and turned his head in her direction, looking up at her.
“No.”
“No?”
“No.”
His mouth twitched with a smile he was trying to hold back.
So he wants to play? I’m going to play too.
Raven took hold of the side of the chair and pulled it out enough so she could sit down. She could feel Beck’s eyes on her. She didn’t move an inch. Not because she didn’t want to, but she was afraid any movement would cause him to either say something to her, or she would have to turn to look at him.
“Good morning, Raven,” he breathed. Even being a foot apart, Raven felt the warm air on her neck.
She shivered.
“Hey,” she rasped.
“The green hornet’s driver is a green eyed monster,” he chuckled. “Does he like you? Does he want to sit next to you, does he want to…rock your world?”
That got Raven’s full attention, and she snapped her eyes to his. He was grinning like a madman.
“What the hell are you talking about?” she asked as though he didn’t already know.
“You know what,” he glanced to Kato and then back to her. “Bruce Lee asked you out.”
Beck wasn’t being nasty. Kato’s name was, in fact, Bruce Lee. Kato was his nickname because of the TV series. He wasn’t even Chinese. He had almost white blonde hair, turquoise eyes, and was originally from Toronto in Canada.
Raven flushed, as usual around Beck, and turned back to the front.
“He’s looking over,” he continued. “He doesn’t like that my arm is on your chair.”
“So that’s why you did that? To piss him off?”
It made sense. Beck had his arm on her chair before she’d even gotten to class. It would look as though he were being territorial.
“Not really,” he smiled again. “Ok, maybe a
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