Chapter 5 - Entry 5

Dear Diary,

In English today, Jake interpreted a Shakespearian Sonnet. OMG! His words

were like poetry in its purest form. When he finished reciting his analysis, I

felt that everyone in the room should have given him a standing ovation, but

because an artist is always unappreciated in their own time, he merely sat down

and received a verbal praise from the teacher. Jake didn’t seem to mind, but I

felt that he was deprived of the attention he deserved. Oh, and yes, I decided

to actually pay attention in class for once. I mean, it wasn’t the lesson I was

paying attention to, it was Jake…hey at least I’m paying attention to something

right? That should count towards something. Well, anyways, after class I was

walking with Leigh to lunch and I saw Jake walking alone, so I told Leigh to go

on without me and I went to talk to Jake. I complimented him on his great

explanation on such a tough sonnet. He flashed a sweet smile with his pearly

whites and kindly thanked me. He also asked if I was a fan of Shakespeare’s. I

only laughed and gave a big “no” cuz that man was the last thing on earth I

understood, or even wanted to understand for that matter. He said he’d tutor me

a little if I wanted him to, I didn’t know what to say, but in that moment all I

wanted to say was “yes.” Of course I didn’t care much for poetry, but since it

gave me time to spend with Jake I accepted his offer. So I proposed that

sometime we should get together in the local public library or something like

that. But then something came to my head. I always noticed that he ate alone at

lunch so I asked him if he would like to join me and my friends so he’d have a

little company and maybe we’d be able to get some lessons in, but before I could

utter a single syllable he said, “Hey, how about you come eat lunch with me and

we can see where you are in your knowledge of poetry. I was thinking of going

off campus for lunch, so anything you want to do is o.k. with me!” Aww…then

there was that smile again….that type of smile that made you literally fall head

over heals. I couldn’t say no, cuz it was Jake… I mean come on…you’d be crazy to

decline an offer from him. So, I caught up with Leigh and told her what was

going down. She said, “Ah, I see. Well then, I guess you should go, uh, catch up

on your poetry eh?” As she said this she winked and smirked a little bit. She

likes to think she’s funny. I just said I’d see her later and went on my merry

way. I found Jake in the front of the school where he said he’d meet me. We got

in his car and drove to a local fast food restaurant, but it was lunch time so

we could only spend so much time together before we had to get back to school.

Well, as the saying goes, “time flies when you’re having fun.” I just wish that

saying was “time stands still when you’re having fun”, that would be much better

for this situation. But, our schooling must be continued so we returned to

school. I didn’t want anything too personal, so just a casual handshake was

shared between the two of us and we went our separate ways. Before we parted we

exchanged numbers and all that sort of contact information, so ya know I could

brush up on my Shakespeare. Heh, yeah right, Shakespeare, like that’s why I

wanted his number. When I got home I called him up to schedule another little

get together. I had to at least play the part if I wanted to spend time with

him. So, we arranged a rendezvous in the park on Saturday afternoon. I can’t

wait! That’s it for me this time! Bye!

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