“Huh?” Jon asked looking up. Sure enough, standing at the entrance to the school was Steve Farber, aka “the stud”. He had a reputation for sleeping around with a lot of girls and was generally a “player”. As Jon made eye contact with Steve, he smiled and started to approach them.
“Hey, Jon. Karyn.” Steve added as he gave a gentle nod to Karyn who replied in kind.
“Hey, Steve.”
Jon was rather surprised. Normally Steve never acknowledged either him or Karyn and when he did, it was usually to mock them for some reason or another. But this time, it actually seemed like they were friends. Or at least that was what Jon thought until…
“So, um, Jon. Are we still on for our usual meetup after practice?” The way Steve put emphasis on meetup, creeped Jon out a little. Having overheard a few of Steve’s pickup lines, Jon knew what Steve really meant when he said that but he wasn’t exactly sure why Steve would want it with him.
Jon was stunned but he realised that both Karyn and Steve appeared to be waiting for an answer. Karyn had a smirk on her face for some reason.
“I…umm…Can’t” Jon managed to stammer out as he tried to quickly think of an excuse. “I have…homework…lots of homework…”
And for the second time that morning, Jon dashed off away from an embarrassing conversation.
