Chapter 60: Chapter 60

" Hey, are you here alone ? ", Ethan asked walking towards the girl, smiling. He slightly hit me as he enthusiastically barged towards her.

" No..my friends are there.", she pointed at a group of girls who were standing on the other side of the claw crane trying to win a teddy bear. A few girls were looking in her direction.

" Oh Yesss ! Got it ! Yeah ! ", I then heard Gavin and Grace squeal loudly. They have finally got the unicorn out. Gavin gave it to Grace and she hugged it to her chest whilst smiling.

Gavin then turned around proudly to see Ethan with the barbie doll girl. His lips bunched into a surprised smile. " Oh hey!  Gabriel ! What a surprise.", he said looking at the girl. Grace also turned around, smiling slightly at her.

They both also know her. So she is probably from our school.

" Oh you guys were also here ?", Gabriel smiled. "I only saw Ethan."

"Hmm..we were also here.", Gavin laughed a little. " And Ethan told me you took his interview, morning. So finished working on  it ?", he asked.

" Yeah..I finished it morning itself.", She smiled at Gavin and  then tilted her face to Ethan. " I didn't expect to see you here actually. You barely had time to give me an interview." Ethan brushed his hands through his hair and laughed a little.

Uhm..? What's happening? What interview are they talking about ? Seems like this girl and Ethan are really close.

" Oh Gabriel, this is Grace. She is my friend. You know her ?", Ethan then asked.

" Yeah..of course. I know her. ", She smiled at Grace who gave her a tight lipped smile and then glanced in my direction.

" Ahmm...Ethan, wanna meet my friends? ", she then asked a bit hesitantly, pointing at the group of girls who were looking excitedly at Ethan.

" Oh..yeah..sure.", Ethan nodded and waved at the girls who laughed and giggled in response. They both then walked towards them.

Ethan didn't even introduce me to her. I'm now nothing to him.

" Oh ! C'mon Gracie..there's a basketball game there. I'm gonna win a lot of coupons ! ", Gavin squealed and grabbed Grace's hands, dragging her to the basketball game a little away, leaving me behind alone.

Now no body wants me. I shouldn't have accompanied them.

I looked at Ethan and saw him talking and laughing to the girls and giving them shake hands. The girls seemed really excited talking to him. I think he is really popular among the girls in our school. No wonder, he is in football and he is really handsome and all. I stood there watching for sometime, not knowing what I should do. Ethan once glanced at me. But he didn't call me to him even after seeing me standing alone.

He then proceeded to play the claw crane game. The girls all stood around him and started cheering. But I think he just said he isn't interested in wasting money like that. Then why he playing it now ?

I saw Gabriel pointing at a particular bunny plushie. Ethan moved the crane and positioned it over that toy. He then started trying to pull it up. I stood and watched for about two or three minutes and at last he got the bunny out. Gabriel took it, laughing along with the rest of the girls and stretched it to him. But he shook his head and flashed his charming smile at her. There was a sudden loud laughter from the girls around while Gabriel's mouth formed a surprised 'O'.

Ethan then waved his hands at her and turned around, walking towards the pin ball machine whilst smiling to himself. The girls all started giggling and snatching the bunny from Gabriel. Gabriel stood there as if in a daze, looking at Ethan who was already starting to play the pin ball game. The girls all started pushing her, telling her to go to Ethan but she shook her head and started finally laughing, covering her mouth.

I can't understand what's happening. Why Ethan gave that bunny to her ? And seems like the girl has a crush on him.

One of the girl's then noticed me staring at them and whispered something to the other girls. I quickly turned and walked towards the basketball game to find Gavin and Grace.

Soon I spotted Gavin playing the game, hurriedly throwing the balls into the hoop. Grace was almost jumping beside him. I went and tapped on her back. She flinched a little.

" Oh ! Nate ! Look at this ! ", She then squealed at me, waving the coupons in her hands. " Gavy won four coupons already !", she said in sizzling excitement.

I see, they are calling each other Gavy and Gracie now.

" Great..", I said bringing a smile to my face. " We will be w..winning a lot of prizes today."

" Yeah ! ", she laughed and squealed.

" Ahmm..Grace, who is that girl ?", I asked.

" Which girl ?", She asked stopping her laughter.

" That girl with Ethan. G..Gabriel.", I said.

" Oh yeah..that's Gabriel.", she said. " Oh yes ! another record ! ", she squealed and turned to Gavin, jumping excitedly. Gavin smirked proudly and stopped throwing the balls as the timer ended. The man beside the machine took a another coupon irritably and handed it to Grace. Gavin proceeded to take out his wallet again.

" You played 5 times already. You can't play again.", the man said.

" Oh..there's such a rule ?", Gavin asked.

" Yes please leave. ", he said in annoyance.

" Yeah..enough Gavin. Let's go play some other game.", Grace said. He nodded to her a bit disappointed. We then started walking towards a shooting game.

" Ahmm..who is Gabriel ? ", I asked again.

" She is a junior girl from our school. Why you asking?", Grace asked.

" uhm..nothing. You guys s..seems friends with her.", I said.

" We aren't actually friends with her. She is a new admission.”, Gavin said. “ But hmm..  Ethan is now a bit close to her."

" Oh..?", I frowned a bit.

Gavin tilted his head and smiled at me. " Nate, you don't need to worry anymore. I think Ethan has moved on almost instantly at the sight of Gabriel."

" Oh..I see.", I nodded. " Th..that's a g..good news for me."

" Yeah..so you don't need to worry he will behave that way to you again. Cause he is now trying to impress that girl.", Gavin said and then turned to Grace. " Gracie, I think his problem was that he couldn't find a beautiful girl yet. But when he saw Gabriel yesterday at the pool, he was awestruck. You should have seen his face." Grace replied nothing.

" So..uhm..he met her o..only yesterday?", I asked.

" Yeah..", Gavin nodded and laughed. " At the pool in bikini."

Grace instantly smacked his arm. " She was wearing camisole and shorts."

"Oh yeah...but everything was visible.", he chuckled. Grace scrunched her nose in disgust. "oh..c'mon, I was just kidding.", he laughed.

" Go away, you are such a jerk. I'm ashamed to say you are my friend.", Grace said.

He continued laughing and then turned to me. " So yeah Nate, he only met Gabriel yesterday. But they spend a lot of time together in the pool and talked and played a lot. Hmm..you should have been there to watch. I've never seen Ethan flirting like this before. "

Grace again smacked on Gavin's arm. "Oh..C'mon, What's your problem ?", he asked her a bit cold before turning his face back to me. " And Nate, she also has a crush on him. Her friends revealed it yesterday at the pool. Although she said they were kidding, it's clear she has a crush on him. And then today morning she came to our dorm to take Ethan's interview for her journalism project. Ethan was busy writing an assignment but still he agreed to give her interview and went along with her. He came back only after an hour. So Nate, they are almost set. You don't need to worry anymore. ", Gavin patted on my back, cheerfully.

To say honestly, I was feeling really irritated and angry. I felt a kind of pain raising in my chest. The whole thing was making me more uncomfortable and upset than how I felt last day when I saw Ethan kissing that girl from the party and then walked upstairs with her. It was only a one night fling but this isn't something like that.

And this girl is extremely beautiful. Who won't develop a crush on her ? Even I felt awestruck at the first glance. No wonder Ethan fell for her, especially when she has a crush on him.

I don't know why, but I found myself getting really angry and fisting my hands as I stood at the shooting games, watching Grace play. I wanted to go back. I was feeling like crazy. I don't know what's happening to me. What's wrong in Ethan dating that girl ?

No ! Don't tell me I'm getting jealous.

" Gavin, I want to g..go back. I- I've works to do.", I told Gavin whilst controlling myself.

" Oh..let's go back in half an hour.", Gavin replied.

" No. I want to go now ! ", I said. " I'm g..going. "

" oh wait Nate ! Okay, let's go after this game.", he said.

" No..you guys carry on. I- I can go back alone. Grace, I'm going.", I called to her. But she was concentrated in the game and didn't hear me. " Ahmm...it's because I've important w..works to do. And I don't want you g..guys to return soon because of me.", I told Gavin.

He nodded to me. " Okay then, you may leave Nate."

" Yeah..bye.", I nodded.

With that I turned around and walked away.