B0079G5GMK EBOK by Jennifer Loiske Page B

it! ”
    The phone, however, stayed mute and furious as she was, she couldn't do anything but tell Joshua to drive faster.
     
    When the car stopped, Clarissa instantly grabbed her bag and rushed inside. Joshua shouted something behind her, but she didn't want to stop. The school bell hadn't rung yet, bu t Stella and Jonas were sitting in the classroom already, side by side , browsing through some trashy magazine together.  Adam had moved his chair near Stella's, but didn't even glance at Clarissa as she rushed into class. A few girls at the front seat said hello to her, but Jonas and Stella didn't seem to notice her, not even when she stood right in front of them. She put her hands on her hips and stared at them in disbelief . Finally she couldn't take it anymore . She grabbed the ma gazine and threw it on the floor. Jonas opened his mouth as if to complain, but Clarissa's angry gaze stopped him and he just smiled sheepishly.
    “Stella?”
    “Clarissa.”
    “Stella! Stop that! Explanations, thank you.”
    Stella smiled without shame and turned to kiss Jonas right on his mouth. Clarissa pushed herself harshly between them and couldn't care less about her classmates that came into the classroom, whistling and cheering.
    “Jonas, do I have to give my order and twist it with an iron wire to make you understand? I think it was a very simple order, don't you?” Clarissa poked his chest.
    “But,” Jonas lisped, embarrassed.
    Stella decided to save Jonas and climbed over Clarissa into his arms.
    “Get off, might have been the order, but what I heard was g rab on,” she sighed happily and kissed his hair gently.
    “Argh! I give up. But remember what I said, Jonas,” Clarissa looked at Jonas significantly. “And you, Stella, I'll talk to you later, you can bet on that!”
    Jonas glanced at Clarissa, confused, but didn't do anything to get Stella off his lap. In her mind Clarissa felt Adam laughing quietly and turned fiercely to look at him.
    “Wh at are you looking at?” she snapped . Adam shrugged his shoulders and grinned.
    Clarissa sniffed and turned her back demonstratively to him. Adam said nothing, but laughed silently with his low, sexy tone , and Clarissa felt her neck slowly starting to blush. She wasn't actually mad at Jonas and Stella. She was truly happy for them, as Stella was her best friend and Jonas was quickly becoming like a brother to her. She was pissed mostly, because Stella hadn't told her how serious she was with Jonas. She had thought that Stella was only joking when she asked if she could have him, and since Adam had filled her mind she hadn't noticed anything like this coming.
    Cl arissa drew obscure designs in her literature book , but when she noticed how her designs created Adam's name over and over again, she crossed them out and threw her pen angrily in her bag. Stella decided to have mercy on her friend and climbed out of Jonas's arms, but Clarissa was too furious to listen to any explanations, so she ignored Stella and read some brochure about an extra literature class. She fell so deep in her own thoughts, leaving everyone out, that she didn't hear anything. So she was really surprised when the bell rang and her teacher was standing right in front of her, tapping her shoe on the floor.
    Her teacher said nothi ng but looked at her reproachfully . Clarissa mumbled a quiet sorry and the teacher left. Was the class really over? S he looked around her and saw that most of the students were running o ut the door as fast as possible. Stella and Jonas were standing hand in hand next to her chair waiting for her. She quickly packed her papers and books, and smiled at Stella uneasily. Blake seemed to be having a serious conversation next to the door with Lisa, a little mousey girl. She looked like she had just gone to heaven.
    “Blake,” she yelled and he turned to look at her. A slow smile spread on Blake's face and he pushed Lisa harshly away. He looked at Clarissa and glanced at Jonas and