19 year old Tom could barely believe how much his life had changed in the past couple of months. He had gone from a quiet kid who would keep himself to himself, only really leaving his house to go to the gym or for a run as well as attending college, to having two cheerleaders effectively at war over him.
It had begun one day, when Tom, after school was working out in the gym, as he did most days. Mid way through his work out, he was surprised when he looked up and saw Jill, the colleges head cheerleader stood next to him, observing him.
Initially unsure of how to react, he removed his headphones "Erm, hi" was all he could manage.
"Hey, its.. Thomas isn't it?" She said, still looking at him. Jill was in the top 3 most popular girls in his college, every boy dreamed of talking to her but few could work up the courage to. She was half Japanese and half English, standing at just 5 foot 5 inches, but had a bubble butt that was huge in comparison to her height.
"Erm, yes, you can call me Tom though. You are Jill aren't you?" He asked, immediately realising how much of a pointless question that was. Of course he knew who she was, the whole college did.
"I was just admiring you while you worked out. Don't mind me" she said, though when Tom glanced behind her he saw at least 8 other cheerleaders looking over at the pair and laughing. His face immediately went red. Was this some sort of joke? Was he about to be the target of the notoriously catty cheerleaders?
Jill followed his gaze and realised he had gone bright red. "Oh baby ignore them, do you want to get out of here?"
"Erm, yeah sure" Tom replied, placing down the dumbbells he still holding. Despite his impressive, muscular frame, he was reserved whilst talking to people he didn't consider to be his friends, and especially around people lie Jill, who moved in completely different social circles to him.
"Meet me in the reception in 5 mins honey" she said.
He went to get changed. All that was going through his mind was thoughts of potential embarrassment. What was he missing? Would all the girls be filming his reaction when he saw Jill wasn't waiting for him? Was this some sort of joke at his expense? Only one way to find out, he thought, opening the door into reception.
But, sure enough, there she was. She was all alone and smiled when she saw him.
"Whats the plan then?" She asked him, her face still wearing a gentle smile.
Fuck Tom thought, what is the plan? Where does a quiet boy take one of the most popular girls?
"Erm, we could go down to Starbucks, my friend works behind the counter so he can get us the staff discount. I'll buy." Tom said, just about managing to piece together a plan as the words left his mouth.
"So that's what I'm worth to you? Your taking me there because its cheaper huh?" Jill teased.
Tom did not realise Jill was just teasing him "Erm, no that's not what I meant, we can go somewhere else, anywhere you want" he managed to speak, in a nervous voice.
"Im teasing you Tom, Starbucks is fine by me, I haven't been in weeks."
The pair chatted over a coffee. Tom found himself more and more at ease with Jill as the minutes passed by. He couldn't believe it, Jill Wilson was talking to him and it was actually going pretty well. Jill was also enjoying herself, she couldn't believe how nice Tom was. This is the first time I've spoke to a boy who has been respectful and polite towards me in years, she thought to herself.
Of course, the evening had to come to an end, but it was Jill who said "Ive really enjoyed tonight Tom. We need to do it again soon" she said and kissed him on the cheek before hurrying off to a waiting taxi. Tom could barely believe how his night had panned out.
The next day at college, Tom was eating lunch with Jonathan, his best friend, who had served both him and Jill at Starbucks the night before. "Tom, how on earth did you end up alone with Jill fucking Wilson?"