Snippet #1820448

Marloe listened to Jacks oafish voice as he 'briefed' them on the dare, using the boy's hat to create a lucky grab type scenario. In any other situation, he would have believed this method to have been too intellectual for the buffoon that was the jock, but having seen it for himself, Marloe let it go. He watched as he saw the scraps of paper being placed into the hat, his face remaining plain and seemingly uninterested. All the time however, Marloe was worried sick, not only about which girl he would get but the entire dare. He knew he was going to have to become something that he wasn't and lie in order to protect the small reputation he actually had. Marloe hoped that he would be able to increase his popularity as a whole, and if he was lucky he would be able to fully suppress his 'problem'. He knew that it wasn't likely that he would feel differently, but to him that was unfortunate. Marloe never chose his sexuality, and if he felt he was given the choice, he would aim to be hetrosexual the entire time. Regardless, he hoped that by taking this stupid dare he'd be able to change something, in the way that others saw him, or even in himself.

Marloe watched as scraps of paper were taken out of the hat and various looks appeared on his peers faces. Soon enough, it was his turn to choose, and so he placed his hand into the hat and began to feel around. Marloe hesitated slightly as he considered who Jack would have put in the hat, fairly convinced that it wouldn't be a fair bunch of choices. Marloe was useless with girls as it was, let alone girls that were almost impossible to even talk to. He knew he would have to be very smart about how he would go about his assigned girl. Finally, Marloe gripped a folded slip of paper between his index and middle fingers and pulled it from the hat, holding it vertically before taking it with his other hand and slowly unfolding it. Marloe's face turned concerned and then almost angry, he shook his head and looked up at Jack. "Are you serious man? Why would you even put -her- in here?" He looked down at the name again, 'Leah Fields'. Leah was pretty much the most popular girl in the entire school, everyone knew her and everyone wanted her, yet no one could have her. Now, Jack was expecting him to make her fall in love with him. Marloe recalled how she had reacted when someone had called her by her first name once, and another time by a nickname, it certainly wasn't pretty. That then was at least one piece of information that would come at an advantage. Marloe was fairly sure she was amongst the group of girls that had put him down once, one of them actually hitting him with a big pile of mash potatos in the cafeteria. Marloe didn't get rid of the, 'Mr Potato Head' nickname for quite a long time, and was unsure whether or not she would mention that in the future.

"You've gotta be kidding, I want to re-draw!" By the time Marloe had said this, everyone had finished, and Jacks face clearly showed that he wouldn't be able to take another name. With a sigh, he decided to accept it and just get on with what would need to be done, simply pushing past the others when the bell sounded and left the area before any of the boys. Marloe was in deep thought as he walked away, considering all the ways that this could end. With another sigh he looked down, then back up, ready for whatever awaited him. Good thing he was in the same class as Leah now, he could get straight to work. Oh joy...

(Leah, if you think that me putting us in the same class is too god-moddy then just let me know and I'll edit it out xD Guess that applies for everyone also, just let me know ^^)