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Chapter Three

She looked at all three of them as they were all waiting for her to say something. She sighed regrettably and looked straight at Jared with a grim look. "Is it true that for the past two years you were in juvenile boot camp because you beat up one of your teachers and vandalize the school's auditorium in your freshman year?" she quickly asked him, feeling uncomfortable now.

No one spoke for a moment. Then out of nowhere Evan burst out laughing with gusto. Selena couldn't contain it any longer as she too started laughing. Jared on the other hand looked quite stunned.

"Jared? Juvenile boot camp?" Evan asked incredulously and started a whole new bout of laughter. He laughed so hard that he doubled over, and tears came to his eyes.

She looked over to him wondering why he thought this was so funny. Was she missing something here? Were the rumors just that, rumors?

"Go ahead Jared, answer her question." Selena said to him still laughing.

He looked at both of them with annoyance and irritation. He looked over to Mila and crossed his arms over his chest. "Um...no that isn't true at all...in fact I...was at a school that is for exceptionally gifted kids with the IQ over 140."

She stared at him with shock. IQ that was over 140? The delinquent rumors would be more believable. Holy crap he was a genius?! She didn't know what to say to all that and she felt completely foolish to believe something that had no real proof before it was proven. He must think she was a dope of a girl.

"In fact," he continued, "I'm done with high school all together. I should graduate this year." He looked very uncomfortable admitting that to her.

"Yep! And we couldn't be prouder! He starts looking for colleges this fall." Selena threw an arm around his waist and beams up at him with pride and joy. He couldn't help but smile back at her as he draped an arm over her shoulders.

"How old are you?" she asked looking a bit crestfallen.

"Sixteen this past June." He kept looking at her as if he was trying to read her thoughts.

"Sixteen?! And you're already applying for colleges? Will they let you?" she asked incredulously hardly believing that he was only two years older than she was and yet was done with high school before he even hit eleventh grade. He smiled at her.

"Yes, they will, and I don't know just yet if I'm going to apply at this moment or any time soon." He admitted and looked down to his sister who had a slight frown on her face.

"Well, whatever you want to do is fine by me just don't let dad hear you say that." She walked away and headed for the kitchen. "I'm going to get something to drink anybody want some?"

Evan raised his hand. "Right here Sel, anything you got."

"Okay sure, anybody else?"

"No, I'm good." Jared and Mila said at the same time. She blushed even more while he put his hands in his front pockets making a smiling Selena leave the room.

"So, Mila, how old are you?" Evan asked leaning a bit close to her.

"Fourteen, but my birthday is in two months."

"Oh, really? In what, late October?"

"No, November 4th." She smiled at him weakly.

"Oh, you're a Scorpio nice." he said with a grin on his face. "I'm a Libra and Jared is a Gemini and yes we're awesome too."

She didn't know much about the Zodiac signs. She was never really interested in them before but maybe now she would look them up later.

"So, when did you and Sel become friends?" he asked her next seeming to be highly interested.

"About two years ago, actually it was the same day that you left." she said to Jared wondering why he was still just standing there and being awfully quiet.

"Really?" he asked as he went to his suitcase that was left by the door and rummaged through it and pulled out a folder.

He went through the old letters and found what he was looking for. He walked back over and sat down on the other couch well away from them both. She felt a little deflated now that he wasn't so near, but she shook herself mentally and looked at what he was doing.

"This is the first letter I got from Selena while I was away. She did mention here that she met a girl who she took a liking too real fast and that she can see them becoming really good friends." He looked up at her then.

"I'm going to guess she was talking about you but in another letter, she said she actually knew you from before?"

"Yeah, in kindergarten we were friends until my parents had to move and I had to go to another school." she told him.

He gave her a smile. "Well, I'm glad you guys found each other again and stayed friends." he said softly.

Suddenly they heard something breaking in the kitchen and Selena yelling out, "Shit!" Jared quickly got up and ran in the kitchen as he heard her cry followed by Mila and Evan.

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