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are probably all falling at your feet.” He held his notepad ready
as Kale leaned into the microphone.
    “Always nice to
see you Chuck – anyway, back to your question … well I haven’t had
a chance to totally settle in yet but I’m really liking it so far;
I get to be a normal guy for a change. You know; it’s really
actually quite nice not to be hounded by photographers – no offence
to you guys.” Kale laughed and was relieved the other reporters did
too; hopefully they would pick up the hint that he would appreciate
being left alone more often so he could truly experience a normal
high school education.
    “Anyway,” Kale
continued on, “I’ll admit it was a bit strange getting used to
homework and trying to find classrooms but everyone’s been a big
help.”
    The reporters
all chuckled and one yelled out, “I bet all the girls have!”
    Kale flashed a
charming smile, “Well, it’s not entirely the female pupils but it’s
a fair few with some exceptions.” He smirked a little to himself as
Izzie sniggered at his reference to her and her
less-than-enthusiastic greeting when they had first met. The
reporters all laughed and a female one tossed her hair and shouted
out, “Surely you can’t be suggesting that there are some girls here
that aren’t attracted to you?”
    Kale smiled,
“Hey Kathy, well I would be lying if I said they all adored me but
yes, there is one girl in particular who has made her dislike for
me very clear.” He chuckled and thought of how much he really liked
Izzie regardless of this fact.
    Tom Barton; a
reporter for the local news channel jumped on this, “Who is she
Kale? What did she say to you?”
    Kale laughed,
“I’m not revealing her identity but I will tell you this; it was
quite refreshing to hear her describe my latest movie as ‘crap’ –
makes a guy want to try harder in his next role, you know?”
    They all
laughed and another female reporter – Kale recognised her as Julie
Falls; a shy young girl who had only been in the field a year –
stuck out her microphone and asked something that caught Kale
completely off guard that he wasn’t sure what was the best way to
answer. She had managed to stutter out, “So, d-do you h-have
f-feelings f-for this g-girl? You j-just look l-like you ad-admire
her f-for not b-being a f-fan of your w-work.”
    Kale was
completely thrown; he knew that whether Julie was shy or not, the
girl could ask some tricky but brilliant questions – she was very
perceptive. “Um, I don’t know about having feelings for her but I
think we may be becoming good friends – well more on my part than
hers probably – but for now it’s nice to be with someone who isn’t
afraid to have a different opinion to her friends; she knows what
she believes and goes for it – no matter what other people
think.”
    All the
journalists scribbled furiously at this and Kale regretted saying
too much; he knew he shouldn’t have said more than was necessary –
the basics would have been suffice. Thankfully, he was saved from
what was sure to be many tricky questions when his agent announced
to the room that they were done for the day. Many of the reporters
looked peeved to have been cut short of what was promising to be a
juicy story that they could turn whichever way they wished. Kale
breathed a sigh of relief and watched them all exit the room and
for a split second, he was sure he had seen Izzie’s red hair among
them but that was impossible. He stretched and managed to brush off
his manager; he needed time to himself.
     
    Izzie had just
about managed to sneak back out of the room undetected; she had
been sure that Kale would have given up her identity and was very
pleasantly surprised that he hadn’t. Although, when the last
reporter had asked that tricky question, Izzie just wanted out of
the room – and fast! However, she had to admit that she had been
quite touched when Kale hinted that he wanted to be friends with
her. Maybe that