I like Camila's butt and I cannot lie

18 - Be the one

Shawn still hadn't come through as I hoped. He wouldn't even even reply to my texts, but I let it be. I didn't want to push him. I'll give him his time and space.

I had time to focus more on my exams without Shawn calling me over now that we're weird with each other. But all my mind was glued to was what he told me and if he'd come around.

This meant that I could barely focus on my exams and I probably performed with mediocrity. And that's all my mind said as I stepped out of the exam.

"Mila, how was the exam?" Luke bounced on to my side as we walked.

"It sucked." I semi-groaned.

"Really? I thought it was easy. I thought you'd say the same. Maybe I sold that exam short."

"It's not you, I just didn't study." I admitted shamefully.

"That's so unlike you." He smiled, fixiating his glasses.

"I know, these weeks are just so... testing."

"Of course they are, it's exam season."

A subtle laugh escaped my lips in response to his dad joke.

"Ooh, I was also thinking we should go on another date. An actual one, after the exams. To celebrate."

I looked at him and tried to say yes. I really did. But all my mind screamed was Shawn. I don't think that would be a good idea but I didn't really know how to tell him that.

How to tell him that I liked someone else. Even though I wasn't dating or tied down to that particular someone.

"Um, about that. I wanted to tell you this but I'm kinda seeing someone else."

He squinted his eyes and shook his head. "Already? Woah, you're quick aren't you?"

"It's not what you think it is." I began defending even though he seemed to joke it off.

"It's just that there's this kid in my health class that asked me to be his girlfriend, and I just couldn't refuse because I felt sorry for him. And I know I wasn't supposed to agree but, he was just so sweet and I couldn't say no to the kid."

He laughed lightly. "Let me guess... it was Jeff, wasn't it?"

"You caught me!" I laughed, pushing on with my rainbow coloured lie. "I hope you aren't mad at me though?"

"No. I mean, this can't be a long term thing. And I guess you'll have to break it off with him before it gets serious anyway."

"Duh..."

"So, how's Jeff doing anyway?"

*****

The last day of exams, it hadn't rained for a week straight and Shawn still hasn't got back to me.

He was really set on ignoring me and I didn't know how to process this information. I complained about this so many times to Lauren but she just doesn't get me.

"He's just a fuckboy. Leave him alone."  She often says.

Not once even considering how much has changed. Yes, that may be true but he's slowly opening up to me. It's evident on how he tolerates me more, how he has been in an odd way faithful to me and how he opened up to me.

It might have backfired but that has given me some motivation to trust in him. To trust in the good side of him because I truly believe that he's a good person.

I was walking down the quad on my way to our first drama practice after exam season when I saw Shawn.

He was circled around his group of friends and there he was. Vibrant eyes, wide smile and hearty smile.