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Lucky

Chapter 5: Jake

I was starting to feel something for her, even if I didn't want to. I tried to stop myself but as the days went by, what I felt became deeper and deeper.

I don't know if she remembers this or if she knows, but I'm so grateful that she somewhat helped me stop my crazy delusions about her, you know, it's like she sabbotaged my feelings for her... or maybe in a parallel universe I was able to tell her what I felt I and it went terrible, so in this world, she subconsciously stopped me from being hurt because she cared for me as a best friend... Haha, what am I thinking...? Anyway...

One day, I was looking for her and I was about to ask her if she wanted to have lunch like we do almost everyday. I walked and walked around school looking for her, then I saw the back of her hair. She was with her other girl best friend, they were talking near the dark corner of the locker room. I was standing close but they seemed so busy and they didn't notice that I was there. I pretended to get something from the locker so that I could hear them..

Rhea: soo....what happened after I left? 

Selena: well, we just chatted and he called.. 

Rhea: what did he say? 

Selena: he just said he wanted to hear my voice. Pfft.. But it was useless talking to him, I think he was drunk in a party.. I could hear the loud music through the phone. Pftt..he's stupid! 

Rhea: stupid? Haha.. Then why are you blushing? *smug* 

Selena: (hits Rhea's arm) shut up! I'm not! 

Rhea: aww... Haha.. Then.. Stop smiling...

And just like that they left the locker area and they didn't even notice I was there. That afternoon I felt so awful, I didn't even want to talk with anyone, even Sel. Especially her... I felt a pang of jealousy that I've never felt before. I felt like a child who's lost his bottle. It maybe useless to some but it was my life! She was starting to be..... that...

For days she kept asking what was wrong with me, but I told her it was nothing, until she thought that I was mad at her. Maybe I was, but not at her, I was mad that whoever that guy was, he was smarter than I am for taking notice of her.

It was already a few days but still, she never stopped bugging me with questions of why I was "mad, she thought she'd acted like a bitch a again that's why I was mad, well, I didn't answer it's better that she thinks of it that way, it was harder to explain what it really was all about. But, I couldn't help it, everytime she bugged me, she looked like a little lost puppy, so I can't help but just smiled at her. I tried so hard to be back to normal that day so I played around and asked her to treat me to the candy store so that I would forgive her.

I know she was still confused at why I was mad but she didn't ask any further, she just grabbed my arm brought me to the store and told me to grab whatever I want, "if that would stop whatever madness is going on inside your head, fire away, grab as much as you want" "as long as it doesn't exceed 50 bucks... that's all I have right now you know"

That's what I like about her. She knows me too well to be able to know how to change my mood everytime. It's not the treat it's her way of treating things that makes me so soft hearted everytime. She's the best friend any guy would dream of having.

All I know was that time I wished that candy would take off any bitterness that I felt.

After a few days, I was still bothered, so finally I asked her about what I heard.

Jake: so how's the party dude doing? (I gave her a teasing smile, I tried so hard to) 

Selena: Hey!!!.. How did you...? (she thought for a little while and then)... "you eavesdropping little prick!"