the new boy • mateo gallegos

part eight

payton jade and jackson came with food. we were about to leave my room when mateo said
"we'll talk about it tomorrow"
i nodded and we went down. we ate our food and everyone went home. me and payton cleaned up.
"payton" i said sitting in the sofa once we were done
"yeh?" he said
"i have to tell you something"
he sat on the sofa next to me
"ok. shoot"
"um. so the party we went to a few days ago. mateo was drunk. and he started kissing my neck and i thought it was someone random. but of course i didn't let them stand there and do it" i said
he nodded
"i turned around and it was mateo. i pushed him off and told him he was drunk. then i took him out side to get fresh air. he looked ill and pale so that's when i texted you we were going to get a taxi" i said
"please don't tell me you did. anything.." he said
"ew gross no. we got home and he was sober enough to change. i gave him water and we went to sleep. today i told him he did that. he said he remembered parts of what i told him. and he said he liked me" i said avoiding eye contact.
"wait. omg omg omg!!!!" he said jumping around
"you sound like a girl" i laughed
he calmed down and sat back down
"so. do you like him?" he asked
"obviously!" i said
"i've been crushing on him since before he moved to the school. but i used to tell myself he sees you as a best friend he doesn't like you back. and the feeling slowly went away. but there was always this part of me that liked him" i said
payton sat there smiling like a freak
"your in love love huh" he said
i just smiled
"your the only person besides mateo that knows" i said
"wait mateo knows. you're changing. you never tell anyone your feelings" payton said
"yeh but he's different" i smiled
i went up stairs and facetimed jackson and jade to tell them jackson said he already knew because mateo told him. cute. and he said he would've told payton but payton didn't answer his phone. plus i was already telling him. and jade reacted the same as payton