Silverton North High

Chapter 17: Part II

Andy and Zach just look at me, i mean really look at me and they both turn around and start to walk away.

"Oh, c'mon guyz, I was just joking! Just come with me to the dorm rooms." I pleadingly say.

"What do we have to do with you and your... stuff?" Zach asked.

"It's not that. I just don't want to be left alone," I say in a matter-of-fact tone.

Andy, with his back still turned, says, "I'm not sure that's a good idea. I'll leave you two to do... whatever..."

I look at Zach with puppy-dog eyes. Zach looks at me. I tug on his hand and lead him into North House.

Zach and I proceed to my room and he looks unsettled as I look through Ally's many very big bags for what I want. I decide to ignore him and carry on looking.

"Those bags say Ally, you know that, right?" He says decidedly uneasy, while walking closer to me as if he's scared that I'm going to steal something.

"Okay, Zach! I found what I'm looking for. Just wait a minute," I say as I run towards the bathroom. I do what is needed and then I go to the washing basket and look for another uniform to change into.

"We have about 8 minutes left until our next classes, what are we going to do next?" Zach asks, throwing himself onto the bed.

"I don't know... I don't even know what kinds of things you like. Zach, who is Zach?" I inquire. I walk over to Ally's bed and look at him like a child who looks at their teacher before story time.

"I can't just spout some things put the top of my mind, you know?"

"Likes to say you know," I say and tick it off on my imaginary notepad. "Okay, tell me a story where Charles is not involved, tell me a story that nobody else knows, something bad. I won't be angry at you."

"No."

"Zaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaach! Please do it! Please, please. Please, please, please, please, please," I say and keep on saying until he gives in.

"Alright, alright! So one day, I was 13, I asked a girl something. I asked her to send me something-"

"What did you ask her to send? A bouquet of roses, a picture of her toes? No..." I say, thinking out loud," it must be something bad. A bra pick?" Zach starts to turn red. "A naked picture of her?" Zach looks away.

"I know, I know. But as soon as she sent it I deleted the chat with the picture"

"It's your turn," Zach says quietly.

I think for, like, two seconds and blurt out, "I let my friend's boyfriend kiss me and didn't tell her about it."

"Well... That's not bad." Zach calmly says.

"What do you mean? It's very bad! I never told her and-" I stop myself.

"Is this how it's supposed to be? The getting to know each other thing?" Zach says. "We tell each other something bad that we've done and we don't actually ask each other the Whys and we don't admonish each other? We don't get into the nitty gritties. We just say it and we forgive?"

I keep quiet for a while, opening and closing my mouth every now and then. I opened my mouth a final time, "Thats how it will be with our friendship, Mr Stark... Anyways, what did you get Ally for Valentines Day?"

"Nothing."

I look at him, as if waiting for an explanation when I know that no such explanation will come.

"What do you mean, 'Nothing'? The one day that is specially designated for romantic gifts, you decide not to give your girlfriend a gift!"

"Kris! She said she didn't want one and I don't one either. Valentine's Day doesn't have to be about gifts in any case. It's not even a recognized holiday so much as a reason to shops to get more profit. In any case, on Valentine's Day the 'crew', as you like to call us, just has dinner. Nothing special."

"Okay, so then-" I start.

"I'd love to explain every last detail about what you were about to ask me, but I think the next lesson is about to start and I don't feel like being late. So, let's go!" Zach says and pulls me to my feet (goes to his room and changes), before we jog to our next class.

As Zach had said we spent the rest of the evening having dinner in the Dining Hall with everyone laughing and joking. There was no kicking of stones or anything like that, save for the few stolen kisses everyone was in the friend zone, and it was really nice spending Valentines Day with not one person that you like, but all you friends that you love and your boyfriend.

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