𝙇𝙊𝘾𝙆𝙀𝙍 𝙉𝙀𝙄𝙂𝙃𝘽𝙊𝙍𝙎, 𝙗𝙧𝙮𝙘𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙠𝙞

𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦

EDITED.

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I sit on the swings, looking down at my swaying feet, I look back up to see Bryce and the the same woman that handed me my schedule. Both of them look at me and they continue to speak, Bryce then nods and the woman finally leaves. I look back down and swing myself, I look up to check and see Bryce leaning against the monkey bars with a small, innocent smile. I return it and stand up, while looking down to see if there's any dirt on my dress, I hear footsteps coming towards my direction. I slowly look back up and see Bryce, "Oh, my bad." He chuckles and moves back one step, I look around to see some girls whisper to each other sharing each other's thoughts. "Do you need anything, Bryce?" I ask, "Oh, the guidance counselor asked  me to tour you around the school." He says, "Well, shall we start?" I start to walk backwards with a huge smile on my face. He runs to catch up and he shows me around the school grounds.

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"So, where's you locker?" He asks, "Oh, It was the first thing I found after Ms. Burton gave me my locker number. It's right here." I show him my locker and open it, it wasn't really decorated inside but I put up one photo of me and my dad. "Huh." He laughs, I look back at him in confusion, "Your locker is right next to mine." He opens his locker, "Huh." I chuckle. I look back at him, his cheeks flushed, I decide to tease him and see what stupid excuse he would say. "Hey, your face is like really red, are you okay?" I act concerned, he starts to panic and he makes eye contact with a blonde girl, "Uh, my girlfriend walked by, and she makes me nervous at times because I like her." He nervously laughs. The smirk that was plastered on my face just melted away in seconds, bringing my cockiness down with it. "Cool." I smile and slam my locker making everyone's head turn to my direction, I turn around and my demeanor changes as I walk to my next class, thankfully it's not with him.

While sitting in class, I look at the window and my train of thought starts.

Was I jealous? No.

Would I still talk to him? Obviously not.

Will I continue the friendship that kinda almost ended? Depends.

Did I lie? Yes, except the last part.

Wait why am I making a fuss about this?

Cause' you like him.

Wait who are you?

Your train of thought.

Well stop.

No can do miss, because you're the one feeding your train of thought and this conversation is part of it, and we both know you like him.

Touché. I purse my lips and finally listen to the lesson.

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School was finally over. I go to my locker and to my luck, I see Bryce standing in front of his locker, taking out some books and putting them in his book bag. I walk to my locker and do the same, I sneak some glances of him doing so. In the process of basically copying each other's actions, he too sneak a glance or two but does an okay job at trying to hide the fact that he did. He closes his locker which startles me, making him catch my attention. I look at him and he looks back at me, I clear my throat, "Lilian." He starts, "Since you're new, I thought of maybe showing you around town and some cool places you can see." He asks cautiously, "Sure." I reply. We both could feel the tension lessen.

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ᵀʰⁱˢ ᶜʰᵃᵖᵗᵉʳ ⁱˢ ᵖʳᵉᵗᵗʸ ᵇᵒʳⁱⁿᵍ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵃˡˡ ᵇᵘᵗ ᵗʰᵉ ⁿᵉˣᵗ ᶜʰᵃᵖᵗᵉʳ ⁱˢ ᵍᵒⁿⁿᵃ ᵇᵉ ᵖʳᵉᵗᵗʸ ᵍᵒᵒᵈ.
ᴴᵒᵖᵉ ʸᵒᵘ ᵍᵘʸˢ ˡⁱᵏᵉ ᵗʰᵉ ʳᵉʷʳⁱᵗᵗᵉⁿ ᵛᵉʳˢⁱᵒⁿ ᵃˢ ᵐᵘᶜʰ ᵃˢ ʸᵒᵘ ᵈⁱᵈ ʷⁱᵗʰ ᵗʰᵉ ᵒʳⁱᵍⁱⁿᵃˡ ᵒⁿᵉ ✿.
ᴼʰ, ᵃⁿᵈ ᵖˡᵉᵃˢᵉ ᵛᵒᵗᵉ, ⁱᵗ ᵐᵒᵗⁱᵛᵃᵗᵉˢ ᵐᵉ ᵗᵒ ʷʳⁱᵗᵉ ᵐᵒʳᵉ ❤︎.
Wₒᵣd Cₒᵤₙₜ: ₆₆₇

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