Is Cereal Soup?

Jowy (POV)

It's always weird walking next to someone who is eye candy because you don't know whether to stare at them or to look away and act like you don't care or notice that they are a walking master piece. This is my constant struggle walking next to Jewel and her cousin Charles today.

Jewel is drop-dead gorgeous. She is light-skinned with beautiful black short curls on her head. She has a small waist, pretty face but unfortunately no big thing because she wasn't gifted with an ass or boobs but the rest of her makes up for that. We are averagely the same height but walking next to her sometimes makes me feel small in a way.

I'm not saying that because I have low self confidence or something like that, it's just that J is such a gem (literally, also pun intended). 

I start to smile at my own joke before Jewel takes me out of my thoughts by nudging me to listen to her. Currently, she is rambling about some kid who came to school with a goat and I can't be bothered but turn to listen to her anyway.

As I do this, I realize we are still waiting for a table to get freed so that we could eat our breakfast. I'm glad her cousin isn't here right now because there is so much to catch up on with her and her cousin intimidates me. This is coming from a girl who is not usually intimidated by guys so that should count for something.

"Can you believe we will be going to tour Europe for my 18th next year?" she asks looking at me excitedly.
One thing about J is that she is like a 2 year old when she gets excited. You can literally see the excitement oozing off of her and it's infectious.

Also she is a year older than me and a grade above me but we get along so well and have the same break times since beginning of highschool so we have managed to stay best friends.

"Yeah, I honestly can't wait because the foodie inside of me has had enough of this bland food we have here. And let's not even get into how they don't offer enough VEGETARIAN MEALS" my voice has slightly risen by the end of that statement because it is frustrating that I'm vegetarian and there is barely anything to eat.

"There there Jo, I'm sure it will get better" J says as she finally gets a table and we sit down. I start fidgeting with my food trying not to address the obvious elephant in the middle of us, not wanting to sound like a boy crazy middle school girl (which J actually thinks I am so I've been trying to prove her wrong more recently).

"Will you just come out and say it already?" J says and I look up from my food contemplating my next words. Should I go ahead and sound boy crazy or keep eating my amazing sandwich that my mom made and not know anything about the new hottie in town.

Id think I'm smart enough and wise enough to choose the right decision right?
Clearly not because what came out of my mouth next was "HOW DID YOU NOT TELL ME ABOUT YOUR HOT COUSIN?! Where the hell have you been hiding that boy? And why is he here all of a sudden?"

Chuckling as she ate the took her time swallowing her food before saying "he's been, around and I haven't hid him you just never asked for him and lastly he transferred schools. And no not because he's a bad boy or anything like that"

AROUND?! Okay I knew for a fact around meant England where her mom was from because Charles also had a British accent that was hard to miss.

I knew she was being smart with me, giving me subtle answers so that I could dig for more. Another thing I had noticed over the years is how she would always take her time when answering me, especially when it came to things that didn't involve her. She never wanted to over tell someone else's information and would always prefer me going to find out for myself. But even knowing that I had to ask one more question.

"Okay, does he have a girlfriend? And before you start saying I'm boy crazy, hear me out here, I'm not boy crazy, I just get curious."

"Whatever helps you sleep at night Jo, and no he doesn't", J said as she rolled her eyes at my question and the heavy doubt in her voice could be heard loud and clear.

At that point and moment though, I cannot be bothered because I am ecstatic over the news I just heard. So I smile hard and kiss J on the cheek, grabbing my stuff because it's almost class time. J did the same and we start walking towards the school buildings, her going her way while I go mine.

The rest of the day is pretty average, even lunch which is weird because I usually sit with J but she was stuck redoing a math test. As in J is smart, just not so much when it comes to math.

Thoughts of Charles and how hot he is don't invade my mind for most of the day. When I'm in school I'm usually in the "zone" because I genuinely like school, so doing things that help the school makes me happy and mostly occupied.. I also heard he was a senior like J so I knew I would not see him around a lot but still I hoped I would.

By the end of the day I sit on the sidewalk waiting for J and get on my phone looking through Instagram and any texts I have pending. I do this quite a lot because I blog about food on Instagram so I have many people reaching out to me about the recipes and how to make them.

Usually I am very alert but I saw a meme about a killer trying to poison someone for the first time then accidentally poisoned themselves and I was laughing pretty hard and loud before hearing someone say "that really shouldn't make you laugh that hard" on my ear.

I just froze because I immediately realized who it was. I knew it was Charles behind me but I couldn't make my mouth move. His breath on my ear startled me. So breathing in and out hard I looked back and said,

"And who said you have the permission to look into my phone" I mentally just slapped myself for that because I cannot believe that was all I could say after he just made me speechless for a minute. Smirking he gets up from the position he was in and simply says, "no one" .
I look back into my phone and try not to smile because the smirk he has is heavenly. But at the same time also seems like a mask that he is used to wearing.

I put off my phone and get up from the side walk, tidy myself up and look at him, he is honestly beautiful, every single thing about him is but I realize I cannot stare for too long so I look away trying to wreck my brain for a conversation starter.

Now let me tell you I do not struggle with talking because I am extremely talkative but his effect on me is unreal. Finally I find something to say and I realize I really should've just shut up.

"Is cereal soup?" Is what comes out of my mouth but before I felt bad about saying that he replied saying,

"Yes, it has the consistency of soup and has the water content."

"But it can't be because it has milk and sugar and soup is not supposed to be sweet" I said not believing he just passed cereal as soup.

"See that's where you're wrong love, because there is no way it being sweet overrules the fact that it's watery."

"And see that's where you are wrong because there is no way that consistency overrules taste"

"Hey, why am I missing a heated debate" J says as she finally decides to come out of the school doors.
Looking at me she adds, "sorry, practice ran late". J plays football so I understood where she was coming from.

"It's okay, I just can't believe Charles thinks cereal is soup." I said while sighing and looking down feigning disappointment.

"But it is, don't you agree J? And by the way, just call me C" he said looking at me.

Jewel starts giving her opinion but I zone off because the only thing I can think about is how casually he called me love.

And chapter 2 is done!!!
Let me know if I should make a POV for Charles, I'm not sure if he is our main guy yet though🤔
Btw is cereal soup though??!!