Virgin Mary

8/"Perfect" Doesn't exist.

Josephine

"Wake up, I'm taking you to school this morning." Kat says shaking me and I rub my eyes leaning up as were both still laying on the bed on the floor. "Where's mom and dad?" I question. "Working early the entire rest of the week, wonder why." she raises her eyebrows as I roll my eyes and get up walking over to my dresser and doing my skincare and brushing my hair. "What are you gonna wear today?" Kat asks sitting on my bed and I open my closet browsing through so many different things I could wear, but half of them I can't wear.

"Wanna help?" I ask and she claps her hands, "Duh." I nod and look back into my closet before she cuts me out of my thoughts, "Buttttt..." she says and turns over to me on the bed and I lean against the door with my eyes wide knowing what she's about to ask next. "Why were you with Hero?" she says and I rub my hand on my forehead.

"Basically, I was just sitting there studying and he came over and just started talking to me, we actually had a genuine conversation. Then I was checking my phone and I told him you couldn't take me home so he offered to take me home, then in the car my stomach growled which was very embarrassing and then he offered for us to get food so we did then he dropped me off. Nothing much." I say and turn back to looking in my closet and then I feel a pair of hands on my shoulders and I jump and turn around to Kat staring at me dead in the eyes. "You left out the part at what happened at the door." she says and I try to turn around but she pulls me back to her. "It really wasn't anything, nothing happened."

"You guys almost kissed!" she says and I laugh.

Okay, so yeah maybe we did almost kiss but we didn't. I don't know why this keeps happening to us, I really don't.

"It was accident, he was leaning in for a kiss but I didn't kiss him back. It won't ever happen."

"Jo, they way you two were looking at one another-" she begins. "He was handing me my backpack."I laugh and she shakes her head. "Now help me, what do I wear?"

She pulls out this light purple dress which goes to my knees and a blue jean jacket. I get changed and go into the bathroom and curl my hair along with brushing my teeth. I hook my cross necklace around my neck then grab my backpack."Are you ready?" I hear Kath yell from downstairs. "Yep!" I yell putting on my flats and rushing down.

Once we pull up to the school, "You and I will be going out to dinner. Remember?" she winks and I nod. "Thank you so much!" I open the door and she solutes. "Let me know how that date goes." she says and I shut the door and she rolls down the window, "It's not a date!" I yell and she drives off and I walk to the door Mercy and I meet at. "Hey there," she says tapping my shoulder and I smile. "Hey."

"Can we hangout after school?" she asks. "Actually, I'm going out with Jack. I'm sorry, I can cancel-" she places her finger over my lips. "Don't you dare cancel you're date with him oh my gosh Jo!" she pulls me into a hug and I slowly hug her back laughing. "This is big deal!" she says.

"It's really not, Merc-"

"It is! My best friend's first date! This is incredible!" she claps pulling my hand into the school. "I'll see you in two periods." she says and walks away as the bell rings. I just shake my head laughing as I make my way into history class.

I sit there pulling out my book pushing my hair behind my ear and the only time I look up I see Hero. I just let out a breath as we make eye contact, he's wearing plain old black jeans, white shirt and his hair slicked back to the side. I look back down at my book and scroll through the pages studying and examining the pages one by one. I hear him plop down next to me but I don't look up or say anything, not that I don't want to say anything, I do. It's just that I don't know what to say or what could I possibly say.