To Be Different

Chapter 7.

You probably know my story well by now.

I am a nerd.

The girl who Aces her exam papers like it's a joke.
I grew up lonely, not having friends my whole life.
No one really cared about me.

And then suddenly, a new girl joins our school and she befriends me.

This turns a series of events in my life and that it is very strange and questionable.

The schools popular boy, wouldn't even look at my direction.

Now he's kissed my cheek and it was all I could think of the whole weekend.

Paul didn't pass by at my house anymore nor did he talk to me.

He didn't have my number, I couldn't blame him.

I followed him on Instagram but the didn't follow me back.

I didn't blame him, he was famous and probably didn't have time to see his new follow requests.

Okay! Jessica, you can do this!
It was just a kiss on the cheek and you don't have to make it a big deal.

But still, it was a kiss.

Why was I making it such a big deal?

I step out of the truck, looking on all my sides just in case Paul was there in his creepy hoodie.

I was going to avoid him at all costs today.

Not like he was going to talk to me!

I make a turn from the truck and bump into a happy looking Hazel.

"Jess!" She says, hugging me.
I hug her back, although I was still angry at her for ditching me.

"I'm happy to see you even if you ditched me on Thursday and decided to ghost me till today." She says.

What?

"I didn't ditch you. You did." I say. How could I ditch her? I didn't have a car.

She stares at me like I was lying.

"But Elaina said...."

I cut her off. "Elaina says a lot but you don't have to believe her."

Surprisingly, Hazel hugs me again.

"I shouldn't have listened to her. I got so mad and left."

I hug her back, glad that we were still cool.

"I'm glad you learned your lesson."

We walk into the school, talking about our weekend and stuff.

I tell her about my little brother. It's weird and yeah, but I just fell in love with the little boy.

He is so adorable and funny.

For instance last night, I slept next to him just to listen to his sleepy sounds and to see him wake up.

I swear, the boy is addictive and all.

I didn't forgive his parents but that didn't stop me from getting close to the baby.

I miss out the part of Paul coming to our house.

It was still freaking me out.

It was just a kiss on the cheeks but why didn't I want to see Paul?

Hazel tells me about her weekend.

She went out with Evan and she thinks she likes him.

I kind of knew he would fool her into his games.