COUNTDOWN: Enchanted to meet you

Eleven- 16 : 35 : 00 and going

JULIE

Although Derrick and I started talking to each other after the big fight with Jason in the cafeteria, we were not that close. We only said "hi" to each other whenever we met and that was it. It wasn't until a month after when I joined the drama club that we started becoming close.

And it wasn't until after about some more months when I caught Derrick making out with his ex in the Janitor's closet that I realised I had feelings for him.

It was faint to begin with but as time went on, it started to grow and grow.

Derrick never saw me as more than a "sister" and if I'm being honest, it hurt the couple of times I heard him say it but as I always do, I got over it fast.

Plus, it was fruitless keeping that crush since he kept going back to his ex girlfriend.

Now I was proud to say I was officially "crush free".

Proof?

He was hugging me and I didn't feel like melting into his arms.

"it will be okay" I heard him mutter.

"Derrick, what is it?" I asked after the minute was due. I heard him let out another sigh before pulling out of it.

"I'm sorry"

"Is something wrong? Tell me, what's the problem" I pushed.

I've always been the therapist anyway: In my family, at school and at the hospital. It was weird how people always came to me when they had problems and maybe it was because I had been seeing a therapist for quite sometime now but I realised I was actually a good listener and I gave good advise too.

If I wasn't dying tomorrow I would say I'd like to be a psychologist when I grew up.

"Oh Come on, you know you can tell me anything" I pushed again when I realised he was hesitating and was avoiding looking me in my eyes.

Infact, he looked like he was going to cry in any minute and then his gaze fell unto the shirt I had on and his expression totally changed.

"You're wearing Jason's jersey" it was more of a question than a statement so I nodded.

"We fell in a pool of water"

"Both of you?"

"Yeah. It's a long story" I tried to brush it off but Derrick didnt seem to want to let go of the topic and I could get why: I hated Jsson Tyler until some few ours ago.

"I have time" he said

Why did it feel like I had cheated on someone.

"Derrick, it's no big deal" I tried to defend although I really didn't need to. I just didn't want us to get into any fight today.
"We stopped by the hospital, I tripped and fell into the fountain and dragged him with me." half true

I could tell he wanted to drag it on but he let it go with an "okay" but maybe it was the good girl instincts within me or the fact that I wanted him to see that Jason was not that bad I don't know but I thought it would be fair to clear up things.

"He wasn't the one who poured the drink on me that day in the cafeteria. It was Mark, by accident"

"That doesn't change the fact that he's a jerk. You've seen him bully people just for fun."

Derrick was right. On countless times Jason and his friends have been punished for bullying other students in the name of pranks and fun yet they never stopped.

That was infact one of the reasons why he was here today. I heard they threw a couple of people into the school's pool and Lucy had an asthmatic attack.