Only Us (Justin Fields)

|13| Jealous

Jillian

While I appreciated all my classes, my favorite was the one I had with Justin. Considering he is the only real friend I have it makes sense that would be my favorite. Even if were not conversing, just being next to him gives me a sense of peace. His presence was the only thing that I craved these days.

As I walk into the class I see a kid sitting in the spot I usually sat in. Not wanting to completely change things around I decide to just sit next to the guy. If there's open spots elsewhere it's common courtesy to not sit right next to someone in these large lectures. But my fear of change might be the one thing to challenge my hatred of social interaction.

I take a seat as he smiles up to me and gives me a friendly nod before I nod back. Once I was sat down next to him I start to take my stuff out of my bag.

I pull out my laptop and hear him gasp. "That wouldn't happen to be a Prince sticker, would it" he asks pointing to one of the stickers on my laptop.

"It is" I smile as I point to the Purple Rain sticker I found at a vinyl shop on campus not too long ago.

"That's so cool. I love his music. I actually picked up guitar cause of him" the man claims.

"That's awesome! There were few that could play like him. I always loved his music and his persona. Miss him every day" I admit.

"There will only ever be him, that much I know for sure" he nods.

We talk for a little while before I hear a thud of books hitting the table next to me. I quickly turn to see Justin standing beside me. I go to greet him but he wasn't even looking at me. Instead of looking at me he was staring right through the guy next to me. He wore a face I've never seen before. Furrowed brows but not in the way that he didn't know what's going on. Rather that he did and he disapproved. And his eyes were narrow like he was hyper focused on one thing.

"Justin-" I try.

"Who's this" he asks not even taking his eyes off him.

"Ethan. He's a second year like me" I start.

"Oh" he says.

Oh? What's going on?

"Ethan this is Justin" I try to introduce.

"It's nice to meet you Justin. I've heard a lot of great things about you" Ethan tries.

"Uh huh" Justin says.

He finally sits down next to me and I send him a glare. I don't know if he had a bad practice or his mom is on his case about grades again but he was in a crappy mood. Which is fine, trust me I know better than most that we all have bad days, but we shouldn't be projecting onto others.

The class starts and I can feel the tension growing. Every time Ethan tried to talk to me Justin would intervene. He kept trying to move closer and closer and I was about to lose my mind. I don't know who is sitting next to me right now but it isn't my friend.

Finally the class ends after what feels like forever. I go to tell Ethan goodbye but he was already gone. I had some shop suggestions for him to find the music he liked but I guess I'll tell him next class.