Apparently, neither of us were done with trading insults.
After dinner, I liked one of his more modest Insta posts and left a single word comment; Narcissist!
He deleted it almost immediately and used the Messenger to write back.
<Hey, Instalurker!
<Did your crush come and thank you yet? <✊🍆💦
<Nope.😂😂😂
<He wouldn't make it past the door.
<My mom's still pissed that I got detention.
<Yeah, so's mine.
<I've been grounded for a week.
<Oh, fuck!
<That sucks, dude.
<Hey, I never did ask you what you did.
<No, you didn't.
<But you had your chance.
<Shall I show you something that noone knows about?
My heart suddenly skipped a beat.
<Sure.
<Did you just suck in a breath?
<Are you still holding it? 🤣
What the fuck?!
<Better stick to pretty and shallow.
<Mysterious doesn't suite you.
<Fuck you, dude! 🤣
<OK!
And there it was, a stupid joke that had flowed naturally from the convo. Between any other guys this wouldn't even have been a blip on the radar. But I wasn't just any other guy and today I realized that neither was Jackson.
I stared at the screen, desperately wishing for him to ignore it like when I "accidentally" called him gorgeous.
Please, please, please.
Nothing! No smart remark, no telling me to back off, just digital silence. It felt like a physical stab but worse.
Jackson knew my secret.
I never gave him Charlie's name, but it wouldn't be too difficult to figure out. My class knew that I liked guys but Charlie didn't need to find out that I liked him.
Fuck! I wanted to scream. How had this happened so quickly? Should I try to explain? Would he believe me if I said it was a joke?
Was it even a joke? Jackson was hot, any horny teenager would love to get their hands on him and why should I be any different?
Fuck! Still no answer.
I threw my phone onto the bed and started pacing nervously. As I processed all possible consequences, I came to an unexpected conclusion...
I had really enjoyed talking to Jackson today.
Then my phone buzzed. I was terrified and excited at the same time. Why had he taken so long to write back? Was it even him?
<Hey, sorry.
<My dad confiscated my phone.
<Maybe detention was a bad idea. 🤣
<How are you texting now?
<My brother gave me his phone.
<Why? 😆
<I made an offer he couldn't refuse. 🤵🏻🐴
<WTF?! 😂😂😂
And just like that we were texting again. My ten minutes of self torturing hell evaporated instantly.
