JustAMatt

Chapter 11

I only had a few weeks before I had to move to Africa. A few weeks before I had to leave the bae, Justin. Oh, and my bff, Matt. Together we were "JustAMatt" and soon, it'll just be "JustMatt". "JustAMatt" was something that my cousin and her friends would call us. I didn't get it at first, but Justin soon explained it to us. It was simply just our names combined, I think.

But today was the day.

I'm not much of a romancer, but I want to impress my boi, Justy. I was just going to look up some tips and tricks on like Wiki or something, but my mom, who must've overheard my phone call talking about Justin, told me just to do something from my heart. She gave me an example of what I could possibly do. And that example was that I should plan a surprise date and dress up in a tux and I should tell "her" to wear "her" best dress. But then again, she did think that Justin's name was Justine and that he was a girl. Oh mom...

I brought out my special notebook and saw the plan I had for this date today. I was ready for this. It was set for this day specifically and I knew it would definitely happen today. I just had this gut feeling. And I knew this date would be the best date in the history of dates that has ever happened in a lifetime.

I picked up my iPhone from beside me and sat there, staring at Justin's contact name. My thumb hovered over the call button but I was too nervous. I set the phone back down, closing my eyes for a moment. I could do this. I know I can. What was I scared of? It was Justin. It's not like he'll reject me or anything. We're dating. Well, to me we are, and possibly to him too. Did we even make it official yet? If not, I could do it on this spectacular date. And we could even start talking about a possible wedding... Hm.

I picked up the phone again. I clicked the call button and put the phone up to my ear, listening to the repeated ringing. I stared at my notebook, worried he wouldn't pick up. It went right to voicemail. I honestly didn't think this would happen. I looked around in my notebook, not finding a single page for voicemail ideas. So I had to think of one now.

"Hey... Um, Justine. I mean, uh... um, Justin. Hi. If you want, maybe, uh, we can... call me back, bye." I was so nervous and quickly hung up, throwing my phone at the wall.

I sighed as I slowly made my way to the phone that was laying there on the ground, a single crack running down the middle of the screen. It made me sort of mad and angry. Not just because of the phone, but because of stupid ass Justin not answering his fuckering phone like what even. I was furious. Just as furious as The Furious Five or The Fast and The Furious, I don't frick fracking know!

I listened to some Minecraft songs off of a mixtape that my pal, Ryan, made for me. That made me think of making Justin a mixtape too. It could be romantic and have soothing songs that make me think of him. It would be nice. I could even add my favorites and it'll be like he'll always have me as long as he carries that mixtape with him. I got excited. Like if I was a dog right now, my tail would be wagging so much that it'd probably fall off.

I tried calling Justin another 37 times as I searched on YouTube for songs that I really enjoyed. Each time he wouldn't pick up and it'd bring me right to his voicemail. I tried being original and creative by leaving different voicemails each time that I think he'd really enjoy. But hopefully not enjoy too much. You never know with that boi.

For one voicemail I made a bunch of whale sounds. I thought that was pretty original and not done before. Then I left another of me prank calling him as I tried sounding like a weatherman! I bet he'll really believe that one! It kind of went like this:

"Hey, uh, yeah, is your refrigerator working? 'Cause this is the weatherman! LOL! Well, yeah, today is going to be 67 degrees with a chance of your FRICK FRACK FRICKERING FACE NOT ANSWERING YOUR PHONE. Oh yeah, and it will indeed be sunny with a chance of my hot dog."

I got pretty anxious, but I thought that maybe if I added the hot dog part, he'd call back. He likes hot dogs. And I also basically whispered the swearing part. We're not one of those couples that are really into swearing and keep it to a minimum.

As I finished the mixtape, my phone started to ring. I answered it on the second ring, not bothering to check the Caller ID.

"Hey Justin!" I yelled into the phone, overly excited.

"What, sweetie? Who's Justin?! This is your aunt, Susan. I'm just calling for you to..."

I cut her off as I hung up, totally disappointed. How could she do this to me? She's my aunt. She claims that she loves me, but yet she does shit-zu like this. Really rude and fake if you'd ask me.

I tried calling Justin again. This time, he actually picked up!

"OMG, hi Justin!" I practically yelled into the phone. I cleared my throat as I tried calming down a bit.

"Oh, hi, AJ. What's up? Why'd you call me 38 times? I didn't get around to listening to the voicemails yet, but knowing you, they were probably really good.."

"Uh, why didn't you pick up any of those 38 times?! Huh, Justin, huh?!" I kept my voice low, even though I wanted to yell. "HUh?" I whispered.

"I'm sorry, AJ, but I was busy.."

"Busy? Uh, I am AJ Provolone, your boyfriend! Your BF, best friend, partner in crime, bae, hot dog king, blue wall, laptop, window, blinds, door, desk, bed, blanket, Sour Cream and Onion Lay's chips, bag of Doritos, fish bowl, notebook, lamp, basketball, I am your everything! So you, Justin Miller, will not be 'busy' for me, bub."

"What..? Since when were you any of those things?! And aren't half of the things you just named off from your room?" As his words processed in my head, my heart dropped to my feet. No.

"Any of those things..?" I just heard the first part of what he had said. I didn't care enough for the second.

"AJ, I didn't mean it like that. Listen, I just had a really long and busy day today and I'm tired. So don't take much of what I say personally. Please."

"Don't tell me what to do. But since you're tired, I guess we can just reschedule our date for tomorrow.."

"Our date?" He questioned. He's pretty slow today...

"Yes, our date. It's going to happen tomorrow and it will be a surprise. I will text you all of the details tomorrow but just wear your best dress. Love you, bye." I quickly hung up, putting the phone to my chest as I laid back, closing my eyes. This will be amazing.