Chapter VI

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"You can spend Sunday with the boys." My mom said to me as she stood outside my door

I set the pen and paper aside and replied: "I'd rather stay at home."

"Are there any assignments you need to finish?"

"No I already finished them at school. This is just a poem I got in my head."

"As for me, I'll be in the lawn with your father. You can call me if you need anything at all" she replied and added "your brother went to the city this morning to buy rings for Sophie. He wanted you to take you too, but..."

"Mom, you know that even if he invited me, I would not go with him."

"Well then, have fun staying at home during your holiday." She replied, closing the door behind her.

As the clock shows 9 AM, I have not had breakfast yet. Lucas and Ben asked if we could go to the lake together, but I said no. Anna and I are getting along exactly as I wanted us to. The day she almost gave me a heart attack by taking that first step to talk, she has become my closest friend.

We sat next to each other in class the next day when Lucas was absent. Suddenly, I was famous in the class and among the boys. We ate in the cafeteria together and sat in the library at the same table. Lucas shared two days ago that I am ignoring them because of Anna, but he also declared that he is happy for me, and the other reason is that others will not see our group as uncool anymore. If a cover girl talks to you and ignores everyone else, all the other things like popularity and jealousy come as collateral. But I am ready to take some of those things for Anna, even a whole lot of them.

She sat with me and the boys yesterday at lunch with her friend. I forgot her friend's name, though. What I do remember is that neither Lucas nor Liam saw Ben without his phone that long. The flirty techniques Ben used on Anna's friend were pretty entertaining. After lunch, Ben told me that whenever I date Anna, I should invite her friend and him, so that we can do a double date.

My train of thought begins there.

Really? A Date. Well, it's been only a few days since we started speaking and we share similar interests in books and music too. She gave me the attention that so many boys wanted. She joined me for lunch and at the library and we even sit together in class sometimes. Even when we are not in class together, we share glances, which means God knows what. Sometimes she just stares at me for minutes and doesn't say anything; it's like she's having fun watching me. But, a DATE? I don't know.

Some of the times when I have come close to her have been when she is less than a foot away from me while walking and when she quarrels with me over the calculator in the library class. She is an angel. Truly, she is. I have never experienced being so close to anyone as I am with her.

When I am with Anna, I understand why Shakespeare and Neruda waste so much time finding those beautiful words and setting them in a holy order just to make a love poem. Sometimes, when she walks ahead of me, her hair hit my face, and I loved the discomfort it brought. When we fight over a calculator or a pen, the involuntary touches she gives me, I loved how her skin can be so soft and how her palms can be so smooth. Every time she sits beside me at the cafeteria and speaks to others, I just look at her and see those cute expressions she gives and what she does with her eyes and lips. The sweet aroma of her perfume, the pleasant scent, gives me chills as I can recall that smell even after I return home.

Dressing as she does, it's not bold, it's not traditional; it's just right for her. I remember all her dresses and I wonder how she can match tops and pants so correctly. When she lost herself in a book while sitting beside me on a bench at school, the peace that radiated from her face was so beautiful. She is beautiful. Maybe she is the only one who gets everything right.

Yes. She is perfectly beautiful.

Ben and Lucas are waiting for me and Anna to go out to call it a date and us a couple. She rarely texts and never calls, but she will be very nice to me at school. Only at school and only to me. There is no question she asks, and I will not ask either. I just wanted to get to know her, and I did. She is my friend. I don't want to feel anything else.

I should have a say against my heart.

When I woke up today morning late since it is Sunday, I got a poem in my head. I started writing it down in my notepad, and that's when mom walked into my room.

Like a cherry blossom in the west land,
Like a Rainbow on the summer sand,
Symphony without words,
Epiphany without touch.

Stood beside you so still,
With feelings that I can't spill,
But glad how things are right now,
Let it be amity or let it be love.

She needs to see this.

I turned up the stereo volume as Ed Sheeran's "Give me love" played.

My steps were rhythmic and I got up from bed. I haven't felt this happy and expressing in my life. I was so introverted and hid everything but when I am with her, I can be myself. I am able to express myself in an environment that allows me to be myself. "Don't get swayed by her William," my mind warned.

A text message from Anna sounded on the phone.

ANNA:
Hey, morning William Rivers.

Very good morning,
Anna Cooper

So what you've got in mind for today?

Ntg much. Wbu?

I am the new girl remember.
I have no one to hang out.

Not even me?

Oh, Well then. Let's meet at ROR
Sharp 6 o clock. What you say?

Really? Are you sure?

You don't want to hang out with me?

Hey no. it's not that.

Then what?

Your mom?

God! Just be there at 6. Bye!
Hate you honey.

Haha, Bye!
see you soon.

She sometimes uses words like honey, baby and love just to be dramatic. I still like them though.

I was invited to hang out with her outside of school. Is this a date? I should definitely call upon a group meeting. We have a Discord group with only me and the boys. I texted there "SOS"...

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