The Player's Best Friend

Chapter 4 It Was Like A Dream

And in case you wanted to know, the walk there was not awkward. At all. There may have been some comfortable silences, but no awkwardnesses. We held small conversation as we walked to class together. And occasionally, our shoulders would bump.

I must have died and gone to heaven.

Even though the walk from the cafeteria to the classroom is actually a long distance, it felt like nothing at all. It was both a sad thing and a happy thing. The hallway that at first, a "just something I needed to go through before class," has now become the tunnel of my blossoming love.

I think I swooned a little while he was talking. But how could I not? He is the epitome of all things a guy should be. He's funny, caring, tolerates my sense of humor, smart, and good looking. I feel like the luckiest girl alive. But doesn't everyone, when they're spending time with the person they like, or love?

But no joke, I was rolling around on Cloud 9, looking down on this journey of two high schoolers, on their way to finding love. When we reached the door of the classroom, I felt. Not happy. Our time of walking together has ended.

As we walked into the classroom, I was already thinking of ways that we could do this everyday from now on. Would he ask me to everyday now? Would I have to be the one to ask? Why did he suddenly decide to ask me today? Will it actually happen again? If he doesn't ask, will I have the courage to ask myself? All very good questions, going around in loops around my brain. We sat down in our seats, and it was all that I could do to not cry. 

I was feeling "Life couldn't get any better than this," and "life can be such a jerk" at the same time as class started. The inner struggles of a teenage girl in love. 

That was when I got thinking. Maybe Summer and Autumn were right. Maybe I do need some sort of a plan of attack in order to achive hapiness. Afterall, action needs to be taken in order to receive satisfactory results. I took a mental note to talk to them about that later. 

Class went by uneventfully, and it was the hardest thing to do to not jump out of my chair the moment the bell rang. I snuck a glance in Jathom's direction, and decided that yes, I am brave enough to walk up to him, and walk out of this class with him. But I just stood there, looking toward the door, telling myself that I can do this, but the muscles in my legs seemed to be malfunctioning and wouldn't move.

I glaced up when I heard a voice above me saying, "You wanna go?" only to find that it was the object of my affection.

Life couldn't possibly get any better than this.

We walked toward the bleachers at the football stadium, sat there, and just talked. I might be a little biased, but i think Jathom is possibly the best conversationalist like, ever. We could talk about practically anything, and the topics just jumped around, and it felt kinda like a conversation with Ernest.

And that was when I realized. Ernest. Then I checked the time. An hour had passed since school ended. Definition: he is going to be pissed. He's still going to be here. But in panic-mode and pissed. In an attempt save my life, i very, very, reluctantly, and regrettably, said goodbye to Jathom. And like the gentleman he is, he asked whether he could take me home since it was so late and I seemed to be in a rush. I think I almost lost my balance there because of all this I'm getting from him, but I caught myself just in time before I actually looked like I was faling. 

Therefore, I told him that no, I was just supposed to meet someone at the gym around, say, an hour ago. At that, we both looked at each other, and bursted out laughing, and he offered to walk me there. In which, I said that he didn't have to but he insisted anyway.

It's like a dream come true.

But it's probably going to be awkard when we actually get to where Ernest is. 

Sure enough, there, in the gym, was Ernest, shooting hoops with his buddies, while checking around constantly, looking anxious. And, the girl sitting in the bleachers staring. Along with an assortment of other girls. 

Ernest immediately caught sight of us, but he only looke at me for half a second, and moved his vision the the guy standing next to me. He walked up to us, and, hey, did I just see Jathom stand a little taller? When he was of close range, he looked at me, and said, sternly, "Where have you been?"

Before I could say anything though, Jathom answered for me. "She was with me, we were just talking when she told me she had to meet someone here."

"Well, she was supposed to meet me here after school, like how we've been for a long time now." And he shifted his gaze to me as he finished the last words slowly. 

I only managed a sheepish "Sorry, I forgot for a second there," before Jathom started talking again. 

"Are you guys siblings, or...." and drifted off. But we all knew what the implied words were.

I immediately jumped at the misunderstanding and said, "No! we're not! We're just really good friends, and it's been sort of a tradition for a while now!" along with some nervous laughs here and there.

Jathom seemed okay with that and left the gym but not before having a little staring contest thing with Ernest. Jathom was the one that broke away first, said bye to the both of us, and walked out.

I was just satring idiotically at his retreating back when Ernest cleared his throat.

"Keep drooling any longer, and a puddle might just form at your feet."

I immediately checked my chin, looked back, and prepared to give him the accusing look. Only, he was also looking at the door Jathom left from, and looked this way only after he said, "So that was Jathom?" with an unreadable expression.

Unable to tell what he was thinking, I replied while beaming, "Yeah. He's the coolest."

And from there, his expression went from unreadable to pissed off, and started telling me off about how he was waiting for me to come by, and how he got worried when I didn't. For an hour. 

After he finished his ranpage, he took me home, but all the while keeping that expression on his face I've never seen before.

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