WALLFLOWER // B.E

six

billie

"hi, juniper," i greeted with a grin as i opened the front door.

"hey," juniper replied. she kinda just stood there awkwardly as she tugged on the strap of her book bag.

she said that she was keeping the project papers because she doesn't trust me with them. she thinks i'll lose them or something.

i mean, i probably would, but that's besides the point!

"dude, come in," i chuckled as i gestured for her to walk inside.

she walked inside. once she did, i shut the front door back.

"is your family here?" she quizzed as i started to lead the way to my room.

"my parents won't be back home until later tonight. my brother is here, but he won't bother us. he stays in his room when i have people over," i shrugged. "you know, i think you two would get along; you're both wallflowers," i teased.

she sent me an unamused look, which made me laugh. i opened the door to my room, and i let her walk in first. she walked to the center of my room, and she looked around it, looking at all of the posters, shoes, records, and other shit i had in here.

"why the fuck do you have so many shoes?" she raised a brow as she turned to look at me.

"why wouldn't i?" i responded as my brows furrowed briefly.

she shook her head, then glanced around my room once more. while she did, i plopped onto my bed.

she cleared her throat when she turned to face me again. "so, the project; let's start working on it. i want to finish this shit as soon as possible."

"we've got two weeks; we can take our time," i assured. i patted the bed. "c'mon, make yourself comfortable, and then we can get started, or whatever."

she took her book bag off of her shoulders, and she sat it on the bed. she took her shoes off before she sat on the bed as well. she started to pull everything we needed out of her book bag.

"so, what do we even have to do for this, again?" i questioned as i watched her.

"you didn't listen to when it was being explained?" she sent me a look.

"well, yeah, but... that was, like, ten hours ago. i forgot," i defended. "explain it to me?" i requested.

she sighed, though she grabbed her pencil. she used it to point to things on the papers as she thoroughly explained it all to me. i listened intently as she did.

not gonna lie... i did remember what we have to do for the project. i just wanted to hear her talk.

"got it?" juniper raised a brow as she finished explaining it all.

"yeah," i nodded. "i think so."

"you think you have it or you do have it?" she narrowed her eyes just a tiny bit.

"i do have it. i do," i chuckled.

"okay. good."

my phone, which was sitting face up on the bed, lit up with a notification. juniper glanced at the screen, and her brows raised a bit.

"is that your boyfriend, or something?" she queried.

i looked at my phone too. my lock-screen was a picture of me licking mikey's cheek, so i can see why she would think that he's my boyfriend.

"oh, no; that's my best friend. we did date, a while back," i explained. "but we're both gay, so that obviously didn't work out too great."

i watched in awe as a small, barely noticeable smile started to pull on the corners of her lips. just as quickly as it had came though, it was gone.