Highschool Sweethearts

3

''Hi! It's Mary from the other day, I just wanted to thank you for dropping me off.'' I texted Joe. It took me three whole minutes to type the stupid thing.

''no problem ahahaha'' He texted back. It was going okay, I didn't embarrass myself to death, yet.

''Wanna meet up at a coffee shop later?'' Oh crap. I did it. I just sent an embarrassing text. I can't delete it now because he'll know I was embarrassed and that would be even weirder.

''Sure, which one?'' He texted back. I was shocked, flabbergasted, awestruck. Joe Stewart agreed to go to a coffee shop, with me. It took me 3 minutes to say something (again)

''I'll send you the location, it's called Suo Cafe,'' I said.

''okay, when should we meet?''

''Is tomorrow 2 PM okay for you?''

''yup, ill see u there, bye!''

''Byee!!'' I said, still in shock that he wanted to hang out with me, also, asking to hang out wasn't too bad.

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I PUT ON my green dress, straightened my hair, and put my shoes on. The caf< was only a 5-minute walk, so I arrived there early. I sat at a table and waited. Minutes passed, and I thought it was just traffic and he was on his way here. Minutes turned into an hour. I was on the verge of tears. I wanted to punch myself in the face. How could I be so stupid to think that he would go out with me? I was an outcast. I had it written all over my face. I hated him for ditching me but hated myself for wanting to be like everyone else. I hated not liking myself, I hated insecurity. I despised every part of it.

My eyes started overflowing with tears. I couldn't get them to stop and to be honest, I didn't care. I didn't care what everyone in that stupid cafe thought of me at that moment. I took all my stuff and ran out of that cafe. It was pouring outside and I didn't have an umbrella so I was soaking wet.

Just then I heard a voice similar to Joe's. "Hey, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, perfectly fine, I just have one question. Why in the absolute hell did you ditch me?"

"I'm sorry, my- my car broke down. I was stuck on the road but my mum came and drove me here."

Hearing his words made me feel guilty because I thought he ditched me for no reason.

"It's okay, don't worry about it." I blurted out.

"Let me make up for it. Wanna meet tomorrow?"

"Sure!" I said with a grin on my face.

"See you then!" he said and drove away. I had never felt so... so nervous around someone. He made me feel so helpless in a beautiful way. I loved everything about him. At least I thought so.

It was only after 3 minutes of staring at the road when I realized that my entire dress was soaked.
I ran home and took a shower. I had to text Maya about this.

"MAYA ANSWER ME PLEASE"

"huh?"

"I TEXTED JOE AND WE MET UP"

"WAIT WHAT THE FUCK HOW?!?!?"

"I JUST SAID WANNA MEET UP AND HE SAID SURE AND WE DID"

"HE NEVER SAYS YES TO PEOPLE ASKING HIM OUT THO"

"wait what"

"yea, he always declines to hang out with 'da boyz"

"Why did he agree to meet up with me tho?"

"Maybe he likes uu;)))"

"shut up, and no he does not. every human being has a crush on him. im like 90% sure some of his homies are gay for him"

"BHAHAHHAHA, but true," Maya wrote "he's not even all that tbh, he's just some douche"

"he's not a douche!! but he is kinda overrated"

"says the simp"

"shut your fat little butt"

"OMG, I ALMOST FORGOT, HOW DID THE MEETUP GO?"

"Well, we were supposed to meet at a cafe but he came an hour late"

"AN HOUR?!?!? THAT CUNT"

"he said his car broke down and his mum drove him here, I don't think he's lying bc I saw a lady with him in the car"

"let's hope not, if he was lying I'd kick him where the sun don't shine"

"AHHAAHHAHA" I typed " LY MAYA"

"M2 GIRL! I GTG GO THO IM GOING OUT, BYEEE"

"BYEEE"

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I CLOSED MY phone and headed downstairs to watch a movie when I heard someone knock on my door. I went to answer it and saw a person I hadn't thought would come here.

"Hey," Joe said, panting.

"Oh my god, what are you doing here?"

"I wanted to say sorry, again and maybe hang out?"

"Come inside, you look like you're cold."

"Cold is an understatement, I. am. freezing."

I laughed. "Okay, I'll make you some tea, you go sit down and relax."

"Okay..." he said quietly. I went to the kitchen and made him and me some tea and biscuits. We sat down and talked for hours.

"Aren't your parents home?"

"No, my mum is on a date."

"A date? How old is she?"

"Never ask a woman her age!" I said sarcastically. "She's 34."

"So that means.."

"My mum had me when I was a teenager. Please don't say you're sorry, it's genuinely annoying."

"I won't, how was life with a teenager mother?"

"Terrible to be honest. She was out partying a lot and I stayed home alone for most of my childhood. It only started when I was 10."

"Oh, that's sad. I'm so-"

"Don't even think about it, Joe!"

He laughed. "You've never called me Joe before."

"It's not like we've been friends for years, I just called you by your name."

"Okay, Marilyn."

"Oh, that's weird."

He laughed. "Ya think?"

We talked and talked for a while. I couldn't believe what was happening at that point, but I didn't care.

I had a new friend, a possible boyfriend. And I could not be happier.