The Tangent Lines

Chapter 12 - What happened to your weird obsession with food?

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There will always be a reason why you meet people - either they will change your life, or you're the one who will change theirs. And sometimes, maybe both.

-Anonymous

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Chapter 12 - What happened to your weird obsession with food?

I shake my head in disbelief as I see the picture Flo showed me.

"Oh God, you guys look damn cute!" Flo gushes, making me roll my eyes. Okay, seriously, what is that boy planning? He posted our pictures on his parents' anniversary on his Instagram. It is his tenth post, actually. What made me shocked is the likes - it has goddamn nearly one thousand likes and two hundreds comments. Most of them speculate if we are dating, some of them comment about me, and some of the boys teased Tyler too.

"Damn cute? Really, Flo? It's just four pictures collaged together. And it's friendly." I state, although I don't feel like it. The first picture is when I stuck my tongue out and Tyler laughed handsomely. The second is when I joined his laughter too and he only gazed softly at me. The third one is he murmured something on my ears, and I looked weird. The last one is finally a good picture of us, smiling together to the camera. But the noticeable thing is his arm that lingers around my waist.

I almost died of heart attack when I saw a comment, "Omg Tyler looks so happy with her. Congrats both of you!"

It is still the trending topic of Northwood's gossip lane, whether Tyler and I are dating or not. They either don't have life or they find us highly entertaining. Wow, reality show much?

I read some of the comments. It was pretty weird, okay. There are people who said we're the cutest ever, that we kind of look alike, that we're both Mr and Mrs Perfect. I mentally roll my eyes at these comments. I'm pretty sure Tyler will put it on my face with his million-dollar smirk. How can he find this highly amusing?

Yesterday when I went to the toilet some girls even congratulated me, saying they ship us even though they still admire Tyler so much. They even ask me how Tyler courted me. I've told them (or better yet, reassured them) that we're not dating but they only responded by shaking their heads, refusing to hear my words. Seriously, I feel highly disrespected.

Anyway, something just crossed my mind.

"Hey can I ask something? I mean, is he rude and cold to girls?" I ask Flo innocently, making Flo cringes. "Veeery. I swear he's very cold to girls. He almost never smiles except to Will and Kyle. And now, you. If you notice closely, he is always straight-faced when he's with Samantha. Also, when the one-night-time girls who slept with him came back, he rudely didn't acknowledge them. He won't ever remember their names or even their faces. A lot of girls cried because of this but.." Flo shrugs, "Well, they are still around."

"Oh," I smile.

"But you are special! I mean you're the only girl who's posted on his Instagram! Not even Cathy!" Flo points out, making James winces slightly.

"You are really poisoning her mind," James comments, scoffing. "Let her breathe, Flo."

Flo rolls her eyes, "Come on, this is the very first time she's finally rumored with someone. And with someone that hot!" She takes a glance at Jake who is busy chattering with the rest of the guys and breathes in relief. "Whew, thank God he didn't hear that."

James and I laugh at her straightforward behavior and she only scoffs in reply.

Anyway, the thought of me being special to him undeniably makes my heart warm. Is it true? Am I that special to him? I look to his empty seat and sigh. Where is he?