Down Memory Lane ✓

5- Mrs. Morris

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Mrs. Morris

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A SMILE found its way to my lips when my eyes rested on Kai standing by his locker, a distance from us. His ink-black hair was spiky and all over the place, making him look like a genius. A hot genius.

"What's got you smiling?" Mariana asked while Naomi followed my line of sight to see the obvious answer.

"It's Nakano, for sure," Naomi said, calling Kai by his last name as she did for everyone except Mariana and me. And on rare occasions, Betty. Then she asked with a teasing smile, "That reminds me, how was your date at the library yesterday?"

"It wasn't a date. But he asked me to be his girlfriend," I whispered.

Both their eyes widened before they squealed in unison, causing some students to look at the three of us, Kai included. He returned the smile with one that made my stomach melt as he headed toward us.

"So, what did you say?" Mariana asked, excitement dripping off every word as she wiggled her thick brows.

"I told him I'll think about it," I said.

"What's there to think about? You like him, he likes you. The end. I mean, the beginning of a love story!" Naomi exclaimed.

"I'm just kidding, of course, I said yes," I said just before he approached us.

"Hey," he said, and I rose to my toes to kiss him on the lips. "How are you doing?" he asked.

"I'm fine. You?"

"Better, now that we're together. AP Geometry was exhausting," he said with his hands resting on my waist, making the site alive with tingles despite the layers of clothing.

He took some advanced classes, but he was very smart, so it wasn't an issue for him.

"Aww, you guys look cute together. I wanna have this someday," Mariana cooed.

"I'm happy for you both. It's about damn time," Naomi added.

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"Of course, I did. I told you both," I said as we neared our lockers with Naomi already rummaging through hers.

"What's the tea ladies?" she asked.

"Can you believe Clara here says that she's already dating Kai?"

Naomi sputtered, "Nakano? What? When?"

"And she says she told us," Mariana added.

"I told you guys that he asked me out in the library and I said yes," I said and they full-on stared at me like I was growing two heads at the moment.

Ohh!!

Something clicked.

"Um, Naomi, what grade did you say we were in again?" I asked to confirm, and the furrow in their brows deepened.

"Tenth grade and are you alright?" Mariana asked instead.

Kai asked me out at the start of eleventh grade, even though we already knew about our feelings for each other long before then. That would mean these are visions of the future.

But how?

"Are you sure everything is fine? I mean, you two should definitely have a conversation about what's going on because I also saw Lockhart and Nakano together and she seemed very comfortable with her arm around his if you ask me," Naomi said.