The Asylum

Awkward?

Chapter 13:

-Ricks POV-

"I didn't think Joe had this in him." Mark said leaning over to me.

"I know. For all these years has he just been playing it or what?" I said.

"I think he's just comfortable talking to her." Alyssa said.

"Do you really think that Joe is just comfortable around her?" Andy said walking up to me.

"I guess he really does." I said smirking.

"I can't believe that our best friend is talking to a girl and isn't being awkward around her."

-Later that day-

"I can't believe that they are still talking, it's been like 2 hours." Alyssa said laughing a little bit.

"Sure seems like it." Mark said.

"Well its good that he is actually talking to some girl without being awkward." Andy said.

I just leaned against the wall and put my head down smiling a little bit.

"Joe is talking to a girl."

"So Rick." Alyssa started "seems like our friends have a little connection going on."

"It sure seems like it." I laughed a little.

Joe started to like a girl. Our awkward friend is going out of that awkward stage.

-Joes POV-

"You guys sure knew each other for a long time." She said.

"Yeah." I had just told her about how long I knew Andy, Mark and Rick. "we basically did everything together."

"Oh really? Well was this just a random 'hey let's go to a abandoned asylum' type activity, or let me guess one of them forced all of you guys along."

"Well not force us, but Rick had told us about this place and we got interested and so here we are now." I looked up and saw Rick, Andy and Mark were starting over at this direction.

"Why are they looking over here?"

It took me about a few minutes to realize that they were only looking at me funny because I was actually talking to a girl and I wasn't being so awkward about it.

I looked at Maggie, I feel like the only reason why I'm not being awkward is because I didn't see her has just a ordinary girl. I saw her as someone who didn't make me uncomfortable talking to her like the other girls would have done.

"You aren't such a bad person Joe, you are a really cool person." Maggie got an inch closer to me.

Now I feel uncomfortable. I backed up an inch because I didn't know what to do.

"Uh I'm sorry I have to go talk to Rick about something." I put my head down and walked away.

Just before I put my head down though her beautiful smile went down to a frown. Her gorgeous eyes went from wide open to looking down on the floor.

"I'm such an idiot. But maybe the guys and Alyssa and can help me fix this all."

I walked back to them and I hit my head.

"I fucked up."

"No kidding." Mark said.

"Why did you walk away?" Alyssa said, "it looks like you had a connection going on."

"Well I thought so to, but once she got closer to me I panicked." I said with my head down still.

"Hey don't sweat it, it's going to happen." Rick said. "Remember how awkward I was around Lily at first?"

"Yeah."

"What did I do when I walked away and I came back a few minutes later?"

"You told her you really liked her and that you couldn't spend a day without her then you grabbed her face and kissed her in the rain."

"Exactly. Now tell Maggie that."

"Wait, you can't just do that." Alyssa said stopping me from walking towards Maggie.

She went into her bag and pulled out a flower.

"My ex gave me this before he broke up with me and yeah, I'm sorry it's a little crushed up."

She handed me the flower.

"Oh, thank you." I took the flower and I turned around.

"Alright let's do this."I whispered to myself.

I walked up to Maggie.

"Maggie I know we just met, but I really like you and I'm sorry that I walked away, I didn't want to be awkward and ruin everything."

She didn't say anything.

"Look, Maggie, you're an absolutely beautiful. And to me you aren't like other girls, you didn't make me feel like I'm an awkward person that I really am, but when we were talking I felt like I knew you for forever." I took the flower broke the stem of it off to make it smaller and I put it in her hair.

Has I moved my hand away she grabbed it.

"You aren't like other guys, you different from the others. They are a jerks, besides your friends." she looked me in the eyes "and I like you too."

I smiled a little. I took my other hand on put it on her cheek and I kissed her and she didn't pull away.

-----------------------------------------Sorry I haven't posted in a while I had marching band I had to build my fence so you could see why I couldn't I can't post as much, but next week will be different, hopefully. But sorry again.

-Kristen