Wishing for the Miracle of my life

3. A Warning Light?! For me?!

"Hey Jennie!!" Lucas waved at me from the corner of the school staircase as I entered the hallway. Wow! What a lovely beginning of the day with such a gorgeous face, I thought to myself, walking along with Jewel. She gave me a suspicious and teasing smirk, and walked away into class, while I stopped back with Lucas. She turned back and winked at me smirkingly. I tried to control my blushing smile and instead glared at her. Then I tried to look neutral and faced Lucas. "Hey Lucas! Good morning!", I said with a smile.

"Hey...what's up with you two? Did she just wink at you? What the hell is going on in her mind? And you...? Why were you glaring at her earlier? I saw that so don't try to fool me. You know me, I can tell the truth, don't you?", he said, leaning down slightly to catch my gaze with his hands folded. His serious expression made me burst into laughter. "Dude! Your expression! Serious expression ...d..doesn't suit yo ...your face, it's better when you are smirking", I giggled, controlling my laughter as I was laughing out loud so hard. "Bruh... Whatever... Tell me what's up with you two?", he glared along while trying to control his smile too.

"What does it have to do with you? You don't need to know our stuff. That's our secret sign language. You don't need to interfere. By the way, tell me why you stopped me here. We are bench mates, we had the whole day to chat?", I said leaning into his gaze, and crossing my hands. He moved back with shock looking at me trying to imitate him. He smiled and said, "I have news for you. It's about Henry. I talked to him yesterday after school. It took time but as he was creating a huge unnecessary scene in our group, I asked him what's his problem."

"So, he told you???", I asked curiously, taking one more step closer to him unconsciously. Henry was really getting on my nerves in the last group meeting.

"Well, ya. He wasn't ready to tell but as we are in the same group, we need to work together. And we are both friends. Not very close, but still. He opened up with me yesterday and I was shocked. Are you sure you want to know the reason? It's okay if not, I'll talk to him on your behalf and explain as this is a group assignment he can't act as he wants", he asked me as if it was a caution for me and I better not listen to it.

"Well, you sound suspicious, but don't worry, I'm the leader so I'll have to resolve this shit myself. Plus, you have already helped me a lot. So, tell me", I replied, curious to know the reason.

"Fine, as you wish. Henry has had a crush on you for the last two months now. And he wants to play Romeo with you as Juliet. He likes you, Jennie", he said casually. I stood shocked for a second and was still processing what he just said. I wasn't able to believe it. I went blank for a second. It was the first time I found out a guy liked me! I was lost in the world of a million questions.

"Jennie!!!!! You, okay?!?", Lucas yelled out, bringing me back to reality.

"What?!?!?! Henry is crushing on me??!", I blurted out with wide eyes open, and my jaw dropped.

"Oooof...weren't you too loud? Are you planning to make me go deaf or what?", he said with his left hand on his left ear. "But...Why would he like me out of the blue? We have barely talked!", I pointed out loudly, gaining the attention of the rest of the people passing by in the hallway. "Girl, chill! You're being too loud! Want to tell this thing publicly or what?", he said softly whispering near my ear. That spread a shiver down my spine.

My hand suddenly covered my mouth in embarrassment. "Oh...sorry! I'm just too shocked!", I apologized as class was now about to start and the hallway was almost empty.

"I think we should first go to our class. Miss won't let us in if we're late. We'll talk there", I said looking at my watch. He looked at his watch and nodded, so we rushed to class. That was such a cute moment. It was just both of us remaining to be in class and Miss Helen was about to start her lecture. Jewel gave out a naughty smile at me as we both entered the class together. Henry was there too. Now that I know he likes me, I realize he keeps staring at me. It feels weird as if someone is keeping a watch on every action of yours.