procrastination

Chapter 2

"Wake up, Bri! You need to get to school before you get detention again!" I sighed annoyed by my mother's request. School wasn't something that I would usually complain about since I was really good at it. My thoughts were still fuzzy from last night, and a part of me was nervous about the whole thing, I mean, I wasn't angry or anything I'm just feeling a little guilty. This is something that would usually slip my mind since it's not effecting anyone but I don't know things are changing now and that's causing me to think a little differently, yanno?

Walking into school was the last thing I wanted to do today which basically backs up why I have been moaning and groaning all day about, well... You guessed it, school. There was nothing that could make me happy, this was just a horrible day, probably because I have been trying to ignore Gage so that I wont seem like some crazy stalker,

"Bria! There you are! Wait up..." I turned and was faced with Gage's piercing eyes, my stomach began to twist and the butterflies that have been hibernating within me have decided that they wanted to get out of hibernation. I didn't know what to do nor think at the moment so I just began to walk a little slower and let him catch up, "Are you okay? I haven't seen you around." His raspy voice somehow gave me shivers and I couldn't function at that moment.

"Yeah!" My voice came out way squeakier than it should have, "I'm cool, it's just.. Ms.Morello has really been putting down the law lately and I don't want to get in any trouble." I began to bite my lip due to my nerves which I currently had no control over. Would he really believe that I've been hiding from him because I was scared of the principal? I hang out with my principal outside of school occasionally just so we can play Scrabble, I sighed to myself knowing that he wasn't going to buy it, "Plus, I didn't want to distract you from your day, yanno?"

Nice save, Bri! He'll never suspect that you're lying if you pretend to be concerned about him, then again you are concerned about him so you can't really say you're pretending... Will you just shut up please? You're my conscious not my master! You do realize how stupid you just sounded, right? I'm just trying to help you, well WE ARE trying to help you? We? What the hell are you talking about? I only hear one god damn voice.

I decided to stop listening to the little voice in my head because it was making me feel like a nutjob, I wasn't too far off because Gage looked at me with worried eyes before speaking, "I think we should... I think we should talk about the kiss?" It came out as more of a question than a statement so I began looking around before hitting him with my classic I am so lost face. He began scratching the back of his neck which I assumed would be what boys usually do when they're nervous or confused, "I mean, we NEED to talk about it. I didn't mean to say it as in it doesn't matter... Because, it does and I actually liked it, because you're, you're just kind and down to earth." I suddenly was getting my ass kicked by the butterflies once again.

This boy seemed a little off with his words but they still held a lot of meaning in them, this was the moment of truth... I needed to decided what I was going to say back to him. This could either go really well and we could run off onto the football field and live happily ever after, or I could just pee my pants due to nervousness which'll lead to him losing all his I'm assuming newly developed feelings and me becoming an old depressed slag who sits up every night in her one room apartment and goes through her high school yearbook with her cat named, Wilfred. Too much? Okay.

After my brain and mouth finally finished their debate on whether or not I can talk, I stopped biting my lip of nervousness and finally spoke, "I liked the kiss too.... And I like you, I'm sorry. I'm really bad at the whole talking to cute boys thing." I sighed feeling a little stupid for screwing up the original plan of what I was going to say. I was somewhat relieved of my worry when a chuckle escaped the lips of the one person who mattered the most at this moment, Gage. I didn't have that much faith in this conversation but now, the tables have turned.

"You think I'm cute? Well, I can't really blame you." He said while bringing his hands up and down his body attempting to show off, which soon led to me laughing. This was now all coming naturally it wasn't rehearsed like the speeches that we both miserably failed at saying to each other, the jokes and compliments that came afterwards just rolled off our tongues.

This kind of happiness was foreign to me. The crazy part of all of this is that it's only been two days, isn't that crazy? Two days and this boy is already my best friend. Although that all may seem very 'teenager' to some people, I have a feeling that's how it works with adults too when they get into a new relationship. It may seem weird but it just sounds so amazing and intriguing, like who wouldn't want to experience that little excitement that you get in the first few days of having someone that belongs to you. I don't know why I was just now getting all this random knowledge but I was kind of feeling it.

There wasn't any confirmation between Gage and I, but we did agree on hanging out this weekend, I was excited, well maybe a little too excited because my head began to pound over and over again to the anxiety of something going wrong was catching up to me. The jog to my car went by pretty quick, but not quick enough. I had to get to church! It was my day to bring the snacks (apple juice, cheese, crackers, etc.) and of course I was running late. Any other day I would've been out of the hell hole we call school and in the house of the lord within minutes, but obviously today wasn't going to be the same.

I attempted to get to the grocery store as quick as I could and when I finally did I went into a full out race to the snack aisle, my legs were overlapping each other and I could already feel the sweat begins to roll down my forehead, I know it sounds pitiful but I'm under a lot of pressure and then you add on exercise? I'm bound to sweat. I was almost at the snack aisle when I'm practically tackled by some stupid, oblivious, and.... EXTREMELY attractive boy! I shook my head at the irrelevant thoughts and stood up when he was beginning to get off of his knee and looked at the stupid animal who just attacked me! But soon, he went from being an annoying pig to a frickin gorrilla within seconds. Holy crap, this kid was tall.

"Wipe your mouth sweetheart, you're drooling a little bit..." My eyes widened as I realized that I wasn't hallucinating. This annoying fucker really just said that! I bit my lip trying not to say anything I regret right before bible study, who would? Apparently the lord was watching over me because I simply rolled my eyes at this frickin animal and grabbed all the snacks that I was assigned to get. I checked out and got to my car and mentally prepared myself for this long session filled with old people, horny teens in disguise, and the slamming of a book with the words Holy Bible printed on the front.

My legs knee was currently aching from the fall I took earlier due to that egotistical jackass at the store, but I pushed it out of my mind instantly when a family friend or should I say the gossip queen of the church Gale walked over, "Howdy there, Bria!" My eyes decided to close for a brief second in which I had to take a deep breath before responding to her.

"Hi Gale! How're you?" I tried to hide the chuckle that was about to escape my lips, I honestly couldn't take her seriously, she puts on this charade of being the god damn Housewive of the church but really she just snoops around looking for gossip, "I hear Lana is going to boarding school in a few weeks? You must be proud."

"Yes! I'm so excited but I'm still a little sad about the whole distance thing, speaking of distance, how're things going with your parents since the divorce?" See what I mean? She's already fishing for information, I attempted to be nice and pretend like I care about her and her life, and she goes and tries to pick out information from mines. I was just about to answer the annoyingly nice woman when she let out a shriek, "There goes the troublemaker!"

I had no clue that I was about to meet the eyes of the boy who had just attacked me in the middle of the grocery store, I was speechless, and the smirk on his face did nothing but annoy me to the point where my words would go back down every time I wanted to say something, "Bria, this is Jacob, Jacob this is Bria." Gale said flipping her blonde hair in my face, which led to me wiping my mouth due to her access hair that landed in my mouth. I let out a practically silent growl as the attractive boy stared at me with that same smirk on his face.

"It's nice to meet you Bria, I don't recall seeing you around the church. You must be starting on the road to becoming a disciple?" He gave me a look of innocence making it seem like I was clueless, obviously he was because I've been at this church all of my life. This is my stomping ground, he can't just show up out of nowhere and insult me like that, once again.

"I've actually been attending this church since I was eight, so..." This was about to start a war, I could already tell as the smirk began to spread onto my face.