OTHER HALF || T.K

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟏𝟗

—NOVA POV—

I got to my second to last, class late.

"Where have you been!" Emerson started yapping about all the testosterone surrounding her, and how they're weird.

It's been two days since Nate claimed he loved me. We haven't talked about it since.

I think he got the hint.

Then Tom started asking me, about yesterdays notes, and Nate was yapping about some other shit. "Okay, one at a time." I dropped my bag, sitting down. I could not take, all of them talking to me at once. It was overstimulating.

"Okay, you go." I pointed to Emerson first.

"So, I was wondering if you wanted to have a sleepover tomorrow night. Because, I'm so over him." She rolled her eyes at Tom.

"What did I do now?" He whined, kicking his feet like a literal child.

"Nothing, Im just getting bored of seeing your face." She smiled hugely at him. They started touching up on each other, I started smiling seeing the way she'd make up with him.

Actually no, i'm disgusted.

"I shouldn't have let you go first." I sighed, crossing my arms. "Oh right!" Emerson pulls away from Tom, still holding his hand.

"So, sleepover?" She begged with her eyes.

"Of course." I brought out my real smile, moving onto Tom. "Okay you, go." I was now pointing at him. "Can I have your notes from yesterday?"

I dove into my bag, taking the notebook out. He thanked me, and then I moved onto Nate.

"Yes?" I raised my brows, anticipating what he'd say. "I missed you." He held my arm, pulling me in closer. "I missed you too." I let my body lean into his. As he played with some of my hair. Twirling it in between his fingers.

Once the bell had rung, Tom handed me back my notes. I felt a chill, overcome my body.

I stayed silent about it, writing down the stuff that was on the board. Our teacher was young, so he was cool. We got five minute breaks, in between switching to a different subject.

Suddenly, a sweatshirt was draped over my shoulders. I looked up at Nate.

"You had goosebumps." He helped me put it on, rubbing his hands up and down my shoulders.

"Thank you." I was pleasant with the warmness. I didn't like, PDA. I found it yucky, why am I kissing you in front of all our friends?

So instead, I placed soft pecks on his chest.

"Alright, two minute tech break. Do what you need to do, snapchat your boo." Mr. Sham, joked.

I love this man, so freaking much.

Mr. Sham, not Nate.

I giggled to myself, at his joke. Taking my phone out, I checked some messages. Oh I actually did get someone adding me on snapchat.

I added the random dude back, immediately getting a snap from him. I loved starting streaks with random people, I didn't know.

I opened it, my eyes widening.

I shrieked, throwing my phone at the middle of the table. Everyone else, at the table narrowed their eyes to my phone. Shrieking the same way I did. "Nova! What the hell?!"

"What's going on?" Mr. Sham, looked at us.

"Nothing!" We all said in unison.

People need to stop sending, unsolicited dick pics. NO ONE ASKED FOR THEM.

"Block, block, block!" I took my phone, blocking the random guy. "It's so big." I laughed, deleting the whole entire chat.

"That's not even that big." Tom added on.

Okay buddy.

I didn't respond, shutting my phone off.

"Alright, send your last text." Mr. Sham informed, he was going to start the lesson again. I was never going to forget, the traumatic experience that just happened.

"This is for jolly ranchers guys." Mr. Sham, got the big pouch out. Putting it on the middle of the front table. "What does it mean to infer?"

My hand flew up, waving in the air.

"Nova." He pointed to me. "Guess." I responded immediately, a jolly rancher got launched into my hands. Hehehehehehe.

I pulled it out of the wrapping, popping it into my mouth. It was, watermelon flavored. Not too bad, but i'm aiming for blue raspberry.

"What's an antagonist?" Mr. Sham asks again. Shoot, is that the bad guy? Yeah it is right?

I raised my hand up again, but he denied it giving other people a chance. Yet no one was raising their hands. Such a waste of candy.

"It's the bad guy." I whispered to Nate, patting his arm aggressively. His hand flew up.

"Nate." Mr. Sham, called on him.

"The bad guy." He answered confidently.

Mr. Sham throws him a jolly rancher, which then  Nate handed to me. "You can have it." I eyed the blue jolly rancher. "It's yours, babe." Nate scratches the top of my head.

"So sweet." I smiled to myself, holding onto the jolly rancher.

I was still confused on my feelings about him, he's such a good guy. But, I just don't like the clingy-ness all the time.

Sometimes a girl needs her own space.

I glanced up at Tom, seeing him converse with Emerson. I felt a twinge of jealousy at the way they were interacting.

I exhaled deeply, fidgeting with the wrapper of the hard candy. I didn't know, what this feeling was. It was hard to admit it, even to myself.

But ever since my birthday, things were different. Something with Nate, suddenly switched off.

And, then I found him starting to be clingy. When he was just acting sweet, and how a normal boyfriend should.

I also know one thing, which is i'm not experienced at all. Sexually, I mean.

What if he leaves me, if it's not good enough?

That's probably why, i've been holding back so long. Now that I think about it.

Only time will tell.