"𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐢 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫"
"𝐢 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝟑𝟎𝟎𝟎."
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matt and valerie met on a holiday park in the 80s, the pair would sne...
me and chris had sat in silence for about a half hour and the awkward tension was thick, "so how have you been?" i ask him and look over. chris clears his throat and avoids eye contact with me, "i've been good, you?" he replies as i look away, "i've been good thanks. how have your family been?" i say and he looks at me, finally.
"we've all been good" he replies, "thanks for asking" he says and i nod, "what you been up to?" i ask him, "after we got back from florida, nothing really else happened other than our birthday" he replies and i nod, "what have you been up to?" he asks me and i sigh, "well when we got back from florida we had about a week to chill before we had to pack up and move" i say and he nods.
"how come you moved here?" he asks, "my dad got a new job over here" i reply and he nods. me and chris just talked for the rest of the lesson, it became less awkward quickly as we wasn't complete strangers to eachother.
class was over and i had to meet cynthia by the lockers, assuming i knew where they were. "hey chris?" i ask tapping his shoulder as he was walking out of class, "do you know where the lockers are?" i ask and he nods, "yeah they're downstairs, take a left-" and then he cuts himself off, "you know what, how about i just take you?" he offers and i nod, "yeah that would be great, thanks" i smile at him and he smiles back.
chris was talking to me basically the whole way there but i was tuning out most of it, i was too worried i was going to see nick. or even worse, matt.
chris had stopped walking and looked at me, "here we are, see you around yeah?" he asks and i nod, "yeah, thanks. bye chris" i smile and he just smiles back and then walks off.
i look at the locker numbers and just walk down until i get to my locker and cynthia is at her locker, "so" she says dragging out the 'o' , "you close with chris?" she teases,smiling and i just go red because she could not be further from the truth. i just laugh uncomfortably, "no actually, i just know him and he's in my class" i reply and she nods her head smiling, "ah, okay" she says again in a teasing tone.
"i'm serious!" i laugh, "i had something with his brother, matt, do you know him?" i say hushed and she looks shocked, "val!" she laughs, "do i know matt?" she says again in disbelief and i just stare at her with a straight face. "everybody knows matt, he's captain of the lacrosse and hockey team" she says and i feel my face flush red, "he goes to this school?" i ask and she nods, "yeah but i wouldn't go for him again if i were you, he messed my friend about really bad" she says and i nod, "how so?" i ask and she sucks in air through her teeth turning to her locker, "well he stud her up, multiple times, and he was really on and off about her. he also acted different with her when he was with his friends" she replies and i nod.
i don't know what to think of that as it sounded nothing like the matt i had met in florida, maybe he was just like that with me because he wasn't surrounded by like multiple girls and it was only me who he had saw. maybe he had met another girl after i had left florida and he didn't expect me to move here, did he even think that much of me?
"oh, i don't know what to say to that" i laugh and she smiles nodding at me reassuringly, "i'm not saying don't talk to him i'm just encouraging you to be careful with him" she says and i nod, "thanks" i say, "do you know where your class is?" she asks me and i shake my head, "well good thing your lesson is by mine so i can just take you on the way to mine" she smiles and i nod, "thanks" i say closing my locker and walk with cynthia.
"wait, i don't think i've asked you this. why did you move here?" she says and before i can talk she talks again, "oh my gosh that sounded so rude, it's not like i don't want you here" and before she can finish i cut her off, "cynth, it's fine i know what you meant. but my dad got a job over here" i reply laughing lightly and she smiles, "ohh, i just didn't want to seem rude" she replies also laughing and i shake my head, "it's fine"
we talk a little bit more and we get to my class, "see you later?" she asks and i nod, "see you" and i walk in my class.
