For You

Chapter 06

Ellaine’s POV

Crouching under my bed, I tried to get back to sleep. Ouch, my back hurts like hell. I’m like a dork falling on bed for almost everyday. It was still dark, and my eyes were like packed with many bags that I didn’t even get to check the time. But I know it’s still dar—

“Hey Ellaine, you’re surely late for school. It’s half past 8. Make sure to attend class on 9. Prepare your things.”

Yeah mom. She has her monthly period today, I guess. She continues her own extremely infinitely long speech that the only point of it is, “You’re late.”

I barged in class during break time. Gladly, there was no teacher, and my classmates eat on their tables. Well, there’s Mr. Amnesia Boy, Jon. I don’t want to hear anything about him, not this time.

“Hey Ellaine! You know, Jon—“

“Jon, jon, JON! I don’t wanna hear a single word about him!”

“Why are you so worked up with him? He didn’t do anything to make your mood the worst level that we hated most.”

“Don’t pretend like you don’t know anything, Stacey. You’ve seen me yesterday. I was even boasting about him as my childhood friend, but his reply? It is the ugliest I’ve ever heard. And I don’t wanna hear it ever again. I’m so sick of it.”

“I just wanted to say, Jon wants to talk to you after dismissal. You’re so dramatic.”

Oh my God. Why am I overreacting? I’m such a freakish dumb. But wait, what? He wants to talk to ME? But why? Does he now know that he was blind for not remembering me? Stacey was still talking but I unconsciously walked to my table to think.

“Emma, what’s wrong with Ellaine today? She’s acting crazy all this time. Is it because she was late today? I don’t understand a single bit about her.”

“Jon is her childhood friend. She’s just hurt of what Jon said about not remembering her. You know, Jon is a chubby boy when he was still young. Yet, only Ellaine accepted him.”

“What? But he’s so freaking handsome today! Including his intelligence, he’s a full-packaged human!”

“Oh well, that I don’t know.”

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After overhearing that scene, class still continued, and I’m crammed about my tasks to do when I go home. I forgot about everything I need to do on dismissal. So I went to my locker and got my things.

“Ellaine?”

“I’m busy. Wait.”

I got no response after that. And then I realized he waited for me until I finished packing my things. And then I realize, it was Jon.

“Oh.” Was all that I could say through my mouth. I forgot about him.

“Ellaine, I’m so sorry I forgot all about you. I was even saying I couldn’t remember you, but when I looked into my album, there were too many pictures that made me think that we were just too close. I forgot about them because I was thinking about forgetting the past, I was just too afraid to be alone again in the present because of my fat loser look.”

“But you were never alone, Jon. I was always with you. And though Richard was like that, he still considers you as a friend. We are always together. Don’t think about that. It doesn’t mean when you’re handsome, you’ll have many and it doesn’t mean if you’re not, means you’ll have none. It’s impossible to have no friend. Everyone has one.”

“I am so sorry. But now, I’m handsome right? Tell me.”

“Y-Yeah? Y-You’re always crazy. You’re STILL crazy. Haha, but seriously, you’re so much better looking now! Look how you’ve improved!”

“H-Hey now, do you still meet Richard?”

“Yes, of course, still my neighbor, for about 13 years.”

“Oh, who’s that waving to you?”

“It’s Emma, Richard’s twin.”

“Maybe she can ask Richard to meet me while you three are on the way home.”

I asked Emma, and said it was okay, then we walked together. It’s nice to know that after recovering from his forgotten past, it’s like we are always together to be this close.

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“Richard!”

“Jon? Since when did you come here?”

“2 days ago. You’ve changed a lot!”

“You too! You’re.. a lot more changed than I am.”

I can see that Richard’s too amazed by how Jon has changed. They talked a lot, well, I couldn’t include, that’s why..

“Now, Ellaine, why are you so quiet there? Bond with them! Like you’re still little children.”

“Emma, I’m afraid to talk to Richard right now. Please, bear with me.”

“Come with me. Richard, Jon, just stay there. Give us 5 minutes to talk.”

Oh my goodness. This is not good. Emma’s other aura is barging on my nerves. This is really not the good side of her.