Ti amo

Part 5

The next day at school I am wearing a little bit of make-up, to cover the dark circles under my eyes. I haven't slept well because of- well you know.

I see Eliza and I run towards her immediately. "ELIZA, HUNTER ASKED ME TO BE HIS GIRLFRIEND!!" I shout and she responds excitedly. "Oh my god, really? How was the date, by the way, I totally forgot."

I quickly tell her about the awesome day I had. "I woke up, and he texted me good morning, and we called like all night! But how are you?" "I'm fine, just boring days, you know." "You should also get a boyfriend!" I am clearly referring to Otto. "If you want, I can help you..."

"No, thanks, I don't even like some-..." She looks at something else. "Yeah right." I mumble but she doesn't hear me. I tilt my head, crossing my arms. "I do not like someone!" "Wow, I don't know if that is true..." I question. I will get it out of her.

"We have to go!" Brooke says, another girl from our friend group. She always keeps track of the time and for some reason, she always knows where we have to be.

I want to walk with my friends, but I also want to walk with Hunter. I look around and Hunter is walking towards me. "Want to walk together?" He asks and I quickly nod.

As I walk by his side I see Eliza walking alone. Shit. 'Sorry,' I mouth.

We arrive at the classroom and Eliza asks me if I want to sit with her and I respond with a yes. But I see her looking at Otto. I look at my other friends, trying to spot a little bit of drama. I roll my eyes when I see that Naomi and Brooke, are staring at their books.

Damn it I need drama. Wait- Not anymore.

I look at Hunter and he smiles at me. I smile back.

For the rest of the lesson, Eliza and I talk.

After school, I quickly get home. I lay on the couch. In two hours I have basketball. I groan and decide to use the time to do nothing. I smile, happy with the decision I made and I start scrolling on my phone.

~-+-~

It is three days later. Friday. And today is my party! The doorbell rings. "Coming!!", I yell and I open the door. In front of me, there is Naomi. I hug her and kidnap her inside, leaving her parents behind. My parents have a quick chat with her parents as I show her the house.

After that there is Eliza, then Demi and then Phoebe and Lilly. "You didn't invite Hunter, right?" Eliza joked. "Only girls party!" I yell happily.

We get into the car towards the climbing hall. Phoebe and Lilly are in the back and Demi, Naomi and me in the middle. "So, who do you guys ship with each other?" I ask. "You and Hunter of course!" Naomi answers quickly. "I mean, of course, I ship Eliza with Otto!" I respond.

She tries to not make it obvious, but it was like looking at a tomato. I suppress a laugh. "No, Otto and Bailey!" She laughs it off. Then Naomi said something we did not expect. "Oh, about them... Bailey actually told me that she is with Otto. But you can't tell anyone! Because I promised her not to tell anyone!" I nod.

Poor Eliza. She tries to act happy and nice, but I know her way too long for that. Exactly one and a half years.

~-+-~

The next day, after the party, everyone leaves. "Bye, thanks for the gifts, and thank you for coming!" The same sentence said to each one of them.

Eliza is the last to leave. And while she leaves Hunter arrives. "I think that there is a guest for you," Eliza says and Hunter walks towards me. He has flowers in his hands. Roses to be exact. "Hey love, Hey Eliza." He nicely greets my friends and I invite him in.

Everyone left except for obviously Hunter. We watch a movie together. Tangled. I really like the movie. Especially when she has the cooking pan in her hands. Two hours after the movie he left.

~-+-~

A week later, in mentor hour, we get a new seating plan. I sit next to Juliet, in the second row, in the middle of the class. I like Juliet but I hate where we sit.

After that, we have art and design, aka, the place where I talk so much that it drives everyone at the table crazy. Sometimes I tell myself to stop it, but I just can't.

I see some glue on the table and I start scraping it off. Meanwhile, I make gag motions to make my friends laugh, but I also hear someone else laugh. Hunter. I smile when I look up and see him staring at me.

At the end of the lesson, we walk to Physics together.

After school one of our friends sends a poll with the question: 'Do you have a crush.' Brooke, Naomi and Eliza all tap yes. Great! Three new projects. Let's start with Eliza.

The next day in the break I am desperately guessing who her crush is. She already told me about her former crush: Otto. I KNEW IT! I made a whole list of boys from our class that look like him because I dumbly assumed that she had a type. Wrong.

In the break, she gave me so many hints and I had one guess left. "I am stalking you, so I know that your crush is... Finn." I take my shot and Eliza looks at me, stunned. "Wait actually?!" I yell excitedly. She nods. "Don't tell anyone." "My mouth is shut."

"I knew that you had a crush! Now you need him to be in a relationship with you!" I say. "Since I have a pretty nice and healthy relationship... I can help you." I offer, once again. She rejected it. Fine.

Next victim: Naomi.