Crazy Over You

📚 Chapter 12 📚

"Where you just never going to tell me that you and James are a thing?" Ryan ask me while looking at the screen of his laptop. He's watching an anime, Bloom Into You. He has only one earphone in and his fingers on the keyboard to make it look like he's working.

"Where you never going to tell me that you and Nelly have been dating?" I fire back while looking at my screen, also pretending to be doing my work when I'm actually reading a fanfic.

I smile knowing I won as Ray stays quiet. Form the corner of my eyes, I can see him pause his anime, change the screen to his music to pause it and then to the screen that has his work. He closes his laptop and turns his body and the chair he's sitting on towards me to look at me.

I took this as my cue do the same and then turn to face him as well. Ryan closes his eyes for a second to take a deep breath and very quietly yet calmly, he ask, "how long have you known?"

"So it is true," I smile as I had my suspicion.

"You fucking bitch," Ryan curses at me that brought a laughter.

"It's your fault for making it obvious. You were doing things our of your usual whenever you're together. It's weird seeing you be sweet and lovey-dovey," I tease.

"I am going to kill you," he promises as he leans in closer to show his commitment in doing the offence.

"I have five brothers. One who knows how to take a life just as much as how to save one. The other who's getting his way into the NHL which means he has a team right behind him to follow him into battle. And the other who will make it all look an accident or make sure you're never found," I remind him the perks of having brothers. "The youngest being more than happy to be their alibi. And now, a boyfriend who will jump across the room if I so much look in danger."

Ryan looks at the other side of the classroom and I do as well to notice that James is indeed looking over at us but mostly at him. James gives him a smile and gets back into a discussion with Tyler about who knows what.

"That was fucking creepy but also on point," Ryan admits. "But that doesn't change the fact you found out. Was I really that obvious?" Ryan ask.

"Honestly, yeah. To me at least." I admit. "I was questioning it at first but didn't say anything as I didn't want to be hypocrite as you and Nelly were friends at first."

"We're both hypocrites," Ryan says with a sigh as he opens up his laptop and puts one of the earphone in his ear.

"That we are, my friend," I nod in agreement as I also open up my laptop.

Ryan and I sit in the back corner of the classroom. The teacher barely checks on us as he believes we're doing our work as we have never been late on a homework and always get god grades for them. Of course, we don't always do our work in class, just enough in case the teacher does decide to check up on us and ask to see our work. Its History class and the work is basically to write about two different primary and secondary sources.

I look away from my screen for a second, I want to say that I don't know why but I do. Deep down I do.

I see James smiling as he lean back on the chair, stretching. But Tyler smack his stomach that cause James to lean forward with a laugh as he place his hands on his stomach. And there's Koshi Hayamoto, Japanese-Canadian. He plays soccer outside of school and he's good friends with Ty and James. He's sitting on the other side of James, talking to Thomas.

But I go back to looking at James. His hand move to his head, his fingers moving through his hair. Each piece of hair falling back to place without issue. Has his hair always looked that soft? Has Emma ever brushes her fingers through his hair? Has she ever grabbed it? I wonder how it's like.