Closed Eyes

Closed Eyes [2]

Though I have no rates or comments on this story, I'm going to continue. I changed her first class to Drama Class instead of Chemistry so pay close attention to the bold letters!

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Drama Class - Monday

And I was right, their "brilliant" teacher just had to pair us in groups of four to do a part in the play, Romeo and Juliet.

Guess what else? Me, Briana, Josh, and James were in the same group. Ironic, right?

"You should be Juliet, Briana." James piped up. "I second that, your pretty enough to be her." Josh agreed.

"Maybe even prettier." James added with a half-smile. I see his obsession for Briana still hadn't ended. Even after he met Anna.

Briana blushed at all the attention she was getting. "Thanks guys, but maybe Kylie should be Juliet."

Josh crinkled his eyebrows. "Who?"

Briana's eyes widened like everyone should've known who I was. "Her?" She pointed a finger in my direction.

Josh and James swivled their heads at the same time to stare at me.

I stared back at them with a bewildered look on my face. James turned away quickly. "Oh, hi." Josh gave a small wave. "Are you new here?"

As soon as the words flew out his mouth, three actions occurred. James burst out laughing. Making Briana giggle a little. And me blushing with embarrassment.

"I've known you since 7th grade." I squeaked.

"Oh," Josh widened his eyes. "My bad." He ran a hand through his dark brown hair like he felt guilty. "I've never seen you before." He whispered as James and Julie discussed who should be Romeo.

"That's oh-okay. I've been sorta quiet." Kylie cursed herself for stuttering and sounding uncool.

They both tuned back into the conversation. "Josh your Romeo." Briana announced.

"Okay." Josh nodded.

"James, do you want to announce who's Juliet?" Briana asked.

"No, you go ahead." James mumbled. Briana smiled gratefully which James immediately returned. "Kylie is our Juliet."

"What!" I thought everyone would be surprised but it seemed like everyone was okay with that besides me.

"Yes, Kylie. Your pretty enough to be Juliet." Briana held a pleasant smile on her face.

Kylie blushed. "Thanks Briana. But aren't we doing the kissing scene?"

"Absolutely! My favorite part." Briana gushed like she never had a crush on Josh in the first place.

"Briana, can I talk to you privately for a moment?" I asked. "Sure. Be right back guys. Why don't you think of a place to meet." Briana jumped from her stool.

"Okay." James and Josh replied back.

Once they were by the whiteboard, Briana faced Kylie. "What's up?"

Kylie tucked a hair behind her ear. "Don't you like Josh? Wouldn't you want to kiss him?"

Briana showed a knowing smile. "I do like Josh. Just not as much as I love Nick." She smiled and looked at the ceiling. Probably thinking of Nick right at the moment. "But, I don't want to betray Nick like that. Even if it's just a fake kiss."

Then she furrowed her eyebrows. "Why? You don't like Josh anymore?"

"It's not that," I said. "It's just...I've never had my first kiss before." Briana's face lit up. "That's great! Josh will be your first kiss! Easy as pie, right?"

"No. The pressure of kissing Josh is just driving me insane. Can we switch roles?" I asked quietly.

Briana rolled her eyes. "Don't be such a baby. Let's go back to our group."

When they reached their table at the back, the two boys were grinning like idiots.

"Briana, we're doing the project at your house." Josh said. Briana was oblivious to their smirking faces. "Cool."

Kylie wished she could have that much confidence around boys. She probably would've said, "Uh, ok-okay."

"After school? How about Friday?" James asked, interrupting Kylie's thoughts.

"No way." Josh and Briana scrunched up their nose. Probably at the thought of wasting their Friday night on two losers.

"Why?" James asked. "You first." Briana smiled at Josh. Was she flirting? Or did she already know?

"Brenden is having a party that day." Josh shrugged like it was no big deal that he was invited to the most hottest guy's house to 'party'.

"Me too." Briana said. "Oh." James sounded jealous. "Tuesday?" I asked.

Everyone turned to look at me. I blushed and looked away.

"Tuesday is good for me." Josh answered. "Me too." James said.

Josh looked at Briana. "Is that good for you?"

Briana thought for a moment. "Yep, I'm free."

"Cool." Josh rubbed his hands together. "Does four-ish sound good? I have basketball practice."

"And I have Robotic's Club." James blurted out. "Yeah, I have cheerleading practice. Kylie? Do you have anything to do after-school?" Briana asked.

I blushed. I really am boring. I didn't join any clubs in my sophomore class. Except for band, that doesn't count.

"My sister-in-law and me are going to the mall." I lied.

"Okay. Four o' clock it is." Josh said. Briana looked at me with a questioning look. She knew I didn't have a sister-in-law. But I was going to. See? Not as bad now. I reasoned with myself.

Tuesday - Four o' clock

Kylie was the first to arrive at Briana's house since she walked home with her.

"Are you ready to kiss or be-kissed?" Briana asked playfully when we stepped into her room.

"What?" I asked. "You've never kissed or be-kissed?" Briana asked with a 'my friend is completely clueless' look in her eyes.

"No. Just drop the subject, and clean your room." I said with an eye-roll. "Whatever." Briana went up to the white curtains and split them down the middle to open up. Her small backyard, gated with a short white picket fence shown through the window. Her white pug, Coco, ran around in the neatly trimmed green grass.

After Briana took a shower, Coco was back in the house, and everything was cleaned, the girls were finally ready.

"Do you see them?" Kylie asked from her spot on the zebra print bed, brushing Coco's fur.

"No..," Briana was sitting on her open window sill, letting her bare legs hang out. She wore, cotton white shorts, a short sleeved, v-neck in light blue, and neon blue zebra striped socks.

"There they are!" Briana shouted. They must of spotted her because her eyes grew big and she fell backwards onto her purple furry rug.

"Show time!" She said from the floor.