Your Average Love Story

Chapter 5 - Thursday

Summary:

Interviews and awkwardness.
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Nate and Gina froze, too scared to turn backwards to where the voice came from. There were students hanging around by the lockers, talking about who knows what.

Other peers were briskly walking past them, accidentally nudging them out of the way, but there was a particular person they didn't want to bump into today...

They knew it was inevitable but they had been hoping they could delay it by avoiding her .

" Do you think we can run for it? " The ravenette whispered to the other, hearing the footsteps becoming louder and closer. The doors exiting the school were in front of them, a couple feet away.

" She'll just chase us down, and I don't wanna skip a class just because I don't want to talk with someone. Plus, I'm not that athletic... "

" Fucking fantastic... You know, at least I'm kind enough to not ditch you to fend for yourself... "

" Wow. How kind of you. " The blonde replied, rolling her eyes.

They both stiffened as they felt taps on their shoulders. They both slowly turned around, using every bit of willpower to keep their expressions neutral.

"Heeeeey, Dee Dee..." Nate forced a smile, his eye twitching. Usually, he would be pleased to see his friend around, but they all know that she's not just here for a casual chat.

" Soooo ... You guys are the hottest new couple in 6th grade, huh? Congratulations, you two! Honestly, we've all seen this coming sooner or later."

"Thanks..." The couple replied, voice wavering off towards the end.

"Now, I've got a couple of questions to ask you... for the blog, y'know?" The tanned skinned girl winked, grabbing out a notepad.

The other two inwardly groaned but kept their smiles on their faces.

"Okay! Question 1; Who asked who out first?"

"I did, of course." Nate piped up, wrapping an arm around Gina. She felt her heart hammer in her chest, but quickly brushed it off as some sugar buzz. They watched as Dee Dee scribbled something down before looking up back at them.

"Mmkay! Question 2; How did you two realize your feelings for each other? Like, we all know you two 'hated' each other but we really didn't expect for you guys to go steady with each other so early on. I predicted it was going to be the start of high school or something..."

Nate and Gina glanced at each other anxiously, shrugging their shoulders.

"Well... hmm... I've always thought my emotions for her was just hatred and jealousy, because she got better grades than me, y'know? But as time went on, we— errr — I guess I saw more sides of her and just continued being mean to her to cover up my true feelings?"

"Y-yeah. Same here." She said before whispering so only the ravenette could hear, " Great improv. "

" Thanks ." He murmured back.

"Awww, how sweet! Anyways, onto question 3; How would you describe the other person in three words?"

"Sweet, charming, and artistic." The blonde said through gritted teeth, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Caring, diligent, and smart..." He glared at her, his smile obviously forced.

"I'm just going to ignore how fake that sounded... Now let's see here... Okay! Question 4; How would you describe your first kisses with each other? I mean, lots of people saw it as clear as day and saw how nervous you two were with each other, but I want to know what you two really felt during it!"