End Of The F***ing World (Fanfiction)

Expectedly Unexpected

Me and James had started hanging out more. I didn't tell anyone about it though. I know Alyssa knew of him and whenever I mentioned him, she said: "I mean I'm not saying he's the answer, but he's something". And she took what I had been feeling right out of my mouth. The feeling I got when I was around him that I couldn't describe. I felt different with him than I had with literally anybody else. I felt comfortable around him, maybe a little too comfortable.

"So are you gonna ask him out?"

"What?" My head whipped from my phone screen to face her.

"James. Are you gonna ask him out on a date?"

"I-"

"You think I don't know that you like him?"

"No. Wait how do you know?"

"Okay. I saw you and him walking together last week. You guys haven't exactly been doing the best job at hiding the fact that you're "more than friends". It's not that hard to notice."

"Just because a guy and a girl hang out together doesn't necessarily mean they're together Alyssa. They could just be friends."

"Unless it's literally the only thing that you do. You haven't even finished your homework assignments since you met him. That's definitely something."

Since she knew so much already, I gave in.

"Okay. Fine. I like him"

"Like him?"

"Love him"

"Finally you admit it. Honestly I could see you eating him out"

"ALYSSA!"

She just laughed. At times I found her irritating and hard to deal with but other times, I kind of loved it. It reminded me to take life less seriously. You do only live once after all.

The bell rung and it was finally lunch. My stomach was growling.

I made my way to the cafeteria like I always did. But instead of sitting with Alyssa, I sat down next to James.

"Hey"

"Hi"

And then it was silence again. Like it always was. It didn't bother me though. I was honestly used to it. I didn't really find it too awkward either. It was nice to be in his presence. I knew we would eventually get to actually taking, it would just take a while.

The end of the school day ended and I went to the same bench I always sat at.

Once again, James came to sit down beside me. This time though I felt like I had to admit my feelings. It was getting harder and harder to push them to the side and wait for the right moment to come up. So I told him.

"Hey. How were your last two classes?"

"Okay."

I just nodded my head. "That's good. I wanted to tell you something."

"Ok."

"I like you. Correction, love you. It's just been hard for me to say anything. You're always on my mind and I know we've only known each other for almost a month and if you don't know how you feel, you don't have to tell me now, I just wanted to tell you how I felt."

He didn't say anything back, as usual.

"I love you too."

Until he did.

And he felt the same.

I wasn't sure of what was supposed to happen now. We kiss? No that's way too many steps ahead. I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do now.

And then I felt his lips on mine. They were soft and warm. I had never kissed anyone in my entire life and had no idea what I was supposed to do. So I just did what I saw people in the movies do.

I put arms around his neck and he put his around my waist. That was when I felt butterflies in my stomach.

We both pulled away. Something about the kiss felt so natural. It felt right.

"Do you want to go on a date. With me?" He asked.

"Yes" I smiled. Not caring if I was blushing like crazy. I felt 10 times lighter now that I confessed my feelings. It felt good not having to hide them away from him.

We were about to leave when we saw Alyssa come up to us.

"Are you guys waiting for me?"

"What?" I asked her confused.

If she saw what just happened and wanted to third wheel on our date-

"Alyssa" James tried.

"Can I join you? I just want to be there for moral support. I'm not gonna ruin it or anything."

I decided to let her come along as long as she promised to not ruin it. This was my very first date ever and if it ended up going south, I was going to be so pissed at her. I also felt bad and wanted to make up for the time I had been spending with James instead of her. I had known what it felt like to be left out and didn't want her to feel that way. But she better not ruin this for us. For me.

We eventually reached the small diner we had had our first unofficial "date" in and that we were now having our official date in.

The walk was perfectly fine. Alyssa just bitched about how much she hated the classes she had. Which was typical of her to do. That was Alyssa. At times she could be nice and supportive, and then she could flip the tables and start shit talking & being bitchy.

Me and Alyssa sat beside each other while James sat across from us. We looked at the menu for about 5 minutes before the waitress came up to us, asking for our orders.

I figured I'd go first, but Alyssa had different plans and cut me off.

"I will have a Banana Split with extra cherries on the top of it, some blueberry pancakes, and a hot chocolate with cream".

"Are you hungry?" The waitress asked, chuckling.

Alyssa let out a fake laugh.

"And 2 extra fucking spoons."

"Excuse me?"

"For them." She pointed to me and James.

"Right, sorry. You can't use language like that otherwise I'm going to have to ask the three of you to leave."

"Okay. Okay I'm sorry. Sorry" Alyssa did her very best to sound as "sorry" as possible.

At this point she was getting under my skin. I can't lie when I say I like this side of her, but sometimes it comes out at the worst time possible and it was ruining my and James' time together. She was never supposed to be here. Yet here she was.

The waitress nodded and Alyssa continued.

"I will have a great big banana shit with extra fucking cherries on the top of it-

"Alright that's it. Right ? MARVIN!"

"Oh yeah go get Marvin, see if Marvin can make a banana split for me, you fucking cunt" Alyssa finished. Her hands now interlocked with one other and her back straight. If she got a dollar for every time she acted like this, she'd be swimming in money.

Me and James just stared in embarrassment.

Alyssa then grabbed her things and left. On her way out she shouted: "BYE MARVIN!"

Me and James apologized to the waitress and decided that the next time we'd go out, she wouldn't be there.

It got me thinking though. Sometimes people act the way they do because they're suppressing their feelings. Maybe that's why Alyssa acted she way she did. Because although I don't know much about her, maybe there was more to her than meets the eye.